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Fantastic Opportunities To Improve Your Sailing Skills: May 2-9th  2010 If you want to dramatically improve your Laser sailing in a week then why not join Skandia Team GBR Head Coach Chris Gowers who has coached Paul Goodison since 1998 and helped him to Gold at the 2008 Olympics in China. Chris is well known for his interactive style of coaching and was honoured at the annual Sports Coach UK awards 2008 with the High. Performance Coach of the Year award. There is no extra charge for joining Chris's training week but places (from £629 including flight and accommodation) are strictly limited so call 0844 499 2898 to reserve your place today!

Match Racing Training: May 9-15th  2010 Join Ewan McEwan, the man the RYA have given the task of ensuring our girls pick up the medals in Weymouth 2012 on a one week match race training course in Vassiliki. Even if you’ve not a dedicated match racer you will benefit from an increased understanding of the new 2009-2012 rules as well as gaining tips on boat handling, mark rounding, starting and finishing and defending and at tacking boats nearby. The training will be in SB3’s and Laser 1’s - the first day will be spent familiarizing yourself with the boats and the rest of the week putting principles into practice. There is no extra charge for joining Ewan's match race training week but places (from £659 including flight and accommodation) are strictly limited so call 0844 499 2898 to reserve your place today!

Catamaran Race With The Tornado European Champions: June 13th-18th  2010 Join Kostas Trigonis and Jordanis Paschalides, the 2008 and 2007 Tornado class European champions. All aspects of cat racing will be covered from tuning and setting up boats for different conditions, advance preparations for regattas, how the new rules affect strategy and tactics, defining a strategy before the start and then reappraising that strategy as the race develops, how to decide which way to go up (or down) a course, best angles up and downwind for varying conditions, mark rounding and so on. Training will take place on Tornados, Hobie Fox and Hobie Tigers and Hobie 16’s. There is no extra charge for joining these training sessions but places (from £849 including flight and accommodation) are strictly limited so call 0844 499 2898 to reserve your place today! Please Note: that the performance catamarans will only be available on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th June to those entering the Vassiliki Watersports Regatta (see below.)

Vassiliki Watersports Festival 2010

June 11-20th  2010

Already a firm favourite in the Wildwind calendar the Vassiliki Watersports Festival features plenty of on and off the water action including European Freestyle Professional Windsurf competition, Open catamaran, Laser, Open Dinghy and Yacht regatta, bike races, Miss Bikini competition, Greek cultural night and much more.   For more information call our UK office and check out SKY TV’s video via the link below:

Footage of the Vassiliki Watersports Festival is also now available on our website - http://www.wildwind.co.uk/ww/video16.html

Why not come out for a fortnight on June 13th for only £1099, join in with the superb catamaran training on offer and then enter the Festival regatta? Call 0844 499 2898 for more details or contact simon@wildwind.co.uk

Advanced Bookings for 2010!
Our Summer 2009 season has now finished and our programme for Summer 2010 will not be available to book for a few weeks yet while we finalise plans for 2010.

However, we are now taking advance reservations for 2010 – the new season will start on 2nd May 2010 – and as we’ve had such a busy 2009 we are giving people the opportunity to hold their holiday dates in advance of the publication of next year’s prices.

No deposit is required at the moment. If you would like to take advantage of this simply call our office or email us with your details, holiday dates, duration, and a contact telephone number.

 

Ionian Regatta 2010

Sept 16th 2010

ANNUAL IONIAN REGATTA – Thursday September 16th.   Now in its 22nd year the Wildwind catamarans join in the annual long distance race around the small uninhabited island of Arkoudi just off the Lefkas mainland before heading into Sivota harbour for dinner, prizegiving and an excellent party.  

All proceeds go to charity.  For more information call our UK office and look at the following videos of the 2008 and 2009 regaattas  

http://www.wildwind.co.uk/ww/video14.html
http://www.wildwind.co.uk/ww/video7.html

Wildwind Reviewed on Cowes Online

To see an independent review of Wildwind click the link below...

www.cowes.co.uk

Team Wildwind at the Tiger Europeans

Find out how the guys from Team Wildwind are progressing with the Hobie European Championships at Lake Como in Italy starting on the 4th August 2009.

To find out more then click here

 

Six or More of You Travelling Together?

As well as supporting various sailing clubs and organisations* Wildwind also offer special deals for groups including free places and discounts for groups as small as 6 persons travelling together.

For more information click here