MARINA YACHT SPORT, Budapest

MYS (Marina Yacht Sport) commenced activities in October of 1988 with the opening of its boating accessories shop in Budapest''s 7th district. The company''s objective was to satisfy the demand for mid-range and high-tech brand recreational boating and especially sailing parts and accessories. Our first foreign partners, the German Herm. Sprenger and Herman Gotthardt, were followed in quick succession by other reputed European manufacturers until, by 1991, the network comprised recently 28 companies, a composition which has changed little to the present day. With this supply network in the background, our company currently fills Hungary''s demand for boat parts at a very high level of quality. In addition to its commercial activities, MYS takes an active part in the development of recreational boating and sailing in Hungary. Its major contributions in this area include: organisation of the Budapest Boatshow and the launching of boating exhibitions in Hungary (1992); the "Marina Cup" single-handed sailboat race (1992-1997), which established a tradition in single-handed racing that continues to this day; organisation of the Hungarian Boat Industry Association (1992-1995), whose first presidency was filled by Denes Kövendi - together with such excellent assisters, as Balázs Gyenese secretary and István Kopár vice-president. The owners and employees of MYS are all well-known Hungarian champion sailors: István Ruják Olympic Finn dinghy racer, András Alb front-line competitor for 20 years in the 470 class, Farkas Litkey, one of the greatest talents in Hungarian sailing and Olympic racer, János Bazsantik, who sailed round the world between 1994 and 1996, Krisztián Kutics, three-times Hungarian champion and winner of the Marathon cup and Blue Band and Balazs Gyenese who was world champion in Soling have all aided us in our work.