Congratulations to the winners in our Christmas time raffle. For the 12 days of Christmas, we raffled off three UK Sailmakers duffel bags and nine UK Sailmakers caps. The winners were a truly international group as you’ll see below. To maximize your chances of winning in future raffles, “Like” the UK Sailmakers Facebook page. On our Facebook page is where we will announce future raffles. Along with getting notices about our raffles, each day there’s a post offering something new and different guaranteed to capture your attention and, sometimes, capture your imagination, too. By following UK Sailmakers on Facebook you’ll get our posts on interesting boats, fascinating people, racing and cruising tips, and updates on innovative and cutting-edge sail technology. We’ll sprinkle in some bios of key UK sailmakers, share regatta results, and more.
This year, as it’s UK’s 75th anniversary, watch for a series of stories we’ll be writing about the company’s colorful history that will be highlighted in our Facebook posts allowing you to access them easily for your browsing enjoyment.
Our Raffle Winners
We had 12 winners and so far 11 have come forward to collect their prizes. Here they are along with photos of the boats they sail.
Duffel Bag won by Olle Apelqvist who sails his Wing 87 on the west coast of Sweden
Duffel Bag won by Graham Blair of Toronto, Canada, who sails a C&C 30
Duffel bag won by Francis Lavallée who sails dinghies like Lasers and 420s also in Toronto.
Hats were won by:
Lynn McClaskey: Crofton, Maryland who sails a J/111
David Eccles: Holywood, Ireland who sails a Sigma 33
Karl-Olof Edlund: Kungälv, Sweden who sails an Arcona 380
Jim Innes: Surrey, British Columbia who sails a Beneteau 49
Thomas Daley: Englewood, Florida who sails a Ranger 33
Bob Young: Locust Valley, New York who sails a GP 26
David Leather: Kissimmee, Florida who sails a MC Scow
Frank Desmond: Cork, Ireland who sails a Sun Fast 32
