Sailing superstars on the A-Cat fleet (yes, I do realise you are ALL covered in his category, but you are not all here are you?!) are arriving at Milford Cruising Club in Auckland.  A lovely club set in parkland and quite possibly one of the friendliest venues we ever had.  Nothing is too much trouble for Andrew the Commodore and his dedicated crew.

The SI's are now HERE

It’s that time again.  That time when the great and the good sailors of the World’s most elegant catamaran class come together to battle for their World Championships, as the A-Class Cats comes to town.  This year they are gathering at the sailing Mecca that is Auckland Harbour.  The Kiwis are a proud waterborne nation and their dominance of the sport over the years, results in many of their sailors being at the highest level.  

The Venue

Denis Brendel - the IACA financial auditor - is doing his last audit of the IACA finances. We are grateful for Denis' work during the past several years!
However, he feels that it is time to hang up his spreadsheet now, so we are looking for his successor to be the new IACA auditor. It's a "once a year task" that should take only a few hours.

Please think if you could do this task for the class. Pre-requisites are knowledge of English and a basic experience in accounting/finance.

Contact : Charles Bueche <iaca@bueche.ch>

A challenging weekend on Como for the Swiss Nats.  Chris Stock reports.

Sailing is a sport that requires a wide range of skills: physical fitness, agility, endurance, technical understanding, knowledge of the rules, meteorological knowledge, strategic thinking and much more. However, there are two other key skills that were particularly important at this year's Swiss A-Cat Championship in Dongo on beautiful Lake Como: patience and frustration tolerance.

After 6 great years in on the trampoline of the Belgian Class Association, the popular Philippe Muyzers BEL 54 is stepping down at President.  Phil's friendly and gentle style will be misses, although we hope to see him still on the circuit.

Michel Worlop, BEL 9 will be grasping the BEL Class sheets, and knowing him, he will be a great replacement.

We wish them both the best for the future!

Last weekend saw the Dutch Open at Hellecat with a 27 boat turnout and in the blazing September sun.  The 2024 event was somewhat short of numbers as Thijs Visser decided to get married and most of the A-Cat Glitterati went to get messy at that instead. But they all came back in force again this year and all enjoyed to excellent racing in some unexpectedly exciting conditions.

Lamberto Cesare, Giuseppe Colombo and Paolo Penco were the top 3 sailors in the Open category, and Andrea Ruffini, Marco Radman and Alessandro Rosi made up the Classic podium at the Italian Nationals, hosted at Senegallian Beach, just down the coast from Riccione, the venue for the recent Euros.  Some 50 sailors raced is a spectacular range of sailing conditions that tested them all over the last August weekend.

Congratulations to Ravi Patent and Jeremy Laundergan, the new 2025 North American National Champions.