Greetings!

With the announcement last month of our title sponsor, Best Kiteboarding The Odyssey has officially become The Best Odyssey. We've already begun planning getting team members from Best out to join us on select trips of The Best Odyssey so we'll each have the opportunity to ride and get instruction from pros. Now all we've got to do is come up with a great name for our luxury catamaran. Here are some of the favorites, provided by current owner's and our rapidly growing list of potential owner's of The Best Odyssey:

Catatonic
Best Intentions
Catmandu
Kulana Nalu -a place to catch a wave; usually the most distant line of breakers
Alchemy Hour -the period of time to enjoy the best a swell has to offer. The result is a seemingly magical power or process has transmuted the rider and touched his/her soul

Care to register your vote? Visit OffshoreOdysseys.com and join our forum.

We also have two new exciting sponsor announcements. Gath Sports, maker of the sexy and sleek Gath helmets, and Zeal Optics, makers of the finest sport eyewear on the market. For those of us who are prone to cracking our brains (ie every single person who sails, kiteboards, and surfs!) it is with great pleasure that The Best Odyssey will now be decked out in Gath's latest lines of noggin' protection. And now we'll be sporting the finest polarized eyewear money can buy with Zeal Optics. Zeal manufacturers stunning, incredibly well-built shades that can withstand the abuse of sailing, kiteboarding, surfing- all the sports The Best Odyssey is built around. We welcome Gath Sports and Zeal Optics to the expedition with great enthusiasm.

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Jody MacDonald, our Creative Director and First Mate extraordinaire will be heading to Paracas, Peru in October compliments of Peru Kite and Peru Fly and the Kiteboarder magazine to join a 10 day paragliding and kiteboarding promo trip with Jose and Katia Rosas. Check out their wonderful websites and consider getting down south this winter for some of the most reliable kiting and flying South America has to offer.

In other news, Offshore Odysseys has teamed up with our friends Ozone Travel, Kite Adventures, Laurel Eastman, the Kitehouse, and Dare2Fly to bring even more excitement to The Best Odyssey. Ozone Travel specializes in kiteboarding vacations around the world and they will now be our in-house agent and handle the sometimes tricky logistics of getting our owners to and from the yacht. Kiteadventures just recently announced their partnership with Best Kiteboarding to bring kite enthusiasts their "ride with a pro" trips across Brazil. Kiteadventures have added The Best Odyssey to their ride with a pro mix and we welcome their fantastic team. Laurel Eastman runs the premiere kite instruction school in Cabarete and will be joining us personally to teach all women's and couples clinics on select trips of The Best Odyssey. Paul Menta, owner of The Kitehouse, renowned chef, restaurateur and kiteboarding instructor will be joining us as a guest chef and kiteboard guru on a few legs as well. And Dare2fly, who operate acclaimed kiteboarding schools in Cabarete, Maui, Aruba, Baja and Coche have now added The Best Odyssey to their lineup. We're psyched to be working with such great people in the industry and look forward to working together to make The Best Odyssey even better.

We've had several single parties interested in sharing their ownership share with another person. As each cabin has plenty of space for two people in a double or two single berths this is a definite possibility. Please let us know if this might fit the bill and we can begin networking this option.

Lastly, sales of The Best Odyssey continue right on schedule. In fact we are nearing 50%, and only have to reach 70% before we execute. We are still optimistic that we'll meet our inaugural sailing date this November. Our 15 day "Epic" trips are just about sold out, so better make a move soon if you've been on the fence.

Until next time, strong winds and big air.

Gavin McClurg
Captain and Owner

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