French Nationals at Quiberon on 5th to 8th May 2016 are go!

The AFCCA today received a communications from the French Sailing Federation giving their consent to foiling and non-foiling boats sailing together. A result for the French A Class and it's friends!

The communication was as follows (Translated) from the original here.

'The organization of the National (French) A Class presents a problem to this day despite the efforts of each other to find a consensual solution.

The purpose of the Federation (FFV) is not to impose a notice of race that does not suit you, but simply to take into account the prudence and safety obligations in the framework of the organization of competitions in sailing that are on the French territory.

However, since it is not a French championship, we can remain at the stage of recomendation, trusting that the specialists in this class of boat, that is to say to you, and subject to finding an agreement with the organizing club.

In this light, it is advisable that you write a technical note explaining that there are no particular risks when some of your catamarans are equipped with foils, and therefore the conventional floating boats and foiling boats can sail together.'

JP Champon, FFV