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 Sailing World - What A Ride: The Musto Performance Skiff
The Musto Skiff was originally conceived by Joachim Harpprecht, a German designer, in 1999.
Musto came on board as a backer, and that, coupled with strict class rules, helps protect the one-design aspect, which will help promote the growth of the class worldwide.
I've only sailed a few skiffs in my time, and the Musto Skiff is one of the most balanced I've ever sailed.
www.sailingworld.com /article.jsp?ID=42651&typeID=397&catID=571   (1109 words)

  
 East Lothian SSR The Scottish Skiff travellers 3rd event took place at East Lothian Yacht   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This was also the Musto Skiff Scottish Championships and they were the biggest class amongst the skiffs with 13 boats.
The Musto Skiffs also dominated the results - not surprising since the standard in the fleet is very high, led by multiple champion Richard Stenhouse (Rutland) and current UK National Champion, Ian Trotter (Derwent).
The results in the Musto Skiff Fleet changed slightly after the individual race results were extracted from the overall fleet, with Renilson second and Trotter third in the Musto Skiff Scottish Championships.
www.scottishskiffracing.com /east_lothian_results_jun_06.htm   (799 words)

  
 Musto Skiff - Sailing Anarchy Forums
The Musto Skiff is advertised at 14K US with sails, dolly and cover.
No Musto Skiffs, but some one off stuff that is pretty much like that.
Musto's look good,,but the swift solo's look to have better prospects of fleetbuilding in NA,and had their first midwinters in Fla this spring.
www.sailinganarchy.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=22710   (1020 words)

  
 Ullswater Yacht Club
Then came a group of battling Musto Skiffs including Ian Turnbull, Richard Stenhouse, Ian Trotter and Kevin Anderson with John Robson in his asymmetric Canoe and the Laser 5000 of Stephen and Fiona Tylecote.
The Musto Skiffs were again doing battle and it was anyone's guess who was going to come out on top overall.
Richard Stenhouse and Kevin Anderson in their Musto Skiffs finished third and second respectively with the overall winners after a magnificent effort the brothers Lester and Lee Noble sailing their 49er from the home club.
www.ullswateryachtclub.org /0307.asp   (680 words)

  
 Musto Performance Skiff - Victor Boats
At the recent ISAF conference the Musto Performance Skiff was granted ISAF Recognised Status by the ISAF Council.
The Musto Performance Skiff has again had a very successful season, and we would like to thank all those involved in the project for their continued support.
The Musto skiff fleet in the Midlands as with fleets else where is on the increase.
www.mustoskiff.com   (1285 words)

  
 Skiff Sailing
The original plan was for me to have a go at some basics such as tacking and jibing, which are altogether different in a Skiff than in a conventional monohull dinghy because the slower you are going the more unstable it becomes.
He is out on the trapeze, his feet dancing nimbly along the skiff’s outer rack whilst steering with the extension attached to the tiller.
It blooms into the sky and the Skiff shudders as it picks up speed, skipping along the top of the swell so that most of its dagger board is visible in the slice of daylight under the hull.
www.gary-king.co.uk /skiff_sailing.html   (917 words)

  
 Sailing news as it happens - Yachts and Yachting Online
With 23 Mustos racing its made for close racing through out the fleet with lots of chances for picking a good wind shift or doing a bad tack to gain or loose a few places.
In the evening we had a BBQ followed by a chance to hear about Graeme exploits in the 18ft Skiff class and find were he has got all this extra speed from, mostly from being relaxed giving smooth steering also good trapezing posture giving perfect balance and trim, the all important flat is fast.
The Musto Performance Skiff Class Association (MPSCA) and Victor Boats are delighted to announce that at the recent ISAF Conference the Musto Performance Skiff was granted ISAF Recognised status.
www.yachtsandyachting.com /news/?article=22180   (767 words)

  
 Sans titre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Musto Performance Skiff Class Association and Victor Boats are delighted to announce the recent achievement of ISAF Recognised Status and the appointment of Olympic Silver Medallist Keith Musto as Class President.
The Musto Performance Skiff Class Association (MPSCA) and Victor Boats are delighted to announce that at the recent ISAF Conference the Musto Performance Skiff was granted ISAF Recognised status; we are also pleased to announce the appointment of Olympic Silver medallist Keith Musto as the class president.
Keith held the role of Secretary and Treasurer of the International Melges 24 Class Association for 6 years and was one of the key drivers in the growth and development of the class.
www.duvoisinnautique.ch /news/mustoskiffisaf.htm   (444 words)

  
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The varying wind conditions stretched Race Officer Bev Moss and his team but all the races were completed to finish a busy weekend and send the competitors home happy.
In the Musto Skiff UK Championship Richard Stenhouse, from Rutland SC completed a great comeback to dominate the final two days of the championship, winning the last six races in widely varying wind conditions.
The light winds on the final day meant that the fleet were held on the shore until there was sufficiant wind but Stenhouse made no mistake, comfortably taking a second UK National title.
www.hisc.co.uk /openresults02/mustoskiffnats.htm   (147 words)

