USA Weta Dealer Wanted
A position has become available on the West Coast for someone to join the worldwide network of Weta dealers.
• The Weta is a New Zealand One Design trimaran designed in 2004 by a team of talented dinghy sailors. It is manufactured in Indonesia by Xtreme Sailing Products who have 20+ years’ experience building quality sailboats.
• The Weta trimaran is the most versatile sailing dinghy on the market with a proven record of quality, performance, simplicity, stability and lightness. It is a unique multihull in the way it easily dismantles to the footprint of a monohull. It is also priced competitively.
• There are 29 Weta dealers worldwide with over 1200 boats manufactured with 130 on the West Coast.
• Many Weta are family boats but the Weta was also selected by World Sailing for the 2017 Masters Games for quality international racing.
• Regular Weta regattas are held in UK, France, Sweden, USA, Australia and New Zealand. If you are a passionate sailor and would like to further expand the Weta fleet then you would find joining the Weta team very rewarding.
It is always a pleasure to market a quality boat that is a delight to sail. You would have the support of an established owner’s association and a manufacturer who backs their product.
For enquiries and expressions of interest in dealerships please do not hesitate to contact: Roger Kitchen Weta Marine roger@wetamarine.com +64 276244237 Skype: roger.kitchen
Hello Roger and Luis, We had a fantastic Weta Fest in Ft. Walton Beach this weekend. High Winds every day. Sailing on the edge is very exhilarating. I fell over board yesterday but was able to hang on to the boat until a race committee rigid inflatable boat with two people on it pulled up next to my boat. One guy boarded my boat and pulled me back on board my boat, and then got back on the Race Committee boat. I finished that race in last place but I did pretty good considering time spent waiting for help. I tried to steer the boat into the wind to slow it down enough to climb back on board, but the tiller extension was under a hiking strap on the tramp so I could not steer into the wind.
It was even windier today and I was doing pretty good until I turtled when I was almost to the windward mark. I got hit by a very strong gust, I headed up and eased the main sheet but it was not enough to keep the boat up right. The gusts were well over 20 knots. The Ft Walton "full service" race committee actually had a Weta sailor on board who asked me if I wanted help righting the boat. I am not too proud to turn down help when it is offered. Weta sailor on the committee jumped in to help me right the boat and then we both sailed in together. He was crewing on a two person boat but the boat owner got sick and could not race today so his crew went out on one of the race committee boats, and ended up sailing with me back to the Ft. Walton Yacht Club after we righted the boat. After we got ashore he asked me if I wanted water. I said no. Then I asked my new friend if he wanted a beer. He said yes, so we both enjoyed a Florida Man IPA beer 9% alcohol to celebrate. --- Rick Upson, Rick's Small Sail Boats LLC, Weta Dealer for Florida and near by states.