Showing posts with label wetafest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wetafest. Show all posts

Friday, 8 November 2013

WetaFest 2014 to be held at Fort Walton Yacht Club NW Florida 7-9 March

From the following entry on wetamarine.com

http://www.wetamarine.com/about/news/581-wetafest-2014

WetaFest 2014

Springtime in Northwest FL…
The second most popular drive to Destination in the state of Florida...
Big breeze…
Charter boats available first come, first serve...

White sandy beaches…
Cold drinks...
World class OD sailing…
The clear waters Jimmy Buffet learned to sail on…
The camaraderie of Northwest Florida sailing community...
The home waters of Randy Smyth...
Will we get to meet Miranda live?

Be there to find out… Start planning now!
You read the reviews…

You saw the videos…

Come be a part of WetaFest 2014

Fort Walton Yacht Club

7-9 March 2014 (Fri-Sun)

(NOTE - leave your boat and be a part of the 2014 Trimaran Nationals27-30 March (Thru-Sun), held only 3 weeks after WetaFest!)

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Weta Trimaran, video from 2013 Fort Walton wetafest and report from competitor Toni Sacco

From the following article on wetamarine.com link courtesy of Sailing Anarchy. 

Weta sailor Toni Sacco sums up wetafest

http://www.wetamarine.com/wetafest-report-from-toni.html

Never in my wildest dreams would a trip to Florida to sail Wetas entail sailing with an Olympian and winning a national championship.

At 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday March 20, the morning after my birthday, the Ithaca, NY Weta fleet, represented by Richard Stephens, Keith Rice, and me, started our grueling 25-hour drive to Fort Walton Yacht Club in the panhandle of Florida. We were on our way to the largest gathering of Weta’s this nation had ever seen - WetaFest 2013. As the entries grew from four boats to twenty, our 25-hour drive seemed like a small price for three days of one-design multihull racing.

read more here