  
 The International Swift Solo
Since the 24 1/2er (The Swift Solo) has the largest sail plan of any of the skiffs on the chart, it would be easy to conclude that such a massive sail area would make the boat difficult to sail.
One look at the size of the spinnaker alone might be enough to scare away even hardcore skiff sailors.
While this is not intended to be an entry-level skiff, I believe that any intermediate skiff sailor with trapeze experience will catch on to sailing this boat rapidly.
www.single-handedskiffs.com /comparisonwithotherhotsinglehanders.html   (874 words)

  
 sail-world.com -- Musto Performance Skiff latest newsletter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Musto Skiffs from the North East of England and Scotland turned out for the Dalgety Bay Sailing Club Purvis Regatta on the weekend of 20th and 21st of May. The fleet of 7 boats, including some of the newer members of the ever growing Scottish fleet had their own start, on the Asymmetric Course.
There was plenty of close racing throughout the fleet in the Musto Skiff Open at Derwent over 13/14 May, and people travelled from far-a-field (Lymington and Stone in the South and Largs and Dalgety Bay in the North), despite the poor weather forecast.
ALSO do you own a Musto Skiff but don't use it any more, there is a bit of a shortage of second hand boats with used boats getting snapped up.
www.sail-world.com /news.cfm?Nid=24443&SRCID=3&RequestTimeOut=180   (1957 words)

  
 Musto - Musto Skiff
The Musto Performance Skiff was presented at the ISAF single-handed trials in March 2000 for consideration for future Olympic Class.
Evaluation sailors invited to the event by the ISAF had no problems in sailing the Musto Performance Skiff and the smiles showed their enjoyment of sailing this boat.
Victor Boats and Musto Ltd have now established an exciting new class, with up to 7 Nations currently to be seen competing at European events.
www.musto.co.uk /teammusto/mustoskiff.aspx   (271 words)

  
 newsreports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Musto Skiff capsized near the leeward mark and again on the next windward lag to erode Reid’s lead over the next two boats and although he was up and away quickly each time was not able to do enough to maintain a lead on handicap scraping into third place.
Reid was going well in the Musto Skiff using his kite to good effect to open a margin of nearly four minutes on the slower 29er of Read and Lord with Bowman closing enough to get second spot forcing Read and Lord into third by nearly a minute on handicap.
Alistair Reid (Musto Skiff) was using his kite well and overtook the RS400 to finish the second lap just behind Blyth and Aitken’s 505 and the four faster boats went through to start a third lap.
www.largobaysc.org.uk /newsreports.html   (5453 words)

  
 skiff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
They usually hold either one person or, more commonly, three (two scullers and a coxswain).
Examples include: 29er, 49er, 18 footer, musto skiff, and International 14.
The Central American version of a skiff is generally called a Panga.
www.boatsloan.com /wiki/?title=Skiff   (352 words)

  
 Hauptseite - MustoSkiff.de   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Willkommen auf der offiziellen Seite der Musto Skiff Klasse in Deutschland.
Auch in diesem Jahr ist mit einigen Skiffs zu rechnen.
Die inzwischen große internationale Verbreitung des Musto Skiffs wird vielleicht in diesem Winter mit dem Status der Internationalen Klasse belohnt.
www.mustoskiff.de /Hauptseite   (1801 words)

  
 This Is Local London
The Musto Skiff fleet had attended the event in force and on day one the top ten included six Musto Skiffs.
John Robson, of Ullswater, spoilt the Skiffs walkover by finishing fourth while the Noble brothers brought the 49er home in seventh place just four seconds ahead of Lester's daughter Julz Noble sailing with James Lyons in their 29er.
Overall winners for the two days were the Noble brothers, with Kevin Anderson and Richard Stenhouse in their Musto Skiffs third and second respectively.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk /display.var.513189.0.0.php   (648 words)

  
 Musto
One of Musto’s most enduring and successful partnerships has been with Ellen MacArthur.
Whatever type of activity you have in mind, there’s Musto footwear that will suit it perfectly.
During her first year with Musto, Georgie has achieved excellent results.
www.musto.co.uk /index.cfm?articleid=1379   (119 words)

  
 Class Rules - Musto Performance Skiff - Victor Boats
Builders licensed by LIC with the approval of MPSCA shall manufacture the MPS in accordance with the construction manual.
In the context off these rules the LIC shall be deemed to be the designer/copyright holder sitting in council with 2 of the principal builders or their representatives plus the President (or in his absence the Secretary) of the MPSCIA.
The Musto Performance Skiff is marketed world wide by Victor Boats.
www.mustoskiff.com /class-rules.htm   (2091 words)

  
 sailpower.com
We were so impressed with the outstanding performance of the new Musto Performance Skiff at the recent ISAF Evaluation event at Quiberon in France, we just had to have a go!
But it wasn't just the speed that impressed us (the boat won every race at the trials) but the fact that she was being developed and built by one of the most internationally respected boatbuilders - Devoti Sailing.
Like all high performance boats which only seem to have one gear, it was interesting to see how the Skiff performed in the light airs.
www.ybw.com /sp/features/musto   (967 words)

