Secretary General`s Report - ISAF Youth World Championships

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2005 ISAF ANNUAL REPORT
AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Contents
PART I - COMMITTEE REPORTS
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President’s Message
Secretary General’s Report
Constitution Committee
Equipment Committee
Events Committee
ISAF Classes Committee
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Grey Goose ISAF Team Racing World Championship 2005
Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2005
Match Racing Committee
Virtual Spectator ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship 2005
ISAF Match Racing World Championship 2005
Offshore Committee
Race Officials Committee
Racing Rules Committee
Regional Games Committee
Windsurfing Committee
Women’s Sailing Committee
Youth and Development Committee
2005 ISAF Approved World Champions
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PART II - ACCOUNTS
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Director’s Report
Independent Auditors’ Report to the Members of International Sailing
Federation Limited
Consolidated Income and Expenditure Account
Consolidated Balance Sheet
Parent Balance Sheet
Cash Flow Statement
Notes to the Financial Statements
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PART III - 2006 BUDGET
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PART I
COMMITTEE REPORTS
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The plan identifies the following nine high level
objectives with particular focus areas that
determine the direction that ISAF believes the
sport should take for each of these objectives:
The sport of sailing
is currently enjoying
one of its most
exciting
phases,
with an increasing
momentum to the
sport, new events
and classes being
launched, amazing
achievements and
endeavours.
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ISAF must ensure
it is developing with
this
momentum,
not just in line with the sport, but ahead of the
sport, anticipating the sport’s development,
providing the services needed and remaining
relevant to the sport.
Sailors
Participation
Media
Race Officials
Governance
Accessibility and Equipment
Events
Finance
Environment
At the Annual Conference, the ISAF Strategic
Plan received the unanimous support of
Council.
The challenge now will be its implementation.
The ISAF Strategic Plan cannot be achieved
overnight, and solid steps will now be taken in
a unified direction, with performance measured
as we move forwards.
It gives me great pleasure to present a
comprehensive report of ISAF’s many tasks
and projects over the past year, 1 January
2005 to 31 December 2005, achievements of
which ISAF can be proud.
I would like to thank all Council and Committee
Members for their support and input to the
Strategic Plan.
The first year after the elections and changes in
committee membership is very much a period
of settling in and developing the focus for the
coming four year term.
Olympic Format
A significant move forwards for the sport was
achieved with the approval of the new Olympic
Format.
The two most significant achievements for the
sport in 2005 have been the future management
of the sport through the development of the
ISAF Strategic Plan and the improved Olympic
profile of sailing which will be delivered through
the revised Olympic Format.
The changes to a ten boat Final Medal Race,
with double points, no discard and on the
water judging have been designed to reward
the world’s best sailors, create an exciting and
understandable focus on the final race, whilst
retaining the ethos of the sport.
Strategic Plan
The ISAF Strategic Plan has been developed
and created during 2005, and is the first step in
a co-ordinated programme to uphold the vision
of ISAF and create a framework for action.
The Plan sets out ISAF’s vision for worldwide
sailing and its approach to meet and develop
the envisioned future.
The feat of securing an Olympic Medal before
the final race is an outstanding achievement for
a sailor, but at past Olympics securing medals
in this way has also been detrimental to the
sport, with lost potential in media coverage
and confusion in the competition format - not a
desirable outcome in the Olympic arena.
There are many sports challenging for the
position of being on the Olympic Programme,
and the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
has clearly stated that whilst of course athletic
prowess is the objective of the Olympics, the
Olympics must also deliver as entertainment,
and all sports must be prepared to meet this
challenge.
ISAF Vision
“ISAF is the governing body of the sport of
sailing in all its forms throughout the world.
ISAF envisions sailing as an attractive,
united and globally thriving participation
sport offering current and future generations
a wide diversity of accessible challenges and
opportunities throughout their lives.”
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In changing the Olympic format, ISAF
benefited from open and progressive meetings
with the IOC and Olympic Broadcast Services
(OBS), and all parties are very happy with the
conclusion.
ISAF Council
Göran PETERSSON (SWE) - President
His Majesty King Harald V of Norway - President of
Honour
His Majesty King Constantine - President of Honour
George ANDREADIS (GBR) - Vice-President
Fiona BARRON (GBR) - Vice-President
David IRISH (USA) - Vice-President
David KELLETT (AUS) - Vice-President
Teresa LARA (VEN) - Vice-President
Teo Ping LOW (SIN) - Vice-President & Treasurer
Nucci NOVI CEPPELLINI (ITA) - Vice-President
Chris ATKINS (GBR)
John CREBBIN (IRL)
Dierk THOMSEN (GER)
Helmut JAKOBOWITZ (AUT)
Kamen FILLYOV (BUL)
Tomasz HOLC (POL)
Jean-Pierre CHAMPION (FRA)
Sergio GAIBISSO (ITA)
Nazli IMRE (TUR)
Gerardo POMBO (ESP)
Henri VAN DER AAT (NED)
Kim ANDERSEN (DEN)
Carin HILDEBRAND (SWE)
Alexander KOTENKOV (RUS)
Saeed HAREB (UAE)
Quanhai LI (CHN)
Takao OTANI (JPN)
Ajay BALRAM (IND)
Joe BUTTERFIELD (NZL)
David TILLETT (AUS)
Maximo RIVERO KELLY (ARG)
Harry ADLER (BRA)
Jane MOON (CAY)
Eric TULLA (PUR)
Charles COOK (USA)
Cory SERTL (USA)
David SPRAGUE (CAN)
Ross ROBSON (RSA)
Jeff MARTIN (GBR) - ICC representative
Philip TOLHURST (GBR) - Offshore representative
Fiona KIDD (CAN) - Women’s representative
Most sports and events, from the elite Olympic
level down, have had to make changes to
their format and scoring systems in order to
maintain their niche in the very competitive
world of international sport, retain the media
and fans’ interest, and ensure the sport
remains attractive to the next generation of
participants.
Finally, I would like to use this opportunity to
thank the supporters of our sport – sailors,
MNAs, Classes, Committee Members, Race
Officials, Clubs, the industry, sponsors and
the many, many volunteers who support and
propel our sport forward to the world.
Thank You.
Göran Petersson
ISAF President
Sailing – a lifetime’s sport
ISAF Executive Committee - left to right (back row) David
KELLETT (AUS), David IRISH (USA), Teo Ping LOW (SIN)
(Treasurer), Arve SUNDHEIM (NOR) (Secretary General),
His Majesty King Constantine (President of Honour), His
Majesty King Harald V of Norway (President of Honour),
George ANDREADIS (GRE) (front row) Teresa LARA
(VEN), Nuci NOVI CEPPELLINI (ITA), Göran PETERSSON
(SWE) (President) and Fiona BARRON (GBR).
© Per Heegaard/ISAF
ISAF Meetings 2005
2005 ISAF Annual Conference - Singapore, 4-13
November - Council and all Committees
2005 ISAF Mid-Year Meetings - Stockholm (SWE) - 1215 May - Council, Executive Committee and Events
Committee - and Southampton (GBR) - 8-9 April Equipment Committee
The ISAF Executive Committee also met in Chantilly
(FRA) 6-8 February and in Southampton (GBR) 10-11
September
ISAF Members 2005
Member National Authorities - 117
Affiliate Members - 6
International Classes - 61
Recognized Classes - 17
Classic Yacht Classes - 3
International Rating Systems - 3
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ISAF Council
and Executive
Committee
Decisions
in Brazil, subject to satisfactory contractual
arrangements.
Equipment for the 2007 Youth Worlds was
approved as the Laser, Laser Radial, 29er, Hobie
16 with spinnaker and RS:X. The boys and girls
fleets will both use the same 8.5m2 size rig in the
RS:X.
There follows an
overview of the
principle
debates
and decisions taken
by the ISAF Council
and ISAF Executive
Committee
during
2005:
After support was received from women sailors,
it was agreed to introduce a Multihull Women’s
event to the 2006 ISAF World Sailing Games, and
the Hobie 16 with spinnaker was selected.
The venue for the 2006 ISAF Women’s Match
Racing World Championship was approved as
Denmark, from 24-28 May, with France approved
to host the 2007 World Championship.
Competition
World Cup of Sailing - The proposal to introduce
a World Cup of Sailing to deliver a unified global
sailing tour for the Olympic Classes received
unanimous support. ISAF will partner with the
Olympic Classes circuit to provide the arena for
Olympic sailors to perform and promote their sport
on a level footing with other sports.
ISAF Graded Events - Giving recognition to the
quality of competition at Regional Games, an
ISAF Grade 3 status will in future be allocated to
events which fulfil the participation criteria,with the
possibility to achieve Grade 2 status for particularly
well attended events.
ISAF will not be the event organizer, but develop
the rights and Intellectual Property rights and
licence event organizers to run the events.
On the match racing scene, the ISAF Nations
Cup Regional Finals were each approved with
Grade 2 status giving valuable ranking points to
the skippers, whilst the Grand Final was awarded
Grade 1 status.
World Match Racing Tour - Progress in Olympic
Sailing was matched on the match racing circuit,
with ISAF partnering to form the new World Match
Racing Tour, and giving the event rights to the
World Match Racing Tour management group.
A change was made to the Match Race Rankings
grading criteria, which will enable events to
achieve Grade 3 status through a new criteria
based on geographic location of the host nation
to other nations. The change will encourage the
growth of graded events and increase the number
of skippers receiving ranking points.
The World Match Racing Tour will feature ten of
the premier ISAF Graded match racing events
with competitors earning points towards the
overall Championship based on their results at the
individual events.
Women’s High Performance Dinghy Trials Council approved the holding of observation trials
for a women’s high performance multi-crewed
dinghy, to create the environment to evaluate the
potential equipment which could be used for this
event. Trials are scheduled to be held in 2007,
with boats meeting the following criteria eligible to
participate:
ISAF Events - The contract for the 2007 ISAF
Sailing World Championships was signed in
January 2005 in Cascais, Portugal. As one of eight
bidding cities, Cascais was chosen as the host
venue based on its ability to provide the sport of
sailing with a first class venue and administration
infrastructure, strong community and government
support, and an outstanding sports arena excellent weather conditions, beautiful waters and
a stunning location.
• High Performance - The monohull dinghy
should be able to sail faster off the wind than the
wind
• Main target - Female crews
• Safe - Easy to recover by the crew after capsize
without any external help
• Optional Characteristics - twin trapeze,
asymmetric spinnaker
Venues were confirmed for future Volvo Youth
Sailing ISAF World Championships, with the 2007
Championship
to
be
held
in
Canada,
the
2008
Championship
in
Denmark,
and the 2009
Championship
2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships
Qualification System - The principles of the
qualification system for the 2007 ISAF Sailing
World Championships were approved, which will
guarantee every nation one entry place in each
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World Championship Status - Supporting the
increased participation and equipment used for
disabled sailing, ISAF approved that one additional
World Championship be awarded to disabled
sailing for a single-person dinghy event.
event.
Additional places will be awarded under the
“qualification process” using the overall results of
the 2005 and 2006 class world championships.
The number of additional places for each class
will be the “Target Fleet Size” minus the number of
guaranteed entry places.
Media
Media/Race Village Strategy - Complimenting
the changes in the Olympic Format, proposals
to introduce a Media/Race Village format at the
Olympic Sailing Competition and key Olympic
Class events were supported.
ISAF Special Events - Affirming current policy,
ISAF did not approve a single-handed round the
world race as an ISAF Special Event.
Implementing the ISAF Regulations which allow
the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) to be
changed for Special Events, ISAF agreed that
the Volvo Ocean Race may switch off Racing
Rule of Sailing 87- Changes to National Authority
Prescriptions, and allow the Notice of Race to state
that no national authority prescriptions will apply.
The proposals also cover the technical aspects
of developing camera and GPS standards for
compulsory mounting in the Olympic Classes,
which will enhance the Race Village experience as
well as the TV and Internet feeds.
A working party of the Events Committee will
work to develop the concepts and encourage
implementation at key events.
Yngling
Weight
Limit
Considering
recommendations from the Women’s Sailing
Committee, the Executive Committee approved
the following in respect of implementing the weight
limit in the Yngling Class:
Track and Trace Technology - Recognizing the
potential in track and trace technology to enhance
the sport, make it easier to understand and boost
its commercial value, both on television and its
increasing popularity on the internet, ISAF has
given its total support to the introduction of track
and trace for all events at the Olympics and the
2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships.
• A female representative is present when
women Yngling sailors are weighed
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Publishing the athletes’ weight is inappropriate
• Recommend the Yngling Class to implement
the weight limit rule as part of their Class Rules
Kite Sailing - Responding to a proposal to formally
recognize kite sailing within ISAF, ISAF felt that at
this stage in the discipline’s evolution that MNAs
and Clubs should be encouraged to recognize the
discipline.
ISAF developed a “track and trace” specification
and invited interested parties to tender their
proposals to ISAF, in order that ISAF could evaluate
those capable of supplying the appropriate level of
technology.
Whilst recognizing the potential for kite powered
vessels to break speed records, the Executive
Committee confirmed ISAF will not recognize a
kite-powered craft as
the outright holder
of the World Sailing
Speed Record.
The Executive Committee charged the Racing
Rules Committee to consider the implications
of the track and trace technology on the Racing
Rules of Sailing.
Olympics
Racing
Rule
of Sailing 42 ISAF
introduced
an
education
programme
of
training clinics on
RRS 42 – Propulsion,
with the aim to
increase
sailors’
understanding
of
the rule, and ensure
consistency
in
application by Race
Officials.
Competition Format - A significant step forwards
in the format of the Olympic Sailing Competition
was achieved, when the ISAF Council gave its
support to the President’s Submission to revise
the competition format. As a result of meetings
held between ISAF, the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) and Olympic Broadcast Services
(OBS), positive guidance and support was given on
changes to improve the format in order to provide
greater focus on the final race and implement
a competition path where the medals are won
in the final race and not before. From the 2008
Olympic Sailing Competition onwards, the Olympic
Champions will be decided after a final ten-boat
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race, judged on the water and carrying a weighted
double points score.
