All Images by Walter Cooper. Official event web & Full gallery at www.acatnorthamericans.com - For final results check previous post at /www.a-cat.org/?q=content/north-americans-2015-matt-struble-champ

May 24, 2015 - Official IACA Rule Change Clarification 

We have been advised of recent postings in the social media advising that the members of the USA & Canada International A Class Catamaran Associations have voted to suspend rule 8 for two years to learn more about foiling. As you would all be aware, a similar proposal was placed before the World AGM in New Zealand last year and not approved by the Country Presidents under the IACA Constitution’s voting process.

Another crowded event for the Class with 40 A-Cat fleet after the French Nats past week with 55. The 2015 North Americans held at St Andrews Bay Yacht Club  in Panama City, FL was a success with high motivation from the local sailors. The US & CAN members also voted to ban locally and for two years IACA's Rule 8. We will seek comments  from IACA board to clear doubts arising on this subject.

Matt Struble scored 2,1,1 today and with one discard now in place, he  managed to put some room on his tight fight with Bruce Mahoney.

Bailey White also defended positions and established a gap with 4th overall now in hands of Woody Cope. bailey reports the fleet is having a blast at St Andrews Bay Yacht Club waters in Panama CIty, FL.

Ton ten below. Full results at http://www.acatnorthamericans.com/results/

Two clear leaders in performance at the  2015 North Americans, Matt Struble (1 & 4 today)  continues to lead but now only 1pt ahead of Bruce Mahoney who scored 2 & 1 to total 8 & 9 respectively on the overall. US Class President Bailey White , currently in 3rd place , lost some ground today and Christopher Brown got one pt behind him.

All Images below by Walter Cooper , Full Gallery  at http://www.acatnorthamericans.com/project/day-2/

2013 North American Champ Matt Struble is leading the 2015 NAs after 3 races & 3 bullets. Bruce Mahoney in 2nd overall and position for each race. Bailey White in third 3,3,4 for a quite consistent top 3 performance at the start of the Regatta.

Official website: http://www.acatnorthamericans.com/

Top Ten below , full results at http://www.acatnorthamericans.com/results/

Charles Favre sadly passed away last Thursday while sailing an A-Cat. I saw condolences for from several sailors, and realized he was a beloved friend by his peers, and he got plenty, just analyzing the boats he sailed : Olympic 470 & Tornado, X40s, D35s and A-Class among others.

I didn´t knew him as I know other sailors in Europe, but I do remember him from the 2014 Bordeaux A-Class Europeans, Why? Because he was always smiling and was the most cordial sailor to us newbies/rookies of the Arg team.

Image: Juliew Hartwig - || Bob Griffits from the Australian Association reports on the coming Class activity, this time for the East Coast Winter Championships.
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Report by Bob Griffits: "Although winter will soon descend in the lands down under, the Australian A Class fleet has no intention in sitting out the cooler weather in some form of hibernation. Many sailors are very keen to master their foiling techniques, and many have been quietly modifying their boats to incorporate any of the increasing repertoire of hydrofoils that are now available.

All images by Denis Lucci - Complete albums at Denis Lucci Sports Fb page --

No more races could be completed at CLub Nautique Berrois, and ranking stood like we reported in previous post.
Micky Todd won the 2015 French Nats only 0.50pts (due to a dredress in the first race) ahead of Luc Catineau (First French competitor) & 5.5pts over Jean Louis Le Coq.

Image: French Class president by Jean Darnaude. No sailing pics available yet.-
Micky Todd scored today 2.5 (rdg), 1 & 4th to lead the 2015 French Nats held at Club Nautique Berrois. Second place overal for Luc Cattineau and 3rd for Jean Louis Le Coq.

- Top 10 below, full results available at http://www.cnberrois.fr/resultats#BR_MENU
- Official web http://www.cnberrois.fr/presentation-championnat-de-france-classe-a