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Boot Hol­land 2012: Dutch Boat Show feb­ru­ary 10–15

On 40.000 m², the Dutch Boat Hol­land 2012 Boat Show will wel­come about 47.000 expected vis­tors at the WTC Expo Leeuwar­den: About 350 exhibitors will present their boat nov­el­ties dur­ing alto­gether six trade fair days run­ning from 10 to 15 feb­ru­ary 2012.

Sail­ing– and par­tic­u­larly motor boat world pre­mieres, sloops to inflat­a­bles, acces­soires, engines, elec­tric boats as well as water sport ser­vices and clubs as the Dutch water sport asso­ci­a­tion ‘Konin­klijke Ned­er­landse Water­sportver­bond (KNWV)’, with whom Gaas­tra has a strong spon­sor­ship for a long time, will be on deck of the Boat Hol­land 2012. The Dutch boat fair is above all well-known for its steel boats: This year as well, a range of renowned Dutch steel boat builders as ABIM-watersport, Aqua­naut Yacht­ing, Brandsma Jachten, Jet­ten Yacht­ing, Pol­lard Jacht­bau and Vri-Jon will anchor at the WTC Expo exhi­bi­tion cen­tre – pre­sent­ing steel boats rang­ing from 9 to 17 metres. Boot Hol­land 2012 Online Tick­ets are avail­able for 12,50 € and the per­fectly match­ing nau­ti­cal Gaas­tra Sports­wear Fash­ion com­fort­ably in the offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop!

Fash­ion Trends 2012, Gaas­tra Spring Sum­mer Collection

The lat­est Spring Sum­mer Fash­ion Trends 2012 freshly arrived! Gaastra’s mar­itime sail­ing fash­ion jour­ney leads from the Ital­ian Riv­iera to the Caribbean par­adises Antigua and Saint Thomas this sea­son. Dis­cover the sporty Dolce Vita Feel­ing of the newest ‘Ital­ian Rivera’ line in sweet pas­tel colours as pis­ta­chio, vanilla and straw­berry com­bined with nau­ti­cal stripes or mille­fleur prints and an exclu­sive navy colour com­bined with shades of white within the Capri Regatta line – the whole time­less clas­sic Gaas­tra Bre­ton Col­lec­tion shines with Ital­ian Riv­iera Style, sub­tle ele­gance and a rich mix of materials.

The Gaas­tra Sports Col­lec­tion set sails this sea­son anew as casual and func­tional sail­ing fash­ion on all lon­gi­tude and lat­i­tude lines: The lat­est Gaas­tra Antigua Col­lec­tion anchors as fash­ion­able sports­wear with inno­v­a­tive mate­ri­als tested in the Gaas­tra Pro Sail­ing Cloth­ing Gear and is full of pas­sion. For the tra­di­tional nau­ti­cal colours red, white and blue are dom­i­nated this sea­son by an intense red. This year as well, you don’t have to break sweat, for ultra light and breath­able Gaas­tra jack­ets will keep you dry, com­fort­able and good-looking. The first fash­ion trends 2012 from the Gaas­tra spring sum­mer col­lec­tion for Gaas­tra Women, Gaas­tra Men and Gaas­tra Kids are now on deck in the offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop. Where will your jour­ney lead you?

Stephan Luca and Bern­hard Bet­ter­mann in Gaas­tra Jack­ets, Tirol Cross Moun­tain 2011 © action­press / Franziska Krug

The Ger­man actors Stephan Luca and Bern­hard Bet­ter­mann really leaned in the curves in Gaas­tra jack­ets at the Tyrolean sled-dog race ‘Tirol Cross Moun­tain’ for a good cause: The char­ity event last decem­ber in the Aus­trian ski area Küh­tai with Gaas­tra as its part­ner and about 200 Ger­man TV and film celebri­ties, attracted much atten­tion in the media.

