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The new Fall Col­lec­tion 2010 for Men, Women and Juniors has just arrived in our Gaas­tra E-Store. There are cosy cardi­gans with nice plait pat­tern, knit­ted coats and warm fleece– and soft­shell jack­ets with spe­cial Gaas­tra designs.
Fur­ther­more the Fall Col­lec­tion presents fash­ion­able jack­ets frac­tional dec­o­rated with fur bor­ders and suit­able warm shoes and boots.

Enjoy your dis­cov­ery tour through our Gaas­tra E-Store!



The Gaas­tra Crew was told in advance that the SAIL Ams­ter­dam is one of the largest sail­ing events in the world — but we had no idea how impres­sive that was.
In the early morn­ing we got car­ried down the IJ (the river that runs through Ams­ter­dam) to change onto the pretty nor­we­gian sail­ing boat “Sor­lan­det”. From this moment on it was already impos­si­ble to count all the lit­tle boats, big sail­ing yachts and mod­ern ships that sur­rounded us. Every boat had its own fancy char­ac­ter and indi­vid­ual his­tory to present. Dur­ing the five hour Sail In Parade back to Ams­ter­dam you had an unique view on nau­ti­cal his­tory with hun­dreds and thou­sands of vis­i­tors on river­side.
The Gaas­tra Crew enjoyed every minute of it and was proud more than ever to wear the SAIL Ams­ter­dam Col­lec­tion 2010.
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Last week-end (19–22 August) it was invited through a jour­ney of time in Laboe — the Ger­man Clas­sics 2010. Over 150 clas­sic yachts were expected in the har­bor of Laboe. The vis­i­tors had the oppor­tu­nity to see impres­sive old sail­ing boats in a mar­itime atmos­phere.
Short races on Fri­day and the tra­di­tional long dis­tance race on Sat­ur­day pro­vided a sportive frame, culi­nary delights teased the palate and mar­itime art from the view point of mod­ern artists fas­ci­nated the eye. A vari­ety of live music on the fes­tiv­ity grounds made sure that every­one was get­ting into a good mood. Fur­ther­more Gaas­tra was one of the main spon­sors for the event Ger­man Clas­sics 2010.

It’s always nice to see the mar­itime and sportive looks of Gaas­tra which com­plete this amaz­ing atmos­phere! Have a glance at our Gaas­tra E-Store to get this mar­itime look at yourselves!

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Do you remem­ber the Gaastra’s Next Top Model Con­test? In the fol­low­ing video you get an impres­sion about the test shoot­ing and some of the girls who might be Gaastra’s Next Top Model!

Who is your favourite?

Today one of the largest mar­itime man­i­fes­ta­tions in the world begins. Till August 23rd 2010 the 8th edi­tion of SAIL Ams­ter­dam will take place. In 1975 the first edi­tion of SAIL was held to cel­e­brate the 700^th anniver­sary of Ams­ter­dam. The event was a great suc­cess, result­ing in the sec­ond SAIL event in 1980. Over the years SAIL Ams­ter­dam has become the largest, freely acces­si­ble pub­lic event in the Nether­lands. Dur­ing the SAIL event impres­sive fleets will be present in the IJ (the river which runs through Ams­ter­dam), such as tall ships, mar­itime her­itage, mod­ern ships and repli­cas. Dur­ing these five days there is plenty to do with a chang­ing pro­gram of cul­ture and sport­ing activ­i­ties. The theme of SAIL 2010 will be: a nau­ti­cal encounter between past, present and future.
We are proud to present the spe­cial SAIL Ams­ter­dam Col­lec­tion 2010 in our Gaas­tra E-Store.

Have you seen the spec­tac­u­lar Drachen­boat Cup 2010 where the Gaas­tra team ended sec­ond out of six­teen teams? It took place in Ham­burg at the 11th of June 2010 and was brought to Ger­many by Michael Stich, the well-known ten­nis player.

Have fun and enjoy watch­ing the video!

Gaas­tra has been at the Copa del Rey — here are some impres­sions for you — have fun and enjoy the slideshow!

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The his­tory of Gaas­tra begins in 1897, where the 22-year-old Douwe Gaas­tra sets up his sail­mak­ing com­pany in Sneek/The Nether­lands with the ambi­tion of mak­ing sail­ing faster as well as more com­pet­i­tive and eff­i­cent. In a short space of time, Gaas­tra then becomes a house­hold name in the global world of sailing.

The­ses days we cel­e­brate the Sneek­Week as the biggest sail­ing event held in Euro­pean inland waters. The focus of the event is on sail­ing and its pas­sion­ate par­tic­i­pants, right from its spec­tac­u­lar start — the tra­di­tional naval pageant with hun­dreds of boats and a bril­liant dis­play of fire­works — up to the very last day of the competition.

Sneek­Week is orga­nized by the Royal Water Sports Asso­ci­a­tion of Sneek (KWS) and draws thou­sands of vis­i­tors and par­tic­i­pants each year. This years Gaas­tras lim­ited col­lec­tion of the Sneek­Week is now avail­able online. Check out the shirts for Men, Women and Juniors and visit the shop.

Are you ready to become Gaastra’s next Top Model? Together with Jackie (mag­a­zine) Gaas­tra started a scout for the new model for the Gaas­tra Spring Sum­mer collection.

Do you have the body of Doutzen, the spirit of Heidi and the pow­er­ful eyes of Tyra? Than sign in right now and maybe we’ll invite you for a cast­ing dur­ing the Sail Ams­ter­dam (19–23 aug).
The win­ner of the con­test will be the new face of Gaas­tra and will be a part in the next shoot in St. Tropez.
Con­di­tions:
- Age: 18–28 year
– Min­i­mum length: 1.72 meter
– cloth­ing size: 36
– Ben­e­fit: model expe­ri­ence
– Mod­els can only apply the con­test in per­son, not trough an agent.
How?
To become Gaastra’s next top model, sign in now! (Gaas­tra Face­book)Upload your best photo and try to get the most votes. From the TOP 10 with the most votes we will choose a winner.

So…..this could be your change to start a famous top model carrier!

We proudly inform you about the lat­est news: Spain’s Crown Prince Felipe (3rd L) is seen aboard the yacht “CAM” at the start of the first day of the 29th Copa del Rey yacht race in Palma de Mal­lorca. Spain’s Queen Sofia sup­ports him dur­ing the start in the Gaas­tra Copa del Rey Col­lec­tion!
Gaas­tra is the offi­cial cloth­ing sup­plier for the sec­ond year of the Copa del Rey Regatta which is orga­nized by Royal Yacht Club in Palma de Mal­lorca.
As we told you Gaas­tra presents the lim­ited edi­tion “Copa del Rey Col­lec­tion 2010”, which includes gar­ments for men, women and chil­dren.
The photo of Queen Sofia is here.