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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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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.

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!