Our guys have once again demonstrated that are among the best sailors in Europe. At the recent Finn class European Championships in Scarlino (Italy) our sailors took the second, and third, fifth and sixth place among 69 participants.

SandiEquipe member Vasilij Žbogar (SLO) was second, which is his greatest success in this class. After two consecutive titles in 2009 and 2010 and second place at last year's European Championships, another SandiEquipe member Ivan Kljaković Gašpić (CRO) finished third, sandiliners Giorgio Poggi from Italy, and Deniss Karpak from Estonia reached the 5th and 6th place.

Slovenian adventure sailor, kayaker & personal trainer Igor Stropnik recently joined the sandiliners. Igor sails from childhood. Initially on the family sailboat, later racing on dinghies, than as skipper of charter boats and as a member of teams who performed a variety of boat transfers. He has sailed the Pacific and Mediterranean.

His last sailing project was a solo adventure sailing in a Laser 2 boat from Slovenia to Albania and back. He also made a fantastic short video of this adventure.

His next project is Sailing from Nordkapp to Stockholm in a inflatable catamaran Ducky 13. We will follow his preparations & the whole adventure on our facebook pages sandiline & sandiline Slovenija as well as on our main webpages.

Suntouched Sailboats Ltd. has become our distributor of sailing gear for the UK, Belgium & The Netherlands. They will be serving the final users as well as resellers located in the area.

We encourage potential dealers from the above mentioned countries who are interested in our sailing gear to get in touch with them. Due to their  business philosophy, engagement in the sailing world & location, Suntouched Sailboats Ltd. will be able to serve the British, Dutch & Belgian market better than ourselves.

For the last two week most European dinghy sailors were in Helsinki at the 2011 Open Europeans. SandiEquipe members & sandiLiners obtained two outstanding & some very good results.

A special mention goes to "our" Croatian equipe sailors Tonči Stipanović, who managed to defend the european title in laser & Ivan Kljaković Gašpić who was stopped from winning his third consecutive finn class European title on the last day, after an outstanding performance by the new European champion Giles Scott (GBR).

After winning his second consecutive title Stipanović said: "I won also last year, but this time it feels a bit different, since I've had a lot of friends here to support me. I sailed well and did my best during the whole competition. We now have a tough race among the Croatian team for the places in the upcoming Olympic Games. The whole national team performed well here, hopefully I will be able to earn my spot in London". We cheer for you Tonči!

Kljakovic Gašpić said, "Giles had a really good week, congratulations to him because he was the perfect sailor, sailing hard and today, I was a just little below his level, but overall it was really good sailing from both of us this week."

SandiEquipe member & two times Olympic medalist in laser class Vasilij Žbogar (SLO) is adjusting very well to the finn class, this time he finished 6th, while sandiLiners Deniss Karpak (EST) & Jonathan Lobert (FRA) took the 11th & 13th position.

Once again congratulations to all!

ISAF world cup stage 5 - Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, the Netherlands

More great results from our sailing sandiLiners. In finn class   Ivan Kljaković Gašpić - Bambi (CRO) gained the silver; Gasper Vinčec (SLO) finished 4th & Vasilij Žbogar (SLO) 6th.

In the laser class  our only representative in the top 20 was Tonči Stipanović (CRO) who finished 9th.

A tremendus progression from the last world cup race was achieved by our 470 team Vianney Guilbaud & Mathieu Fountaine who finished 6th.

Check this link for detailed results.

Great results at the 4th stage of the ISAF world cup that took place in Hyères, France. This time the best resluts come from our Laser class sandiLiners: Tonči Stipanović (CRO) finished 2nd and Pavlos Kontides (CYP) 5th.

Once again the Finn class sandiLiners showed they belong to the top: Ivan Kljaković Gaspić (CRO)- 5th, Deniss Karpak (EST)- 11th; Gašper Vinčec (SLO)-13th; Giorgio Poggi (ITA)- 16th; Vasilij Zbogar (SLO)- 19th

Our girls are also getting better Mathilde De Kerangat (FRA, Laser radial) finished 23rd while our 470 W team - Lorena Brunnhuber (GER) & Alina Hofstätter (GER), are still adjusting to the new class, they finished 54th.

A new 470 team joined the sandiLiners lately, our French guys Vianney Guilbaud & Mathieu Fountaine finished 49th out of 106 boats.

Congratulations to all and good luck in Medemblik.

By: dp

Sandiline got new sailing and and kayak distributors in Finland

We have two new partners in Finland we would like to present. A few moths ago Natura Viva became our official distributor for kayaking gear and just few days ago we started official cooperation with Sailman/Northern Yachts Ltd. who is now our sailing gear distributor in Finland.

Sailman/Northern Yachts Ltd. is a company that imports and sells high quality sailing boats (monohulls and multihulls) and sailing gear throughout Finland. Their motto is: "The whole family’s sailing store."

According to the founder and owner Matti Helenius the company’s mission is to offer people enjoyable sailing experiences with different boat types like a normal keel boat for cruising, or a fast and stable trimaran for fast sailing and competition.

"Beside boats Sailman is offering technical sailing gear to active people who are racing or just cruising and having fun with their boats. Sailing gear will give everyone protection and comfort whether it is warm and sunny, or cold and rainy. They can totally rely on good quality clothing designed exactly to weathers and conditions out in the lake or sea." says Helenius.

