The Aussie nats are firing up !
follow the action on the Sail-World newsfeed :

http://www.a-cat.org.au/2012-nationals/sail-world-newsfeed-for-the-2012…

Cool Pics, videos and other news : check the links on : http://dnacat.blogspot.com/

Glenn Ashby fires the warning cannon - from Sail-world.com-

In the weekend of the 24th and 25th of September, we had the Open Danish Nationals.
An efficient race management was able to start a total of 14 races. The short races where very intense and good starts and a minimum of mistakes was the key to success.

Top 3:
1. DEN 1, Thomas Paasch, Nikita, Fiberfoam, Ashby
2. SWE 16, Håkan Fråjdh, Marström, Marström, Landenberger
3. DEN 17, Michael Schwarz, DNA, Saarberg, Ashby

In August 2011, Sailing Aarhus hosted the World Championships for the A Cat class at the Kaløvig Sailing Center by the Bay of Aarhus. The class currently has an entry limit of 100 boats and all spots sold out well before the event. However, there were few no shows, so actually there were 96 boats on the water.

Dear All, Together with the University of Aarhus we are planning to broadcast the event via internet, using gps tracking and live video streaming – more or less the same setup we did at the 505 Worlds last year… see also http://www.505sapworldchampionship2010.com/ The main strategic reason to this is to make sailing more “understandable, viewable and shareable” – in other words, more popular.

The worlds are limited to 100 places by the A-Class Championships Rules, and currently we are sold out.
BUT - there probably will be some "drop outs" or "no shows", and for that case we have established a waiting list, from where we will substitute open places.
This is a "first in first served" queue, so don't hesitate to get on the list if you are interested in a place in case someone can't come.
Send a mail to Thomas Paasch: thomas(at)paasch.dk with your Country, Name and contact information to get on the list.

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2011 NZADCA
National Championships
21st - 24th April 2011
Another first for Kerikeri Cruising Club
From regular racing on smooth lakes to choppy seas and variable winds -
"different" as Tom Block stated "this is much more real, testing
our skills on an ever-changing ocean".
Nineteen skippers on Day One experienced Cat racing in the Bay of
Islands; three competitors from as far south as Wanaka and Christchurch, nine
from Auckland, an entry from Dargaville and the six local boats from
Kerikeri. The current NZ National Champ
is Murray Philpott.

23rd to 25 th of April at the easter weekend the classic European season opener for the A class is planned.

Easter is quite late this year, so enough possibilties to do some training regatta's ahead . We expect a good big fleet of at least 80 boats . Organisation is in the hands of the well known Congrega Velisti Cesenatico
see the links for the Notice of Race .

The australian nationals with a record entry of 73 boats attracts a lot of attention
Good advertising for the A class.
follow the reports at :
www.dnacat.blogspot.com
and
http://catsailingnews.blogspot.com/