Parallel with the Olympic Format changes, ISAF
is working closely with the IOC, OBS and Beijing
Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games of
the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) to introduce other
initiatives for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition,
including the introduction of a centre course which it
is planned will carry the live television broadcast.
Qualification System - The principles of the
qualification system for the 2008 Olympic Sailing
Competition were agreed and the athlete quotas
for each Olympic event will remain the same as for
the 2004 Olympic Sailing Competition with a total
of 400 athletes.
Paul HENDERSON (CAN) - receiving the ISAF Beppe
Croce Trophy from ISAF President Göran PETERSSON
(SWE) and Paolo SANGIORGI (ITA) from Sanpellegrino.
© Gustav Kaiser on behalf of ISAF
75% of Olympic Qualification will take place at
the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships,
with the remaining 25% of each event’s entry
quota to be qualified at each classes’ 2008
World Championship. As the host city, China will
automatically receive an entry to each event.
Selection of Olympic Equipment - ISAF had the
opportunity to pre-select the equipment for up to
40% of the Olympic Events at the 2012 Olympic
Games. Whilst the IOC has indicated that sailing
will have ten events in 2012, a final decision has
not yet been made and therefore ISAF decided not
to exercise its right to pre-select equipment until
the Olympic programme is finalized.
Event Definitions - Recognizing the need to have
more user friendly and better understood event
definitions for Olympic Sailing, it was agreed to
change the event names as follows:
Women’s Windsurfer
Women’s One Person Dinghy
Women’s Two Person Dinghy
Women’s Keelboat
Men’s Windsurfer
Men’s One Person Dinghy
Men’s Two Person Dinghy
Men’s Keelboat
Multihull
Skiff
Heavyweight Dinghy
RS:X
Laser Radial
470
Yngling
RS:X
Laser
470
Star
Tornado
49er
Finn
Technical
Safety - The ISAF Council decided to defer the
mandatory introduction of quick release safety
harnesses until 2009, in order that ISAF can
ensure the right equipment is in place and an
appropriate standard developed before legislation
is introduced.
Agreement was given to extend the ISAF Offshore
Special Regulations to deal with minimum safety
requirements for day keelboats, open multihulls
and dinghies when on inland and sheltered
waters.
Supply of Equipment - Supporting that supplied
equipment has been used successfully in the Men’s
One Person Dinghy for the last three Olympic
Games, at the ISAF Youth World Championships
and other major events, it was agreed that the
equipment be supplied for competitors in the
Men’s and Women’s One Person Dinghy events
in the Laser and Laser Radial respectively at the
2008 Olympic Sailing Competition.
Measurement - Support was given to develop
the In-House Certification programme to licence
manufacturers to market self-certificated equipment
to sailors
The ‘In-House Certification’ of equipment will
assist sailors, event organizers and manufacturers
to achieve a higher standard of equipment control
at all levels of competition. For this to work, class
rules have to be standardized. Olympic classes
will be leading this development with the decision
by Council that all Classes applying to be used at
the Olympic Games shall have their measurement
rules approved in the ISAF Standard Class Rules
format.
Olympic Windsurfing Events - Council endorsed
the concept of a new format for the Olympic
Windsurfer event which will replace the current
trapezoid format and introduce a format to ensure
that the windsurfer events use the most “media
friendly format” possible while maintaining the
traditional values of fleet racing. A working party
will progress concepts for consideration by Council
in November 2006.
The move will raise the standard of equipment
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Authority which proposes their appointment.
control and reduce the burden of equipment
control costs at events, meeting the goal of ISAF
to reduce the time and cost of equipment control at
the Olympic Sailing Competition.
Performance Assessment - Ensuring that all
International Umpires (IUs) can demonstrate
recent competence on the water, a timeframe of
four years preceding the date of application has
been introduced during which the applicant must
have passed the performance assessment.
On a similar principle of standardization, a standard
method for Area Measurement of Windsurf Sails
was approved for introduction by all windsurf
classes who have Sail Area Measurement
restrictions.
IU Grouping Assessors - Reflecting the need
for transparency, the names of the Grouping
Assessors will in future be published after the IU
Grouping process has been finalized.
Governance
Committee Structure - Changes were approved
to the ISAF Committee structure, with the Olympic
Classes Commission now becoming a SubCommittee of the ISAF Classes Committee.
Publication of Appointments - Supporting the
principles of supplying information on the race
officials and recognizing their contribution to ISAF
Graded Events, Council approved that all ISAF
Graded Events will in future be required to publish
the names of the appointed Race Officials on the
event website.
The following working party was appointed to be
responsible for determining the ISAF appointments
to World and Continental events, Vice-President
David Kellett (AUS) - Chairman, Steve Tupper
(CAN), Ken Ryan (IRL) and an ISAF staff member
(non-voting). In respect of each event, the working
party shall have power to add one other expert
whose expertise is relevant or needed.
Affiliate Members
International Foundation for Disabled Sailing
(IFDS)
The IFDS held its Annual General Meeting in
conjunction with the ISAF Annual Conference,
and two new Vice-Presidents, Carl-Gustaf FRESK
(SWE) and John TWOMEY (IRL), were elected to
the Executive Board.
Women’s Representation - Discussion continued
on the methods by which ISAF can ensure that it
equitably meets its requirement to achieve 20%
women’s representation on the ISAF Council.
Some options were discussed and referred to the
Strategic Plan Project Group on Governance.
A Young Enabled Sailors (YES) Asia Seminar was
held, focusing on the delivery of disabled sailing
both at a grass roots level, through to elite sailing.
ISAF Recognition
An evaluation process was undertaken to determine
the equipment to be selected for the new twoperson keelboat event for the 2008 Paralympic
Competition,
and the SKUD18
was
selected
in
November
2005.
Five new nations joined ISAF as Member National
Authorities in 2005, Senegal and Vanuatu becoming
full ISAF Members, and Armenia, Georgia and
Oman becoming Associate Members.
The Asian Sailing Federation was recognized as an
ISAF Continental Member, whilst the Pan-American
Sailing Federation and the Mediterranean Sailing
Union were welcomed as Affiliate Members.
At the AGM a
new Consitution
was approved
for the IFDS
which
also
approved the
change of name
to International
Association for
Disabled Sailing
but retaining the
acronym
The SKUD18 - the equipment chosen for the
IFDS.
The Splash and Access 2.3 were accepted as
ISAF International Classes and the RS:X, Techno
293, RS Feva, Access 303, Platu 25 and Swan 45
all became ISAF Recognized Classes.
ISAF recognition was granted to the Yachting
Journalists Association.
Race Officials
Nationality - Addressing the irregularities in
Race Official nationality, and with an objective to
introduce a universally accepted system, Council
agreed the principle that a Race Official be a
national of the nation of the Member National
2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition
© Access Dinghy
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World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC)
improved on this to a speed record of 48.70 knots
in April 2005. The record has alternated between
windsurfers and special speed craft over the years
and is now firmly back with the windsurfers.
Activity on passage record attempts continued
to be considerable during 2005, with a gratifying
success ratio of records claimed to attempts
undertaken.
On the offshore scene, French sailors dominated
the record lists, with several sailors claiming more
than one record. However, from a publicity point of
view perhaps the most notable achievement was
that by Ellen MACARTHUR (GBR) who achieved
the single-handed non-stop around the world
record in February 2005.
A significant achievement during 2005 was the
breaking of the Outright World Sailing Speed
Record of 46.42 knots which was set in 1993.
Windsurfer Finian MAYNARD (IVB) set a record
of 46.84 knots in November 2004 and then
Details of the WSSRC Passage Records, 500 Metre Records and Ocean Race Records Ratified by the
WSSRC in 2005
Skipper
Nation Yacht
Vincent RIOU
FRA
Time/Distance/Speed
Dates
Around the world singlehanded monohul record
B&Q
Around the world outright
single-handed record
Orange II
Around the world outright
crewed record
20 foot open Dakar to Guadeloupe
catamran
Outright 500 Metre Record
Ellen
MACARTHUR
Bruno PEYRON
GBR
87 days, 10 hours, 47 minutes
and 55 seconds
and 33 seconds
and 4 seconds
and 27 seconds
48.7 knots
7 November 2004
-2 February 2005
28 November 2004
-7 February 2005
24 January-18
March 2005
27 December 2004
-10 January 2005
10 April 2005
FRA
Solune
3- 6 May 2006
FRA
Adrien
and 6 seconds
7 days, 8 hours and 47
minutes
Robert MILLER
GBR
MariCha IV
Robert MILLER
GBR
MariCha IV
Steve RAVUSSIN
SWE/
RUS
FRA
Stena
Sovcomflot
Geronimo
FRA
Andrea GANCIA & ITA
Matteo MICELLI
Finian MAYNARD IVB
JP CHOMETTE &
Cesar DOHY
Jean Luc VAN
DEN HEEDE
Oliver de
KERSAUSON
Thomas COVILLE FRA
Sodebo
Francis JOYON
FRA
IDEC
Francis JOYON
FRA
IDEC
Thomas COVILLE FRA
Sodebo
Hasso PLATNER
GER
Michael
KLEINJANS
Valerie
GHIBAUDO
Finian MAYNARD
BEL
Morning
Glory
Roaring
Forty
FRA
IVB
Olivier de
FRA
KERSAUSON
Allison SHREEVE AUS
Mike
SANDERSON
Bob OATLEY
NZL
AUS
Name of Record
PRB
Round Ireland Monohull
record
Round Britain and Ireland
(all islands) non stop singlehanded record
NYYC New York to the
Needles Record
NYYC Transatlantic Race
Record
Sjaelland Rundt recod
Around Australia outright
record
Cadiz to San Salvador
outright single-handed record
Single-handed transatlantic
record
24 hours outright singlehanded record
Miami to New York outright
single-handed record
Transpacific, Los Angeles Honolulu, monohull record
Around Ireland single-handed
monohull record
Outright Women’s Nautical
Mile
Outright Nautical Mile
Geronimo
Los Angeles to Honolulu
record
A Class Women 500 Metre
record
ABN AMRO 24 hour outright monohull
ONE
crewed record
Wild Oats XI Sydney-Hobart record
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12 May-19 May
2005
10 days, 1 hour, 8 minutes
and 37 seconds
and 23 seconds
13 hours, 21 minutes and 8
seconds
and 5 seconds
and 46 seconds
6 days, 4 hours, 1 minute and
37 seconds
542.7 nm (av speed 22.6
knots)
3 days, 5 hours and 12
seconds
and 11 seconds
4 days, 1 hour, 53 minutes
and 29 seconds
1 minute and 46.92 seconds
(av speed 33.69 knots)
1 minute and 10.12 seconds
(av speed 39.97 knots)
and 37 seconds
27.698 knots
22 May-1 June
2005
22 May-1 June
2005
18 June 2005
13-18 November
2005
21 November 2005
546.14 nm (av speed 22.75
knots)
1 day, 18 hours, 40 minutes
and 10 seconds
26-27 November
2005
26-28 December
2005
21 June-9 July
2005
28 June-8 July
2005
30 June-6 July
2005
2-3 July 2005
17-20 July 2005
17-23 July 2005
1-5 October 2005
15 October 2005
15 October 2005
Commissions
Reporting directly to the ISAF Executive
Committee, the three ISAF Commissions were
active throughout 2005.
Medical Commission - Areas of work for the
Medical Commission through 2005 focused on the
allocation of Therapeutic Use Exemptions, support
to surveys on injuries sustained whilst sailing and
discussions on minimal standards for medical
assistance at sailing events.
Medical Commission
Margriet PANNEVIS (NED) - Chairman
Benedict TAN (SIN) - Vice-Chairman
Luca FERRARIS (ITA)
Xinzu GU (CHN)
Nebojsa NIKOLIC (CRO)
Byung-Ho SUN (KOR)
Carmen VAZ PARDAL (ESP)
Robin WALLACE (USA)
Stephen WILSON (AUS) - IFDS representative
International Regulations Commission - The
main function of the International Regulations
Commission is monitoring proposals by various
institutions affecting the use of recreational
craft. Focus during 2005 included work on the
use of continuing VHF Channel 16 by national
administrations as a useful safety aid and
monitoring of the development of AIS SART
(Automatic Identification System – Search and
Rescue Transponder), which will comprise a
valuable aid to safety, especially when used as a
man-overboard location aid.
Work was undertaken on the wind farms and a
desire to develop common best practice in the
installation and administration of wind farms as
they affect navigation of shipping and small craft.
and how these
and other tracking
systems
are
brought into play
in respect of small
and leisure craft.
ISAF continues to
work with IMO in
respect of piracy
and
robbery,
and encourages
ISAF
members
to file reports of
piracy promptly
to the IMB piracy
reporting centre.
Athletes’ Commission - The ISAF Athletes’
Commission, consisting of a representative of
each of the Olympic Classes, held its inaugural
meeting in September 2005. The meeting focused
on establishing the role of the Commission and
the communication process between ISAF and
the Athletes’ Commission, and the Athletes’
Commission and sailors.
Key areas of discussion for the meeting included
transition after sport and the need to combine
education and a sports career in order to ease
the switch into the labour market; doping and
information to athletes; world sailing rankings;
schedule of events; athletes’ health; athlete
representation in the decision making process and
the new Olympic Format.
A formal election for members of the Athletes’
Commission for the next term of appointment
will take place at the 2007 ISAF Sailing World
Championships.
Athletes’ Commission
Ismael BRUNO (FRA) - Finn
Nick DEMPSEY (GBR) - RS:X
Marion DEPLANQUE (FRA) - Yngling
Ongoing observation continued on the development
of long-range identification and tracking of ships,
Chris DRAPER (GBR) - 49er
Roman HAGARA (AUT) - Tornado
Ciara PEELO (IRL) - Laser
Gildas PHILIPPE (FRA) - 470
Mark REYNOLDS (USA) - Star
International Regulations Commission
Alan GREEN (GBR) - Chairman
Ignacio de ROS SOPRANIS (ESP) - Vice-Chairman
Glauco BRIANTE (ITA)
John CREBBIN (IRL)
Bruce EISSNER (USA)
Ken KERSHAW (GBR)
Jean LEMOINE (FRA)
Michael STOLDT (GER)
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Staff
As at 31 December 2005, there was a total of 18
staff - 17 full-time and one part-time.
