| LaserPerformance launch SB3 Match Racing Kit at Student Sailing Event |
| The SB3 Match Racing Kit will be launched by LaserPerformance at the Southampton Solent Inter-University Match Racing event hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club on Friday 19th March 2010. |
| The Match Racing Kit provides the opportunity to convert a standard SB3 to meet match racing specifications. The modifications to the standard SB3 included the use of a symmetrical spinnaker and sheets, a symmetric spinnaker pole and spinnaker deck hardware. Hiking straps are also added and the original “granny rails” are removed to allow for crew hiking. No permanent modifications are required to convert to the match racing format. The conversion will take two people approximately two hours. |
| When confirmation was received that the Southampton Solent Inter-University Match Racing event was to be sailed in six of Pelican Racing’s SB3s it presented a fantastic opportunity for LaserPerformance to launch this retrofit product. Glen Truswell, Technical Project Engineer at LaserPerformance lead the team involved with the development of the kit. “It’s really exciting to see this kit hit the water and I’m delighted we are supporting a youth sailing event for the launch. |
| The Royal Southern Yacht Club is supporting the Southampton Solent University to host this event through funding from the Club’s Charitable Trust and its new Academy for 18 – 25 year olds. Commodore John Beardsley has been the driving force behind the Royal Southern’s Academy, ‘We have had our Splash Club for twenty years, and our Junior Cadets for the younger teens for fifteen years. I see so many talented young people in and around the Southern that I wanted a programme to help get them on the water, get trained and compete, with good parties too. This Match Race is just our second Academy event. We’re grateful to LaserPerformance, and we’re right behind it.’ |
| Southampton Solent University’s Match Racing Captain, Guy Jackson commented, “We are really pleased to have the chance to use the Match Racing Kits for the first time. It will be exciting to see how the boats perform in the match format and I am sure that we will see some really competitive racing on the day! It’s going to be a great event and we are really pleased that so many companies are working together to make this event happen for us.” |
| LaserPerformance is the steward of some of sailing’s most recognized brands including Laser, Sunfish, SB3 and the Bug. LaserPerformance products are actively sold and sailed in over 40 countries worldwide. For more information on any of the LaserPerformance products please visit: www.laserperformance.com.” |
For further information, please contact:
Katie Ashworth Marketing Manager
LaserPerformance Europe Limited
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Northamptonshire, NN6 7PF
United Kingdom
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