AGM 19 – CLASSES AND EVENTS COMMITTEE

Reports of 2019 Championships

• Large participation
• One boat out of compliance

• 70 participants, 7 countries
• Small class A
• Facilities were good, mooring, meals, tents and
• Very good marks for the club and event in all ?
• 1 measurement protest

• 30 boats from 9 countries
• Succesful rating in two divisions where division 1 had Melges 24 as no 1 and Ultimate 30 as no 2
• Equipment checks went well and boats were in general found to be very close to the certificates
• Problem with website before the event

Submissions – note, votes are cast formally at the AGM later

• • The majority of the commitee was for the submission.

• On the background that the upcoming Europeans 202 will be held in Capri, where they already use individual implied winds.
  • The majority of the commitee was against the submission.

• By lowering standard lower boundary for Class C we see that popular entry designs such as X-332, Dufour 34, First 34.7 and FarEast 28R can be included in the championships
  • The majority of the committee was against the submission with the reason that this should be solved with better communication between ORC and the organizers to decide whether Class C would risk to be over-subscribed or if it can allow more boats with lower CDL.

• • The majority of the committee was for the submission but decided to delegate to ITC to fine tune the rule and come up with a new and better CDL boundare between class A and class B

• • The majority of the committee was for the submission and agreed to adjust the standard Notice of Race in the Green Book to hold 2 days of offshore races and 3 days of inshore races. 🙂

• • The majority of the committee was for the submission. Submission will be amended regarding wording.

Green Book: Current status and updates for the future

Report about Super Yachts 2019 season and future plans

2020 Championships reports on current status in preparations

• ORC/IRC Worlds in Newport (USA) – Lynn, NYYC 2020-09-25 – 2020-10-03

• Pre worlds planned through june and july
• Charters might be plausible
• Europeans in Naples – Capri (Italy) (rolexcaprisailingweek.com)
  • Hosted at existing Capri – Tre Gulfi regatta
  • Open also for double handed racing
• Sportboats Europeans in Istanbul (Turkey) 
  • Soon to be published

2021 bid and expression of interest received:

• Worlds: Tallin (Estonia) – Decided and to be ratified by Congress on wednesdaay / 30:th

• Worlds: Sandefjord (Vestfold, Norway) – Bid – declined – reiterated request for repeat bid for 2022
  • Last time in Norway was 2007
  • Experienced organization
  • Hope to unite the Nordic countries around the ORC rule
  • Expecting spectators for the finish of the offshore race
  • Timing 2021-08-15 – 2021-08-21
  • Windy location
  • Possibility of tune-up in Skagen 2021-08-01 – 2021-08-03

• o Europeans: Israel – Expression of interest
  • Tel Aviv
  • Yacht Club Israel

• o Europeans: Portugal – Expression of interest
  • Cascais

• Europeans: Malta – Expression of interest
  • Valetta/Gozo

• Europeans: Greece – Expression of interest
  • Athens

• o Sportboats: Italy – Expression of interest
  • Torre del Greco

Organization of the Committee

Any other business

• Continental championships primarily
• Separate Class

Presentation from Copa del Rey, Palma, Emilio