Mobile News Regatta 2008 : 1st – 2nd July 2008
The Mobile News Regatta 2008 will be the 2nd staging of the regatta, the only regatta held specifically for the UK mobile telecoms trade channel.
Two days of yacht racing offer formidable opportunities for networking, team-building, and cultivating business relationships. Participants are likely to remember for the rest of their lives how they crewed a racing Beneteau yacht.
Imagine the branding kudos of sailing a 40.7 Beneteau yacht, emblazoned with your organisation’s logo (complete with matching crew clothing of course), past your rivals and potential customers. The Mobile News Regatta will be reported extensively in both Mobile News and its sister title Fone, generating valuable PR and publicity spin-offs including pictures of prize-giving ceremony and the racing.
People arrive as a disparate group of individuals and leave as a close-knit group. Aquasports Yachtings’s professional skippers will allocate sailing tasks and motivate the crew into working as a unit. The adrenalin and excitement of the racing does the rest!
Itinerary
Tuesday 1st July 2008
08.00 Mobile News Regatta desk opens at Port Hamble Marina. Introduction to skippers.
10.00 Skippers' briefing, Port Hamble Marina
10.30 Practice session begins.
12.00 Racing lunch onboard yachts.
13.00 Race one starts, under instruction from the race committee.
15.00 Race two starts.
17.00 Day one racing finishes.
17.30 Yachts moor in Cowes Yacht Haven in preparation for the evening party. Full shower and changing facilities are available for crew members in the Yacht Haven.
19.00 Pre-dinner Pimms drinks reception.
20.00 Mobile News Regatta gala dinner is served.
Wednesday 2nd July 2008
08.30 Skippers' briefing.
10.00 Race three starts, under instruction from the race committee.
12.00 Lunch onboard yachts.
13.00 Race four starts, under instruction from the race committee.
14.30 Race five starts, under instruction from the race committee.
15.30 All yachts return to Port Hamble Marina for prize giving.
16.00 Prize giving Hamble.
16.30 Mobile News Regatta finishes and teams depart at leisure.
Entry Costs
Beneteau 40.7 (up to 10 guests) @ £4,750 + VAT
Charter packages include:
- Charter of a Beneteau 40.7 yacht
- Professional skipper
- 1st Mate
- Racing lunches for all crew members on both days
- Drinks package provided onboard
- Your company logo on your yacht
- A Mobile News Regatta polo shirt for every team member
- Pimms reception on Tuesday 1st July
- 3 course dinner at the Mobile News Regatta Gala Dinner on 1st July, with wine and post dinner entertainment
- Accommodation onboard yachts for up to 6 guests (other guests to be accommodated ashore at entrants cost.)
- Full race programme, with five competitive races and professional race officer
- Prize giving |
