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World Sailing Annual Conference
Barcelona Spain 5 – 13.11.2016
Kurt Lönnqvist, Tom Schubert, Sari Multala, Patrick
Lindqvist, Lars Nyqvist, Michael Röllich
Notes from the meeting
Suomen Purjehdus & Veneily Ry
toimisto@spv.fi / +358 40 834 3407/ Ahventie 4 A 19, 02170 EspooRyhmä kokoontui yhteiselle aamiaiselle jakamaan
edellisen päivän uutiset ja sopimaan päivän toimista.
Tämän muistion liitteenä on osallistujien muistiinpanot
kokouksista ja tapaamisista.
2Table of content
A. Kurt Lönnqvist…………………………..….4
Focus areas of the Annual Meeting
Key decisions
President and Vice Presidents elected
B. Tom Schubert………………….……….….5
Constitution Committee
C. Sari Multala…………………………...….11
Commercial Forum
Events Committee
D. Patrick Lindqvist……………………...…..17
International Regulations
Offshore Classes Event Committee
E. Lars Nyqvist……………………………….21
International Judges Sub Committee
D. Michael Röllich……………………………23
International Judges Sub-Committee
Race Management Sub-Committee
Match Racing Committee
International Umpires Sub-Committee
Race Officials Committee
Racing Rules Committee
Events Committee
3A. Kurt Lönnqvist
World Sailing annual meeting Barcelona:
The meeting had 3 focus areas plus business as usual.
- Sustainability
- Para World Sailing
- Commercial Strategy for the sport
All forums where well-arranged and good material is available on the World
Sailing Site
Key decisions were:
• To block the same 10 Olympic events from Rio for Tokyo, the format
will be decided before February 28th.
• It was decided to propose 50/50 gender equality to IOC.
• World sailing will propose an 11th medal event
• World sailing will propose 12th showcase event just for Tokyo.
• The new board was elected:
• Kim Andersen from Denmark was elected president.
Vice presidents elected:
Jan Dawson (NZL)
Torben Grael (BRA)
Gary Jobson (USA) reelected
Quanhai Li (CHN) reelected
W Scott Perry (URU) reelected
Ana Sanchez (ESP)
Nadine Stegenwalner (GER)
Reelecting 3 vice presidents gives a good base for continuity.
Kurre
Groupe G council edustaja
4B. Tom Schubert
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C. Sari Multala
World Sailing Annual Conference Barcelona 2016
Ensimmäistä kertaa järjestettiin Commercial Forum, jota olin kuuntelemassa.
Huomioita Commercial Forumista:
• yritystä luoda kaupallinen strategia lajille - ulkopuoliset konsultit
kertoivat paljon siitä, miltä purjehdus näyttää nyt verrattuna muihin
lajeihin muun muassa
• Tiedon kerääminen on tärkeää
• World sailing show youtubessa - kuulin tästä ensimmäisen kerran
tuolla, vaikka tätä on tuotettu vuosi
• Facebook: ota myös avainpelaajat mukaan tiedonvälitykseen
• Videosisältöä! Ihmiset avaavat todennäköisimmin FB:n kuin meilin
• Suunnitelmat kuulostivat periaatteessa hyviltä, mutta hyvin epäselväksi
jäi, miten ne aiotaan käytännössä toteuttaa eli miten viedään läpi WS:n
päätöksentekoprosessista
Events Committee raportti:
Raportti Rion kisoista, karsinnasta jne.
• 91 (94) kansallisuutta osallistui Rion karsintoihin - viisi maata jätti
paikkoja käyttämättä, uudelleenallokointia pitää parantaa, vaikka kaikki
paikat saatiin käytettyä
• Lyhennetty kisaohjelma toimi, vain kahtena päivänä ei tuullut (tosin oli
MR päiviä)
• Suosituksia tulevaan: joitain kisamuotoja voisi muuttaa, WS:n pitäisi
olla paremmin mukana suunnitteluvaiheessa, jotta kaikki toimisi
kisapaikalla myös rannalla
• Perintö oli hyvä - mitä tapahtui vedenlaadulle: yleisesti voi sanoa,
etteivät vedenlaatu ja kelluvat roinat vaikuttaneet kilpailuun. Se, mikä
on vielä osittain epäselvää, mutta näyttää huonolta on muutoksen
pysyvyys
• Mikä on prosessi välineiden vaihtamiseeen rikkoutumistapauksissa,
pitää jatkossa miettiä (omat vs. Provided)
• Katsomo: ei parhaimmalla paikalla, ei palkintojenjakoa oli huono juttu
• OBS: televisiointia ei saanut ulkoradoilla ollenkaan - pitäisi saada jotain
kuvaa, vaikka livekisaa ei voisikaan näyttää. Reagoinnin pitää olla
myös nopeampaa ja toiminnan joustavampaa. Paljon on kiinni myös
kansallisista oikeudenomistajista eli siitä, että saadaan hyvät selostajat.
Ulkoradoiltakin kuvausta oli, mutta kukaan ei ole nähnyt sitä - pitäisi
olla somekanavissa esim. Päivän kohokohdat. WS:n pitää tehdä
parempaa yhteistyötä OBS:n kanssa (esim. Lähäreitä enemmän ja
11myös pilkahduksia muilta rata-alueilta yms.), jotta lajista saadaan
välitettyä parempi kuva
• Some on yli tuplaantunut seuraamiskanavana myös purhehduksessa
• MNA:lle lähetetään kysely, jossa kysytään kaikki asiat kisoihin liittyen
• Mediaraportti tulee myöhemmin (tammikuussa)- (ei ole pelkästään
purjehdukseen liittyvä raportti)
Aarhus MM-kisat 2018
• karsintasysteemi päätettiin jo viime keväänä - julkistetaan ensi viikolla,
pääosa paikoista 2017 MM-kisoista, loput 2017 joulukuun World
Rankingista
• Kaikki osapuolet haluavat, että kaikki paikat täytetään mahdollisimman
hyvin, mutta pitää löytää tapa, jolla tämä tehdään - nyt on niin, että
toukokuun jälkeen menee ilmoittautumisjärjestyksessä (ja
periaatteessa jo nyt voi ilmoittautua) (Tähän liittyen oli submission)
• Paikkoja on reilusti itse kisaan, testikisaan 50 paikkaa/luokka
• Medal Racet yleisön edessä, koko satama tarkoitus olla auki yleisölle
• Tavoite tehdä todellinen yleisötapahtuma, mukana myös kaupunki
• Pian tulee lisää tietoa urheilijoille ja liitoille koko kisoista
käytännönjärjestelyistä
• Kahdeksan rata-aluetta
• Kisoissa jaetaan 40% Tokion maapaikoista
Tokio 2020
• Aamulla tuli tiedote presidentiltä (kirje alla), jossa ehdotetaan
säilytettäväksi nykyiset luokat, mutta muutetaan kiintiöitä niin, että jo
2020 saavutetaan sukupuolien tasa-arvo koko lajin tasolla, mutta vasta
2024 jokaisen luokan tasolla
• Ainoastaan presidentti voi ehdottaa ensi helmikuussa jotain muuta ja
siksi kirje on tuossa muodossa (presidentti vaihtui kirjeen kirjoittamisen
jälkeen)
• Port of Shonan on Enoshima island, Fujisawa City noin 70km Tokiosta
• Satama rakennettiin 1964 ja sitä remontoidaan, mutta sen vieressä on
toinen satama, joka on käytössä
• Suositukset IOC:lle helmikuuhun 28. 2017 luokista ja ohjelmasta, IOC
päättää ohjelmasta Exacutive boardissa 2017 heinäkuussa
• Format WP tekee ehdotuksen kisamuodoiksi jne. Työ jatkuu
kokouksen jälkeen lähettämällä kaikki kommentit ja ehdotukset
Thomas Chameralle, joka tekee ehdotuksia luokkaliitoille testattavaksi
(katso ehdotuspaperi) SEURAAVAN KAHDEN VIIKON AIKANA
• Kaikki päätökset maapaikoista yms tehdään vasta, kun luokat ovat
selvillä
• Katso kaikki paperit, ja täydennä tätä myöhemmin
12From: "World Sailing President"
Date: Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 7:59 PM +0100
Subject: Communication from the President of World Sailing
9th November 2016
The President, Carlo Croce, with the support of all Board members, has
decided, following his most recent communications with the IOC, that he, as
President, shall not propose an alternative Olympic slate to Council in
February 2017. This means that World Sailing would propose the existing 10
Events and Equipment for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition.
