Buyer's Guide 2014

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Photos: Jacques Vapillon / Sea&Go
STG – Sailing Team Germany
Sailing Team Germany (STG) is an initiative
to take professional high performance
sailing in the country to the next
level and to create an economical, technical,
logistical and training environment
that is second to none, with the declared
aim to make Germany once again
one of the leading nations in Olympic
and Paralympic sailing. STG is supported
by the Germany Sailing Federation,
leading Germany yacht clubs and high
profile individuals and sponsors.
Marinepool has been official supplier
of various national sailing federations
and national teams since 1996. In
Marinepool‘s home market Germany
however, structures have not been in
place in the past to allow the marketing
of German top athletes as a team.
The situation has changed with the formation
of the STG organisation. STG
managers Oliver Schwall, a former Tornado
World Champion, and Arne Dost,
could convince Marinepool to become
the new clothing supplier of Sailing Team
Germany, a deal that will run until 2016
and include the 2016 Olympic Games in
Rio where STG is aiming for medals.
Marinepool will be the official supplier
of sailing clothing and technical and
mari time fashion to the teams under
the STG umbrella. Apart from the
investment into the STG clothing
collection itself, Marinepool has added
another position to its design team and
developed a totally renewed neoprene
collection with designers dedicated
exclusively to dinghy and racing wear.
The world class athletes on the STG
have been in workshops with the
Marinepool design team to help develop
their own team wear. Their experience
and invaluable input clearly shows
in the new collection introduced in this
catalogue. Performance sailing clothing
second to none!
In addition to the actual team wear
Marinepool designed the Sailing Team
Germany Fan Collection which is already
available at www.stg-store.de.