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Young Sailors Thank Lewmar For New Dinghy

Supporting youth sailing is high on the agenda of Havant-based marine equipment manufacture Lewmar. Ian Stevenson, Lewmar’s distributor sales manager, presented Emsworth Slipper Sailing Club (ESSC) with a new Optimist dinghy to kick off the club's Junior Regatta this July.

 

 

 Lewmar’s Ian Stevenson (standing by the mast) presents the children of ESSC with their new Oppie ‘Lewmar’ at the beginning of the club's Junior Regatta.

 

Over 100 children of ages 4 to 17, from Emsworth Sailing Club and ESSC took part in a fun day's racing both on the town's Millpond and on the harbour on Saturday 14th July. Many children taking part in the regatta learnt to sail on Emsworth’s Millpond in Optimist dinghies. ESSC has a small fleet of Oppies that children use with the Club to learn the basics of sailing.

 Explains David Valentine, ESSC Junior Co-ordinator, “We are really grateful to Lewmar for presenting us with a brand new Oppie to add to the Slipper fleet. These boats give children the chance to get out on the water, give sailing a try, and have fun whilst learning to sail. Many kids who started sailing on the Millpond now participate at national level – which just goes to show how valuable the support of youth sailing is.”

 

 

 

 Emsworth’s budding young sailors look forward to their first outing in ‘Lewmar’ the new Club Oppie

 

Lewmar has close links with Emsworth Slipper Sailing Club. The club is located just a stone's throw from Lewmar’s first office opened in 1946 in South Street, Emsworth (behind the Blue Bell Pub). Now based in Havant, Hampshire, Lewmar has grown to become the world’s premier leisure marine equipment supplier with a turnover in excess of £60 million pa.

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