The priorities of staff has remained consistent to
previous years, summarized as follows:
• Service those areas/Committees given priority
by Council
• Preparation and implementation of Council and
Executive Committee Meetings and decisions
• Co-operation with Committee Chairmen in
preparation for the Annual Conference and MidYear Meetings
•
Service to members
• Olympic and
participation
ISAF
events
Fernando ECHAVARRI & Antón PAZ (ESP) - ISAF Rolex
World Sailor of the Year Award winners after a hugely
successful year in the Tornado.
© Jonathan Drake/Getty Images
preparation/
In addition to the many working parties, the staff
supported 30 Committees/Sub-Committees, four
Commissions, one Forum and the Review Board,
totalling 36.
Finance
• Maintained financial forecasts and payment
schedules, drafted financial reports and
administered expense claims
ISAF recognized the dedication of long standing
staff member Simon FORBES, whose 20 years of
service was celebrated on 18 March.
• Supplied and managed the issuing of ISAF
Plaques for the majority of ISAF Classes
Throughout the year, staff were involved in the
following areas of work/projects:
• Processed
orders
merchandise
Office Management
Committees
• Co-ordination of ISAF Mailings to members
during the year
The Administration Department supported the work
of the Audit Committee, Executive Committee and
Medical Commission.
• Production of
Submissions Book
•
Meetings
the
ISAF
Yearbook
and
Processing general enquiries
• Implementation
functions
• Co-ordinated arrangements for the Executive
Committee Meetings, Mid-Year Meetings and
Annual Conference
of
all
human
resources
• Maintained the Secretariat, reception, cleaning,
safety, security and office equipment
• Made site visits and liaised with prospective
MNAs and venues interested in hosting future
ISAF meetings
• Arranged ISAF Professional Liability Insurance
and general office Insurance
• Processed the Submissions for the Annual
Conference
• Provided secretarial support to the President
and Secretary General
Anti-Doping (World Anti-Doping Agency –
WADA)
Events Department
• Implementation of In and Out-Of-Competition
testing
Committees
The Events Department supported the work of the
Events Committee and Sub-Committees, Match
Racing Committee, Race Officials Committee and
Sub-Committees, Regional Games Committee,
Racing Rules Committee and Review Board.
Processed ATUE and TUE applications
• Administration
of
Sailor
Whereabouts
information gaining 100% whereabouts for the
ISAF registered testing pool
• Completion of training on the WADA AntiDoping Administration and Managmenet System
(ADAMS)
•
and
• Completion of quarterly merchandise stock
take
Administration Department
•
publications
Events
The department provided staff support (Technical
Close liaison with WADA
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Delegate) to the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World
Championship in July 2005 in Busan, Korea;
the Grey Goose ISAF Team Racing World
Championships in September in Newport, USA;
the ISAF Match Racing World Championship,
in September in Calpe, Spain; and the Virtual
Spectator ISAF Women’s Match Racing World
Championship in October in Hamilton, Bermuda.
Pre-regatta visits were made to Arhus, Denmark,
the site for the 2008 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World
Championship; to Neusiedl am See, Austria, the
venue for the 2006 ISAF World Sailing Games and
to Weymouth, Great Britain the venue for the 2006
Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship.
2008 Olympic Games
Three official Technical Delegate visits were made
to Qingdao, China. A good working relationship has
been established with the Organizing Committee
and many emails were exchanged over the year.
Construction of the venue has already started and
is developing ahead of schedule.
A clinic was organized for the training of local Race
Management Teams in China.
Race Officials Seminars and Clinics
21 Race Officials Seminars and Clinics were held
in 18 nations and attended by 305 delegates
during 2005. These were all co-ordinated through
the ISAF Secretariat and provide an integral part
of the development of Race Officials.
renewed version of the Umpire Manual were
published in 2005.
Review Board
One case was dealt with by the ISAF Review
Board. There was no hearing as the case was
decided based on the written record.
Rankings
The Events Department issued nine rankings
releases for the ISAF World Sailing Rankings
and 13 for the ISAF World Match Race Rankings
during 2005. At the end of 2005 there were 2599
skippers on the ISAF World Sailing Rankings and
1565 skippers on the ISAF World Match Race
Rankings.
Information and Development
Department
Committees
The Information and Development Department
supported the work of the Council, Annual General
Meeting, Constitution Committee, Women’s Sailing
Committee, Youth and Development Committee,
Women’s Forum, Athletes’ Commission and World
Youth Sailing Trust.
Marketing and Promotion
• Co-ordination of ISAF Rolex World Sailor of
the Year Awards and ISAF Beppe Croce Trophy
presentation in partnership with sponsors, Rolex
and Sanpellegrino
Appointment of Race Officials
• Ongoing relations with Schenker for provision
of logistics and shipping
The appointment of ISAF Race Officials to ISAF
events and Graded match racing events was coordinated by the ISAF Secretariat. In total, 207
appointments were made with Race Officials from
26 nations.
• Production of Olympic Brochure for distribution
to IOC members regarding sailing on the Olympic
Programme
• Development of ISAF Centenary concept
document, sponsorship plans and Host City Bid
process in partnership with marketing agent
ISAF Chief Umpire Seminar
In March 2005 an ISAF Chief Umpire Seminar and
Performance Workshop took place in Southampton,
Great Britain and was attended by 55 International
Umpires from more than 20 nations. The Seminar
material was made available in order for the
participants to organize similar presentations in
their own nations and to further develop the role of
Chief Umpire consistently around the world.
General Information
• Updating and publication of 2005 ISAF
Regulations in Yearbook and online
• ISAF Strategy 2006-2010 – co-ordination and
drafting of ISAF Strategy document
Website
• Daily updating of ISAF News Index for event
reports, general and ISAF sailing news
Re applications/renewals of Officials
161 applications for renewal of status by ISAF
Race Officials were processed in 2005 and 54 new
applications were accepted. The total number of
ISAF Race Officials at the end of 2005 was 761.
• Communication with event organizers to
ensure timely receipt of reports and results
Publications
• Publication of weekly Making Waves, and
twice-weekly Short Tacks distributed to ISAF
family, website and ISAF Sailors sign-ups
• Production of banner graphics for Graded
Events
An Umpire and Team Racing Manual and a
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establish a National Task Force
• Production of rankings news stories and sailor
progression graphics for the nine ISAF World
Sailing Rankings releases and thirteen ISAF World
Match Race Rankings releases during 2005
•
• Ongoing discussions on development of
National Task Forces in India, China, South Africa,
Thailand, the Caribbean and Brazil
• Review of format, presentation and mapping of
ISAF website for implementation during 2006
•
• Co-ordination of seminars held during the
Annual Conference
General maintenance of content on site
ISAF Events
ISAF Athlete Participation Programme 2005
(APP)
• 2007 Worlds – development of marketing
plan with ISAF marketing agency for sponsorship
partners at the 2007 ISAF Sailing World
Championships, drafting of Television Tender
Document
Since 2002 the ISAF Athlete Participation
Programme has enabled 98 sailors from five
continents to attend Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF
World Championships from nations including
Thailand, Namibia, Angola, Morocco, Tahiti, Latvia,
the Seychelles and Slovakia.
• 2006 ISAF World Sailing Games – site visit
and meeting with focus on media, hospitality and
protocol
• 2006 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World
Championship – meeting with Organizing
Committee to discuss media plan, venue branding
and hospitality
2005 saw a continuation of this programme and
the long term funding aspect enables developing
nations to plan their participation and prepare
their teams for future Youth Worlds, secure in
the knowledge that funding will be available
for them. Samoa, for example took part for the
third consecutive year with help from the Athlete
Participation Programme.
Athletes
• Co-ordination of the inaugural Athletes’
Commission meeting in September 2005
• Finalization of Athlete Career Programme
agreement with Adecco
ISAF was delighted to welcome APP sailors from
the Bahamas and El Salvador to the Volvo Youth
Sailing ISAF World Championship for the first time,
and to welcome back the US Virgin Islands after a
20 year absence.
Disabled Sailing
Administration of secretariat for the International
Foundation of Disabled Sailing (IFDS), including:
• Co-ordination of all meetings and supporting
documentation
•
Sailors funded in 2005 are detailed in the table at
the bottom of the page.
Issuing of IFDS Sailor Classification passports
ISAF Olympic Solidarity Programmes 2005
• Support to activities of Classifiers and Technical
Delegates
•
Utilizing the financial support available from
Olympic Solidarity, ISAF supported five Technical
Courses for Coaches in 2005, which aim to develop
the skills of existing instructors, as well as fulfilling
Monthly production of IFDS Bulletin
• Updating, publishing and distribution of IFDS
Functional Classification System 2005-2008
• Finalizing and implementing
IFDS Event Contract
Development and Connect to
Sailing
• Co-ordination
of
ISAF
Athlete
Participation
Programme for the Volvo
Youth Sailing ISAF World
Championship 2005
• Supported and approved
experts for the Olympic
Solidarity technical course
programmes and ISAF Learnto-Sail Training Programme.
Further details are available on
page 34
• Development of Connect
to Sailing Planning document
which details the process to
Name
Alyson MYERS
Launch of Connect to Sailing website
2005 ISAF Athlete Participation Programme Sailors
Nation Age Event
BAH
15
Single-handed dinghy girls
Equipment
Laser Radial
Thomas PHILLIPS
Pavlos KONTIDES
Luis Roberto RAMIREZ
HERERA
Juan MAEGLI
Ana GUIROLA
Jacqueline HESS
Nicholas ROGERS
BAH
CYP
ESA
17
15
14
Single-handed dinghy boys
Laser
Laser
Laser
GUA
GUA
GUA
GUA
16
15
16
15
Multihull Open
Multihull Open
Hobie 16
Hobie 16
Laser Radial
Laser
Cy THOMPSON
Tania ZIMMERMAN
Francisco Jose MEDINA
Daisy Marie CINTRON
Justin ONVLEE
Phillipa BAER
Beth GERTRUDE
Michel BRISTOL
ISV
PER
PUR
PUR
RSA
RSA
SEY
SEY
16
16
16
15
17
17
16
16
Double-handed dinghy
Laser
Laser Radial
Laser
420
Laser
Laser Radial
Laser Radial
Laser
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the need to develop new instructors and coaches.
Singapore
118 participants attended courses across five
continents, in Barbados, Brazil, Fiji, Korea and
Singapore.
Course Expert - Brett Bayer (AUS)
Barbados
Course Expert - Amy GOMAN (CAN)
This twelve day course used the Canadian Yachting
Association Instructor Certification programme
to train Barbados Sailing Association Instructors.
The first half of the course was aimed at students
becoming an instructor with the latter half focused
on instructor development training.
Brazil
Course Expert - Juan CARRASQUET (ARG)
20 students participated in this five day intermediate
level course tailored for coaches who aim to coach
at Olympic level. Practical, on the water content
of the course included speed tests, starting drills,
coaching with a video camera and boat handling
drills. There was a strong theoretical content to
the course which included teaching methods,
rules, nutrition, safety and mental preparation.
Fiji
Course Expert - Ben WOOD (AUS)
The Fiji Yachting Association extended their
approved two week course into a two month course.
During his time in Fiji the instructor was involved
with the Optimist, Laser and Hobie programme at
the Royal Suva Yacht Club. He spent time both on
the water and in the classroom at all five sailing
clubs in Fiji. Instructing groups of ten people at
a time, 46 people benefited from this technical
course, with 22 men and 24 women from all levels
and backgrounds.
This course differed slightly to the others in that it
was an Olympic Solidarity Continental Programme.
This course is awarded due to the successes of
Athletes and Teams at a Regional or Continental
Games level. The aim of the course was to improve
the knowledge and practical standard of sailing
coaches in Singapore and for those instructors
to ultimately pass this knowledge onto the many
young sailors already within national programmes
in Singapore.
25 participants attended the five day course, with
the structure for each day starting with a lecture
style session in the morning, followed by on the
water practical sessions in the afternoon.
Technical Department
Committees
The Technical Department supported the work of
the Equipment Committee and Sub-Committees,
ISAF Classes Committee, Offshore Committee and
Sub-Committees and the International Regulations
Commission.
The department organized the Equipment
Committee Mid-Year Meeting in Southampton,
Great Britain from 8 to 9 April 2005.
International Regulations
• Attended the International Maritime Organisation
(IMO) COMSAR Search and Rescue Meeting on 7
February with Michael DEVONSHIRE
• Attended the Maritime Safety Committee
(MSC) Meeting on 7 May with Alan GREEN
• Correspondence with IMO regarding Piracy
reports and publication on website
• Three meetings with Paul HANDLEY and
correspondence on draft ISO 12215-5 Scantlings
and validation of standards on sailing boats less
than 9m in length
Korea
Course Expert - Takao OTANI (JPN)
The aim of this intermediate level five day course
was to improve and develop the standard of
knowledge and skills of national sailing coaches
in Korea. The 18 coaches participating focused
on practical skills that could be directly transferred
for use in national and international sailing
competitions.
Offshore
• ISAF Offshore Special Regulations edited for
the 2006-2007 edition which was published and
distributed
• Ongoing
correspondence
regarding
interpretations of the ISAF Offshore Special
Regulations
The course was broken down into a daily schedule
of theory lectures in the morning, on the water
practical skills and drills in the afternoon, with the
evenings being spent either debriefing the day’s
activities or attending lectures on topics including
weather, psychology and physical training
presented by local specialists.
