Welcome to 2023! Organisation for the Toulon Worlds in Sept is progressing! This is the form for the logistics, be it containers or individual boats. This will assist the club with their deck organistation, particularly as several sailors are interested in early arrivals and training during the busy French July and August holiday periods.

Please fill this in as soon as you know the details to assist the club and yourselves.
https://aclassworld2023-toulon.com/venue/shipping-of-containers/

This was the year when the gloves finally came off again after the two dreadful COVID years. Big regattas could finally be held and people could travel unrestricted again. Also, we ended the year with two women as National Champions, showing that this boat is truly for everyone!

Peace and love in 2023!

Registration is now open for the Toulon 2023 World Championships. Visit https://aclassworld2023-toulon.com
This is an open event.

From the European No.6, and GBR Champion Hugh MacGregor.

http://www.a-cat.org/node/816

More longer shot footage from Neil Macgregor, this time the Classic fleet.

http://www.a-cat.org/node/2230

The first of 2 videos from Garda by Neil MacGregor. This was race 7 and race 10. We’d requested longer shot sequences so sailors can study the techniques of the top guys, rather than the faster cut promo videos more commonly made. This is a great training aid. Neil has obliged!

Online registration is open on the CVBCM website - https://cerclevoilebordeaux.com/53e-grand-prix-de-larmistice-class-a/
NOR: https://cerclevoilebordeaux.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/ADC-ClasseA-…
SI: https://cerclevoilebordeaux.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IC-classeA-2…

North American Championship 2022, Day 3

Day 3 will be remembered as something very different from the rest of the regatta. A cold front came through, which tore down the regatta tent in one storm cell and lowered temps by more than 20 degrees (for those still on the imperial system). Summer ran away and Fall stood up with authority. Sailors geared up with multiple layers and then huffed and puffed while launching and doing basic manoeuvres, most of them convinced that their thicker wetsuits had somehow shrunk over their bellies since last winter….

This day the wind shifted slightly to the north, necessitating moving the course to the southern corner of this side of the lake. The wind was more lake-like today with large changes in pressure.

Race two started in seventeen knots but dropped down to four knots on the next leg. The race committee showed good patience and diligence in what sometimes was a trying day. The goal of the day was to get four races and four races we got, with the last finishing in steady medium breeze with the majority of the foilers sustaining flight.