And attracted at the same time with many fash­ion high­lights from the cur­rent Gaas­tra fash­ion col­lec­tion in 2020 metres above sea level. Actor Bern­hard Bet­ter­mann wore the sporty and func­tional Gaas­tra Jacket Lubber’s Line – either in orange, navy or khaki avail­able in the Gaas­tra Shop. Dis­cover more sporty and fash­ion­able Gaas­tra cloth­ing with high-value win­ter jack­ets, ski­wear, fleeces, soft­shells and many more Gaas­tra Men High­lights also at the Gaas­tra Sale in the offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop at present!

Gaas­tra Online Shop: Trusted Shops Ger­man Rat­ing ‘Excellent’ !

Your sat­is­fac­tion is our moti­va­tion: That proves the Trusted Shops seal of approval as well! The offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop has the max­i­mal top grade with 5 stars in alto­gether 271 cus­tomer rat­ings (Effec­tive: 18.01.12). The indi­vid­ual cri­te­rias, which you as a cus­tomer can rate are Reli­a­bil­ity, Deliv­ery, Goods and Ser­vice – in all cri­te­rias, the Gaas­tra Shop anchored with ‘Excel­lent’ in the Ger­man cus­tomer rating!

Since 1999, Trusted Shops is the guar­an­tor for inde­pen­dent and ver­i­ta­ble rat­ings being engaged in nine Euro­pean coun­tries. The ‘Reli­a­bil­ity Index’ is rated every day anew by our Ger­man cus­tomers with Trusted Shops Buyer Pro­tec­tion – at present, your Gaas­tra Shop secures of 223 rated orders a max­i­mal reli­a­bil­ity index of 100 % ! In the future as well, you can rely on 100 % secure shop­ping world­wide, fast deliv­ery ser­vice and easy exchange: Nat­u­rally in your off­i­cal Gaas­tra Online Shop. Set sail for easy Gaas­tra shopping!

Gaas­tra Blog Con­test: Win one of 5 exclu­sive Voiles de Saint Barth Sets 2012!

Clear blue waters, pearly white beaches, trop­i­cal trade winds and lux­ury all around: Wel­come to the sail­ing– and hol­i­day para-dise Saint Barth! This year as well, Gaas­tra is fash­ion­ably on course with an exclu­sive, nau­ti­cal Les Voiles de St. Barth Sports­wear Col­lec­tion 2012. Dis­cover the Caribbean on your skin in the newest trendy colours and many spe­cial mar­itime Gaas­tra fash­ion details to the third edi­tion of Les Voiles de Saint Barth 2012. The inter­na­tional and exclu­sive Caribbean regatta will be held this year from april 2–7, anew with Gaas­tra as the offi­cial part­ner on deck. Inspired by the magic set­ting of the French Caribbean island and the spe­cial spirit of the regatta, the new Gaas­tra Voiles de St. Barth Lim­ited Edi­tion stands out due to airy colours, high-quality wear­ing com­fort, func­tion­al­ity and mar­itime Gaas­tra badges and embroi­deries for Women, Men and Juniors as well. Exclu­sively in our Gaas­tra Blog, we raf­fle 5 sets com­posed of Voiles de St. Barth Polo (Vinzey or Valen­cia) + Trol­ley this week. 

And that’s how it works: Just leave a com­ment in this blog entry and tell us your St. Barth Polo Vinzey (men) favourite colour or St. Barth Polo Valen­cia (women) favourite colour until the 20^th of jan­u­ary by mid­night at the lat­est! The five lucky win­ners will be con­tacted via email (your email adress will not be pub­lished within the com­ment). Par­tic­i­pa­tion is only pos­si­ble in coun­tries of the Euro­pean Union, all deci­sion are final. We are always pleased with your feed­back: So feel free to com­ment about Gaas­tra and/or our Gaas­tra Online Shop as well! We will keep our fin­gers crossed for you – Best of luck!

