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Making Waves 319 - Published Monday 16 October 2006
1. ISAF Annual Conference 2006 - Connect to Sailing Seminars
The two Connect To Sailing seminars take place from 0800-1000 local time on 6 and 7 November under the title 'Training - The Golden Key to the Future of Sailing'. The seminars take place in the morning so they do not conflict with other key ISAF meetings and are open to all delegates attending the Conference. Focus On TrainingThe Connect To Sailing seminars this year focus on the management of training programmes, and training at entry level through to training the trainer. The aim is to recognize and highlight the importance of training in MNA programmes for the development of sailing. The seminars also provide the ideal forum for the exchange of best practice, help and guidance to those involved in training and to stimulate a fully interactive debate on the future direction of training. For more details on the seminars CLICK HERE. Over the coming weeks, www.sailing.org will be taking a more in depth look at the speakers and panel of experts assembled for the two seminars
Related Websites2. ISAF Sailing World Championships 2007
The International Sailing Federation has appointed Octagon Csi and Sportshows Television, for the broadcast coverage and distribution of the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships. The Championships will take place in Cascais, Portugal from 28 June to 13 July. The event is the major qualification event for the 2008 Olympic Games and promises to be a thrilling competition. All eleven Olympic sailing events will be contested, with each event a World Championship in its own right. With up to 1,700 competitors and an anticipated 80 nations, the event attracts the top sailing stars from around the world, in what will also be a key event in ISAF’s Centenary year. Luissa SMITH, Director of Communications said, 'This partnership confirms ISAF’s commitment to broadening the appeal and raising the profile of sailing throughout the world. We were impressed with all the companies we met, but Octagon CSi and Sportshows were the most able to demonstrate a distribution strategy that was hard to beat, together with their great understanding of sailing.' More
Related Websites3. ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2006Gary JOBSON to Host Awards Ceremony
Gary is one of the sailing world’s most recognizable voices and has presented the World Sailor of the Year Awards twice before, in 1994 and 1995. Gary is also one of only three Rolex Ambassadors in the sport of sailing. His association with Rolex stretches back to the 1970s. Successes On The Water On the water, Gary has won many championships in one design classes, the America's Cup as tactician with Ted TURNER (USA) in 1977, the Fastnet Race and many of the world's ocean races. In college he was an All American sailor three times and was twice named College Sailor of the Year in 1972 and 1973. He is also an active cruising sailor having led ambitious expeditions to the Arctic, Antarctica and Cape Horn. He currently races his Etchells and owns a Sabre 402. Gary himself can list an impressive roll call of awards. In 1999 he won the Nathanael G. Herreshoff Trophy, US SAILING’s most prestigious award presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the sport of sailing in the USA. Four years later he was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame by the Herreshoff Marine Museum. Voice Of Sailing Gary has been ESPN's sailing commentator since 1985. In 1988 he won an Emmy for his coverage of yachting at the Olympic Games in Pusan, Korea. More recently, he covered the 2003 America’s Cup in Auckland for ESPN and Sailing World and the 2004 Olympic Sailing Competition in Athens for NBC. Gary has authored 14 sailing books and is Editor at Large of Sailing World and Cruising World magazines. His newest book is titled Championship Sailing. Gary’s involvement with sailing extends into many avenues of the water as well. He is the National Regatta Chairman of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's sailing programme, has given nearly 2,000 lectures throughout the world over the past 25 years and serves on the board of numerous sailing committees. The ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards will be presented on 7 November in Helsinki, Finland. All ISAF Member National Authorities have been invited to vote for who they believe should be the winners. Related Website4. ISAF Secretariat
Claire FROST has joined the Secretariat of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), to head up the newly formed Marketing and Media Department. The new department will focus on key objectives as laid out in the ISAF Strategic Plan. Specifically this includes improving the quality and quantity of the media coverage of sailing and to continue to maximize the commercial value of the sport. 'This is an exciting time to be joining ISAF,' said Claire. 'We have a clear set of objectives from the Strategic Plan and our new team will be pivotal to it’s success. In addition, with 2007 being our Centenary year it is not only a time for celebration, but an opportunity to really promote our sport.' Joining the new team, from the ISAF Development and Information Department are Tamsin RAND, promoted to Marketing Co-ordinator, and David KNAPMAN, our Website News Editor. More Related Website5. World Match Racing Tour 2006-2007 King Edward VII Gold Cup 2006
