August NewsletterGreat results from our sponsored sailors and customers. We now stock sails and offer a guaranteed class legal sail numbering service. Other news - we have added a mast wear protect strip and an improved PayPal checkout. Matilda Nicholls - World Champion! Congratulations to Southeast Sailboats sponsored sailor Matilda Nicholls on winning the Radial Youth World championships last week in Kingston Ontario. Matilda has had a fantastic few months, with great results at the Europeans in Greece, and at the Hempel Youth Sailing World championships in Poland. Matilda uses our custom control line systems on her Laser. Congratulations Matilda - Laser Radial Youth World Champion!!! Jon Emmett - UK Radial National Champion Congratulations to Southeast Sailboats sponsored sailor Jon Emmett on winning the UK Nationals last week in Largs, Scotland. Southeast Sailboats was proud to be one of the sponsors at this fantastic event. Masters Europeans in Spain It was great to meet up with customers at the recent Laser Masters Europeans held in Roses, Spain. Even better to see customers on 8 out of the 9 podiums! Epic conditions over 5 days and world class competition. Sadly yours truly wasn't on the podium but was very happy with 6th out of the 54 boat grand master fleet. Class Legal Sails and Sail Service We have just added sails and a full sail numbering service to the website. We offer class legal sails at discount and a guaranteed class legal sail numbering/country code letters application service. Mast Wear Protect Strips added We have just added PROTect Tapes Mast Wear Protect strips to our increasing range of solutions for your Laser. This was prompted by a failure of my own Radial mast a few months ago – the first mast breakage that I have had in over 10 years of serious radial sailing. It was clear to me that the mast had been weakened by wear around the deck level – which is where it broke. Comprising two strips of UHMWPE with acrylic adhesive to be applied around the mast at the bottom and at the deck level, they help reduce the wear and tear of the gelcoat, and abrasion of the anodising on the mast itself. These wear protect strips are class legal (ILCA Rule Part 3, Section 19, Point (i). Our Top Selling Upgrades We offer a massive range of upgrades for your Laser. Some of our most popular are our signature 8:1 downhaul system, our unique 'double puller' outhaul systems; Harken 29mm deck blocks, 'new style' traveller cleat and a wide range of clew blocks. Plus of course, mainsheets, kicker systems, compasses and more! Updated PayPal checkout We have made a slight tweak to the PayPal checkout pop-up. This now has the option to pay directly via a range of debit/credit cards, as well as using a PayPal account. The cards that are displayed will depend on which country you are in. To pay using a card just over over the appropriate card and click. Plans for 2019 ….'Away Dates' Southeast Sailboats will be competing at events in the UK and in Europe. As a result, occasionally the 'away sailing' banner is put up on the website. The next away dates are for the Laser Masters World Championships in Holland in September. We will be closed for 9 days from the 5th September to the 15th September. If you are attending the event please come and say hello! Our 'most read' articles Two of our 'most read' articles relate to digital compasses.. The first article, written by Team GBR Laser sailor Michael Beckett gives an excellent insight into using a compass for the first time. The second article compares all three of the ILCA Rule 22 approved compasses so that you see which is best for you.
Tax Free Sales! If your delivery address is outside of the European Union you can now benefit from Tax Free sales. Click on the button below for more details of how you can save the 20% UK Value Added Tax that is included in our web prices. It makes quite a difference - for example it reduces the price of the PRISM/CarbonParts mounting combo from £389.95 to a tax free price of just £324.96 - a saving of £64.99! We ship all over the world! We ship our systems all over the world, with international shipping rates that start at just £4.00. Plus, if your delivery address is outside the European Union you can get tax Free prices! All our systems are built to order, allowing you a complete choice of block type, rope type and colour. From custom systems to all the bits to build your own….plus our rigging and re-rigging services Whether you want a ready-to-fit customised system, pre-spliced assemblies or just the blocks and rope to make your own we have it. We also offer a full rigging service, recognising you may already have blocks and rope. For some customers we have taken the ‘bag of bits’ that that come with a new Laser and transformed them into ready-to-fit systems. Finally, even the best ropes wear out long before the blocks, so we offer a re-rigging service to replace those tired ropes. Contact us if you are interested in any of these services!
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