  
 Ovington Web
For years there was nothing in the world of sailing that could come close to an 18 Foot Skiff.
Now there are a few pretenders, but none can match the power, speed and spectacle of the original and greatest skiff.
New moulds have arrived from Australia to the new Murray design, which is now agreed as the worldwide one-design.
www.ovingtonboats.com /content/18skiff/boatinfo.htm   (138 words)

  
 sail-world.com -- Class Profile: Musto Performance Skiff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
With the backing of Musto Ltd and with strong class rules protecting the one design principle we are enjoying strong and exciting fleet racing worldwide.
In every race staged by the evaluation panel the Musto Performance Skiff was the first mono hull, and in the last race sailed over a windward leeward course, the two Musto Performance Skiffs were first and second by a considerable margin.
Recent major handicap/multi-class events have confirmed the Musto Performance Skiff to be the fastest boat of its type.
www.sail-world.com /news.cfm?Nid=20306&RequestTimeOut=180   (761 words)

  
 Musto Skiff Open Meeting 2006 :: Thorpe Bay Yacht Club :: Thorpe Bay Yacht Club
The 4th event in the Musto Performance Skiff class 2006 UK Circuit will be hosted by Thorpe Bay Yacht Club over the weekend of 27 and 28 May.
Turn left at the roundabout o­n the seafront and hopefully you should be able to see the boatpark at that stage.
we had to dodge the upturned skiffs twice on the gybe mark, i wish you boys well with the open, i will not be there on saturday as im away, however i will be on the water on the sunday and monday to cause the normal havoc and mayhem.
www.tbyc.org /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=500&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0   (581 words)

  
 Scottish Skiff Racing: Sail High performance Musto 49er International 14 moth 18 foot RS800 RS700 Laser 4000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The aim is to improve racing for all by increasing standards through coaching and a building a Grand Prix Circuit.
There is no clear definition of a skiff so we polled the Scottish Skiff Racing members and we came up with the following definition.
SSR have a full Grand Prix Circuit set up for 2005 and when combined with the excellent training events means we are improving standards, competitiveness and adding even more fun to these exciting classes.
www.scottishskiffracing.com   (199 words)

  
 Sail Search - Class Associations & Controlling Bodies
The Musto Performance Skiff has been designed and developed with the following brief in mind – to produce an elegant yet simple dinghy with blistering performance that is highly enjoyable to sail.
As with any true skiff the deck layout is extremely simple leaving the sailor free to focus on sailing the boat.
The superb Harken deck gear combined with the layout means that all the controls work effortlessly; don't get tangled up with complexed systems, just focus on sailing the boat.
sail-search.com /news/index.php?cat=25   (1491 words)

  
 eMarketing - Marketing on a Shoestring - Kent, UK
With customers in 13 different countries across 2 continents it is a challenge to keep in touch with the Musto Skiff customer base, and also potentially expensive.
We developed a sign-up box on the Musto Skiff website and promoted the e-Newsletter via the on-line forum.
The great thing about e-Newsletters is that the cost hardly increases as the number of readers does so the growth of readership of 14% per month is great news.
www.marketingonashoestring.co.uk /toolbox/egs/e-marketing.htm   (239 words)

  
 The Wetass Chronicles
We gave you the Musto Performance skiff, a J-105, and the Melges 32.
And now it's time to go back to a new video of an old favorite: the PS8.
Failing that, I'll get you some reaching footage of an IC in breeze that makes the Musto and J105 videos look like they're in slow motion...
www.wetasschronicles.com /2005/02/more-skiff-candy.html   (160 words)

  
 The Musto Skiff is a new class and is taking off in Europe
The Musto Skiff is a new class and is taking off in Europe
The Musto Skiff is a new class and is taking off in Europe, and has even been nominated as a potential future single handed boat for the Olympics.
The boat is built by Devoti (who build Finns among others) and is currently not available in North America.
www.waterrats.ca /mustoskiff.htm   (218 words)

  
 RS700 Sailing Today
With 35 RS700's and 16 Musto Skiffs this was always going to be a great event.In the end the Musto Skiffs showed the way.
The 2005 circuit, which also attracted many French RS 600 and RS 800 sailors, was actually won by Gilles Gras in a RS 700.
During the Open skiff event in Carnac over the 8th, 9th and 10th of September 2006, we will hold the French RS National Championship which we hope some of you will be able to attend.
www.rs-association.com /RS700/dec05.html   (1074 words)

  
 WhatBoat? The UK's Boat Buyers Guide
The Laser Bahia has spacious cockpit, with a high boom and gnav system leaving the cockpit simple and clutter free with ample space for 5 Adults.
The X-35 One Design and the Musto Skiff get ISAF Recognised Status at this years ISAF Annual Conference in Helsinki, Finland.
For the X-Yachts X-35, this was only one year after it's launch, which was partly due to X-Yachts had already started work on the Class Rules with the support of ISAF.
www.whatboat.com   (599 words)

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