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Success at the Beijing Olympic Games

A client of CW Fellowes Limited, North Sails One Design International Limited, whose Head Office is based in Gosport, has become a world leader in sail making through an ongoing commitment to making fast racing sails. This success really shines out when you see the results of the boats that used North Sails in the sailing events at the Olympic Games in Beijing last year. The medallists who used North Sails include the likes of triple Gold Medallist Ben Ainslie, in the Finn Class and double Gold Medallist Iain Percy, in the Star Class. The final tally of medals for North Sails powered boats was 13 over the 11 classes!

The efforts to make the sailing events at the last two Olympic Games more audience friendly has meant increased media coverage and enabled the viewing masses of the Olympics to gain access to these races. Great Britain’s Sailing team has also been one of the top teams at bringing home the medals at these last two Games, which has really brought the sport of sailing to the attention of the British public, as seen with Ben Ainslie appearing as one of the top 10 nominees in the Sports Personality of the Year Awards 2008.

With this in mind there will be a huge interest in the 2012 Olympic Games Sailing Events which are to be held at Weymouth on the south coast. North One Design are already preparing and developing sails to be used at these events in the anticipation of  building it’s Olympic medal haul in the waters of the UK.