Ian WILLIAMS of Great Britain yesterday won the 58th annual King Edward VII Gold Cup to decide the winner of stage four of the 2006-2007 World Match Racing Tour with a 3-1 defeat of ISAF Nations Cup winner Mathieu RICHARD (FRA). WILLIAMS won the first two races, dropped the third and then closed out the series in the fourth race with a one boatlength victory. He and crew Bill Hardesty (bow and tactics), Gerry Mitchell (headsails) and Mark Nicholls (mainsail) finished with a 13-6 record and won $25,000 of the $50,000 prize purse. 'There’ve been moments this week where I’ve lost it and didn’t know what was going on,' said WILLIAMS, 29, of Hamble, England. 'My crew kept me going at all times. It’s just fantastic to have finally won one.' The win moves WILLIAMS into first place in the Match Racing World Championship standings with 35 points. He leads RICHARD by five points. The events of the World Tour determine the ISAF Match Racing World Champion, who will be crowned in December 2007. A total of 15 events comprise the 2006-’07 World Tour schedule. RICHARD, sailing with longtime crewmembers Greg EVRARD (mainsail and tactics), Olivier HERLEDANT (headsails) and Yannick SIMON (bow) finished with a 13-4 record and won $10,000. They entered the final as the hottest team in the competition with just one loss in 13 starts, but WILLIAMS was too tough today. 'I’m frustrated because I feel that we could’ve sailed better, especially in the starts,' said RICHARD, 30, Nantes, France. 'I’ve sailed against Ian for a long time and it’s hard to come back against him when he gets the lead.' Bermudians Given Reason to CelebrateIn the Petite Final, Bermudian Blythe WALKER gave the hometown crowd a reason for celebration when he defeated Eric MONNIN of Switzerland, 3-2, to finish third overall. WALKER and crew Carola COOPER (bow), Somers KEMPE (headsails) and Adam BARBOZA (mainsail and tactics) finished with a 10-10 record and won $5,000. More Related Websites6. Olympic Solidarity
20 sailors will receive scholarships from the IOC’s Olympic Solidarity to assist them in qualification and preparation for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition in Qingdao, China. Sailors from 14 nations will receive the funding support to help them realize their Olympic dreams in China. The funding for the scholarships comes from the share of Olympic Games television rights revenue allocated to the National Olympic Committees (NOC) and is managed by Olympic Solidarity. 14 sailors were awarded Olympic Scholarships for Athens, amongst them Rodion LUKA and Georgiy LEONCHUK (UKR) who went on to win the silver medal in the 49er. The aim of Olympic Solidarity is to organize aid to NOCs recognized by the IOC, in particular those which have the greatest need of it. This aid takes the form of programmes between the IOC and the NOCs, in partnership with the International Sports Federations, if necessary. The scholarships’ first objective is to allow the athletes to qualify and prepare themselves in the best conditions for the Olympic Games, in order to fulfil their dream. The 20 sailors choosen to receive the scholarship to campaign for Qingdao include established names who are already amongst the medal favourites, as well up and coming names from sailing's younger generation. More Related Websites7. Beijing 2008
Great Britain - Olympic gold medallists Sarah AYTON and Sarah WEBB (GBR) have cause for a double celebration - not only have they been announced as world number two in the latest Yngling ISAF World Sailing Rankings, but they have also secured a new crew member to join their quest for Beijing gold.AYTON and WEBB’s search for a world class sailor to fill the spot on the bow left vacant by Victoria RAWLINSON has resulted in 470 sailor and Pippa WILSON (GBR) making the transition to the Women’s Keelboat Olympic event in a bid for Olympic glory in two years’ time. More USA - Three-time Olympians and Athens silver medallists John LOVELL and Charlie OGLETREE (USA) head the Tornado catamaran fleet that leads off US Olympic Trials West, with three autumn weekends of US SAILING Olympic Pre-Trial events in Southern California. A year from now the same venues in San Diego, Newport Beach, Long Beach and Marina del Rey will host the formal Olympic Trials to select the one boat in eight of the eleven classes that will represent the USA in the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition at Qingdao, China. More Related Websites8. IOC News
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that it has awarded the 2012 Olympic broadcast rights in the Middle East to the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU). The agreement, valued at US$21 million – a significant increase from the broadcast rights agreement signed for the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 - includes coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games in Bahrain, Djibouti, Iraq, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Yemen. Interest in sailing has been growing throughout the Middle East in the build up to the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, which features 14 sailing events. Qatar also hosted the Asian Sailing Championships back in March and the finish of the Oryx Quest last year. In the UAE, the Maktoum Sailing Trophy, ISAF Nations Cup Regional Final, ISAF Grade 3 Dubai Match Race and Dubai Junior Regatta have all taken place this year and Kuwait is scheduled to host the ISAF Grade 3 Alkharafi International Regatta in November. More Related Websites9. Regional Games
