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Monday, March 29, 2010

Jaguar Logic Clinch a 2nd Place in the Spring Series

After an exciting race on Sunday, which saw Jaguar Logic lead the fleet for much of the race Jaguar Logic’s team were ecstatic to take a well earned 2nd place in the 3rd race of the Wasash Spring Series.


Tim Thuborn and his team had an excellent start and by the windward mark they had an impressive lead. With superb boat speed Great Scot and Portia gradually pulled back some of the lead and on the final kite drop a timing issue resulted in a kite drop going wrong. Sadly this saw Jaguar loosing about two minutes and cost them a race win.


Visit Malta Puma were pushed over the line at the start and had to return to the start area, they started five minutes late! The team pulled together and sailed a flawless race to overhaul fifteen boats and close over two minutes on the race leader.


This was an impressive display of determination from the team aboard Visit Malta Puma. Their boat speed was awesome and the team was absolutely delighted with a fourth place!


At the half way stage Visit Malta Puma and Jaguar Logic are lying 2nd and 3rd respectively in the series. An impressive start to the season! Both teams will be keen to overhaul Portia in the second half of the series. Portia has set the benchmark with an impressive three wins to date!


There is only one point separating Visit Malta Puma and Jaguar so we suspect the competition will be fierce as Tim Thubron battles to retain his Spring Series title!


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Monday, March 15, 2010

Malta Tourism Authority Sponsor Puma Logic

RORC Yacht of the Year secures sponsorship
Puma Logic goes from strength to strength as the Malta Tourism Authority backs her for the 2010 racing season

Just a few months after being named the RORC ‘Yacht of the Year’, Sailing Logic is delighted to announce that its extremely successful Reflex 38, Puma Logic, has secured a significant sponsorship deal from the Malta Tourism Authority. This exciting partnership between the Malta Tourism Authority and Sailing Logic, the UK’s leading yacht racing sailing school, has evolved as a direct result of the yacht’s successful racing campaign in 2009. For the 2010 racing season she will now compete under the name of Visit Malta Puma.

The Malta Tourism Authority was looking to sponsor a high-profile yacht or individual in the racing arena that combined an outstanding track record with high visibility opportunities. Puma Logicand her skipper, Philippe Falle were immediately recommended, by an award-winning national newspaper journalist, as being the perfect fit.

There are many synergies between the Malta Tourism Authority’s objectives and Sailing Logic’s activities, not least that Malta hosts one of the World’s premier offshore racing events — the Rolex Middle Sea Race.

Philippe Falle, Sailing Logic’s Racing Director, comments: “We are very flattered and excited to be backed by another country! This sponsorship enables us to invest further in Puma — keeping her competitive at high profile events as well as helping us to continue to attract newcomers to the sport through our unique race-training programme. I am particularly looking forward to increasing the awareness and popularity in the UK of the Rolex Middle Sea Race, which starts and finishes in Malta in October.”

The Malta Tourism Authority had already identified that the sailing community represents exactly the demographics to whom they are keen to promote Malta as a tourist destination — both in the UK and Ireland.

Alex Incorvaja, Director UK and Ireland, Malta Tourism Authority enthuses: ‘We’re delighted with this new partnership with Sailing Logic. Philippe’s exceptional results made him an obvious choice and when we heard he is also competing in Round Ireland and Cork week — it was too good to be true.”

Philippe adds: “We’re really looking forward to working with the Malta Tourism Authority to implement a creative and innovative campaign that benefits both parties. The marketing and branding potential for both of us is extensive.” He concludes: “The Maltese Islands are not new to the sailing world. From the Phoenicians to the Knights of St. John and the British Empire, Malta played host to the best seafarers in the Mediterranean. It is an ideal stop-over destination for anyone sailing in the Mediterranean.”

This year Visit Malta Puma’s extensive racing calendar kicked off with the Warsash Spring Series that commenced yesterday, Sunday 14th March in which she scored a second place in Black Group IRC2. Her programme also includes the Round Ireland Race, Cork Week, Cowes Week and seven RORC offshore races.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Puma Logic is Afloat Again

Puma is back in the water and ready for action! The countdown has begun for the Warsash Spring Series with just three days to go before our first teams of the new decade join us in Shamrock Quay.

There is much work still to do to both Jaguar and Puma before the weekend but everything is on schedule! Both boats are looking awesome and we are sure that the competition will be fierce between the two yachts.

Both Philippe and Tim will be keen to repeat their successes of the 2009 Hamble Winter Series. We suspect that Tim will be hungry to reverse the result to push Puma into 2nd place, he is defending his victory of the 2009 Warsash Spring Series aboard Addiction after all!
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Monday, March 08, 2010

Fastnet 2009 Team Re-Union

Puma Logic's Fastnet 2009 team had a re-union in Southampton on Saturday night. A good night was had by all as the beer and wine flowed freely! It also provided the team with the perfect opportunity to have a photo taken with their impressive haul of silverware.

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