• Updated Offshore events on the ISAF Website
Searchable Calendar
• Correspondence with Swan 45 and X-35
Classes regarding ISAF status and their class
rules
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• Reviewed class rules and updated documents
and ISAF website accordingly
RS:X Windsurfer - 2008 Olympic Regatta
• Regular liaison with Windsurfing Committee
Chairman, Rich JEFFRIES and Neil Pryde RS:X
contacts Peter DURHAM and Ailsa ANGUS
•
Issued class rule interpretations
• Issued ISAF Builders Licenses and reviewed
applications for ISAF Status
• Drafting of Agreement regarding production
and supply of boards to ISAF events and RS:X
Class Rules
• Circulated annual ISAF Classes Questionnaire
and published on website
• Two visits to production at the Cobra factory in
Thailand
Windsurfing – Production Boards
• Meetings with designer and builder in Cadiz,
Spain in September 2005
• Meetings with representatives of the Funboard,
Formula and Speed Classes regarding 2005/06
board registration process
ISAF Technical Strategy
• Modified the system facilitating quicker
registration time which was agreed and published
on the ISAF website
• Meeting with Chairmen of Equipment
Committee, Equipment Control Sub-Committee
and Class Rules Sub-Committee in Southampton
on 23 July to develop future ISAF Technical
Strategy
• Registration of new board ranges and listing
on the ISAF website
• Continued development of standard class
rules document with working party meeting in
October 2005
• Inspected board production at Termatech in
Tunisia from 15 to 19 June 2005
• Inspected board production at Cobra in
Thailand from 28 to 31 May 2005
• Progressed In-House Certification Project
with working party in September 2005
Measurement
ISAF Classes
• Organized Sail Measurement Training
Seminar in Palma de Mallorca, Spain from 17 to
18 September 2005
• Scanned plans of ISAF Classes and prepared
electronic drawings
• Held meetings with representatives from
various ISAF Classes in respect of work on their
class rules
Constitution Committee
During 2005, a number of working parties
undertook specific items of work, including the
drafting of Council and Committee Rules of
Procedure, Race Officials nationality, recording
and implementing of Council decisions, women’s
representation on Council, contracts for ISAF
Classes and the drafting of a standard MNA
Constitution.
David LEES (GBR) - Chairman
Charley COOK (USA) - Vice-Chairman
Jack CALDWELL (USA) - Review Board Chair
Balazs HAJDU (HUN)
Peter HALL (CAN)
Stanislav KASSAROV (BUL)
Teo Ping LOW (SIN)
Dieter NEUPERT (SUI)
Marco PICCININI (MON)
Fernando POMBO (ESP)
Alberto PREDIERI (ITA)
Carlo ROLANDI (ITA)
Vladimir SAKOVICH (RUS)
Tom SCHUBERT (FIN)
Geoffrey THORPE (NZL)
Eric TULLA (PUR)
Lorenz WALCH (GER)
The completion of the agreement with Neil Pryde
for the RS:X board took considerable time during
the early part of the year before it was signed in
July.
A number of informal interpretations of the
Constitution and Regulations were made during
the year and the Committee Chairman assisted
with the drafting of policy issues.
The Committee has worked to shorten the time
required to introduce new Regulations proposed
by Submissions by agreeing the final wording
before the Submission is made.
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Equipment Committee
Following the revision of the ISAF Technical
Committee structure in 2004, the new Equipment
Committee, the Class Rules Sub-Committee and
the Equipment Control Sub-Committee have
replaced the Boat Committees.
Throughout 2005 a large volume of work was
undertaken towards the successful revision of
the process of approving class rule changes.
The new process is not bound to the Annual
Conference making it more flexible, a move widely
acknowledged and accepted by the classes.
Under the new system, approved by Council at
the Annual Conference, applications for class rule
changes will be made throughout the year on a
rolling agenda so that they can be approved as
and when submitted.
The 420, 470, Etchells, Fireball, Formula 18,
Topper and Tornado had their rules amended by
the new process and the rules for the ten classes
applying for International or Recognized status
were processed by ISAF staff and by the Class
Rules Sub-Committee. Class rule amendments
for a further 21 classes were dealt with during the
Annual Conference. In future the rules workload at
the Conference will diminish as the benefits of the
new practice are felt and fully implemented.
accepted IHC system where the quality of control
and certification is ensured by an ISAF certification
quality management system based on parts of ISO
9000 was approved by Council with the caveat
that classes must be able to opt in or out of the
IHC programme.
The Equipment Committee considered eight
applications for ISAF Recognized status and
three for International Status. The Neil Pryde RS:
X (windsurfer), Techno 293 (windsurfer), RS Feva
(dinghy), Access 303 (dinghy), Platu 25 (keelboat)
and Swan 45 (keelboat) were all approved as ISAF
Recognized Classes whilst the Splash (dinghy) and
Access 2.3 (dinghy) both received International
status. The application from the Access Liberty
class for Recognized status was deferred and the
applications from the X35 class and SL16 were
rejected by Council.
A Mid-Year Meeting of the Equipment Committee
was held in April 2005 to establish the purpose and
agendas for work with the new Committee structure.
The Sub-Committees and relevant working parties
Fredrik LÖÖF & Anders EKSTRÖM (SWE) - at the number
were engaged in a variety of projects during 2005.
one spot of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings in the Star
since May 2003.
The Equipment Control Sub-Committee and related
© Bacardi Cup Media
working parties worked on a number of areas of
certification and certification control, equipment
Dick BATT (GBR) - Chairman
inspection and technologies in electronic hull
measurements.
Riccardo SIMONESCHI (ITA) - Vice-Chairman
At the Equipment Committee Mid-Year Meeting
a working party was set up to consider ways
of controlling equipment costs for Olympic
campaigns with particular emphasis on the
technical aspects.
The In-House Certification (IHC) Working
Party met at the ISAF Secretariat from 4 to 6
September and the Class Rules Working Party
met in October to review the ISAF Standard
Class Rules.
A successful sail measurement training
seminar was held in Palma, Mallorca, Spain in
September to train instructors to run national
seminars on sail measurement.
Six MNAs have introduced national systems for
in house certification of sails as an alternative to
the traditional control and certification methods.
The proposal to establish an internationally
Alejandro ABASCAL (ESP)
Kim ANDERSEN (DEN)
Ron BARAK (ISR)
Sofia BEKATOROU (GRE)
Jan DEJMO (SWE) - Equipment Control representative
Darren DUNKLEY-SMITH (AUS) - ICC representative
Bruno FINZI (ITA) - Offshore representative
George FUNDAK (AUT)
Alan GREEN (GBR) - Special Regulations representative
Ian HARRISON (GBR) - Disabled Sailing representative
Dina KOWALYSHYN (USA)
Jan LINGE (NOR) - Consultant
Mark PRYKE (AUS)
Philippe ROGGE (BEL)
Richard ROSE (USA) - Racing Rules representative
Henri SAMUEL (FRA)
Georg TALLBERG (FIN) - Class Rules representative
Marta WEÖRES (HUN)
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Events Committee
The focus of the Events Committee work during
2005 was on Olympic competition format issues
which concluded with various Submissions to the
Annual Conference.
ISAF collaborated with the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) and Olympic Broadcasting
Service (OBS) to identify the optimum solution for
a revised Olympic Format, which was adopted by
ISAF with minor revisions.
Regatta Format
• An 11 race series (a 16 race series for the
49er). A Medal Race will be scheduled on the
day designated for each class’ medal ceremony,
even if the full schedule has not been completed
by that day
Rodion LUKA & George LEONCHUK (UKR) - 2005 49er
World Champions.
© Mark Cole (www.eyeforlife.com)
decisions on whether or not conditions are
suitable for racing
• The top 10 placed boats advance to the
Medal Race. All boats advancing will be required
to compete in the Medal Race
Olympic Games
• On the water umpiring will be used in the
Medal Race
Another important issue for the Events Committee
is the selection criteria for Olympic equipment,
and at the Annual Conference, ISAF had the
opportunity to select 75% of the events for the
2012 Olympic Games. However, as the IOC has
not yet determined the number of sailing events at
the 2012 Olympic Games, it was not considered
appropriate to take any decision at that time.
• This format will apply to all test events and
the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition (for all
classes)
Scoring System
• There will be one discard for the series score
but the Medal Race shall not be discarded
• Competitors will carry their series scores (ie
total of race scores after discard) through to the
Medal Race
A working party considered the Olympic
Qualification system, and the allocation of unused
quotas at the Olympic Games and their findings
were presented to the Committee. Council
approved the recommendation which includes
the following changes to the system:
• Race scores for the Medal Race will be
doubled (ie two points for first, four points for
second, and so on) and added to the series
score
• Unused Quota Places (UQPs) will only be
available to nations in Continents that were
under-represented at the previous Olympic
Sailing Competition when compared with the
percentage of MNAs in that IOC Continental
grouping
• Any series tie after the Medal Race will be
broken in favour of the boat finishing higher in
the Medal Race
• If the Medal Race is not completed, medals
will be awarded based on the series score for all
the prior races (in the normal way)
• UQPs will be offered to nations in the
windsurfing events and the single-handed
men’s and women’s events
Regatta Management
•
• UQPs will first be offered to nations that are
not already represented in other events
ISAF shall have the responsibility for the
Full details of the new system are available in the
Council minutes.
A joint working party with the Equipment Committee
considered how to fit a camera onboard the
Olympic Equipment and a report and proposal is
scheduled for the 2006 Mid-Year Meeting.
The Committee also recommended an evaluation
trial for a Women’s High Performance MultiCrewed Dinghy.
Xavier ROHART & Pascal RAMBEAU
(FRA) - 2005 Star World Champions.
© Dan NERNEY/Rolex
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Events Committee
Sail Rankings Sub-Committee
Sailing Club, Great Britain.
The ISAF World Sailing Rankings were released
nine times during 2005 and there were 2604
skippers on the rankings at the end of the year.
The Sub-Committee oversaw the grading of 127
events and the results of those which subsequently
met the grading criteria were processed by the
Secretariat. Olympic Class Associations received
grading tables which were then submitted to the
ISAF Secretariat to be processed.
Two boat team racing will take place at the ISAF
World Sailing Games 2006. The Organizing
Committee has worked with the Sub-Committee
and team racing events in the Czech Republic to
gain more advice on running the event.
The first ever
ranking for the
Laser
Radial,
the women’s one
person
dinghy
equipment
selected
for
the
2008
Olympic Sailing
Competition,
was
released
on 2 February
2005 with 55
sailors joining the Paige RAILEY (USA) - topped the
ranking list. The ISAF World Sailing Rankings in the
number of sailors Laser Radial for most of the year.
increased
to © Bev Dolezal
218 by the final
ranking of the year on 12 December 2005.
The Committee worked on proposals for the
ISAF Strategy and agreed plans to develop the
content of the ISAF website to make team racing
more accessible to race management teams and
sailors.
Team Racing Sub-Committee
Chris ATKINS (GBR) - Chairman
Jan KREJCIRIK (CZE) - Vice-Chairman
Ajay BALRAM (IND)
Susan DALY (USA)
Alfredo RICCI (ITA)
David SPRAGUE (CAN)
The Sail Rankings Sub-Committee recommended
that the ranking system is reviewed in order to set
out the future policies and standards for the future
of the rankings.
Marcelien DE KONING & Lebke BERKHOUT (NED) - 2005
470 World Champions.
© Source: www.knwv.nl
Sail Rankings Sub-Committee
Dan IBSEN (DEN) - Chairman
Jeff MARTIN (GBR) - Vice-Chairman
Sofia BEKATOROU (GRE)
Gary BODIE (USA)
Darren DUNKLEY-SMITH (AUS)
Peter HALL (CAN)
Team Racing Sub-Committee
The Team Racing Sub-Committee is responsible
for supporting and growing the interest of team
racing and running the biennial ISAF Team Racing
World Championship. The Grey Goose ISAF Team
Racing World Championship 2005, was held at the
New York Yacht Club, USA from 24 September to
1 October 2005. The event was a great success
and over 100 volunteers were involved.
The Sub-Committee continued to work on plans for
the next ISAF Team Racing World Championship
which are scheduled for May 2007 in West Kirby
Youth World Championship Sub-Committee
The Youth World Championship Sub-Committee
is responsible for developing the interest of young
sailors to participate in ISAF Youth Sailing World
Championships and for selecting the future venues
and equipment.
The Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
2005 took place in Busan, Korea from 14 to 23
July. See full report on page 21.
During the 2005 Youth Worlds a meeting
of the Team Leaders and a Coaches forum
took place in Korea. The Sub-Committee
considered the notes from these sessions and
in particular feedback on the sail size of the Neil
Pryde RS:X.
Preparations for the 2006 Volvo Youth Sailing
ISAF World Championship are progressing
well. A working party has been established to
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Events Committee
address some issues that have arisen and produce
a final Notice of Race.
Youth World Championship Sub-Committee
Fiona KIDD (CAN) - Chairman
Susan THOMPSON (AUS)
Paddy BOYD (IRL)
Johan DEVOCHT (BEL)
John FRIEND (GBR)
Philippos GEORGAKIS (CYP)
At the Annual Conference, the Sub-Committee
considered bids from Brazil and Turkey to host
future Championships and the selection of
equipment.
Bjorn UNGER (SWE) - Chairman
Totos THEODOSSIOU (CYP) - Vice-Chairman
Kim ANDERSEN (DEN)
Chris ATKINS (GBR) - Team Racing representative
Olivier BOVYN (FRA)
Carolijn BROUWER (NED)
Gianfranco BUSATTI (ITA)
John CREBBIN (IRL)
Ion ECHAVE (ESP)
Adrienne GREENWOOD (NZL)
Achim GRIESE (GER)
Hal HAENEL (USA)
Jorunn HORGEN (NOR)
HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
Oleg ILYIN (RUS)
Phil JONES (AUS)
Fiona KIDD (CAN) - Youth Championship
representative
Ahmet MOSTAR (TUR)
Takao OTANI (JPN)
Philippe ROGGE (BEL)
David SPRAGUE (CAN) - ICC representative
George WOSSALA (HUN)
Zvi ZIBLAT (ISR)
Sungchul JEONG (KOR)
Jakub KOZELSKY (CZE)
Edwin LOW (SIN)
Esperanza PEREZ-CRESPO (ESP)
Ralph ROBERTS (NZL)
Emanuela SOSSI (ITA)
Zofia TRUCHANOWICZ (POL)
Sally BARKOW (right) and her crew Carrie
HOWE & Debbie CAPPOZI (USA) - 2005
Yngling World Champions joined forces
with Annie LUSH (GBR) to successfully
defend their ISAF Women’s Match Racing
World Championship title in Bermuda.
