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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.