Visit https://www.raceoffice.org/Walchenfass2021_A_Cat_IDB  where you can find NoR in German, later on also in English available but it is already possible to enter.

Accomodation should be booked very early.  This is a beautiful place, with thermic wind conditions like Lake Garda and flat water making it good for foiling.

Even without the sun, a good breeze is possible when the gradient wind is blowing from the north west to north into the pass like out of a nozzle!

Congratulations to our fellow 'A' Cat sailors, Pete Burling, Blaire Tuke and our own class total legend, Mr Glenn Ashby!  Sailing their ETNZ AC75, they beat off a very strong and ruthless challenge from the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team, with Jimmy Spithill at the helm of the Italian challenger of record.  

The new IACA Auditor is to be French Association President Denis Brendel.    Denis was a former executive director of the public administration. He studied at the Faculty of Economics of Aix en Provence. His job was to set up contracts with the state and mobilize european programs. We are in competent hands and he will be a worthy successor to Graeme Harbour, to whom we all owe a debt of gratitude to for doing this important but unrecognised role.  We wish Denis all the best!

Creation of the Classics Discipline

Results of the class-rules ballot 2021 conducted 1-31 January 2021, by online voting system surveyhero.com

Dear presidents of national associations, dear members,

I’m happy to announce the tally of the class-rules ballot 2021.

Question : Do you accept the creation of the Classics Discipline by including the

following change of our Class Rules ?

Answers :

• total voters : 746

• total answers : 403 (402 by SurveyHero, 1 by email)

• participation : 54.02%

• 2/3 of answers : 286.66

You will soon be receiving an email from President Charles, assuming you are a member of your National Association, that will give an invitation and instruction links to the vote on the formation of the Classic 'A' Class Catamaran discipline.  

Please read the attached .pdf file.

2020 eh?!  How’s that been working for you?   What a time to be alive!?

Dear Presidents of National Associations, representatives, committee members and sailors world-wide,

Dear presidents of National Associations, dear sailors, dear friends,

The pandemic has done much damage to our societies and as every other organisation, the IACA constantly tries to adapt to the situation. Trying to guess the future makes no sense, we can only hope that the vaccines and health systems will help to solve this world-wide problem.

Minutes.

The meeting was opened at 10:00 UTC  - WGM held on Zoom - Download the full minutes, with reports, here

Present were;

Charles Bueche – Chairman

Bailey White – IACA Secretary - USA

Graeme Harbour – committee member and international measurer

Philippe Muyzers – committee member, finances – BEL

Paul Larsen – committee member, chairman TC

Gordon Upton IACA Editor – Minutes

Abdón Ibanez – ESP

History has taught us that interesting things can result when bad things, such as a global pandemic disease outdreak, happen.  Such it has been this year.  In the US, Bailey White and Bruce Mahoney came up with the idea of a national virtual regatta, but without travelling and to replace the NA Nationals.  As a result, we asked them to tell us more so maybe other associations, can have a go too.

Bruce now explains.