© US SAILING
ISAF Classes Committee
Prior to the Annual Conference a summary
subsequent effects of this situation.
report of the relevant Submissions was sent to
The Classes Committee has proposed that ISAF
all of the ISAF Classes. The report identified
investigate umbrella insurance or some form of
important issues and the classes were invited
insurance that classes and individuals can buy
to respond before the meeting with their views
into.
and comments allowing classes who
are unable to attend the meeting to
Jeff MARTIN (GBR) - Chairman
be part of the ISAF system and offer
David SPRAGUE (CAN) - Vice-Chairman, Events representative
their opinions.
David BROOKES (AUS) - Class Rule representative
In addition to reviewing Submissions
the
ISAF
Classes
Committee
considered insurance and liability.
Concern was expressed over the
likelihood of classes and class officers
not being covered by insurance and
Darren DUNKLEY-SMITH (AUS) - Equipment representative
Richard HART (GBR) - Equipment Control representative
Dina KOWALYSHYN (USA) - Women’s representative
Ceri WILLIAMS (GBR) - Windsurfing representative
...plus representatives from each of the ISAF Classes
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Grey Goose ISAF Team Racing
World Championship 2005
The Grey Goose ISAF Team Racing World
Championship 2005 was hosted by the New York
Yacht Club from 24 September to 1 October. 16
teams from ten nations competed in colour coded
Vanguard 15s supplied by the organizers.
before USA1 retook control, claimed the fourth
race and took the world title for the second time.
USA1, Team Wishbone, are Tim FALLON, Karen
RENZULLI, Mark IVEY, Matt LINDBLAD, Tim
WADLOW and Ery LARGAY.
The first days of
racing brought
fast and furious
action
as
strong breezes
p r o v i d e d
challenging
conditions for
the sailors and
USA1 v USA2 compete for the title
exciting viewing
in a closely fought final at the Grey
for spectators.
Goose ISAF Team Racing World
Championship 2005 in New York, USA. After the initial
© Event Media
all team league,
two round robins and the quarter-final elimination
rounds the semi-finals were a two nation showdown
between the USA and Great Britain.
Italy were awarded the prize for most improved
nation.
Chief Umpire Chris ATKINS (GBR) was joined
by seven other International Umpires - Ajay
BALRAM (IND), Don BECKER (USA), Lisa
BETTCHER (AUS), Bruce HEBBERT (GBR),
Marek PAVLOVSKY (CZE), Alfredo RICCI (ITA)
and Steve WRIGLEY (USA) and seven National
Umpires, Tom DRUGGAN, Fran CHARLES, Bryan
MCDONALD, Glen OLIVER, Rob OVERTON,
David PYRON and Masaaki TANAKA (JPN).
USA1 took on GBR1 whilst USA2 faced GBR2.
The USA cleaned up but with scorelines which by
no means reflected the ferocity of the racing and
paved the way for an all American final with USA1
in a strong position to defend their title.
It was a nail biting final with USA2 showing more
speed but USA1, the defending champions,
demonstrating considerable composure and skill
in the light breeze. USA1 took the first two races
but USA2 came back to win a thrilling third race
Pos
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
USA1 - Tim FALLON, Karen RENZULLI, Ery LARGAY, Tim
WADLOW, Matt LINBALD & Mark IVEY (USA) successfully
defended their title at the Grey Goose ISAF Team Racing
World Championship 2005 in New York, USA.
© Event Media
Team
USA 1
USA 2
Great Britain 1
Timothy FALLON, Karen RENZULLI, Mark IVEY, Matt LINDBLAD, Tim WADLOW, Ery LARGAY
Patrick HOGAN, Carlos LENZ, Peter LEVESQUE, Liz HALL, Colin MERRICK, Amanda CALLAHAN
Steve TYLECOTE, Toby LEWIS, Dave ELLIS, Damian BOREHAM, Rob SHERINGTON, Melanie
SHERINGTON
Great Britain 2
Stuart HUDSON, Hamish WALKER, Dom JOHNSTON, Jen HEELEY, Owen MODRAL, Linda EADIE
Ireland 2
Graham ELMES, Michelle ROWLEY, Johnny MAHEW, Fergal O’SHEA, Conal CASEY, Gill BURKE
Ireland 1
John SHEEHY, Rachel MCMANUS, Max TREACY, Emma LOVEGROVE, Andrew FOWLER, Eavan
GANNON
Italy
Luca DUBBINI, Roberto DUBBINI, Guilia CONTI, Giovanna MICOL, Fabio ZENI, Stefano PETISSI
New Zealand 1
Greg WEBSTER, Charlie WEBSTER, Laurie JURIE, Annemarie WAUGH, Logan SUTHERLAND,
Georgina HILL
US Virgin Islands Taylor CANFIELD, Nathan ROSENBERG, Cy THOMPSON, Addison CAPRONI, Thomas BARROWS,
Sarah SWANN
Australia 1
Rod CHAMBERLAIN, Caroline ROSS, Tim CUBIT, Emma FLUKES, Stewart WELLS, Michael
SORRELL-SAUNDERS
New Zealand 2
Reuben CORBETT, Bradley FARRAND, Kevin HOOPER, Blair TUKE, Olivia POWRIE, Joe FOSTER
Japan 1
Tomoyuki NAKANO, Siochiro NAGAMI, Hiromitsu EIRAKU, Junichi NOHARA, Masakuni MIYAZIKI,
Ayako YAMAGUCHI
Australia 2
Nick JONES, Claire CUNNINGHAM, Blair SPAULDING, Prue CUNNINGHAM, George PEACOCK,
Will KEYES
Czech Republic
Petr FIALA, Kamilla KOUTNA, Martina KOUTNA, Michaela PREIBISCHOVA, Jan KITTLER, Barbora
SOUKUPOVA
Japan 2
Kenichi NANBARA, Kazushi SEKIMORI, Kazuyoshi MOMIYAMA, Yashuhiko TSUGE, Takashi HIRAI,
Keiko SEKIMORI
Canada
Tine MOBERG-PARKER, Julie HUGHES, Anne Marie SHEWFELT, Hans FISHER, Kelly BECHARD,
David SPRAGUE
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Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World
Championship 2005
After 73 races on Suyong Bay, Busan, Korea the
Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship 2005
came to an end. In a closely fought Championship
in which 209 athletes from 48 nations took part, all
seven gold medals went to different nations.
Wee Chin TEO and Terence KOH’s (SIN) win in the
420 boys event not only gave Singapore their first
gold medal, but also Asia their first ever ISAF Youth
Worlds gold medal outside of the two windsurfer
events.
Paige RAILEY (USA) - gold medallist, single-handed dinghy
girls, Laser Radial at the 2005 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF
World Championship in Busan, Korea. RAILEY also won
the Laser Radial World Championship in Brazil and was
at the top of the Laser Radial Rankings for most of 2005.
All this earned her a nomination for the ISAF Rolex World
Sailor of the Year Awards.
© Peter Bentley
Trophy standings and Megan MAGILL and Briana
PROVANCHA (USA) won silver in the 420 girls, the
first medal for the USA in this event since 1992.
Marie LUMEAU and Claire BOSSARD (FRA)
dominated the girls double-handed dinghy event in
the 420. Behind them, the USA team won the silver
medal whilst bronze medallists Mariana BASILIO
and Gabriel BIEKARCK won Brazil’s first Youth
Worlds medal since 1998.
Wee Chin TEO & Terence KOH (SIN) - gold medallists,
double-handed dinghy boys, 420 at the 2005 Volvo Youth
Sailing ISAF World Championship in Busan, Korea.
© Peter Bentley
In an ominous message to those looking towards
Qingdao and the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition,
China picked up their first medal at only their second
ever ISAF Youth Worlds and also finished sixth in the
Volvo Trophy standings. The conditions experienced
on Suyong Bay are expected to be similar to those
that will be found in Qingdao making performances
in Busan especially noteworthy.
France won their ninth Volvo Trophy in style,
topped by the 420 girls dominant performance.
Silver medals followed in the Laser, Mistral boys
and Mistral girls, whilst Julien VILLION and Martin
BATAILLE collected a bronze in the Hobie 16. Great
Britain won four medals, headed by Giles SCOTT
who added to his nation’s impressive record in the
Laser, in which they have now won three of the last
five titles.
2003 Youth Worlds Champion Paige RAILEY (USA)
entered the Championship as a red hot favourite in
the Laser Radial. The only sailor who challenged
her on the water was China’s Lijia XU who claimed
her nation’s first
ISAF Youth Worlds
medal when she
finished second.
If China were the most successful new faces of the
Championship, then Spain made the point that the
more experienced nations still have plenty to offer.
The windsurfers led
the charge with Juan
MORENO
taking
bronze and Mistral
World
Champion
Blanca MANCHON
completing
her
set of ISAF Youth
Worlds medals with
a gold. MANCHON
went on to be
nominated for the
ISAF Rolex World
Sailor of the Year
Awards.
RAILEY’s
victory
in the Laser Radial
capped a return
to form for the
Americans. Despite
only entering five of
the seven events,
they
finished
fourth in the Volvo
Blanca MANCHON (ESP) - gold medallist, windsurfer
girls, Mistral One Design at the 2005 Volvo Youth Sailing
ISAF World Championship in Busan, Korea. Blanca
was nominated for the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the
Year Awards as she also claimed the Mistral World
Championship and Mistral European Youth Championship.
© Peter Bentley
Lukasz GRODZICKI (POL) - gold medallist, windsurfer
boys, Mistral One Design at the 2005 Volvo Youth Sailing
ISAF World Championship in Busan, Korea.
© Peter Bentley
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Championship 2005
Evan WALKER & Kyle LANGFORD
(AUS) - gold medallists, multihull
open, Hobie 16 at the 2005
Championship in Busan, Korea.
© Peter Bentley
Giles SCOTT (GBR) - gold medallist,
single-handed dinghy boys, Laser
at the 2005 Volvo Youth Sailing
ISAF World Championship in Busan,
Korea.
© Peter Bentley
The ISAF Youth Worlds not only provides great
competition for the World’s top youth sailors and
an insight into the future stars of the sport. It also
acts as a catalyst for the sport in developing sailing
nations. In 2005, China won a medal in only their
second ever Championship, Japan won their first
ever medal and Brazil won their first medal in a girls
event. Medallists came from Asia, Oceania, Europe,
North and South America whilst across the fleets
sailors from nations who have made less than five
Youth Worlds appearances, that is, Chile, the US
Virgin Islands, Malaysia, Cyprus and Guatemala, all
finished in the top ten.
Marie LUMEAU & Claire BOSSARD
(FRA) - gold medallists, double-handed
dinghy girls, 420 at the 2005 Volvo Youth
Sailing ISAF World Championship in
Busan, Korea.
© Peter Bentley
(POL) and three ISAF International Race Officers:
Tomasz CHAMERA (POL), Mark PRYKE (AUS) and
Nino SHMEULI (ISR).
ISAF would also like to thank the boat suppliers,
Nautivela for the 420, Performance Sailcraft Japan
for the Laser and the Laser Radial and Hobie Cat
Australasia for the Hobie 16. The Windsurfing
competitors brought their own equipment.
Team France - winners of the Volvo Trophy for the most
successful nation at the 2005 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF
World Championship in Busan, Korea.
© Peter Bentley
The ISAF Athlete Participation Programme (APP)
supported sailors from nine nations with funding to
enable them to compete in Busan (see report on
page 13)
The ISAF Youth Worlds would not be possible
without the dedication and hard work of the many
volunteers who support the event. ISAF thanks those
who gave their time to make the Championship in
Busan such a success. The Race Officials team
was led by Chairman of the International Jury, Karst
HUT (NED). There were five other ISAF International
Judges on the Jury: Sally BURNETT (GBR), JangYeong MOON (KOR), Quanhai LI (CHN), Ralph
ROBERTS (NZL) and Zofia TRUCHANOWICZ
Single-handed dinghy boys - Laser - 36 athletes
1
Giles SCOTT
GBR
2
Jean Baptiste-BERNAZ
FRA
Single-handed dinghy girls - Laser Radial - 31 athletes
1
Paige RAILEY
USA
2
Lijia XU
CHN
3
Rutger van SCHAARDENBURG
NED
Double-handed dinghy boys - 420 - 64 athletes (32 teams)
1
Wee Chin TEO & Terence KOH
SIN
2
Wataru SAITO & Hiroto YOSHINAGA
JPN
3
Tom MALINDINE & James CLARK
GBR
Windsurfer boys - Mistral - 17 athletes
1
Lukasz GRODZICKI
POL
2
Pierre LECOQ
FRA
3
Juan MORENO
ESP
Multihull Open - Hobie 16 spi - 22 athletes (11 teams)
1
Evan WALKER & Kyle LANGFORD
AUS
2
Tom PHIPPS & Jon COOK
GBR
3
Julien VILLION & Martin BATAILLE
FRA
3
Alison YOUNG
GBR
Double-handed dinghy girls - 420 - 42 athletes (21 teams)
1
Marie LUMEAU & Claire BOSSARD
FRA
2
Megan MAGILL & Briana PROVANCHA
USA
3
Mariana BASILIO and Gabriel BIEKARCK
BRA
Windsurfer girls - Mistral - 14 athletes
1
Blanca MANCHON
ESP
2
Anne Sophie LE PAGE
FRA
3
Laura LINARES
ITA
Volvo Trophy - best performing nation
1
France
2
Great Britain
3
Spain
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Match Racing Committee
The first project of the Match Racing Committee
in 2005 was to update the ISAF Standard Match
Racing Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions
and these were published on the ISAF website
in August.
