Point Loma Outfitting Honors San Diego Sailors from the Etchells World Championship Regatta

Nov. 13, 2008 - PRLog -- Point Loma Outfitting the premier sportswear clothing and technical apparel company, is hosting a reception at its store for world class sailors who have recently competed in the Etchells World Championship Regatta in Chicago Illinois. Those honored guests are San Diego residents, Bill Hardesty winner of the regatta, Chris Busch who finished Second and Vince Brun who also finished in the top of the fleet.

Also in attendance at the reception, will be some crew members from the 33rd American’s Cup Syndicate team BMW Oracle who are sponsored by SLAM, Point Loma Outfitting’s technical clothing and sportswear line from Italy.

The reception is 6:00PM-8:00PM, Friday, November 14, 2008 at Point Loma Outfitting 2885 Perry Road in Point Loma’s Liberty Station.

The event is sponsored by Point Loma Outfitting, North Sails and SLAM.

For further information, please contact Katie Carruthers 619-224-4060 or katie@pointlomaoutfitting.com

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Point Loma Outfitting starts in the water 40+ years ago. For co-founder Tom Carruthers, it was in the harsh Great Lakes around Michigan – where he first sailed, then raced, then won. Along the way, he plied his boating skills intensely in larger and larger vessels, races and bodies of water – Mackinacs (16 times), SORCs, MORCs, Canada’s Cups and America’s Cups.
For co-founder and wife Katie, it was in the pools of Southern Cal – where she learned to swim, then raced, then won. Her water mastery took her to races across the US and finally to UCLA. Some of her records still stand. Since meeting at a regatta, they’ve made the bays and coasts of San Diego their base of water operations. They boat there, obviously. They also pioneered sailing education there.
The next tack, naturally, was a store specializing in the best apparel for life on the water. Not just the best in San Diego, but the country – selling only top performance wear makers SLAM, Camet, Patagonia and Puma.