Nova Meier­hen­rich in Gaas­tra Jacket, Tirol Cross Moun­tain 2011 © action­press / Franziska Krug

That celebri­ties feel well in the cur­rent Gaas­tra jack­ets fash­ion, you could see in the pop­u­lar Aus­trian ski area Küh­tai at the Tirol Cross Moun­tain 2011 char­ity sled-dog race – Gaas­tra blog reported in decem­ber on the VIP-charity-event. The new images with the well-known Ger­man mod­er­a­tor and actress Nova Meier­hen­rich, anchor Inge Steiner, actors cou­ple Lisa Seitz (with daugh­ter Lucie) and Max Tidof, actor Bern­hard Bet­ter­mann in the Gaas­tra jacket Lubber’s Line and organ­iser and actor Till Demtroeder with ger­man actor Anja Kling in the Gaas­tra jacket edi­tion 0002, nat­u­rally we didn’t want to keep from you. For the sec­ond time, Gaas­tra has been the part­ner of the char­ity event in Tyrolean Küh­tai and equipped the Ger­man celebri­ties fash­ion­ably with the lat­est warm­ing Gaas­tra win­ter jack­ets in an height of 2020 metres.

A selec­tion of the Gaas­tra VIP-Fashion you can order as long as stocks last in the offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop: Here you’ll find fash­ion­able Gaas­tra Women Jack­ets and Gaas­tra Men Jack­ets! Gaas­tra experts know: With the cur­rent col­lec­tion, Gaas­tra presents its nau­ti­cal know-how for the first time on ski runs this sea­son. Equip your­self as of now with Gaas­tra women’s ski­wear or Gaas­tra men’s ski­wear and be per­fectly pre­pared for your sport­ing trip on snow – ‘good ski­ing’ and ‘ahoy’! 

Lisa Seitz, Max Tidof, Lucie Seitz, Tirol Cross Moun­tain 2011, © action­press / Franziska Krug

Bern­hard Bet­ter­mann in Gaas­tra Jacket, Tirol Cross Moun­tain 2011 © action­press / Franziska Krug

Till Demtroeder & Anja Kling at Tirol Cross Moun­tain 2011 © action­press / Franziska Krug

Inge Steiner in Gaas­tra Jacke, Tirol Cross Moun­tain 2011, © action­press / Franziska Krug

Gaas­tra Men’s Boat Shoes Royal, Lim­ited Edi­tion Box 1–897, strictly limited

Hand-crafted made from nappa leather, world­wide lim­ited to a total num­ber of only 897 and pre­ciously packed in an indi­vid­u­ally num­bered mahogany wooden box includ­ing a high-quality shoe care set of the pres­ti­gious brand Col­lonil: The Lim­ited Edi­tion Box 1–897 with the Gaas­tra Men’s Boat Shoes Royal is an authen­tic hom­mage to the nau­ti­cal his­tory of Gaas­tra and a true collector’s item. Bun­dled in the spe­cial Gaas­tra Men’s boat shoe edi­tion Royal, you’ll find this rich nau­ti­cal expe­ri­ence while being fash­ion­ably on deck at every time. For the lux­u­ri­ous boat shoes com­bine ele­ments of tra­di­tional deck shoes with mod­ern looks and make every step a royal one! In addi­tion, the Lim­ited Edi­tion Box 1–897 con­tains the Col­lonil shoe– and leather care ‘1909’, a noble cedar shoe­tree and one small and one larger shoe brush made from real goat hair. For all friends of pre­mium shoes an authen­tic collector’s item and a spe­cial gift for men as well. The Lim­ited Edi­tion Box 1–897 is strictly lim­ited and as of now order­able to the price of 349 € in the offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop – only as long as stock lasts!