Match Race Rankings Sub-Committee
Shane BORRELL (NZL)
Dobbs DAVIS (USA)
Lotte MELDGAARD PEDERSEN (DEN)
The Match Race Ranking Sub-Committee
continued working on a revised formula for the
match race rankings, incorporating adjustments
to the graded event multipliers so the rankings will
more equitably reflect the success and abilities of
competitors.
requested instruction in tactics and strategy,
umpiring techniques and procedures as well as
race committee procedures. This is a new activity
for the Committee as it was previously the work of
the International Umpires Sub-Committee.
The first clinic was held in Sopot, Poland in August
and led by Instructor John DOERR (GBR) it was a
very successful clinic. The second clinic will take
place in Brazil in 2006 with more scheduled for
that year, several of which will be in conjunction
with the Nations Cup.
A priority during 2005 was the reintroduction of
the ISAF Nations Cup, a worldwide match racing
competition which was last contested in 1995. A
working party headed by Sally BURNETT (GBR)
worked
diligently
toward this goal. The
format for the 2006
event will consist of
eight Regional Finals,
followed by a Grand
Final.
There were 323 ISAF Graded events, two World
Championships, 23 ISAF Grade One events, 13
ISAF Grade Two events, 104 ISAF Grade Three
events, 132 ISAF Grade Four events and 50 ISAF
Grade Five events which took place in 2005.
19 MNAs bid to host
one of the Finals. The
venues selected, the
dates and the class to
be used are detailed in
the table below.
Henry MENIN (ISV) - Chairman
Alan ADLER (BRA) - Vice-Chairman
Gustavo BENAVENT (ESP)
Shane BORRELL (NZL)
Sally BURNETT (GBR)
Walter CAVALLUCCI (ITA)
Jane CORREIA (BER)
Elizabeth FILTER (USA)
Yuri KRYUCHENKOV (RUS)
Leo KURET (CRO)
Françoise PASCAL (FRA)
Lotte MELDGAARD PEDERSEN (DEN)
Nadine STEGENWALNER (GER)
Henri Van Der AAT (NED)
The Notice of Race
was published and a
manual to be used as a
guide by the hosts was completed.
ISAF Nations Cup Trophy
The Match Racing Committee continued to work
on the reintroduction of match racing into the
Olympic Games and a working party has been
appointed.
Match race clinics took place in areas that
Group
Group A – Open
Group A - Women
Region
Europe 1
Europe 1
Group B – Open/
Women
Group C – Open/
Women
Group D – Open/
Women
Group E – Open/
Women
Group F – Open/
Women
Group G – Open/
Women
Grand Final
Host
NJK Match Race Center
Quinta do Lorde Yacht
Club
Jadralno Društvo J/24
Class
J/80
J/22
Dates
15-18 June
2-7 May
Europe 2
City, Nation
Helsinki, Finland
Caniçal, Machico,
Madeira, Portugal
Izola, Slovenia
J/24
29 June-2 July
Europe 3
Great Britain
Queen Mary Resevoir
J/80
25-29 April
Asia
Dubai, United Arab
Dubai International
Emirates
Marine Club
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Iate Clube do Rio de
Janeiro
St Thomas, US Virgin St Thomas Yacht Club
Islands
Auckland, New
Royal New Zealand
Zealand
Yacht Squadron
V1-30
2-7 April
J/24
11-13 August
IC24
8-11 June
South
America
North
America
Oceania
Cork, Ireland
Royal Cork Yacht Club
23
Elliot 6 19-24 April
Metre
5-9 September
Virtual Spectator ISAF Women’s Match
Racing World Championship 2005
Sponsored by Virtual Spectator, the ISAF Women’s
Match Racing World Championship 2005 took
place in Bermuda from 15 to 24 October.
Twelve of the world’s best female match racing
teams from seven nations, including all but one
of the top ten on the ISAF World Match Race
Rankings squared up to battle it out for the 2005
title. Fluky conditions on Bermuda’s Hamilton
Harbour met the teams competing in supplied J24s
and the stage was set for an exciting contest.
The second race also saw BARKOW incurring
a pre-start penalty but again she recovered to
lead 2-0. The third race was as similar story and
BARKOW cleaned up the series 3-0.
ISAF World Ranked number one skipper Claire
LEROY (FRA), defending champion Sally
BARKOW (USA), three times runner up Marie
BJÖRLING (SWE) and 1998 winner Betsy ALISON
(USA) faced the challenge from debutant Nicky
SOUTER (AUS) and five other skippers who had
never previously made it to the podium as well
as Klaartje ZUIDERBAAN (NED) silver medallist
to ALISON in 1998 and Lotte MELDGAARED
PEDERSEN (DEN) the silver medallist in 2003.
After the first round robin was completed it was
BJÖRLING on top with nine wins and just two
losses. The top six teams progressed to the second
round robin stage and behind BJÖRLING,were four
teams tied with seven wins and four losses apiece.
ALISON, Nina BRAESTRUP (DEN), BARKOW and
LEROY all went through with SOUTER making up
the top six.
The top four from the second round robin stage
progressed to the semi-finals and it was world
number one Claire LEROY who made the best of
it, not dropping a match and going through with
four wins. The other skippers to progress were
BRAESTRUP, ALISON and BARKOW, the latter
scraping through with a
Sally BARKOW celebrates
two-two scorecard.
winning the Virtual
Spectator ISAF Women’s
Match Racing World
Championships 2005.
© Bob Grieser/PPL
Into
the
semi-final
and LEROY could not
defeat the experienced
Betsy ALISON (USA)
whilst Sally BARKOW
(USA) bounced back
sweeping
through
her
match
against
BRAESTRUP to set
up an all-American
final against the 1998
champion, ALISON.
Sally BARKOW v Betsy ALISON (USA) in the final of the
Virtual Spectator ISAF Women’s Match Racing World
Championships 2005.
© Bob Grieser/PPL
Sally BARKOW (USA) became the first skipper
to have her name engraved on the Bermuda
Trophy, a new perpetual trophy to be awarded to
the winner of the ISAF Women’s Match Racing
World Championship. BARKOW and her crew of
Debbie CAPOZZI (USA), Carrie HOWE (USA) and
Annie LUSH (GBR) successfully defended their
title wining the final in emphatic style over fellow
American Betsy ALISON.
The Umpire team, lead by Henry MENIN (ISV)
included 12 other International Umpires, Robert
DUFFY (BER), Robin JUDAH (BER), Dick KEMPE
(BER), Soren KRAUSE (DEN), Tina ORTENDAHL
(SWE), Anders OTTO (SWE), David PELLING
(CAN), Bo SAMUELSSON (SWE), Debbi
SCHOENHERR (USA), Peter SHRUBB (BER),
Andy WARDLE (CAN) and Stephen WRIGLEY
(USA) and two National Umpires, Craig DAVIS
(BER) and Matthew CAIRNEY (BER).
After some aggressive
pre-start
action,
BARKOW
recovered
from two penalties to
win the first race before
light airs delayed racing.
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Pos
Skipper
Nation
1
Sally BARKOW
USA
2
Betsy ALISON
USA
3
Claire LEROY
FRA
4
Nina BRAESTRUP
DEN
5
Marie BJÖRLING
SWE
6
Nicky SOUTER
AUS
7
Lotte MELDGAARD PEDERSEN
DEN
8
Paula LEWIN
BER
9
Klaartje ZUIDERBAAN
NED
10
Jenny AXHEDE
SWE
11
Linda RAHM
SWE
12
Christelle PHILIPPE
FRA
ISAF Match Racing World
Championship 2005
The ISAF Match Racing World Championship 2005
took place in Calpe, Spain from 12 to 17 September.
Twelve skippers from seven nations competed for
the title including defending champion Ed BAIRD
(USA), nine of the world’s top ten ranked skippers
and two debutants.
After five days of racing in the four-man TOM
28s, James SPITHILL (AUS) and his crew of
Andy FETHERS (AUS), Joe NEWTON (AUS)
and Michele IVALDI (ITA) claimed the world title.
The Luna Rossa skipper and his team put in a
comprehensive performance from day one. Nine
straight victories in the two round robin stages
followed by a 3-0 semi-final whitewash over
Mathieu RICHARD (FRA) brought SPITHILL to the
final.
James SPITHILL (second from left), Andy FETHERS, Joe
NEWTON & Michele IVALDI (ITA) - ISAF Match Racing
World Champions 2005.
© Nico Martinez
Unfortunately, the weather intervened and the final
between SPITHILL and defending champion Ed
BAIRD (USA) could not take place due to a heavy
storm. This meant that SPITHILL’s higher score
in the round robins, including his defeat of BAIRD,
gave him the title.
CIAN claimed the bronze medal thanks to his
superior round robin record to RICHARD. An
impressive start by CIAN in which he did not drop
a match in the first three days of the competition
and finished the round robin phases with 8 wins
and 3 losses secured him the bronze medal
and his highest ever ISAF Match Racing World
Championship result.
The Umpire team was lead by Gerard BOSSE
(FRA), a veteran of previous Worlds and America’s
Cups, and ensured fair play on the water. The eight
International Umpires were Luca BABINI (ITA),
Wayne BOBERG (NZL), Philippe GOMEZ (FRA),
Manuel HUENSCH (GER), Ewan MCEWAN (GBR),
Chris SIMON (GBR) and John STANDLEY (AUS)
and they were assisted by two National Umpires
invited by the Real Club Náutico de Calpe, David
Maria GOSALBEZ (ESP) and Maria TORRIJO
MOLL (ESP).
James SPITHILL and his Luna Rossa team in action during
the ISAF Match Racing World Championship 2005.
© Nico Martinez
After a disappointing start, defending champion
Ed BAIRD (USA) came good with a magnificent
run of nine straight victories to claim a berth in the
semi-finals where he also doled out a 3-0 defeat,
despatching Paolo CIAN (ITA) to take his place in
the final.
Ed BAIRD (USA) - in action during the ISAF Match Racing
World Championship 2005. BAIRD was the most consistent
skipper on the ISAF World Match Racing Rankings
throughout 2005
© Nico Martinez
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Pos
Skipper
Nation
1
James SPITHILL
USA
2
Ed BAIRD
USA
3
Paolo CIAN
ITA
4
Mathieu RICHARD
FRA
5
Ian WILLIAMS
GBR
6
Philippe PRESTI
FRA
7
Sebastien COL
FRA
8
Eugeniy NEUGODNIKOV
RUS
9
Peter GILMOUR
AUS
10
Staffan LINDBERG
FIN
11
Bjorn HANSEN
SWE
12
Santiago LÓPEZ-VAZQUEZ
ESP
Offshore Committee
In 2004 the constitution of the Offshore Committee
was fundamentally changed, establishing direct
representation by those areas of offshore sailing
including racing by boats capable of complying
with Category 4 of the ISAF Offshore Special
Regulations.
Substantial progress was made on three particular
projects during 2005:
• A calendar for all major offshore events
was established on the ISAF website. This
builds on work previously done by the Major
Events Forum and will enable ISAF to
establish direct links with event organizers
which will open up more possibilities for the
distribution of information such as the Special
Regulations and details of other services
ISAF can deliver.
• An excellent book on the ISAF Offshore
Special Regulations was published. Led by
the chairman of the Special Regulations
Sub-Committee Alan GREEN (GBR), the
book was accompanied by a compendium
of the various translations and prescriptions
that individual MNAs issue, together with
published interpretations.
• An urgent need for tracking systems
for events such as the Farr 40 World
Championships and Cowes Week has
been identified. A working party has been
appointed to work with industry and existing
offshore users on the development of such
an application and also to liaise with the
ISAF Secretariat on similar projects for the
Olympic Games. The Committee intends
to have a live system in place for the ISAF
Offshore Team World Championship in
Sardinia in June 2006.
expressions and definitions, and the use of
common measurement procedures in respect of
handicap systems and amongst Offshore One
Designs. Some progress was made during 2005
but considerable further input is required. The
Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) and IRC rating
officers will work with US SAILING on this project.
The various handicapping systems are keen to
work more closely with each other and although
a meeting took place in London, Great Britain in
2005 there is still much work to do.
Oceanic Sub-Committee
Abraham ROSEMBERG (BRA) - Chairman
Jacques LEHN (FRA) - Vice-Chairman
Guillermo ALTADILL (ESP)
Will APOLD (CAN)
Pierre FEHLMANN (SUI)
Alan GREEN (GBR)
Stanley HONEY (USA)
Giovanni IANNUCCI (ITA)
Max RIVERO KELLY (ARG)
Minoru TOMITA (JPN)
The Committee is focused on ensuring a united
approach to devising level classes/handicap
systems which it calls Grand Prix Racing. These
are attracting considerable interest, in turn taking
pressure off established Offshore One Design
classes. There has been a big increase in the
TP52 fleet and the new 65Class in North America,
strong demand for second hand Farr 40’s and the
Corel 45’s restructuring as a fleet.
The ORC took on the job of developing a Level
Rating Concept alone and there is considerable
interest.
The Committee is committed to unity within the
offshore world including the use of the same
Special Regulations Sub-Committee
Alan GREEN (GBR) - Chairman
Patrick LINDQVIST (FIN) - Vice-Chairman
Gunter AHLERS (GER)
Will APOLD (CAN)
Bruce EISSNER (USA)
Giovanni IANNUCCI (ITA)
Ken KERSHAW (GBR) - Equipment Control
representative
Jean Bertrand MOTHES MASSE (FRA)
Abraham ROSEMBERG (BRA)
Minoru TOMITA (JPN)
Bruno PEYRON (FRA) - nominated for the ISAF Rolex
World Sailor of the Year Award after he skippered Orange
II to break the non-stop crewed round the word record and
claim the Jules Verne Trophy with a time of 50 days, 16
hours, 20 minutes and 4 seconds.
© Gilles Martin-Raget
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Offshore Committee
ISAF Offshore Special Regulations and the new
versions will be published early in 2006.
