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Australian Sailing Team member Tom Slingsby has been named the 2010 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year.

Tom already a multiple world champion in the Laser class is the first Australian to win this prestigious award.

CST Composites has been involved with the Australian Sailing Team since 2007 as the official equipment supplier. We decided to supply tiller extensions for Tom and the rest of the team including 49er World Champion Nathan Outteridge, in order to offer them a custom solution that would hopefully provide an edge over their opposition. Working with each team member we produced tiller extensions that are specific to their sailing style.

It is fantastic to see Australia’s best sailors achieve their goals with just a little over 18 months until the Olympics.

In July, CST supported sailor Andrea Bonezzi was crowned the “European Contender Champion”, using CST’s HM Club mast.  Two weeks later CST spars have won yet another regatta.

This time Australia’s Olympian and CST team member Nathan Outteridge, has beaten a strong fleet of 85 boats to become the 2010 European Moth Champion..

Sailed on Switzerland’s Lake Silvaplana, the championship was one of the closest on record. Nathan and fallow CST sailor Bora Gulari were the standouts from the rest of the fleet. Last time these two met, Bora was victorious taking the World Champion crown in USA. This year Nathan came back in a new boat sporting a prototype “Elite” series mast from CST, and experienced great speed improvement to win the championship by 2 points.

The next big event on the Moth calendar is the 2011 World Championship to be sailed from Belmont 16ft Sailing Club on Nathan’s home waters of Lake Macquarie. It should be a great contest between these two sailors, however past World Champions like John Harris could also cause an upset. The top 10 is likely to be made up of ex World and Olympic Champions.

After the success Archie Massey and Dan Wilsdon had winning the 2010 world championships with a CST HM2 mast, we saw the need to develop a full component package for this increasingly popular mast.

Part of this development has been a new carbon fibre gooseneck fitting and more recently new resin infused carbon fibre spreaders. Attachment points for stay/trap wires have been incorporated while the finish is in “clear carbon”.

The spreaders are available for purchase with HM2 masts, please contact us for more information.

CST team sailor and 2009 Olympian Nathan Outteridge has come away with yet another title in the International Moth class.

The regatta was hosted by Belmont 16ft Sailing Club and attracted a strong fleet of 38 boats.

Nathan dominated the racing on his home waters of Lake Macquarie, to win the title on 8 points with 6 first places.

Both Nathan and fellow CST team sailor David Lister (who finished 3rd), used CST Nano Spars from our “Nano Pro” range.

The focus now shifts to European championship in Italy followed by 2011 Worlds hosted by the Belmont club as well.

With plenty of sail development taking place, CST is also working closely with Raptor Sails on developments for the smallest diameter Moth mast on the market, the Nano 5.

Sydney crew of Hugh Tait and Tom Potter convincingly won the Australian MG14 Championhip sailed from 27 Dec. – 2 Jan. at Taree Amateur Sailing Club.

The pair launched their new boat just in time for the regatta which sported CST’s IM series elliptical mast and boom. “Carbon Neutral” sailed a near perfect regatta with five 1st placings and a 2nd to win the series on 7 points.

“I want to thank CST for fitting me in at the last minute
making it possible for Tom and I to attend and win the Championships. The rig worked extremely well and we had excellent speed, upwind in particular”, said Hugh.

2nd place went to Rohan Nosworthy and Lindsay Mason with ex Australian Champion Gary Reeves and Alexander Warner in 3rd.

"Carbon Neutral" rounds the bottom mark just ahead of Nosworthy's "Water Rat"