Marlow announces Dutch National Sailing League Sponsorship
by Lauren Roberts 2 May 2018 08:30 BST
Marlow sponsor the Dutch J70 Eredivisie Zeilen (National Sailing League) © Eredivisie Zeilen
Marlow Ropes, through its distributor in the Netherlands On Deck, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the Dutch J70 Eredivisie Zeilen (National Sailing League).
The prestigious competition, that is the qualifier for the Sailing Champions League, brings together the most successful National Sailing League clubs to compete in three Sailing Champions League events. Each club forms a team from its most accomplished sailors to win the title and the much sought-after trophy.
The clubs have to perform under pressure, giving a world-class performance in a series of short races with one-design boats and a standardised course, all of these ingredients combine to guarantee sailing at its best.
European Sales Manager for Marlow Ropes, Graham O'Connor comments: "Not only is it important for Marlow to support our Netherlands distributor On Deck with a project such as this, but it is also vital for us to work with the sailing team to gain valuable feedback about our ropes and their use in application. Our world-leading high performance rope maintains its reputation from working with the best racing teams, and feedback from competitive sailors helps us to continue innovating and developing our product range."
This year Act 1 of the semi-finals will take place in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. Act 2 will take place in Saint Petersburg in front of the beautiful Hermitage on the river Neva with the Grand Final taking place in Saint Moritz, Switzerland.
The National Sailing League in Holland has just started its third full season and for the third year in a row Marlow Ropes have supplied all seven boats with new running rigging for the prestigious Dutch competition. All boats are rigged with new ropes from Marlow's Excel Dinghy (Fusion, Excel, Pro, Racing), D2 and Doublebraid range in conjunction with rigger and Marlow's distributor in the Netherlands for the last 20 years, On Deck.
Kay Heemskerk, sailor, said: "For a competition like this, it is very important that the sailors and the organisation can rely on the quality of the rope. The boats need to be in the exact same condition during the whole season so quality of the hardware and ropes is important. During the last season we were very happy with Marlow Ropes."
Marlow Ropes is a trailblazer in the technical development of leisure marine ropes from dinghies to super yachts and particularly service high-speed sailing with its Marlow Grand Prix (MGP) range. Marlow designs and produces customised ropes and rigging for any number of fantastic applications and is the official supplier to the British sailing team, US Sailing team and the Clipper Race 2017-2018.
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