Empirical Handicap Sub-Committee
Nils NORDENSTROM (NOR) - Chairman
Miguel ROSA (ESP) - Vice-Chairman
Paul ANSFIELD (USA)
Carlos GASTELU (ARG)
Ken KERSHAW (GBR)
Denis KIELY (IRL)
Daniel PILLONS (FRA)
Gunna SKOGBY (SWE)
The Committee is determined to promote offshore
sailing which includes making it more media
attractive, more understandable for spectators
and making entrance to the sport easier and
simpler. A working party has been established
to consider ways of increasing participation
in offshore sailing. The Committee is keen to
encourage youth sailors and plans to work with
various ISAF and MNA youth programmes.
The Joint Rule Working Party has been reactivated
to develop a new high level rating rule to sit below
the new Grand Prix classes but above the existing
cruiser/racer rating systems.
In February the Committee started to make
enquiries in connection with insurance which was
of particular concern following incidents in the
Farr 40 class. Discussions were held with various
bodies, including event organizers. Marine Brokers
identified a number of specific issues, particularly
regarding limitations for injuries suffered by crew
and the difficulty of insuring boats with swing
keels. A new style of policy is now issued in North
America which provides far better protection for
boat owners against third party claims.
Ellen MACARTHUR (GBR) - female winner of the ISAF Rolex
World Sailor of the Year Award in recognition of her smashing
the single-handed non-stop round the world record aboard
B&Q in a time of 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds.
© Andrea Francolini/DPPI/Offshore Challenges
There has also been a review of the ISAF
Offshore Special Regulations which have become
increasingly related to long distance sailing and too
complex to read. An abridged Category 4 version
will therefore be published in a more user friendly
format. Members of the Special Regulations
Sub-Committee and Equipment Committee have
formed a working group to discuss further basic
safety regulations for inshore and dinghy sailing.
Philip TOLHURST (GBR) - Chairman
Kjell BJORKING (SWE) - Vice-Chairman
Will APOLD (CAN)
Paddy BOYD (IRL)
Ignacio Castaner DE LA TORRE (ESP)
Bruce EISSNER (USA)
Pierre FEHLMANN (SUI) - Major Ocean Races
Bruno FINZI (ITA) - IMS representative
Alan GREEN (GBR) - International/Special
Regulations representative
Paul KING (GBR) - IRC representative
Patrick LINDQVIST (FIN)
David LYONS (AUS)
Ioannis MARACKOUDAKIS (GRE)
Nils NORDENSTROM (NOR) - Empirical Handicap
representative
Françoise PASCAL (FRA)
Stuart QUARRIE (GBR)
Max RIVERO KELLY (ARG)
Abraham ROSEMBERG (BRA)
Wolfgang SCHAEFER (GER)
Minoru TOMITA (JPN)
Hans ZUIDERBAAN (NED)
The Committee also approved changes to the
Vincent RIOU (FRA) - nominated for the ISAF Rolex World
Sailor of the Year Award after winning the 2004/2005
Vendée Globe and claiming a new single-handed round the
world record with a time of 87 days, 10 hours, 47 minutes
and 55 seconds.
© Benoit Stichelbaut
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Race Officials Committee
2005 was a challenging year for the Race Officials
Committee, as they continued to build on the sound
foundation provided by its predecessors and it
has identified a number of areas that will require
significant effort in the years to come. A total of 50
committee members serve the Committee and the
four Sub-Committees.
Race Management Sub-Committee
Henry Van der AAT (NED) - Chairman
Rafael GONZALEZ (ESP) - Vice-Chairman
João ALLEN (POR)
Patrick BERGMANS (BEL)
Tomasz CHAMERA (POL)
Charley COOK (USA)
Alan CROSBIE (IRL)
Annika EKMAN (SWE)
Christophe GAUMONT (FRA)
Helmut JAKOBOWITZ (AUT)
Giorgio LAURO (ITA)
Antony LOCKETT (GBR)
Alkis MANGRIOTIS (GRE)
Luis ORMAECHEA (ESP)
Mark PRYKE (AUS)
Nino SHMUELI (ISR)
Paul ULIBARRI (CAN)
Robin WALLACE (USA)
Education And Development
In this key area of activity, 25 clinics and seminars
were run in 23 different nations. From 12 to
14 March the first Chief Umpire Seminar and
Performance Workshop took place in Southampton,
Great Britain and was attended by 55 International
Umpires from more than 20 nations. The objective
of the weekend was to enable experienced
umpires to work with new members to offer ideas
and solutions to common situations encountered
on the water and thereby developing the role of
Chief Umpire consistently around the world. The
Performance Assessors Workshop was conducted
to develop skills in the performance assessment
of umpires.
International Umpires Seminars and Clinics
Venue
Attendees
Nations
55
20
Chief Umpire Seminar
Southampton (GBR)
Match Race Umpiring Seminar
Sajima Marina (JPN)
5
1
Sicily (ITA)
9
5
Match Racing Clinic
Sopot (POL)
6
In December the Race Management Instructors
met for the first time in preparation for the first ISAF
Conference for International Race Officers in March
2006. The core message is the establishment of a
common race management philosophy aimed at
ensuring consistency around the world.
2006 to provide clinics for judges, coaches and
competitors prior to the event and then to work with
the jury throughout the event. He will be backed by
a working party including members from the Racing
Rules Committee to develop materials and best
practices and to ensure consistent interpretation
of this important rule.
The Race Officials Committee is planning its first
activity for the Asian Games 2006. Clinics will be
held prior to the event and then the instructors will
work with the Race Officials putting the learning
into practice. It is hoped to identify some individuals
who may be appointed to events outside the region
in order to continue their personal development.
This will be reviewed after the Asian Games and
then plans will be made for the Pan-American
Games in 2007.
During 2005 the Executive Committee approved a
programme to build on the Rule 42 work started in
2003. Bill O’HARA (IRL) will be funded to go to a
number of Olympic class and youth events during
International Measurers Sub-Committee
David SPRAGUE (CAN) - Chairman
Antonio CARDONA ESPIN (ESP) - Vice-Chairman
Gunter AHLERS (GER)
Jim HARTVIG ANDERSON (DEN)
Dimitris DIMOU (GRE)
Hyo-Kyung JANG (KOR) - ICC representative
Heinz STAUDT (GER)
Chris DRAPER and Simon HISCOCKS (GBR) - the most
consistent team on the Skiff, 49er, ISAF World Sailing
Rankings, holding the number one spot throughout 2005.
© Ben Radford/Getty Images
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International Judges Seminars and Clinics
International Judges Sub-Committee
Venue
Attendees
Nations
Seoul (KOR)
22
4
Helsinki (FIN)
17
4
Josje HOFLAND-DOMINICUS (NED) - Chairman
Bernard BONNEAU (FRA) - Vice-Chairman
Sally BURNETT (GBR)
Sattahip (TAH)
Jim CAPRON (USA)
João Pedro CASCAIS (POR)
Claudio FERRAZ (BRA)
9
Langenargen (GER)
25
13
International Judging Clinic
Moscow (RUS)
34
7
Lumut (MAS)
16
2
Sattahip (TAH)
Karachi (PAK)
Krystyna LASTOWSKA (POL)
Pilsung LEE (KOR)
Ronald McCRACKEN (HKG)
Piero OCCHETTO (ITA)
9
21
1
Bill O’HARA (IRL)
Andres Perez ALVAREZ (ESP)
Costas TSANTILIS (GRE)
The ‘Question and Answer Panel’ continued its
work in 2005 and has provided a useful service for
International Race Officials.
Organization and Administration
The high level of activity has resulted in the
spending of the 2005 budget and the Committee
anticipates an increase in 2006.
The total number of certified International Race
Officials remained stable in 2005 at between
750 and 800 (depending on how you count
individuals with multiple certifications). It is clear
that recruitment of new Race Officials must be an
important focus for the future. The Committee
must work with the Member National Authorities
as this is where the majority of Race Officials start
their service.
Following the International Umpires (IU)
Performance Assessment Workshop held in March
the number of approved Performance Assessors
has increased and this has eased the problems for
International Measurers Seminars and Clinics
Venue
Attendees
Nations
18
8
14
5
Sail Measurement Seminar
Kristin WAGNER, Anna HOELL & Franziska UNKELBACH
(GER) - number one on the women’s keelboat, Yngling
ISAF World Sailing Rankings, for most of 2005 and never
lower than number three.
© Clive Mason/Getty Images
Palma de Mallorca (ESP)
Measurement Clinic
Doha (QAT)
Table depicting ISAF Race Officials Appointments to Events in 2005
Event
ISAF Race Official Appointments
Championship 2005 (KOR)
6 International Judges from 6 MNAs (CHN, GBR, KOR, NED, NZL)
3 International Race Officers from 3 MNAs (AUS, ISR, POL)
ISAF Open Match Racing World
Championship 2005 (ESP)
8 International Umpires from 6 MNAs (AUS, CAN, DEN, FRA, SWE, USA)
2 National Umpires from ESP
Virtual Specator ISAF
Women’s Match Racing World
Championship 2005 (BER)
13 International Umpires from 6 MNAs (BER, DEN, GBR, ISV, SWE, USA)
2 National Umpires from BER & CAN
ISAF Graded Match Racing
Events (24)
158 Appointments were made
74 International Umpires from 23 MNAs (AUS, BER, CAN, CRO, CZE, DEN,
ESP, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, IND, ISR, ISV, ITA, JPN, NED, NOR, NZL, POR,
RUS, SWE, USA
Grey Goose ISAF Team Racing
World Championship 2005 (USA)
8 International Umpires from 6 MNAs (AUS, CZE, GBR, IND, ITA, USA)
7 National Umpires from 2 MNAs (JPN, USA)
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individuals seeking an assessment prior to their
first appointment as an International Umpire. The
grouping of umpires has now matured into its
third year and the Committee believes that many
of the concerns about the system have been
significantly reduced. Work will continue to make
further improvements.
The Committee has found the ISAF Regulations
relating to Race Officials work adequate but in
need of an overhaul. The Regulations that affect
how Race Officials manage complaints and
reports about Race Officials have been identified
as a significant area of weakness. The details of
the proposed changes to the ISAF Regulations will
be prepared for discussion through Submission
to the 2006 Mid-Year Meeting.
During the year a very firm policy was adopted that
all materials critical to Race Officials will be held
in the ISAF Secretariat. This becomes more and
more important as the ability to continually develop
Race Management Seminars and Clinics
Venue
Attendees
Nations
Race Management Seminars
Essen (GER)
21
9
Ghent (BEL)
24
7
St Paul’s Bay (MLT)
11
6
Race Management Clinics
St Croix (ISV)
16
3
Cartagena (COL)
12
4
Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
16
1
Port Varna (BUL)
24
3
Karachi (PAK)
3
and improve materials such as manuals introduces
the risk of unwanted inconsistency.
ISAF has increased the number of appointments of
Race Officials to events over recent years. While
this is not the responsibility of the Race Officials
Committee, the Appointments Working Party was
provided with the information they required.
International Umpires Sub-Committee
Jan STAGE (DEN) - Chairman
Alfredo RICCI (ITA) - Vice-Chairman
Eva ANDERSSON (SWE)
Neven BARAN (CRO)
Kirk BROWN (USA)
Jack LLOYD (NZL)
Henry MENIN (ISV)
Marianne MIDDELTHON (NOR)
Marek PAVLOVSKY (CZE)
Lorenz WALCH (GER)
Alvaro MARINHO & Miguel NUNES (POR) - the most
consistent men’s two person dinghy, 470 sailors on the
ISAF World Sailing Rankings, never out of the top three and
climbing to number one in June.
© Menahem Kahana/Getty Images
Status of Race Officials Certifications after the 2005 ISAF Annual Conference
Number of
Renewals Due
Number of ReApplications
Made
Number ReAppointed
80
Number of New
Applications
Accepted
18
Total Number
of Officials
Judges
97
85
Measurers
21
17
15
8
87
Race Officers
37
34
28
20
186
Umpires
33
25
24
8
100
Total
188
161
147
54
761
John DOERR (GBR) - Chairman
Henry Van der AAT (NED) - Vice-Chairman and Race Management representative
Josje HOFLAND-DOMINICUS (NED) - International Judges representative
David SPRAGUE (CAN) - International Measurers representative
Jan STAGE (DEN) - International Umpires representative
Bryan WILLIS (GBR) - Racing Rules representative - ex officio - non voting
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Racing Rules Committee
One of the first tasks of the Racing Rules
Committee since its appointment in November
2004 was to consider the ISAF Regulations which
affect the Racing Rules Committee, the ISAF
Racing Rules of Sailing and Cases and Calls.
Standard Sailing Instructions in relation to the
‘switch on/off’ option for Racing Rule 42 and this
was approved by Council for the ISAF Racing
Rules of Sailing 2009-2012.
The Chairman made recommendations to the
Executive Committee authorizing changes to the
Racing Rules for specific international events
including the Volvo Ocean Race and the Blind
Match Racing Championship and liaised with a
number of other Committee chairmen concerning
issues raised with the ISAF Racing Rules of
Sailing.
The Committee recommended that the Questions
and Answer Service and the Rapid Response
System be incorporated in the ISAF Regulations.
Work on this issue will continue in consultation
with the Constitution Committee, the Question
and Answer Panel and the Match and Team
Racing Rules Working Party.
David TILLET (AUS) - Chairman
Bryan WILLIS (GBR) - Vice-Chairman
Bjørn ANKER-MØLLER (DEN)
Bernard BONNEAU (FRA)
Kamen FILLYOV (BUL)
Carlos GASTELU (ARG)
Luciano GIACOMI (ITA)
Josje HOFLAND-DOMINICUS (NED)
Nelson HORN ILHA (BRA)
Pertti LIPAS (FIN)
Jack LLOYD (NZL)
Marianne MIDDELTHON (NOR)
Bill O’HARA (IRL)
Richard ROSE (USA)
Bo SAMUELSSON (SWE)
Ana Maria SANCHEZ DEL CAMPO FERRER (ESP)
Katsumi SHIBANUMA (JPN)
Leo Pieter STOEL (NED)
Richard THOMPSON (GBR)
Costas TSANTILIS (GRE)
Robert SCHEIDT (BRA) - won the 2005 Laser World
Championship to claim a record eighth title and dominated
the ISAF World Sailing Rankings for the men’s singlehanded dinghy throughout 2005.