After testing our gear the owner and manager of Natura Viva Ilkka Lariola wrote "Our first hand experience of your products is very positive and we believe that you are really working hard to make the best possible gear for your sports. Our goal is to be the best possible partner for you in Finland."

Beside selling kayak gear Natura Viva offers a wide range of outdoors services for individuals and for enterprises. These include sea and lake kayaking and canoeing, whitewater kayaking, hiking and trekking, paragliding, mountain biking and adventure tours.

At sandiline we are sure that these new cooperations will be sucessfull and our Finnish costumers will be happy with our goods and the service provided by our partners.

by: dp

Hiking pants laser STD nominated for the DAME awards at Marine Equipment Trade Show 2010

In November sandiline will be exhibiting for the first time at the METS - the world’s largest trade exhibition of equipment, materials and systems for the international marine leisure industry. The trade show will take place in Amsterdam from the 16th to the 18th of November 2010.

The product we registered for the Design Award METS (DAME) - the Hiking Pants Laser STD, passed the first selection & are nominated for the design award in the category clothing & crew accessories.

By: dp

Finn class sandiLiners dominated the stage 6 of the ISAF sailing World Cup

SandiEquipe member Ivan Kljaković Gašpić (Finn, CRO) won his second consecutive ISAF sailing World Cup regatta. The other Finn class sandiLiners also took home great results: Jonathan Lobert (FRA) 5th, Deniss Karpak (EST) 6th & Giorgio Poggi (ITA) 9th.

Our laser class sailors took the 4th (Pavlos Kontides, CYP) & 27th (Tonči Stipanović, CRO) place.

For detailed results click here.

by: dp

Tonči Stipanović (CRO) won the Laser Standard European championship in Tallinn (EST).

This year our sailors keep collecting fabulous placements. After Ivan Kljakovič Gaspić in Finn, our other Croatian sandiEquipe member Tonči Stipanović became 2010 European champion in the Laser Standard class.

Here is what he said after the win: “I dreamt about it every day, but you can never tell for sure if this is day that you will become the European Champion. But I had a feeling this morning, did the best that I could and now I am the first Croatian to win the Europeans in Laser Standard,”

The other sandiLiners finished: Luka Radelić (CRO) - 8th, Pavlos Kontides (CYP) - 11th.

Congratulations!

Results

By: dp

Finn class sailor Ivan Kljaković Gaspić (CRO) won the 4th stage of this season's ISAF sailing World Cup. Great results also for the other sandiLiners.

Bambi continues his series of great results winning the Delta Lloyd ISAF World Cup regatta in Medemblik (NED). The Slovenian sandiEquipe finn class sailors took the 7th (Vinčec) & 10th (Žbogar) place. The only other finn sandiLiner participating at this regatta, Deniss Karpak finished 15th.

Our laser class sailors finished 10th (Luka Radelić - CRO) & 17th (Tonči Stipanović - CRO).

Ivan Kljaković Gaspić (CRO) is the 2010 European finn class champion

Not many athletes get the chance to win an important title at home. For Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO) that dream came true last Sunday for he became 2010 Finn European Champion! In addition to this Bambi successfully defended his 2009 Finn European title.

Here what he said after the win:

"Winning the event at home is I think impressive because it's one thing to win a race somewhere else as there is always some pressure, but it's just on you. But back home you have thousands of people looking at you and everyone's interested in this. All my friends are calling, sending texts and emails. Everyone means well but you feel big pressure and it's not so easy. But I managed to stay cool with good consistent sailing and not to many stupid mistakes and in the end I did really well and am so proud I won another Europeans back home because this was really big pressure event for me.”

The only other sandiLiner in the finals was Jonathan Lobert who mistakenly assumed that Oscar flag for free pumping was up & he got the second yellow flag so had to retire but still managed to finish 8th.

The two Slovenian sandiEquipe members finished 16th (Vasilij Žbogar) & 35th (Gašper Vinčec) while our other two sandiLiners Deniss Karpak (EST) & our new entry Giorgio Poggi (ITA) finished 25th & 18th.

By: dp

Great results for our sailors at the 42nd Semaine Olympique Française, 4th event on the ISAF Sailing World Cup

After being close to the win Ivan Kljaković Gaspić (CRO) finished 3rd, our new entry Jonathan Lobert (FRA) took the fourth place & Gašper Vinčec (SLO) got the fifth.

The great result was completed by Deniss Karpak (EST) 11th & Vasilij Žbogar(SLO) 12th at his first elite class finn regatta!

By: dp

Stage three of the ISAF Sailing world cup in Spain was a sucess for our sailors!

At the third regatta of the 2009-10 ISAF Sailing World Cup (Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Mapfre, Palma, Spain) sandiEquipe members proved once again they are among the best sailors in the world. Tonči Stipanović (CRO) took the second place in the laser class. In the finn class Ivan Kljaković Gaspić (CRO) also finished second & Gašper Vinčec (SLO) 10th. Congratulations to all of them!

By: dp

Peter Csonka, Nina Halasova, Tomo Andrassy shared their White Nile paddling experience.

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