You may have seen some photos or have heard about the 'Balanced Sailing Team' A+ Cat project.  Whilst not an 'A' Class, it's basically, an 'A' Class on steroids with a wing.  Oscar Lindley-Smith reports on his experiences of sailing this boat at the recent Foiling Week event at Garda.

During this WGM, we will take a few important decisions that will impact the future of the class. We hope and expect that you convey the wishes of your memberships. All the documents have already been distributed on a-cat.org. In case you have requests, questions on any of the proposals, don't hesitate to contact me.

I allow myself a personal request : I'm convinced all 4 proposals are good for the class. Let me take them one by one and provide my personal opinion about them.

IACA World General Meetings Agenda - Sopot, Poland    

Date : Wednesday 23 August 2017, 20:00     Location : Sailing Club Navigo

1. President's Report

2. Secretary's Report

3. Economic Report and presentation of accounts and budget

4. National Association and Fleet Reports

5. Election of Officers and I.A.C.A. Committee

• 5.1 Secretary until 2020
• 5.2 Committee members

6. Membership Fees

A-Cat essential information.  Foiling ace and UK ‘A’ Class National Champion, Chris Rashley, shares some of his setup tips and settings, together with some useful coaching tips to get the best from your boat.

Set up

Paolo Penco wins the 10th Giorgio Zuccoli Trophy organized by the Associazione Nautica Sebina.   Pier Faccin reports.

The tenth Giorgio Zuccoli Trophy finished last weekend. This regatta, exclusively for ‘A’ Class catamarans, was organized by Associazione Nautica Sebina to celebrate the memory of Giorgio Zuccoli, a great sailing champion, who, a long time ago, began his fantastic career, starting at the ANS. 

The Cup goes to New Zealand !

They sailed from far and wide to compete in the Danish Nationals, as Peter Boldsen reports;

This year's Open Danish A-Cat  Nationals where held last weekend in the fashionable Rungsted.  At the same time, there was a nationwide event “Crazy about Water”, which attracted some extra people to the harbor.

As it was an Open Nationals, it was also with the participation of our friendly neighbors from Sweden and Germany.

At the weekend 10-11th of June, the A-class regatta was held in Sopot, at the venue of A-class Worlds 2017. - Jacek Noetzel reports.

Competitors from Czech Republic, New Zealand and Poland participated in the regatta. Each race was won by a different competitor, so the races were very interesting and had a lot of leader changes.

Young gun Polish Jakub Surowiec wins the fifth edition A Cat European Spring Championship at Circolo Vela Arco.   Report by Pier Faccin.

 Dear Competitors, 

Equipment Inspection at the 2017 World Championships at Sopot will be done on a post race basis. (Please refer Equipment Regulations posted on Worlds website with particular reference to “Day Zero” and its implications)