Sent by Christian Ugolini, CNB Vice president and AFCCA secretary
Message to inform the A-Class community that the 2015 French Championship will be held in Berre l'étang near Marseille (14 to 17 May) - Notice of race and more information available at the Club website : www.cnberrois.fr

NOR & Inscription at http://www.cnberrois.fr/avis-de-course

Suisse Nautic 2015 report

The SACA was present at the Suisse Nautic exhibition which took place in Bern from 18th to 22nd of February. Thanks to the engagement of the "Scheurer & Caviezel Team" and a bunch of dedicated volunteers, we showed our favourite boat in a spectacular setup.

Many visitors looked at the flying boats on the screen, asked questions, wanted to touch the foils, and in general showed great interest. I hope we will see some of these sailors joining our class sooner or later.

Another event where the C boards are competitive in the overall with David Parker finishing second behind Steve Brewin who was short to win the Aus Nats on a capsize he couldn´t recover from in due time.

Top ten below.
Attached find full results and an insteresting detailed graph time chart made by Rosebud Yacht Club.

Bruce Mahoney took the crown of the 2015 Ronstan Midwinters held at Key Largo, FL. Woody Cope, with a floating C board Nikita, lead the first day with 3 bullets was second and Bob Hodges climbed to third overall.
Another great regatta for Woody on a non foiling design.

Report by Bailey White
Full results at http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regat…

The attitude and comradeship in the US fleet is to admire, floating, foiling, latest tech and lots of custom builts racing and enjoying together beyond any other consideration.
Having Woody Cope leading with 3 bullets out of 3 races with a full floating Nikita it's even a better scenario.

The US fleet will gather together again this North Hemisphere Winter for the 2015 Ronstan A‐Cat Midwinter Championship to be held March 6‐8, 2015. Hosted by  Upper Keys Sailing Club, 100 North Ocean Bay Dr, Key Largo FL.
The US Association ( www.facebook.com/USAClass ) reports first clash in US soil of latest 2015 from US builders plus Euro camps. First test was done at the Australia Nationals 1 month ago.

The British Association keeps promoting the A-Cats at the RYA annual show. Excellent work by the local Class.
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Letter sent by Graeme Harbour to National Associations and local Measurers. Important & useful info for incoming season and current equipment development, read along Measurement Guidelines: http://www.a-cat.org/?q=node/9
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Dear Measurers,

The purpose of this email is to try and bring everyone up to date on any measurement issues and to make sure we all adopt a common approach to undertaking boat measurement on new equipment and equipment inspection at championships.

Report sent by Dario Valenza / Carbonic Boats. More pics at www.carbonicboats.com
For Limited Public Release:

PARADOX 2015 - ALL NEW A CLASS CATAMARAN
Concept
- Speed, stability, easy to tune for different conditions, value, elegant engineering.
- Benefiting from three years of structured testing, data collection and validation.
- Developed in close collaboration with Glenn Ashby.
- Built in Australia to aerospace standards.

Top image by Paul Todd/Outsideimage.com - Full Gallery & Official NOOD Regatta website http://sailingworld.com/nood-regattas/st-petersburg - Rest of Images by Emmanuel Cerf , Full gallery here
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Report by Bailey White: