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Sail­ing Team Azzurra, Gaas­tra offi­cial sup­plier © Gaas­tra Inter­na­tional Sports­wear b.v.

This year anew, Gaas­tra sup­ports the leg­endary Ital­ian Sail­ing Team Azzurra: Equipped with pro­fes­sional sail­ing cloth­ing from the tech­ni­cal Gaas­tra Pro Sail­ing Gear and nau­ti­cal Sports­wear, Team Azzurra of the Yacht Club Costa Smer­alda sets course for the new inter­na­tional sail­ing sea­son 2012 with a new Azzurra TP52 class boat. Con­struc­tions have started last novem­ber 2011 in the Span­ish King Marina yacht build­ing ship­yard headed by King Marine’s man­ager and engi­neer Pablo San­tar­siero. The first TP52 regatta con­sti­tutes the Palma Vela 2012 as a tune up event, fol­lowed by the Conde de Godó Barcelona in may, the Sar­dinia Cup at home­like Porto Cervo in june, the Copa del Rey Palma in july and the Valen­cia Cup in october.

So, the rich Azzurra his­tory will be upheld with a new liv­ery this regatta sea­son: Founded in the early 80s by H.H. The Aga Khan and Gianni Agnelli, the Azzurra Sail­ing Team com­peted firstly in 1983 at the Louis Vuit­ton Cup New­port, fol­lowed by the Sail­ing World Cham­pi­onships 1985. The Azzurra Team aroused new enthu­si­asm for sail­ing sports in Italy. In a word: What Fer­rari is to For­mula 1 fans, Azzurra is to Ital­ian yacht­ing enthu­si­asts! The greater was the excite­ment, when the sail­ing team cel­e­brated its come­back after sev­en­teen years at the Louis Vuit­ton Tro­phy 2009 and recently won over at the Audi Med­Cup Cir­cuit 2011. We are look­ing for­ward to a new sea­son with sail­ing team Azzurra in pro­fes­sional Gaas­tra Sail­ing Gear and sporty Gaas­tra Sail­ing Fash­ion – Good Speed!

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!

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!

Gaas­tra Men, Cardi­gan Lewis, Sailors Edi­tion 2011/12

What would Henry the Nav­i­ga­tor, Fer­di­nand Mag­el­lan, Vasco da Gama or James Cook wear nowa­days? This sea­son for sure the Sailors Edi­tion from Gaas­tra! The nau­ti­cal fash­ion and func­tional cloth­ing col­lec­tion stands out due to its rough sailor’s style, rugged mate­ri­als and mar­itime basic colours as navy, anthracite and cream.

The styl­ish Gaas­tra Men Win­ter Coat Led­bury for exam­ple, anchors double-breasted in sailor’s look style, made of high-quality wool blend and equipped with large but­tons and col­lar. In this men’s win­ter coat is much dis­cov­er­able — and you will get dis­cov­ered! In the thigh lenght Gaas­tra Women Coat Ziri, women shine highly fash­ion­able in an unos­ten­ta­tiously sailors look made from high-value ital­ian wool, dec­o­rated with a trendy waist belt and nau­ti­cal waves pat­tern on the sleeves. Eyecatcher-swell guar­an­teed! Chunky cable stitch, fold back col­lar and plaited waist belt like in the very chic Gaas­tra Women Cardi­gan Zula Time in creme, belong as well to the trendy deck in the Gaas­tra Shop. 

Men move on fur­ther to pas­tures new sea­man­likely in shawl col­lar style and equipped with elbow patches in the Gaas­tra Men Cardi­gan Lewis made from high-quality cot­ton blend. Dis­cover your sailors style in the Offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop now!

Gaas­tra Win­ter Coat Led­bury Navy

Gaas­tra Men’s Cardi­gan Lewis Creme

Gaas­tra Cardi­gan Zula Time, Creme

Gaas­tra Coat Ziri, Navy

Gaas­tra Blouses & Shirts: Gaas­tra Sales dis­count 15 % off only today!

Fes­tive, casual oder styl­ish? You can never have enough of the clas­sics Gaas­tra blouses and Gaas­tra shirts! To be dressed the spe­cial way for upcom­ing occa­sions, the Gaas­tra Online Shop advent cal­en­dar lit­tle door 2 keeps ready 15 % Gaas­tra dis­count on ALL blouses and shirts at its por­tal: Enjoy only today Gaas­tra Blouses reduced and Gaas­tra Shirts low priced with­out sav­ing on qual­ity. High-value flanel-quality, trendy checked blouse look and very soft hand­feel you will expe­ri­ence in the Gaas­tra blouse Bowspirit.

Plain-coloured as the per­fect basic and com­bi­na­tion all­rounder in turquoise, white and pink presents the Gaas­tra blouse Texas and high fash­ion­able and spe­cial the extra long Gaas­tra tunic blouses. Men can dress up many-sided as well for every occa­sion: Whether styl­ish checked as in the Gaas­tra shirt Bea­con made from soft cot­ton pope­line, gal­lantly striped like in the Gaas­tra shirt Bimini or plain coloured in the shirt Sailor from the freshly arrived Let­ters from the Sea Col­lec­tion in the Offi­cial Gaas­tra Online Shop. Cel­e­brate good times with Gaas­tra and get only today 15 % off on your favourites! 

Gaas­tra Sales Dis­count: 30 % off on Gaas­tra jack­ets only today!

Win­dow open! Today we say ‘Cast Off’ for the 24 well-filled Gaas­tra Online Shop Advent cal­en­dar win­dows: Lit­tle door 1 gives presents to you with a big Gaas­tra sales dis­count of 30 % off on the pop­u­lar edi­tion jacket 0002 for women & edi­tion 0003 for men for the advent cal­en­dar open­ing! Gaas­tra jack­ets reduced and par­tic­u­larly favourable: For 24 hours and as long as stock lasts, todays’ advent win­dow is open with the Gaas­tra sav­ing rebate on your high-value Gaas­tra winterjacket!

So hurry up: For the spe­cial Gaas­tra women win­ter­jacket edi­tion 0002 from the Lim­ited Edi­tion in roy­al­blue or navy is filled with real downs, keeps extra warm and owns many func­tional fash­ion fea­tures as an adjustable waist belt. Men as well anchor fash­ion­ably mas­ter­ful this sea­son in the Gaas­tra men win­ter­jacket edi­tion 0003 in grey, navy or black, fully lined, with detach­able and adjustable hood and 8 pock­ets on the front, 2 inside pock­ets and one mobile phone pocket. Why men do not need shoul­der bags is surely now replied-to!