Euro 22 News and final NOR

The 'A' Class Cat European Championships are fast approaching. Sailors are preparing and training so they can be at their absolute peak at this iconic sailing venue. Lets have a quick look at a few of the runners and riders entered.

Dear A-Cat Sailors - Please be informed that we will run an extraordinary WGM in Arco Del Garda. September 10th @ 19.00.

As for the Constitution, we have 3 official proposals that will be voted in Garda. They are :
1. Change of Constitution to relocate the IACA.
2. USACA's proposal to delete Rule 16 from IACA Championship Rules.
3. Poland's proposal to change Class Rules E.3 and E.4.

Following the Mid Year Meeting of World Sailing, the submission to delay the "M07-22 / RRS 50.1(c) – Quick Release Trapeze Harness" implementation, due to start in Jan 2023, has been postponed, upon the request of many classes including ours, and it has been accepted by World Sailing during their Mid-Year-Meeting 2022. As such, the Rule 50.1(c) now does not take effect until 1 January 2025. The ERS (Equipment Rules of Sailing) will be amended by World Sailing as well.

EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS
1. General Requirements
1.1 All boats and equipment entered in the European Championships may be inspected at any time for compliance with the relevant rules including Class Rules and these Equipment Regulations (ER), defined collectively as the “Event Equipment Rules”.
1.2 Boats shall be kept in the assigned boat park.

Appointment Measurer Team A-Class European Championships Arco 2022

Graeme Habour (IACA Chief Measurer) is appointed as Chief Equipment Inspector and Chairman of the Technical Committee, A-Class European Championships 2022 CVA.

Yorick Klipfel (Swiss Measurer, Chief Measurer Nacra 15 Worlds, etc) will join the Measurement Team.

We are very pleased to appoint such a strong Technical Team. Many Thanks also to IACA, SACA and CVA for the support.

It has now been two weeks or so since the end of the Texas Worlds. Time to reflect on what was a really successful event. Pulled together in less than 6 months by US Class President, Bob Webbon, Bruce Mahoney and a few others, together with a hugely experience race management team under the exquisite control of Debbie Cardenas and her Houston Yacht Club team. We were lucky too to get the PRO from the last time the Worlds were in the US back in 2012, the venerable Texan, Billy Richnow, and being kept in check by his highly qualified race committee.

So, what have we learned?

International A-Division Catamaran Association
World General Meeting
Houston Yacht Club, 29th April 2022

There was a Gurd ‘Ole Texas shootout on the bay today, as the Beacon Group A-Class Catamaran Worlds drew to it’s finale!

We knew that today was going to be hard going. Only the Classic fleet raced today in Houston at the Beacon Group 2022 A-Class Cat Worlds, and the planned 3 races were curtailed to 2. The building sea state started to become potentially boat breaking and the winds were building to 18+kts, so Billy Richnow decided discretion was the best policy so people would live to sail another day.