In addition, World Sailing will continue to pursue the possibility of an 11th
Medal in 2020 with the IOC on the basis that the total number of athletes
remains at 380. Furthermore, World Sailing is also exploring the possibility of
a showcase sailing event in Tokyo which if agreed would be over and above
the existing athlete quota. The Board believes this strategy best protects
existing investments and programmes, whilst enabling World Sailing to
demonstrate innovation to the IOC.
The Board will continue to support changes in format and fleet sizes to best
meet the objectives of the IOC’s Agenda 2020. These decisions will be made
in accordance with normal World Sailing processes.
Regarding gender equity, the IOC has confirmed that gender equity in 2020
may be assessed at a “sport level” (i.e. on the basis of total number of
athletes in each sport). Hence World Sailing can meet IOC’s gender equity
requirements in 2020 with appropriate fleet quota changes, within sailing’s
current 10 Events and can seek to achieve gender equity at an event level by
2024.
(Kirje tuntui olevan pitkälti vaalitaktiikkaa, mutta uusi puheenjohtaja ei
suunnittele vaihtavansa luokkia - päin vastoin pyrkii vaikuttamaan IOC:n niin,
että luokat säilyisivät samoina)
Olympialaiset 2024
• paikkavaihtoehdot: Budapest (Lake Balaton), Los Angeles, Pariisi
(Marseille)
• Budapest on kevyen tuulen paikka, kisat kauempana
• LA on täysin uusi keskus rakenteilla
• Marseille taas kauempana, mutta voidaan hyödyntää olemassa
olevia resursseja
• WS toimii kaikkien kanssa ennen kuin päätetään, missä kisat on
• Syyskuu 2017 KOK päättää, missä kisat pidetään.
13Sailing World Cup
• Syyskuussa 2016 on hyväksytty suunnitelma, miten uudistukset
laitetaan voimaan
• Edelleen ollaan samaa mieltä siitä, että tarvitaan ''ammattilaisten
sarja'', joka saa mukaan kaikki parhaat urheilijat
• Kalenteri pitää huomioida, maksimissaan kolme osakilpailua, pitää
saada kaikki mukaan (siis parhaat purjehtijat)
• Palkintorahaa vain finaalissa, pitää mahdollistaa niin purjehtijoiden kuin
MNA:n sponsorit
• VISIO ja tavoitteet:
o Missä ollaan nyt 2017 (tämä vuosi on TAAS) siirtymävuosi:
o 2017 tammikuussa Miami, huhtikuussa Hyeres, kesäkuussa
finaali Euroopassa (missä) Kiel?
o 2018 Gamagori (lokakuu 2017), tammikuu Miami, huhtikuu
Hyeres, Euroopassa finaali (kesäkuu 2018)
o 2019: Enoshima 2018 lokakuu, Euroopan kierros
huhti/toukokuu, finaali Euroopassa kesäkuussa 2019
o 2020: Enoshima lokakuu 2019, miami tammikuu, Eurooppa
huhti/toukokuu, Finaali Enoshimassa kesäkuussa
• Pitää olla mahdollisuus karsia myös kisoista (esim. Palmalta) eikä vain
World Rankingin perusteella
• Finaaliin pääsee vain WC:n kisojen perusteella
• Maanosilla tulisi olla kisoja, jotka ovat täysin avoimia (voivat toimia
karsintoina WC:n)
• Subm. 039-16 (loukkaantumistapauksessa saa purjehtia
toisenmaalaisen kanssa) suositeltiin hyväksyttäväksi
• Keskustelu World Cupista oli hyvin kriittistä - ollaan aina tilanteessa,
jossa sopimukset on solmittu ja sitouduttu johonkin malliin ilman, että
Events Committeella on mahdollisuus vaikuttaa. Turhauttava
keskustelu.
Youth Olympic Games
• Epäselvää, tuleeko tapahtumaan enää tulevaisuudessa
• Aikaisintaan 2023 seuraavan kerran
• 2018 Buenos Airesissa, luokat on valittu jo aiemmin
• Karsintajärjestelmä lähtee käyntiin ensi vuonna (2017 MM-kisat)
• Ikäryhmä 15-18 -vuotiaat
• Tulee erilaisia kisamuotoja (slalom)
• Kite: saa tuoda oman laudan, mutta rajoituksia siinä, millaisen
• Nacra tulee järjestäjiltä - karsintoihin standardivene, mutta itse kisoihin
''flying 15'' eli puoliväli täysin foilaavasta ja normaaliveneestä
• 1.12.2016 mennessä julkaistaan karsintajärjestelmä
14Youth World Championship
• 2016 NZ, Auckland
• 2017 Akko, Israel
• 2018 Sorpus Christi, USA
11. World Championships
• Keskustelua siitä, miten MM-kisoja pitäisi jatkossa järjestää (kuinka
usein ja kenen ja miten)
• Working Party ei päässyt yhteisymmärrykseen, joten ehdotus on, että
uusi Events Committee ottaa asian työn alle heti
• Tarvitaan numeroita, joiden pohjalta tehdään päätöksiä
Muista submissioneista mainitsen yhden:
- Ehdotettiin valmentajien kumiveneiden kieltämistä MM-kisoista
kustannussyistä. Mielipide jakautui kahtia. Valmentajien komitea valmistelee
uutta ehdotusta seuraavaan kokoukseen.
Yhteenveto: suurin taustakeskustelu liittyi olympialuokkiin ja uuteen
presidenttiin. Nyt, kun valinta on selvä, voi luottaa ainakin siihen, että hän
tekee töitä nykyisten luokkien säilyttämisen puolesta. Ensi toukokuun
kokouksessa tilanne on selvillä ja silloin päätetään luokkakohtaisista kiintiöistä
ja valmistellaan myös formaatteja. Nyt formaateista keskusteltiin, mutta
todettiin, ettei voida päättää ennen kuin luokat selvillä. Osa ehdotuksista on
melko radikaaleja ja tästä kysyin maajoukkuepurjehtijoidenkin mielipidettä -
lähetin niitä eteenpäin valmistelevalle Thomas Chameralle.
15D. Patrick Lindqvist
International Regulations:
• Sustainability: kan vara en fråga som blir större än den verkar. Sporten kan
bli överkörd av detaljerna. Man borde definiera vad är sustainability är
och vad den betyder för oss. Tex. Om en klass skall få status som
olympisk:
• Barlast problem: för båtar med barlast tankar. I europa har man definierat
vissa arter som är farliga och skall förhindra deras spridning, För båtar
skulle en bra bottenfärg lösa problemet men den kan vara förbjuden
pga bio orsaker. Tvätta bottnet förre man startar
• I fall man stöter på flyktingar till sjöss är rekommendationen att rapportera
och övervaka men inte agera. För egen säkerheters skull. Regel verket
säger att man skall hjälp om man kan göra det utan onödig risk för
egen båt och besättning.
• Galileo kommer att bli en del av positionering systemen för säkerhet
GMDSS.
• Pirater: under de senast 2 åren har det inte skett några attacker. Nyligen
har det skett en. Gäller närmast skepp båtar kan kan fortfarande vara
under stor risk närmast rån eller kidnappning. Segla inte inte nära i
farliga områden.
• Nuförtiden finns det en standard för LED ljus via att man bara standardisera
ljuset styrka
• Windfarm fortfarande olika regler i olika länder inom europa
• Hur sjöräddning kan definieras
ge alarm via elektronik
näst steg hitta ljus/rök
Alltså skulle man inte behöver 30000 candela raketer..
• AIS är fortfarande via VHF. AIS live går via privata mänskor som har
mottager kopplade till internet.
16Special Regulations
When there is a accident world Sailing have the right to demand that
information why the accident happen will be known and hidden by
contract between the insurance and 3 party.
Question: Should MNA demand that race organisers shall report
statical the reason for the boats that cancel racing due to
equipment reason. That would help to develop safety.
Will come on the web files for checklist according to boat and class
Update so anchors and chain can be stowed (or even disabled) separated.
Ready to be deployed in 5 min.
Tether: For each crew member MoMu,0,1,2,3 a) is not more than 2m (6’ 6”) in
length b) includes a mid-point snap hook. Effective 1 Jan 2018.
Offshore and Oceanic
. Report on the development of UMS
. In/build validation of keel attachments. There has been study done by David
Lyons and financed by ORC, AUS, Rorc. How shall validation by done
for different boats
. Report on handicap rules
. ORC see separate page
. IRC: A new interface for boat owners a bit like sailor service. 49
countries. Fast 40+ 18 boats next year. HP 30 is future. 6500
boats,
. Submission 45:
. In favour
better chance for co-operation between RORC and ORC
more world championships is good.
. Against
World sailing should not be involved in protests
Transparency
Same boat should not be able to win two championships in a
year.
. Compromise:
2018 a jointly scored World Championship
2018 a Team worlds in the same regatta
offshore World Championship based on existing offshore
event
To Do
• Tether update submission for year 5.02.01 e
17Offshore Classes event Committee
Rapport om tävlingar
• VM Köpenhamn
två av 3 klasser delades upp I 2 grupper pga deltagare antal. 7-8
deltävlingar beroende på klass. Det fanns också ett pris för
bästa amatör besättning. 131 båtar från 14 länder
Jury hade mycket att gör men inget större. Kontroll mätningar
gjordes och vissa fel hittades
Ett problem var lätta vindar. Vilket lede till att det blev olika mängder
tävlingar för klasserna.
• EM Grekland
9 tävlingar trots att reglerna bara föreskriver 7. 2 klasser slogs ihop
pga lite deltagare i största klassen 73 båtar från 12 länder.
• ORC Sportboat European Championship
Hölls i Chioggia, Italy och hade 40 deltagare från 6 länder.
• ORC Super yacht
Regel varit I kraft 2 år 9 regattor. medellängden på båtarna 36 m.
Utmaningen är att båtarna är olika från båtar med flygel och
blommor ombord till falt out tävlingsbåtar.
150 certifikat 2016
Swan Cup
Första året hade utmaningar närmast pga att båtarna kanske inte var
mera i den design konfigurationen som den byggdes. Nu börjar
databasen för båtarna vara i skick. 85 seglade under ORC och
ca 30 utanför.
Submissions
. För säsongen 2018 kommer det att introduceras ett pris för bästa designer
. Under 2017 kommer reglerna att skapas.
AGM
• 48 congress
• Thomas Blixt new member for Sweden
• 9400 boats and over 10.000 certificates
• Rules used in over 45 countries. 5 continents ,USA is growing fast.
• Starting a retirement fond for personal
• X-yachts will start to use ORC handicap.
• UMS is moving slowly forward a part of the reason is personal changes in
the key partners in the UMS project.
182017 Championships
. Worlds: Trieste Italy 30/6-7/7 www.orcworlds2017.com
. European: Gdansk 24-29/7
. Sportboats European Latvia 31/7-5/8
2018 Championships
• Worlds Hague (Holland)
• European
• Sportboats European
Future
• 2019
◦ World: US / porto caras /
◦ Europe swe /
• 2020
◦ World nor/est
◦ Euro:
19E. Lars Nyqvist
2016 World Sailing Annual Conference Lars
Nyqvist program
Saturday 5 November 2016
09.30 – 13-30 International Regulations Commission Europa 4 Open
14.30 – Class Rules Sub Committee Europa 4 Open
Sunday 6 November 2016
09.00 – 13.30 International Judges Sub Committee Private Palma Open
14.00 – 19.00 Race Management Sub Committee Europa 3 Open
Monday 7 November 2016
09.30 – 13.30 Match Racing Committee Fira 2 Open
14.00 – 18.30 International Umpires Sub Committee Fira 1 Open
Tuesday 8 November 2016
09.30 – 18.00 Race Officials Committee Europa 2 Open
09.30 – 18.00 Special Regulations Sub Committee Europa 4 Open
Wednesday 9 November 2016
09.30 – 18.00 Racing Rules Committee Fira 1,2 + 3 Open
Thursday 10 November 2016
09.30 – 18.00 Oceanic and Offshore Committee Europa 3 Open
International Judges Sub Committee
Judges applications and renewals
First time applications 17 pcs
4yr renewals 61 pcs
2yr renewals 27 pcs
Renewal test
Steve: Most people pass the test, result are going up. In the future the
applicant will get a hard copy of the test result.
New questions for the test are welcome
Test English to be improved, questions are compared yearly
Gonzalo proposed speedy process to develop the reporting system for
collecting data automatically
IJ-manual
Remove 69 and hear say points from the manual
20David Brunskill presentation
Judges Grouping system (Jan Stage, Lynne)
Not all high-level judges applied for grouping, not willing to participate Olympic
type races
Grouping 2016 is only one year, to be renewed yearly
Publishing the result of Grouping, a delicate issue
• Lengthy discussion, reference to failed U-grouping
Retention
Numbers going slowly down, Andrus expressed his concern
Seminar & Clinic program
Medal Racing
• Heated debate should it be umpires or judges
• What is the required skill set
• Direct judging on water/ training required
Team Racing
Event Appointment
Margriet Pannevis
Strategy and Development
Racing Officials Committee
Submissions
CLOSED SESSION
Racing Rules 9.11.2016
Submissions: COI submission, balance the coi was discussed at lenght
10.11.2016
Oceanic& Offshore
Rating Systems
*UMS data bases moving to clouds
* Empirical handicap
Incidents in the sport 15, one fatal
• foiling boats/ organiser boats
• Incidence Reporting scheme, like in aviation
o Sten Edholm; Guidelines for incident reports
o Incidents outside the race
o RRS covering incidents outside/ after the race
o Incidents when returning from an event
Structural integrity
• catastrophic loss of keels
IRC WC In Sanya it was agreed that the ORC/IRC should be incorporated.
Proposal to have IRC WC is against the aim to find a way to have
only one rating system
One rating, one world
21F. Michael Röllich
International Judges Sub-Committee
Sunday 6 November 2016, 9.00 – 11.30
3. IJ Grouping
Jan Stage, Lynn Beale
Decision November 2015 grouping system for International Judges.
Objective to identify IJs World Sailing can appoint to major WS events and
Olympic classes
Grouping of International Judges into:
• Chief Judge: capability and experience to act as jury chairman
• Lead Judge: capability and experience to act as senior member of the
jury. Among this group potential Chief Judges
• Standard: Ungrouped, among this group potential Lead Judges
Annual refresh of status
There are Grouping Criteria for International Judges 2016
The grouping is done by a panel consisting of 5 members.
Race Officials Committee wants to publish the status. The idea is to help
Event Appointments Working Party. The process must be very clear. When
published it is important to include: Purpose/ Criteria/ Appointments
4. IJ Renewal Test
Stephen Wrigley, Riccardo Antoni, Gonzalo Heredia.
• Started in 2014. Experience from 2015 and 2016.
• The test has been taken by 224 Judges so far
o Did not pass 6
o High rate passed
o Test scores moving higher each year.
o People are better prepared and use the practice questions at the
beginning.
o New questions are coming after New Year.
• Platform will be modified to be able to provide the test score
immediately. There will also be the possibility to print a paper version of
it to post it to the MNA.
• Good evolvement to keep up with the new rules.
• Everybody is encouraged to send questions to the database to be
included.
• System is continually developing.
22• Feedback to the judge is very important.
o Now the system is not giving feedback on what questions you
fail.
o The next development will be to include feedback in what
sections the judge fails.
o Now the system gives the result you passed or you did not pass.
o Judges want to have the score included.
o A downloadable certificate will be provided.
• Would it be possible to take the test already within the last 3 years,
because the rules change every 4 years?
• Questions about failing:
o Question and how many failed.
o Follow up during 4 years. Then everybody has renewed.
o Can be either a difficult question or it can have been poorly
written.
• Some complains of delays in the system
5. IJ Report System
Lars Nyqvist, Costas Tsantilis
Summary and highlights of reports presented by Lars Nyqvist
To develop IJ report presentation by Matias Collins
• Collect all data in the same place that manages everything.
• Then we have a transparent system that shows the performance of the
race officials.
• Renewal rate is 100 judges a year.
o Working party gets this done in one weeks time
o World Sailing has already all regattas numbered
6. IJ Manual
Jon Napier
Request that two sections be withdrawn
• Rule 69
• K13 section of hearsay
Rule 69
• In Miami, in a situation covering a 69 hearing, involving evidence that
has been obtained illegally => US no go. UK why not.
• IJSC => discusses and decides.
David
Working party offshore and oceanic racing presentation – Lars Nyqvist has
got this presentation
• Focus areas: Rules, IJ Manual, Education and Training
237. IJ Retention
2016
• 125 renewal (approximately 100 renews each year
• 4 year appointment 62
• 2 year appointment 29
• 35 total lost
• 17 new
8. Rule 42 working party
New leadership Jacob Mossin Andersen.
9. Education and development
International Judges
Seminars
Tokyo, JPN – July 2016
London, GBR – October 2016
Clinics
Boryeong KOR - March 2016
Singapore SIN - July 2016
IJ and NJ Instructor list has been approved
10. Use of technology
Video hearings
Skype juries in offshore racing.
• You do not see body language for rule 2 and rule 69
• Can take up to 1 hour to get connected.
• Hearing quite ok with the camera
• Three parties hearing. More or less ok.
• Need good cameras, different angels and good Internet lines.
• Takes time to create a new session in the closed discussion.
Some boats use drones in offshore races. They send them out to supervise
weather issues.
Stop calling it Skype meeting because there has not been any decision yet on
technology. In US they are called Video hearings. Should create guidelines.
24In some events it’s getting more popular that one guy is on site and the rest at
home. Validity => is a IJ jury properly constituted this way?
In some events it can even go so far that the IJs are on video and the NJs on
the water doing 42. Is this what we want?
Coaches Commission request that judges would carry cameras when
penalizing for breaking rule 42, Jan Stage presenting
Video footage is useful for mark rounding’s and in starts. Rule 42 needs a
good lens and zoom to be properly used.
Cameras
• Standardize the cameras and lenses.
• The placement on the body should be decided.
• Very useful, when anticipate crowdy mark rounding.
• A standard phone can be used.
• Some sailors think that, when you use cameras you look like a tourist.
• 180€ sunglasses with camera. If you use a camera are the sailors
allowed to see it?
• It was determined that It is a personal tool.
• Who will pay the costs for cameras? The organizers.
• Every sailing boat could carry a camera in the mast
11. Medal Racing
Andrus Poksi
Equipment is very critical to do a proper job on the water. The umpire boats
are critical and often the worst ribs serve as umpire boats. World Sailing
should create some guidance to organizers about the boats.
Why not introduce single judging? RC44 and TP52 use it. It reduces cost.
Why not use jet skis?
Why are judges not suitable to run medal races? Should we always use
umpires instead?
• Judge = fleet
• Umpire = match racing
In some events judges are not involved in umpiring and umpires are coming in
instead. There are also many judges who are also umpires and vice versa.
What can we do to make sure that judges are trained properly?
The disciplines for a Judge are hearings and rule 42
Nowadays judges need training about positioning and on the water
techniques. We should start to train us.
25Many disciplines of umpiring
• Medal racing
• Sailing league
• Team racing
• 2 k team racing
• Match racing
• Fleet race
Everything is a little bit different
There will be an umpired fleet racing clinic
The IJSC should work together with the IUSC. Roll out fleet racing umpiring
12. Case 78
Team Racing Situations including Rule 2
To discuss and propose guidance for protest committees to on-the-water jury
members who see what they believe to be ‘Team Racing’ in a fleet race
13. Event Appointments
Margriet Pannevis
Four years ago it was much more unclear for the Event Appointments
Working Party what to look for and so on. Now it is much more clear. People
do not really understand the process.
The process:
• Proper sub committees are recommending race officials and Events
Appointment WP appointments.
Now the process is clear
The set-up of the Working Party is 4. There is one staff member and a Vice
President + 2 people (Margriet Pannevis and Peter Schrubb) this works well.
2614. Strategy and Development
Feedback from IJ instructors and from IJs about NJs. There are some grants
to support travelling.
The proper way is to:
• Identify IJ material and share it with the committee.
Training and development party, Rob Holden South Africa.
Regional Development Coordinators. Race Official Training.
. Identification and development of new Race Officials
. Talent identification and development of Race Officials for major events
. Development of relationships with World Sailing classes
. Proposals for continuous training programs for existing Race Officials
. Language issues for Race Officials
Submissions – if you are appointed to a World Sailing event. You should get
paid. Working party from last year has proposed a submission for this.
Reopening and video evidence
The acid test is:
• Is the video new evidence or was it available before the original
hearing?
• If it is new, is it also significant?
Reopening according to the IJ manual should concentrate only on the new
evidence. Lawyers say that should allow much more.
27Race Management Sub-Committee
Sunday 6 November 2016
4. Strategy, Development, Tasks and Responsibilities
Innovations and technologies
Automated starting and finishing procedure
Seminars and clinics
6 Clinics and 8 Seminars during 2016
5. Race Management Procedures and Activities
Race management policy
Will be updated and issued by beginning of January 2017
7. Event Appointments
Margriet Pannevis
Statistics about appointments
Done a four years report
Misunderstanding that EAWP appoint and assess. The sub-committees
assess and suggest. The EAWP appoints.
8. Race Officials Committee
Jan Stage
Some countries good programs to develop people, some struggle more =>
world sailing could do more to spread good practices
Grouping of race officials when World Sailing appoints to major World Sailing
events and Olympics.
• Good if it would be possible to get a report and input from the sub
committees to the race officials committee
o Idea is to help EAWP to appoint suitable race officials
• Judges are grouped in Chief & Lead Judges
o 380 IJs in total
o 111 applied for grouping
o Outcome was
§ 6 Chiefs
§ 22 Lead
28• Qualification criteria for Judges: Standard/ Lead/ Chief
• Qualification criteria for Race Officers: Standard/ Course Rep/ PRO
Feedback:
• Judges and Race Officers are a little bit different. You need more
Judges at least 5 to an event than Race Officers you have normally
one IRO. At least there are less race officers than judges.
• Who decides the grouping?
o A panel of 5 people and Madeline Dunn as staff member: Lynne
Beale (chair), Andres Perez, Steve Wrigley, Rut …
• There has always been a list or an idea, now the process and
appointments are formal and criteria’s transparent
• How often is the list reviewed?
o Annually!
Try to go to coaches’ commission to bridge the gap between coaches and
race officers
They asked for two things
• Request that cameras be used by race officials and the material be
published to everybody
• Race Management policies:
o Has been very different what the race officers are doing.
o Now it has been harmonized by introducing Race Management
policies.
o The coaches have asked that could there be some discretion
about a strict policy and discussion afterwards about the
outcome and learning.
§ Example: Sometimes a race has been done strictly by
policies even if everybody knows and agrees that the
race should be abandoned.
Recommendations
• Race Officer development for Tokyo 2020
• Race documents reviewed by committees
• Strategy for race management finishing and starting
29Match Racing Committee
Monday 7 November 2016, 9.30 – 13.30
3. Women Match Racing World Championship 2016
WS Technical Delegate Report – Alfredo Ricci (ITA) 2016 Women’s Match
Racing World Championship
September 21st-25th 2016 - Sheboygan, Wisconsin (USA)
The event was organised in conjunction with Blind Match Racing World
Championship. Unfortunately on Tuesday 20 September Terry Kohler
also father of project “Women Match Racing” passed away (see the
other document enclosed). Terry was our biggest supporter and this
tragedy hit the organisers, the sailing community and most of us that
had the opportunity to know him strongly.
As he would have said the show must go on and so it did, even with a
little bit of worry after the first two days.
9 teams took part in the event representing 6 nations (USA, FRA, SWE,
NED, NZL, and CAN). The organization from Sheboygan Yacht Club in
conjunction with Sail Sheboygan and Seas Ashore on and off the water
was impeccable
8 perfectly prepared Elliott 6m were used for the event by Bosun Nick
Chadwick with all the spare materials available. The fleet, which was
also used in Perth 2011 and at the 2012 London Olympic Games, had
two sets of sails with country logos. This made it easy to identify the
competitors during the knock out series, where thousands of spectators
gathered from the Blue Resort Beer Festival on the leeward of the
course area.
Umpire boats, the race committee boat and mark layers all performed in
line with World Sailing standards. The Race committee was led by John
Strassman (USA) accompanied by Darcy Cook (USA) an experienced
match racing race officer. In addition the local race officer David
Bronson (USA) added an enormous value to the team by taking care of
setting the course with his mark layers under the supervision of
Principal Race Officer Rich Reichelsdorfer (USA) who focused more on
Blind World Championship. A very efficient and precise media
department produced dedicated press releases supported by pictures
and videos and a large activity on Social Media (Facebook, Twitter) The
passion and professionalism ashore and on the water of Elizabeth
Baylis in her double role of WIM Series Manager and World Sailing
30Match Racing Committee Chairman completed the team.
Due to bad weather we lost the first two days racing, this didn’t
compromise completion of the scheduled programme (Double Round
Robin, Quarterfinals, Semi-finals and Finals).103 races were sailed, and
as testimony to the wonderful job done by the race committee
(alongside the well prepared boat), not a single red flag was displayed
by the competitors.
The Umpire team led by Flavio Naveira (ARG) did a good job with the
test rules with Women’s Match Racing events as one of the only
chances for a rookie umpires to develop.
Female Match Racers really love the debriefing, they like to discuss
cases and for a fresh umpire it is a unique opportunity. Where
applicable, the appointment process which selects an umpire team
should strongly consider a very proactive Chief Umpire that promotes
this ethos when managing a women’s match racing event (we say... ‘he
does not look at the clock’).
Salerno, October 7th 2016 – Alfredo Ricci
4. Youth Match Racing Worlds
2016 Youth Match Racing World Championship
A final report from the World Sailing Technical Delegate
1. Introduction
1.1 The third Youth Match Racing World Championship was held in Noumea,
New Caledonia, FRA between 14 and 18 June 2016. The event is now in its
third edition, with previous events being held in FIN and POL and the 2017
event due to be held in the West Coast USA.
1.2 The policy direction for the event is overseen by the Match Racing
Committee and its Youth Match Racing Working Party.
2. Teams
2.1 The age limit for the event is to be under 23 years old on the 31
December of the year of competition.
2.2 The capacity of the event for 2016 was set at 16 teams. Two places were
offered to the Host MNA (the FFV and the local FFV league) and the
remaining places were available to MNAs to ask for. If after the entry
deadline places remained, World Sailing would consider wildcard
spaces.
312.3 By the entry deadline, the event had 5 MNAs registering an interest with 9
teams. This raised very real questions concerning the viability of the
event, as the Host was expecting up 16 teams. A further push was
made for entries via the Working Party and two more entries were
received. This allowed the event to proceed but one team then
withdrew. The final number was 10 teams from 6 MNAs.
2.4 A number of MNAs expressed concern at the cost of travelling to New
Caledonia, with one MNA saying it preferred to concentrate its funding
on the FISU World Match Racing event in Perth (AUS) later this year.
3. Officials
3.1 World Sailing appointed the World Sailing Course Representative (Denis
THOMPSON IRO (AUS)), the Chief Umpire (Gary MANUEL IU (AUS), three
other International Umpires and two national umpires. After the award of the
bid to the event, the Host raised concerns that having more umpires (as
envisaged by the bid guidelines) was outside their budget. A request was also
made to have only three nationalities of umpires (FRA, AUS and NZL) which
was rejected. In the event, the lower number of entries meant the event could
cope with the lower number of umpires.
3.2 All the World Sailing race officials performed well and at the standard
expected of them.
4. Venue
4.1 Following the site visit to the venue in 2015 (the main club on the
mainland with racing in the harbour), the Host relocated the event to a small
island approximately 30 mins sail from the mainland on which a sponsor hotel
was located. The new venue was ideal for sailing conditions and scenery, but
presented very limited public access to the racing.
5. Equipment
5.1 The boat used for the Championships was Elliott 6m sailed with a crew of
3 or 4. 10 boats were planned for the event and the decision was made to use
8 boats.
5.2 The number of breakdown flags and breakdowns was average for a
match racing event and there was a good support service on the water. There
was no major damage to any of the boats during the Championship. All boats
were very well prepared and equalised.
Documentation All documentation used at the event complied with World
Sailing standards.
Course and Format
7.1 Racing was held off Ilôt Máitre island where the Championship had been
relocated to. Trade wind conditions persisted through the week and were
32excellent for racing. The World Sailing Race Management Policies for Match
Racing were followed consistently and racing was postponed and/or
abandoned when required.
7.2 The format of racing was a double qualifying Round Robin, followed by
knockout Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Finals. All racing was completed on
schedule, with the Round Robin concluded by Day 3.
7.3 The format used worked well for the lower number of teams.
8. Coaches and Education
8.1 Evening debriefs were offered but had no take up. Three teams had
coaches. Consideration should be given to whether the World Youth Sailing
Trust wishes to support an education program around the event.
9. Social
9.1 Breakfast, lunch and dinner was provided, along with accommodation, as
part of the entry fee. Due the location of the event on the island of Ilôt Máitre,
teams socialised in the evening at the hotel.
9.2 The prizegiving dinner was held on the mainland at the CNC. Although a
success, the level of alcohol available to the teams prior to the dinner being
served presented disappointing behaviour from some of them. One team was
warned their behaviour may lead to their prize being withheld under the
provisions of the SIs.
10. Ceremonies
10.1 The Opening Ceremony was held on the island of Ilôt Máitre and
featured interviews with the local teams and an opening speech by the World
Sailing Technical Delegate. The Closing Ceremony was held on the mainland
at the CNC and Adrienne Greenwood spoke on behalf of World Sailing.
11. Results
1) Will DARGAVILLE (AUS) 2) Harry PRICE (AUS) 3) Robin Follin (FRA) 4)
Cyril FORTIN(FRA) 5) Ryo TAKAHASHI (JPN) 6) Matthew HUGHES (NZL) 7)
Oakley MARSH (NZL) 8) Christophe KILLIAN (USA) 9) Charles LALUMIERE
(USA) 10) Lars-Peter ROSENDAHL (DEN)
12. Summary & Recommendations
12.1 Withrespecttotheracing,theChampionshipwasagreatsuccessandtheHost
sdelivered the event in an excellent manner.
12.2 The level of entries this year was a real concern, noting the location was
outside of Europe. Given the location of the event next year on the West
Coast of the USA, consideration should be given how to maximise the number
of entries in order to match the high interest in the first and second editions of
the event.
3312.3 Despite emphasising the number of race officials required to deliver the
event at World Championship level at bid stage, there remains an unfortunate
trend of Hosts putting up severe pressure to resist the appointment of officials
who would incur a high travel cost. Future hosts should demonstrate at bid
stage how they will fund the cost so it cannot be used as an excuse later on in
the planning stages. Jon Napier ITD (GBR) World Sailing Technical Delegate
3 August 2016
5. 2017 Women’s Match Racing World Championship, Helsinki
Finland
• 16th-21st of June 2017 - OK
• Venue Hernesaaren Ranta - OK
• Wimseries G1 where arranged at the exact same location
o Feedback from this event will guide the arrangements for 2017
• To be appointed by World Sailing
o Technical Delgate: Flavio Naveira, Argentina - OK
o Principal Race Officer: Christophe Gaumont, France or Madis
Ausman, Estonia, Lars Nyqvist and Timo Mustakallio as Finnish
local race officer
o Chief Umpire: Alan Baser, Great Britain or Tina Örtendahl,
Sweden or Doug Sloan, USA – TBD by WS
o Umpire team – TBD by WS
• Boats to be used are 6 J80s 1 spare
• There is an option to borrow FarEast 28s from Sweden at the cost of
logistics (which could maybe sponsorised by Silja or Viking)
o 6 new are available
o 10 one year olds are available
o More info Mats Runström mats.runstrom@fasteastyachts.com
6. 2016 Youth New Caledonia Noumea
• The Venue was at an nearby island
• Entry fee included everything but the transport to New Caledonia
• There was a clash with University Match Racing in Australia
• Ten teams competed of which four (4) had a double (2) entry
o FRA x 2
o NZL x 2
o USA x 2
o AUS x 2
o JPN x 1
o DEN x 1
• Winner Will Dargawille AUS
347. 2018 bidding process
• The bidding documents will be finalized in a couple of weeks.
• The members of the match racing committee are advised to spread the
word
8. ISAF Nations cup Michael O’Connor
World Sailing NATIONS CUP 2017-18 Report from the Working Party
The World Sailing Nations Cup, which was first introduced to the world in
1991, is based on a series of Regional Finals with the top crews meeting at a
Grand Final. The aim of the event is to broaden the availability of match
racing and provide international competition for national authorities and
sailors at reasonable cost, whilst acting to seed new venues and new
skippers and therefore increase participation.
In 1991 Ed Baird (USA) won the first ISAF Nation’s Cup and many great
match racers today in the Americas Cup, the World Match Racing Tour and
the 2012 Olympics have come up through this event. Examples would be
Mathieu Richard (FRA), Bertrand Pace (FRA), Anna Tunnicliffe (USA), Claire
Leroy (FRA), Lucy Macgregor (GBR), Peter Holmberg (ISV), Eugeniy
Neugodnikov (RUS), Jesper Bank (DEN), Murray Jones (NZL), Damien Iehl
(FRA), Nicky Souter (AUS)
The Grand Final is a World Sailing Grade 1 event and the Regional Finals are
Grade 2 events
The Asia Regional Final in 28 knots of wind and 39degC
Our main recommendation is that the World Sailing Nations Cup be
continued for the next edition (2017-18) and be reviewed after the Grand Final
2018. This is in the light of:
• The value and potential to build a World Sailing Nations Cup brand and its
25 year history
• The media coverage achieved coupled with the drama and intensity of the
Grand Final 2015
• The success and participation of several emerging nations and regions
35• The uniqueness - about Nations (ie MNAs) and not skippers and is unique
in match racing The event underpins the many Clubs and MNA’s that
have invested in fleets of keelboats to increase participation. It is a
feeder system to identify and train new skippers/teams and umpires for
umpired fleet racing and the professional match race circuit (WMRT
and AC) including medal race formats for the SWC and the Olympics
2015 Edition
The World Sailing Nations Cup was held in 2015, with the programme of
Regional Finals starting in February at the Royal Queensland Yacht
Squadron, Brisbane, Australia and cumulating with the Grand Final at the
Seven Feet Yacht Club, Vladivostok, Russia The winners of the World Sailing
Nations Cup 2015 in match racing were Russia (Open Division) represented
by Vladimir Lypavskiy and USA (Women’s Division) represented by Nicole
Breault
The Grand Final had 14 teams participating (9 teams in the open
representing 8 different MNAs and 5 teams in the women’s division
representing 5 MNAs). The sailing area close to the shoreline of the City of
Vladivostok overlooked the Pacific Ocean in sight of China and North Korea
across the bay
In all 37 teams competed in the Regional Finals. Europe had 19 teams
participating (13 teams in the open representing 11 different MNAs and 6
teams in the women’s division representing 5 MNAs). Asia had 5 teams
participating representing 4 different MNAs. Oceania had had 9 teams
participating representing 3 different MNAs. Africa had 4 teams participating
representing 2 different MNAs. This was the first event of its type to be held in
North Africa and was supported by World Sailing with a match racing Clinic for
the sailors, federation members, upcoming race officials and youth.
World Sailing Clinic in action in Bahrain – 25 mixed participants –supported by
the IUSC
362016 Recommendations
Our recommendation in late 2015 was that the World Sailing Nations Cup
slow the event cycle from 2 years to 3 years to allow more time for
MNAs and venues to identify local sponsors, run workshops and select
and build teams. Also coincides with less activity in the year of the
Olympic Competition
Focus on sailor development to build participation in new regions and
countries identified by the Working Party, Ambassadors, MRC and
sailors
Interest from DEN to host the Grand Final and Middle East and USA locations
for Regional Finals
Continue for 2017-18 as follows
o 2016 Post congress -launch the Bid Invitation document around the World
Sailing brand. Commence sailor and race official workshops by World Sailing
Group or MNA. Develop a World sailing bid panel. Issue the NOR in January
2017
o 2017 Begin Regional Finals with a 6 month lead in
o 2018 Grand Final with a longer build up • Keep and limit the Regional Final
structure to keep the costs down – teams will be less willing to
travel between continents. Have a workshop training day before each
Regional Final and combine
st
with an Umpired Fleet Race 1 round to introduce the teams and umpires to
the boats prior to match racing.
. Increase participation by having 2 teams selected per MNA in each
division combining scoring for the nation to qualify.
. Lower the risk with the Regional Finals by selecting more proven venues
. Use the Regional Final more as a coaching platform in the round robin
phases and have deep debriefs
. Consider webinars for training of those with travel restrictions
37. Use the role of Working Party/Ambassadors as coaches in these regional
workshops
. Streamline the communications with the aim to move the onus more
towards the OA for entries
. Expand the scope to support growing Youth Match Racing and the building
of skills for the World Sailing Youth World Match Race Championships
– have an additional prize for youth teams in the Nations Cup within
the existing event structure.
. Identify and develop a synergistic relationship with the World Match Race
Tour and WIMRA
. The ISAF Nations Cup BRAND and its trophy and history have value.
Examples are the Davis Cup and Ryder Cup now developed in other
sports. Consider a Steering Committee to guide the ISAF Nations Cup
brand to underpin the creation of a Foundation for Match Racing
Development and create a legacy. Working Party to date has been
Michael O’Connor IRL Chair Liz Baylis USA Flavio Naveira ARG Yana
Dobzhitskaya RUS Soren Laugesen DEN Ambassadors – (in no
order and agreed with the parties) Working Party members plus Sofia
Truchanowicz (POL) Mohammed Azzoug (ALG) Eva Andersson
(SWE) Miguel Allen (POR) Alfredo Ricci (ITA) Jeff Borland (USA)
Nelson Ilha (BRA) Ian Ainslie (RSA) The role of ‘Ambassador for the
ISAF Nations Cup’ would be to help with promoting the event and
encouraging teams, MNAs and organizers to step forward particularly
in their region and network of trusted contacts. The role is advisory and
promotional and from time to time rather than executive. Past locations
to host the Regional and Grand Finals have been in recent times:
Grand Final Regional Finals
2006 Cork, Ireland FIN, POR, SLO, GBR, ISV, BRA, UAE, NZL
2009 Porto Alegre, Brazil FRA, NZL, ITA, ARG, USA, IRL, IND
2011 Sheboygan, USA RSA, QAT, AUT, POL, USA, AUS, BRA
382013 Middelfart, Denmark BAR, ARG, NED, RUS, POR
2015 Vladivostok, Russia
USA, AUS, TUN, IRL, BRN, ARG
Event Video (5 minutes) including an interview with Russell Coutts –
http://youtu.be/PUkwjtSVL8E ://youtu.be/PUkwjtSVL8E
9. WMRT (World Match Racing Tour)
• James, Craig Mitchell, Mattias Dahlström
• World Match Racing Tour worked togeather with the MRRSC (Match
Racing Rankings Sub Committee Yana Dobshitskaya, Stratis
Andreadis, Michael Röllich) and the Advidory Board (Russel Green,
Miguel Allen)
o The Tour did agree not to eliminate any competitor based on the
outcome of the first days of fleet racing.
WORLD MATCH RACING TOUR REPORT 2016 WMRT 2016 SUMMARY
• 2015 WMRT Season concluded at the Monsoon Cup, Malaysia in
January
• Ian Williams (GAC Pindar) crowned record six-time Match Racing
World Champion Ian Williams GBR (centre) and GAC Pindar crew
New Far East 28R keelboats used at Monsoon Cup
• 2016 WMRT Short Season announced from January-July with five
World Championship events and seven World Tour [Qualifier] events
• Over USD1.8m prize money awarded across five events
WMRT FREMANTLE, Australia Qualifier Events Warren Jones Regatta,
Australia Qualifier South of Perth YC Match Race
WMRT LONG BEACH (Congressional Cup), USA Qualifier Ficker Cup,
Long Beach CA
WMRT COPENHAGEN, Denmark Qualifier Hamilton Match Race,
Bermuda Qualifier Copenhagen Match Race
WMRT NEWPORT RI, USA Qualifier Newport Match Race Qualifier
Bermuda Match Race
WMRT Marstrand World Final, Sweden
392016 WMRT cont.
• Invitations increased from 12 to 20 teams per event (exception
Congressional Cup)
• Event format increased to 6 days including 2 days fleet and 4 days
match racing
• Twenty-four M32 multihulls built for WMRT in Newport, Sweden and
Perth
• Total 41 teams participated in 2016 WMRT from 10 countries
• Phil Robertson (NZL) crowned Match Racing World Champion for the
first time defeating Taylor Canfield (ISV) in the finals.
• USD1million prize money awarded to the Match Racing World
Champion Phil Robertson(NZL (far right) and Waka Racing crew
M32’s used at Marstrand for the first time
WMRT 2016 Media Summary
• Live and highlights TV distributed by IMG Media to 141 broadcast
markets
• Over 1,200hrs of broadcast hours including 54hrs Live coverage
• WMRT 2017 Plan
• Following feedback from media and teams, the 2017 WMRT will return
to a calendar year with the last event of 2017 to be the World Final.
• The 2017 will comprise 6-8 World Championship events including
Australia, China, Sweden and USA.
• Each World Championship event will have between 1-3 Qualifier
events
• The first event of the season will be in Perth, Australia in March 2017
followed by the Congressional Cup, Long Beach CA. The
Congressional Cup and Ficker Cup Qualifier will be sailed in Catalina
37 monohulls
• The number of teams will be reduced to 18 however the format will
allow up to 21 and 24 teams per event (The Congressional Cup will
have 12 teams).
• The event format will remain at 6 days with the first two days fleet
racing (well received by teams and media in 2016).
WMRT 2017 Tour Card Application
• For the 2017 season, 10 Tour Cards will be allocated to
• Two [2] finalists from the previous seasons World Final o Top three [3]
skippers from the WMRT leaderboard following the previous
• Seasons World Final o Two [2] highest ranked skippers on the Open
World Match Race rankings o Three [3] wild card skippers selected by
WMRT following an application process
• No Tour Card fee will be charged to skippers in 2017
• No entry fee to World Championship events and World Final
• WMRT Match Racing License For safety and insurance purposes,
every sailor competing on an M32 during the WMRT must acquire a
match racing license at a cost of USD1,000 per sailor (two day course).
Over 200 licenses have been issued to date.
4010. MRRSC Match Racing Rankings Sub Committee (Yana
Dobshitskaya, Michael Röllich, Stratis Andreadis)
During 2016 the MRRSC continues to work with the ISAF Secretariat to
review and continuously apply proper and fair grading for events. Only 1 event
(see ISAF Match Race Gradings – Secretariat Report) was
upgraded/downgraded. There was no “zero points” given this year.
The MRRSC answered questions of some events OAs about possible
downgrading/upgrading as well as exceptions to the grading criteria. For
example, there was a suggestion by an organizer to select umpires solely
from the host nation for a G1. The MRRSC advised that World Sailing shall
continue appointing umpires to G1 and WC events to guarantee the service of
fair sailing to the competitors and the continuous development of umpiring
worldwide. Extra thought was given to a cost effective solution to meet this
advice. The MRRSC will continue working on identifying and more clearly
showing the benefits of advertising and grading fees to the organisers.
The MRRSC received inquiries and discussed with various parties the
possibility to re-establish the Open World Match Race championship in mono-
hull keelboats. The submission 013-16 from the DSV is related to it.
The MRRSC advised the WMRT not to eliminate competitors in their match
racing event based on the outcome of the first two days of only fleet racing.
The MRRSC will review the impact of the multiplier for the WMRT World
Championship Qualifiers compared with G1.
The World Sailing Standard Guidelines for the Organisation of Grade WC, 1
and 2 Match Racing Events have been reviewed. There were no changes this
year.
The MRRSC will be reviewing the Match Racing Grading Form shortly after
the Annual Conference to update it for January 2017 release.
New versions of the Standard Match Racing Notice of Race and Match
Racing Sailing Instructions were issued shortly after the 2015 Annual
Conference to accommodate changes in the RRS and other relevant
changes. The working group is working on revisions to align with changes that
will be adopted in the 2017-2020 RRS.
World Sailing Match Racing Gradings – Executive Office Report
1. Overall summary
1.1 The number of graded events for 2016 in the Open and Women’s Division
are shown below
(along with comparison numbers for 2010 to 2016).
1.2 For Open events, since 2010 the number of graded events has decreased
by 24.6% (annual
decreases of 5.8%, 5.9%, 10.4% and 4.9%).
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