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Since first opening our doors in 1968, West Marine crew members continue to serve boaters and provide helpful advice on the gear and gadgets customers need to be safe and have fun. With 240 stores located in 38 states and Puerto Rico and a thriving eCommerce website (www.westmarine.com) serving retail and professional customers, West Marine is recognized as the premier multi-channel retailer of boating and fishing supplies. When you work at West Marine, you’re part of a family; one that values spending quality time on the water, doing the things you love, and sharing that passion with our customers and community.

Helly Hansen is a leader in technical sailing and performance ski apparel, as well as premium workwear. Founded in Norway in 1877, Helly Hansen strives to develop professional grade gear that helps people stay and feel alive. Trusted by over 60,000 professionals worldwide, the company has developed a long list of first-to-market innovations, including the first supple waterproof fabrics over 140 years ago. Other breakthroughs include the first fleece fabrics, the first technical base layers made with Lifa® Technology, and the award-winning and patented H2Flow™ temperature regulating system and Lifaloft™ insulation by Primaloft®.

North Sails is a unique sailmaker, built on a champion spirit. Founded in 1957 by Lowell North who applied an engineer’s logic to a traditional craft, North Sails transformed the industry and has become the world leader in sailmaking technology. North Sails is the largest division of North Technology Group and the brand’s history of innovation and winning has continued to produce generations of product breakthroughs and champions. North Sails holds the patent for 3Di, a unique composite construction process that produces high-performance sails that approach the shape holding of a rigid foil. North Sails is the sailmaker of choice on the majority of America’s Cup, Grand Prix, ocean race boats and Superyachts. North Sails offers a wide range of performance 3D and paneled sails for cruising sailors and is the world’s leading sailmaker for one-design classes with more National, World and Olympic Class victories than all other sailmakers combined. In 2014, the brand expanded their profile to include North Sails Apparel, a lifestyle collection that brings the sailmaker’s love of design and technology into fashion. North Sails adapts the sailmaking mastery into high-performance collections made to resist wind and water. The apparel collections continually develop element-defying materials that allow users to navigate the sea and modern life. Follow North Sails on Instagram www.instagram.com/northsails