FINN
CLASS NEWS February 2013
Dear sailors,
With the new Olympic
quadrennium, ISAF has taken some new steps to bring more attention to sailing.
Nation flags on sail, will
be now compulsory for each SWC events. Palma is the first event to have this
requirement. You will find the new rule below. It is also on the IFA website at
www.finnclass.org. We
urge all sailors attending the Palma SWC to order their flags with the approved
manufacturer asap.
New formats have been tested
in Miami and will be also trialled in Palma. For the Finns, it will be a
qualifying series followed by finals and two medal races. All the details will
be provided soon.
The last important point is
the lower entry quota for Palma and Hyères. The Finn entry quota has been
lowered by 25% to 60 entries. If we want to have a chance to increase the entry
quota, we encourage all sailors who have not yet entered the event, to do so as
soon as possible and before the 18th of February.
In order to update our
records, could National association officers please let us know if there have
been any changes in your National class (new officers, number of members...)
We count on you to forward
this information to your sailors, and we are available to help you and answer
your questions.
Thank you
The IFA team
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Class Rules change - national flags on sails (link to website)
At the ISAF November 2012 Conference, Submission 086-12 was
passed, requiring that “At the ISAF Sailing World Championships, and at
all ISAF Sailing World Cup regattas, all Olympic Class boats shall carry nation
flags on their mainsails, in accordance with their Class Rules. If the Class
Rules do not include a specification for carrying nation flags, they shall be
carried in accordance with ISAF specifications.”
The Class worked with manufacturers, the 470 Class and ISAF to develop a new
Class Rule to cover this requirement.
The following amendments to the Class Rules have been approved to be
effective 1st March 2013 by the Class Rules Sub-committee.
(c) At the ISAF Sailing World Cup and the ISAF Sailing World Championship,
or when required by the Notice of Race, a skipper national flag, nominal size
740 x 443 mm, shall be applied to each side of the sail, positioned such that
the aft edge of each flag is between 50 and 100 mm of the leech and the upper
edge between 50 and 100 mm below the second lower batten pocket. The flags
shall be made by an ISAF approved manufacturer as listed at http://www.sailing.org/classesandequipment/FINN.php.
The following files may be useful:
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