Sail­ing book, ‘Auf See’ (At Sea), Gilles Martin-Raget, Delius Klas­ing, pub­lish­ing date jan­u­ary 2012

The fas­ci­na­tion of sail­ing cap­tured on 184 pages: The new illus­trated sail­ing book ‘Auf See, Impres­sio­nen vom Segeln’ (At Sea, impres­sions of sail­ing) from the renowned french sail­ing pho­tog­ra­pher and jour­nal­ist Gilles Martin-Raget invites from the 16^th of jan­u­ary 2012 on (pub­lish­ing date), on an excit­ing sail­ing jour­ney. This spe­cial sail­ing trip leads on col­lec­tively 164 inten­sive sail­ing pho­tographs in the inter­na­tional world of the regatta scene as the America’s Cup, the single-handed transat­lantic regatta Route du Rhum (ini­ti­ated by Michel Etevenon in 1978), the shim­mer­ing Voiles de Saint Tropez sail­ing regatta or the Spi Ouest-France regatta series.

Whether action sail­ing pic­tures, idyl­lic anchor­ing places or glam­orous lux­ury yacht pho­tographs, that came to fame world­wide already: Gilles Martin-Raget cap­tures the beauty of sail­ing on all oceans. The sail­ing pho­tographs are cou­pled with sport­ful texts (only in ger­man in this title) by Martin-Raget, who’s report­ing for diverse sport mag­a­zines as the french ‘l’equipe’ as well. ‘Auf See, Impres­sio­nen vom Segeln’ will be released in soft cover and can be pre-ordered at the ger­man pub­lish­ing house Delius Klas­ing, well-known for high-value sail­ing lit­er­a­ture and sail­ing book titles. Take your chance as a Gaas­tra blog reader: We raf­fle one exclu­sive sam­ple in advance — sim­ply send an e-mail to denis@gaastraproshop.com by 17^th jan­u­ary 2012 mid­night at the lat­est. Gaas­tra blog wishes ‘Best of luck!’ and a refresh­ing read!

Rolex Miami OCR 2011, Men’s 470 fleet, Photo By Rolex, Daniel Forster

This win­ter, the sails are set for the 22^nd time: The upcom­ing renowned US Sail­ing Rolex Miami OCR 2012 regatta will be held from jan­u­ary 22^nd to 28^th, this time in the pic­turesque Bis­cayne Bay. The sec­ond of seven regat­tas within the ISAF Sail­ing World Cup 2011–2012 cir­cuit is open for ten olympic and three par­a­lympic classes – at the same time, the Rolex Miami OCR 2012 marks also the final selec­tion event for the US Par­a­lympic Team – Sail­ing. ‘With 2012 being the last year of the Olympic qua­dren­nium, we expect an increase in Pa-ralympic class par­tic­i­pa­tion as all of the world’s top Par­a­lympic hope­fuls will be com­ing to Miami straight off the IFDS World Cham­pi­onships, also held in Florida,’ said Gary Bodie (Hamp­ton, Va.), regatta co-chair.

The ISAF Rolex Miami OCR 2012 will be fol­lowed by the Tro­feo Princesa Sofia 2012 Palma Spain in april, the french Semaine Olympique in Hyeres, the Delta Lloyd Regatta Medem­b­lik 2012 from mai 23–27, the Skan­dia Sail for Gold Regatta Wey­mouth and the ger­man Kieler Woche. Since 1990, the pres­ti­gious Miami regatta is orga­nized by the United States Sail­ing Asso­ci­a­tion (US Sail­ing), which has been founded just as Gaas­tra in the year of 1897! Pas­sion for sailing=1897! The US Sail­ing Asso­ci­a­tion with its head­quar­ter in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, sup­ports in addi­tion a wide-ranging amount of national US Sail­ing Cham­pi­onships and the US Sail­ing Team Alpha­Graph­ics. Gaas­tra blog wishes all par­tic­i­pants a suc­cess­ful week in Miami – all sail­ing passio-nates can pro­fes­sion­al­ize with high-value tech­ni­cal Gaas­tra Pro Sail­ing Gear off­shore or dress up with nau­ti­cal Gaas­tra Fash­ion onhore as the Gaas­tra Voiles de Saint Barth 2012 Col­lec­tion — com­fort­ably and with world­wide deliv­ery ser­vice in the offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop!