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The Optimist European Championship
The week started, with the Optimist European Championship, during which we provided complete current overview data for the complete race week, live wind data and our mobile app. The race was an outstanding success, with some great sailing.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”34915″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]DongFeng Steal Instant Classic
We also were lucky enough to witness, what will go down as one of the best Volvo Ocean Race editions in the history of the event with DongFeng Race team taking victory after 9 months in spectacular fashion, over Team Brunel and Mapfre after taking a different route to reach the finish. Onboard DongFeng was Dutch sailor Carolijn Brouwer, who became the first female winner of the race. All eyes are now looking forward to what the next edition of the race has to hold, with new boats, new designs and much more expected![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”34833″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Red Bull Foiling Generation
During the Volvo Ocean Race Finish week, we teamed up with Red Bull Foiling Generation, providing a live feed of the flying phantoms locations, speed and many other aspects during the semi final and final races as 32 of the most talented Dutch youth sailing talents battled it out for a spot in the Foiling Generation finals to be held in Miami. The boats were equipped with the newly released Sailmon App which turns every iPhone and Android device into an advanced sailing processor. The app makes all action on the water instantly available online, which they can log, share and compare with other sailors around the world. The finals were as close as it came, with all the teams battling to get there phantoms flying, to get the upper hand, we saw a number of lead changes as the boats battled for there chance to go to the final event in Miami.a[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”34869″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]The Innovation Pavilion
During the race week we were also invited to present our latest innovations and products at the heart of the Race Village in the innovation Pavilion, in what was yet again a great success. During our time in the village we were able to meet a lot of new people and showcase our new 6” Element Ink displays and the all new, free Sailmon App (which turns every iPhone and Android device into an advanced sailing processor. The app makes all action on the water instantly available online, which they can log, share and compare with other sailors around the world), which were received with great enthusiasm and interest![/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”34916″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]We would also like to thank:
VideobriX for there help with the production of the Red Bull Foiling Generation Content.
As well as Zeilhelden, who spent the week producing some incredible content from our studio converted office.
What’s next:
With the Volvo Ocean Race now over, there is no time to waste as we now turn our focus to The Hague Offshore Sailing World Championship, taking place on our doorstep between the 12th and the 20th of July as 150 of the best racing teams congregate in the The Hague for over a week of offshore and inshore races in the challenging seawaters of The Hague.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]