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16th to 20th November 2009
Jim & Ann MacDonald will present in Las Palmas Marina with two Schenker
Factory technicians to check all Schenker
watermaker installations on boats leaving on the 2009 Atlantic Rally
for Cruisers (ARC). The ARC fleet of over 200 yachts leaves for St Lucia
on Sunday 22nd November. This service is free of Charge and part of Mactra
Marine Equipment and Schenker Watermakers commitment to customer service.
20th to 23rd November 2009
Jim and Ann MacDonald will be in San Sebastian La Gomera offering technical
support to users of Both Schenker
and Katadyn
watermakers participating in the 2009 Woodvale Atlantic Challenge
2009. Mactra have supplied a lot of watermakers to participants in this
event and this service is provided Free of Charge as part of their support
to the rowers before they row across the Atlantic to Antigua in December
2009.
MACTRA MARINE NEWS
Mactra Marine Sponsor Charlie Picher
Mactra are also sponsoring solo Rower Charlie Picher in his attempt to
row the Atlantic Solo.
www.transatlanticsolo.com
All at Mactra wish him well in his attempt.
We have had watermakers in the following events:
The Big 5 Kayak Challenge is about a small team
taking on 5 distinct and unique expeditions, paddling some of the most
challenging water on the planet. They are also supporting some great causes.
The Inside Passage - Vancouver to Alaska - 1000 miles, avoiding orcas
and bears. www.big5kayakchallenge.com
Ostar 2009
Ostar 2009 Plymouth to Newport Rhode Island USA Singlehanded race. www.ostar2009.co.uk
Woodvale Indian Ocean Challenge
Woodvale Indian Ocean Challenge Rowing race from Australia to Mauritius
www.indianoceanrowingrace09.com
Sarah Outen's solo attempt to row the Indian
Ocean
Sarah Outen's solo attempt to row the Indian Ocean singlehanded as the
youngest single woman www.sarahouten.co.uk
Steve white - Vendee
Globe
All
at Mactra Marine (suppliers of Steve's Katadyn Watermaker) wished Steve
White all the best for the Vendee Globe (the race has finished). The Vendee
Globe is a 27,000 mile non stop, single handed round the world sailing
race. Steve White and Spirit of Weymouth gathered in France prior to the
start of the Vendee Globe they were among few sailors prepared to undertake
the rigors of a non-stop solo circumnavigation.
Please visit www.whiteoceanracing.com
to read more.
Mactra Marine supported Aldo Diana in his Atlantic crossing
Mactra Marine supported Aldo Diana with the
loan of a Schenker Smart 30 Watermaker and a Katadyn 35 Survivor emergency
watermaker for his singlehanded 3000 mile rowing attempt across the Atlantic
in a wooden rowing boat. For more information on Aldo and his rowing mission
to raise funds for the charity RAFT (a charity that restores the lives
of people who have been disfigured) please visit his website:
www.atlanticfirefighter.com
Pan Atlantic Team Altantic rowing Race 2007 Results
Congratulations to the Pan Atlantic Team for successfully completing the
Atlantic Rowing Race 2007 - Sixth Place. Komale crewed by James Burge
and Niall McCann (UK), finished Tuesday 5th February 14:05 GMT - crossing
time 63 days, 2 hours and 5 minutes.
Mactra Marine Equipment Sponsor Pan Atlantic Team
Mactra Marine are loaned watermakers (1 x Schenker
Smart 30 and 1 x Katadyn
Survivor 35 ) to the Pan Atlantic team who rowed the Atlantic Rowing
Race 2007
more about the Pan Atlantic team and their story
Spirit
of ARC" 2003 award
We (Jim Macdonald & his family) completed an Atlantic Circuit with
our two children in 2003 / 2004.
We went through the process of preparing our own Westerly 33 Ketch for
ocean sailing.
Photo © Tim Wright 2003
Jim (back left) and family receiving the "Spirit of ARC" 2003 award.
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MACTRA MARINE
Unit 20, Worle Industrial Centre, Worle, Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset,
England BS22 6BX
Tel: +44 (0) 1934 517288 Fax: +44 (0) 1934 520684 E-mail: info@mactrashop.co.uk
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