TEAM WINNER

Well, then the TEAM WINNER might be for you.
Each year we choose a small group of sailors among the very best sailors in many countries. We choose this small group in close coorperation 
with the head coach and our dealer in your country. We then provide the chosen sailors with close support, option to join several clinics a year, 
trainer support, Winner gear etc.

Contact your local Winner Optimist dealer to hear if there are plans for a TEAM WINNER in your country!

Look through the menus at the top for information on the differents Winner Teams all over the world.

 

Makes you a WINNER!

NZ SAIL has TEAM WINNER members for 2010/2011

Eliza Wilkinson - Kohimaramara Yacht Club, Auckland

Markus Somerville - 4th place at last years Opti Nationals at Whitianga - member of Wakatere Yacht Club, North Shore

We would like to wish them and all competitors for the 2011 Nationals all the very best of luck at Wakatere, Auckland

TEAM WINNER "goes global"

WINNER has for many years supported the Optimist Sport by training camps and regattas all over the world and this year we take it to the next level.
What is the purpose with Team WINNER?
The overall goal is to ensure that more sailors are enjoying the fun about the Optimist sport. And that the experience, which top sailors achieve from hours of physical training and hours of sailing, is handed down to the next generation of sailors.
World wide WINNER is the dominating factor in the Optimist class and we feel obligated to ensure that the optimist class is continuing to grow and develop. We would love that as many kids as possible get the chance to learn to sail and enjoy being on the water.
We are so “lucky” that we have top sailors in all countries and this year we have decided not only to collect know how from the Danish Top Sailors but from all the top sailors in the world and therefore we have created several teams in a lot of countries. It enables us to collect information not only from Denmark but from 10-12 countries and thereby we ensure that young sailors all over the world get access to unique know-how from the worlds best Optimist sailors.
Authorized WINNER dealers have committed themselves to support a group of top sailors and thereby making sure that the know-how is collected.
So from only collecting from 1 country then we are now able to collect know-how from 10-12 counties and to ensure that know-how is
handed out to the next level of sailors.
Who can join the Team?
Our main demand is that you are a good sailor friend who is willing to share your expertise with the rest of the team and thereby ensure that young sailors benefit form your know-how. It also means that you must be an active member of the Teams activities and even more important, you must give feed back to the group (it could be your opinion on gear, trim, tactic, training methods) and then you must all so be a good sailor J
"You haven't won the race, if in winning the race you have lost the respect of your competitors."
WINNER are so lucky that we have top sailors in the whole world and we are sure that nearly all of them fit the above description and therefore
we also end up turning down some top sailors. But we hope that they understand that this project’s main goal is not to support the top sailors
but to make sure that the know-how which the top sailors develop is handed out to as many sailors as possible.
And I’m sure that if you have a question regarding trim, tactic or gear one form the team will be more than happy to help you.
Former team sailors
Rasmus Køstner, American Cup sailor
Christian Kamp, American Cup sailor
Jesper Radich, American Cup sailor

Most winning countries in the Optimist history measured by gold:
Sweden (8)
Argentina (8)
Denmark (5)
Italy (5)