One of Brazil’s biggest and most important sailing competitions of the year got underway yesterday with the start of the Pre-Pan American Games Regatta. Athletes from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela are competing at the Iate Clube of Rio de Janeiro. In all, there are 346 sailors, some of them aiming for qualification for their countries and testing the course that will be used during the XV Pan American Games Rio 2007. Amongst the line up is Carlos DE MARE (ARG), President of the Pan American Sailing Federation. He is seeking a spot for Argentina in the Lightning class. Racing In Eight EventsThe teams will be competing for eleven spots to be distributed among the participating Pan American events: J/24, Laser, Laser Radial, Lightning, Men’s and Women’s RS:X, Hobie 16 and Snipe. Brazil, as the organizing country, already has guaranteed spots. Over two days six races will be contested and the worst result will be discarded. On Sunday the Medal Race will take place to decide the final standings. 'This is the Olympic Format and it guarantees the drama until the last day,' explained Nelson ILHA, the Principal Race Officer. The eight fleets are separated over three courses which are being tested for the XV Pan American Games Rio 2007. Because of the arrival of a cold front, the first start, initially scheduled for 1300 yesterday, began 20 minutes later. SCHEIDT Back In The LaserJust a week after picking up the silver medal at the Star Worlds, Brazilian sailing legend Robert SCHEIDT (BRA) leads the Laser fleet after a 3,1,5,1 start. The hosts are also going well elsewhere, with Brazil currently leading in every fleet. The event is organizing by Federacao Brasileira de Vela e Motor, the Pan American Games Rio 2007 Organizing Committee (CO-RIO), Brazilian Olympic Committee, the Pan American Sailing Federation and hosted at the Iate Clube of Rio de Janeiro. Related Websites10. Disabled Sailing News
Amongst the headline articles in the latest Bulletin are news on the 2006 IFDS Annual General Meeting, a review of the recent IFDS Blind Sailing World Championship in USA, an update on the venue for the 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition and news on the 2006 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards. To view the IFDS Bulletin for September 2006 CLICK HERE Related Websites11. ISAF Class News49er - A decade on from becoming the Olympic Skiff event equipment, the International 49er Class Association is publishing a series of articles to celebrate ten groundbreaking years on the Olympic Classes scene. The third article is a profile of the 49er manufacturer Mackay Boats. More Related Websites12. Class ChangesChanges indicated in bold have been made to the following ISAF Classes:
13. MNA NewsAustralia - The Australian sailing athletes have been announced for the Australian Youth Olympic Festival (AYOF) which will take place from 18-20 January 2007. The AYOF is an initiative of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and will be the fourth event of its kind since its inception in 2001. This is the first time competitors aged between 13 – 19 years of age in the sport of sailing have been offered the opportunity to experience the Olympic atmosphere. More Great Britain - The Skandia Team GBR website, www.skandiateamgbr.com, has gone under the knife and has now emerged with new a fresh look and additional features. More Skandia RYA Sail For Gold Regatta 2006 - Two years after winning the gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Sailing Competition in Athens, Shirley ROBERTSON made a triumphant return to Olympic classes sailing this weekend, clinching gold at the ISAF Grade 3 Skandia RYA Sail for Gold Regatta just 13 weeks after giving birth to twins. Back in the Yngling and racing for the first time with her new crew Annie LUSH and Lucy MACGREGOR, the double Olympic gold medallist won Sunday’s final medal race and kept sufficient boats between her and her nearest Dutch rivals to seal the overall victory. More USA - US SAILING is organizing an exciting, educational panel on the Volvo Ocean Race on Friday 17 November during US SAILING's Annual Meeting, taking place at the Newport Hyatt Hotel on Goat Island. More Related Websites14. MNA ChangesChanges indicated in bold have been made to the following ISAF MNAs:
15. Special Event News
America's Cup - Neal MCDONALD (GBR), skipper in the two most recent Volvo Ocean Races and mainsail trimmer and tactician for the America’s Cup challenger Sydney ’95 is the latest recruit to the Swedish Victory Challenge. Morgan LARSON (USA) has also joined the team for this third America’s Cup. More The first German America’s Cup challenger, United Internet Team Germany, is hoping to make its mark during the Louis Vuitton Cup in 2007, after a somewhat disappointing and frustrating 2006 campaign.The team won just five matches over the course of the season, and four of those came over the struggling China Team. A win over Shosholoza was the lone exception. The fleet racing of Louis Vuitton Act 11 did not provide any solace either…the team finished in eleventh place, ahead of China Team, but well back of everyone else. So the theme of 2006 was that the Germans struggled to find enough pace with GER 72. With a slow boat, competitive racing was all but out of the question. The good news is that GER 89 has arrived and early indications are that it feels good. More Related Website16. World NewsThere follows a summary of the news stories published on the ISAF Website from the last seven days, with the latest story from each event. For the complete list of all the news from this period go to: http://www.sailing.org/newssearch.asp?SearchType=thisweek
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