© Bia Saboia
The ISAF Racing Rules Question and Answer
Panel continued to provide an excellent service
throughout 2005 and three members of the
Racing Rules Committee sat on the panel. In
2005 the panel processed 19 questions of which
seven were published. Terms of Reference were
established and the service continues to run
under the joint responsibility of the chairman of
the Racing Rules Committee and the chairman of
the Race Officials Committee.
Throughout 2005 one of the main activities for
the Racing Rules Committee was the finalization
of the ISAF Interpretations of Racing Rule 42 Propulsion which were published on the ISAF
website in January 2005.
The ISAF Case Book, the ISAF Call Book for
Match Racing, the ISAF Call Book for Team
Racing and the Windsurfing Competition Rules
were also produced and published as hard copies
and on the ISAF website.
Fernando ECHAVARRI & Antón PAZ (ESP) - 2005
Tornado World Champions, the most successful Tornado
sailors on the ISAF World Sailing Rankings and winners
of the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year male award.
In response to the decision by Council in 2004 to
defer Submission 093-04 – Propulsion, the Racing
Rules Committee recommended amending the
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Regional Games Committee
Five Regional Games which included sailing took
place in 2005 (as detailed in the table below) and
in total, over a four year cycle, there are more
than 20 Regional Games which include sailing on
their sports programme.
Caribbean Games, the Asian Games and one has
been requested for the Games of the Small States
of Europe in 2006 and for the XV Pan American
Games and South Pacific Games in 2007.
The Regional Games Committee is concerned
that several Regional Games are using equipment
which is not endorsed by ISAF and discussed the
importance of grading for competitors at Regional
Games.
During 2005 the Regional Games Committee
appointed technical delegates for future Regional
Games and continued working toward achieving
the inclusion of sailing where it is not currently
a discipline. The Committee also worked on
ensuring sailing continues to be included in those
Regional Games where it is already present.
Ajay BALRAM (IND) - Chairman
Dorith STIERLER (ISR) - Vice-Chairman
Alain ALCINDOR (SEY)
David COVO (CAN)
Lars GRAEL (BRA)
Pall HREINSSON (ISL)
Richard JEFFRIES (USA)
Panayiotis KONTIDES (CYP)
Hüsnu LEVENT (TUR)
Esperanza PEREZ CRESPO (ESP)
W Scott PERRY (URU)
Ross ROBSON (RSA)
Kevin WOOD (AUS)
Said Kamal ZADA (EGY)
In all of these activities the Committee works
with events up to four or six years in advance to
ensure continuity.
The Committee worked with the Race Officials
Committee to ensure technical expertise in
Regional Games areas with particular focus on
holding clinics, workshops and seminars prior to
Games.
At the Annual Conference, the Committee received
reports on the progress of the organization of
future Regional Games. Technical Delegates
have been appointed to the Central American and
Event
Venue
Nation Equipment
Athletes Dates
2005 Island Games
XV Mediterranean
Games
2005 Universiade
XV Juegos
Bolivarianos 2005
Crete
Almería
GRE
ESP
unknown
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23rd South East
Asian Sailing Games
Optmist
470, Laser, Mistral
25-29 May 2005
24 June-4 July 2005
Izmir
TUR
Bahia de COL
Cartagena
470, Europe, Laser, Windsurfing
131
J24, Laser, Laser Radial, Optimist, 48
Snipe, Sunfish, Windsurfing
11-21 August 2005
14-20 August 2005
Subic Bay PHI
420, 470, Formula, Hobie 16, Laser 78
Radial. Optimist, RS:X
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December 2005
Rohan VEAL (AUS) - nominated for the ISAF Rolex
World Sailor of the Year Award for his achievements in
the International Moth Class. Rohan not only blitzed the
competition at the worlds, winning every race but is the first
sailor to do so on hydrofoils.
© Nico Martinez
Nathan WILMOT & Malcolm PAGE (AUS) - successfully
defended their title to win the 2005 470 World
Championship in San Francisco, USA.
© Getty Images
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Windsurfing Committee
The most significant issue for the Windsurfing
Committee in 2005 was the development of the
new Olympic windsurfing equipment, the Neil
Pryde RS:X. The development and distribution of
the new equipment progressed well and although
availability was slightly irregular initially, by the
end of 2005, boards were widely available and
distribution on track. There were some teething
problems with the equipment and some concerns
over the strength of the board but these are being
addressed and some small adjustments have
been made.
Finian MAYNARD (IVB) - nominated for the ISAF Rolex
World Sailor of the Year male award for his achievements
in windsurfing, which included claiming the WSSRC 500m
course record with a phenomenal speed of 48.70 knots.
© Masters of Speed
There were not many RS:X events in 2005, with
the most significant taking place in Cadiz, Spain
in September with over 100 entries. ISAF World
Sailing Rankings continued to be released for
the Mistral during 2005 prior to the establishment
of ISAF Graded events for the RS:X. The first
release of the Rankings for the new windsurfing
equipment was scheduled to take place on 8
February 2006. The Windsurfing Committee
recorded their thanks to Neil Pryde for the support
of the RS:X class and its development.
The Techno 293 was granted Recognized status
at the Annual Conference
The Committee also noted that the outright world
sailing speed record is held by a windsurfer, ISAF
Rolex World Sailor
of the Year Award
nominee
Finian
MAYNARD (IVB) and
three other records
were broken during
2005 (see table on
page 9) .
The RS:X was granted Recognized status at the
Annual Conference.
During 2005 the Windsurfing Committee provided
input to the Strategic Plan following an out of
Committee session where members discussed
the role of windsurfing within the Plan. The need
for the establishment of a core pathway for young
people interested in windsurfing and Olympic
windsurfing in particular, recognizing young
people come from other areas in the sport, was
specifically noted.
Olga MASLIVETS (UKR)
- at the number one
spot of the women’s
windsurfer Mistral ISAF
World Sailing Rankings,
for most of 2005 and
never lower than number
three.
© Sport the Library
The International Windsurfing Association (IWA)
continues to flourish and is well established
with a secretariat that represents the various
international windsurfing classes.
Jorunn HORGEN (NOR) - Chairman
Phil JONES (AUS) - Vice-Chairman
Aaron BOTZER (ISR)
Marc CARDON (FRA)
Cowen CHIU (HKG)
Bruno DE WANNEMAEKER (BEL)
Michael DEMPSEY (GBR)
Tomasz HOLC (POL)
Richard JEFFRIES (USA)
Nicolas KAKLAMANAKIS (GRE)
Ronald KOBRICK (USA)
Paul MAES (ESP)
Shuxia MENG (CHN)
Anja MUELLER (GER)
Deborah POWELL (ESP)
Alessandra SENSINI (ITA)
Ceri WILLIAMS (GBR) - ICC representative
Maxim OBEREMKO (UKR) - the most consistent sailor on
the men’s windsurfer Mistral ISAF World Sailing Rankings
at number one for most of the year and never falling lower
than number two.
© Sport the Library
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Women’s Sailing Committee
2005 was a year of transition for the Women’s
Sailing Committee and the combination of old and
new members has helped the new Committee
develop.
Adrienne GREENWOOD (NZL) - Chairman
Anna ANDREADIS (GRE) - Vice-Chairman
Tatjana ANTONCIC (SLO)
Corinne AULNETTE (FRA)
Janet BAXTER (USA)
Maria DEL MAR CASTANEDO DIEZ (ESP)
Nina CASTRO (BRA)
Cathy FOSTER (GBR)
Hyo-Kyung JANG (KOR)
Fiona KIDD (CAN)
Leena Inkari MEISALO (FIN)
Shuxia MENG (CHN)
Ninfa PROVENZA CALDARELLA (ITA)
Sacha A SIMMONS (BER)
Dorith STIERLER (ISR)
Katarzyna SZOTYNSKA (POL)
Chako TOBARI (JPN)
Marta WEÖRES (HUN)
The first activity of the year was the election by
the Women’s Forum of Fiona KIDD (CAN) as the
women’s representative to Council.
Whilst working to produce a report for the MidYear Meeting on focus areas for the Strategic
Plan, the Committee concluded the following
areas required focus:
• There should be more information on
women in sailing available on the ISAF
website
• A review of the competition calendar
• A governance review of the role and
functions of the Women’s Sailing Committee
and Forum given their often overlapping
roles and brief
useful to those members new to the ISAF
meetings and Committee structure.
There was also considerable work completed
relating to the value of seminars, their content
and how they could be beneficial to women in
sailing.
Ingrid PETITJEAN & Nadége DOUROUX (FRA) - at the
number one spot of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings in the
Women’s 470 since October 2003.
© Dan NERNEY/Rolex
The Women’s Website Forum was hosted by
several Committee members throughout the year
and over 19 topics were posted for discussion.
There was much variety, including, women in
the news, balancing family and sailing, women
in trans-oceanic sailing and computer sailing
games.
The Committee circulated a questionnaire
seeking information in four areas – culture,
Member National Authority and National Olympic
Committee issues, development and competition.
The completed questionnaires provided valuable
feedback which has been passed onto the
Strategic Plan working group.
Claire LEROY (FRA) - nominated for the ISAF Rolex World
Sailor of the Year Award after dominating the ISAF Graded
women’s match racing circuit which saw her climb to the
number one spot in the ISAF World Match Race Rankings
in May. Claire was also the highest ranked women’s skipper
on the Open Match Race Rankings in 2005.
© Charles Anderson/PPL
The Committee implemented a mentoring/buddy
program which operated during the Annual
Conference in Singapore which was particularly
34
Youth and Development Committee
The work of the Youth and Development Committee
is focused on developing sailing through emerging
sailing nations whilst also supporting the more
developed nations. With an aim to further expand
the sport around the world, the Committee is
committed to partnering with Member National
Authorities (MNAs) and Classes to promote sailing
and ensure young people are attracted to the
sport.
ISAF Learn-to-Sail training programmes were
held in Papua New Guinea and Pakistan during
2005. Tony WALTON (GBR) ran an instructor
development course in Karachi, Pakistan with 25
participants and using Enterprises, Laser 16s,
Lasers and Optimists. The course pushed the
concept of training students to be good sailors
before going on to teaching the principles of
racing.
Hosted by the Royal Papua Yacht Club, Chris
KELLY (AUS) also ran an instructor development
course. The 15 participants took part in the course
over three days with seminars and workshops
conducted prior to the course.
Ross ROBSON (RSA) - Chairman
Andrea GRAEL (BRA) - Vice-Chairman
Svedalin ATANASOV (BUL)
Michael AYALON (ISR)
Henry BACCHINI (FRA)
Paddy BOYD (IRL)
Mar CASTANEDO DIEZ (ESP)
Stephen COLGATE (USA)
Fabio COLIVICCHI (ITA)
Cathy FOSTER (GBR)
Barrie HARMSWORTH (UAE)
A R Arshad HASNIE (PAK)
Carin HILDEBRAND (SWE)
Dorte JENSEN (DEN)
Jakub KOZELSKY (CZE)
Albert LEE (SIN)
Timo NURMILAUKAS (FIN)
Carlos RIBEIRO FERREIRA (POR)
Susan THOMPSON (AUS)
Chako TOBARI (JPN)
Zofia TRUCHANOWICZ (POL)
Ben AINSLIE (GBR) - 2005 Finn World Champion for the
fourth consecutive year; a record for the class. Ben was
also the most consistent Finn sailor on the ISAF World
Sailing Rankings.
© Peter Bentley
Discussions during the Committee Meeting at the
Annual Conference were centred on the need to:
• Focus on emerging sailing nations, but
simultaneously support sailing in developed
nations
•
Expand sailing to more countries
• Review programmes from other sports and
apply them to sailing where applicable
• Market the sport to those who can afford it first,
and then promote it elsewhere
• Partner with MNAs and Classes to sell sailing
and attract young people back to the sport
• Encourage MNAs to support the provision of
training programmes by clubs
• Attract young sailors into equipment which
appeals to them, ie in the USA keelboat sailing has
proved popular among young sailors, rather than
dinghy sailing
• Address the drop off as young people progress
to secondary school and further education
•
Establish healthy youth competition
• Introduce a support network in which developed
sailing nations buddy with emerging sailing
nations
Peter GILMOUR (AUS) - nominated for the ISAF Rolex
World Sailor of the Year Award after dominating the ISAF
Graded match racing circuit and claiming the 2004/2005
Swedish Match Tour title to end the year at the top of the
ISAF Open Match Racing World Rankings.
© Nico Martinez
• Partner the sport with schools and educational
establishments
• Develop a blueprint for the sport and those
who are introducing the sport, developing clubs,
national training programmes, etc
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2005 ISAF Approved World
Champions
Class
2.4M
5.5M
6M
8M
11M
12M
14F
14F Team
29er
49er
420 Open
420 Ladies
470 Men
470 Women
470 Junior
470 Masters
60ft Monohull
505
A-Catamaran
Aloha U15 Boys
Aloha Y15 Girls
Byte
Cadet
Contender
Dragon
Etchells
Europe Women
Europe Men
Farr 40
Finn
Finn Junior
Flying Dutchman
Flying Fifteen
Fireball
Flying Junior
Formula Experience
Formula Windsurfing - Men
Forumla Windsurfing - Women
Formula 18
Funboard Freestyle Men
Funboard Freestyle Women
H-Boat
Hobie 16 Open
Hobie 16 Women
Hobie 16 Youth
Hobie 16 Masters
Hobie 17
Hobie 18
Hobie Tiger
IFDS - Sonar
IFDS - 2.4mR
IFDS - Multihull
IMS 600
IMS Offshore
World Champion
Nick SCANDONE
Artemis XII - skipper Ronald PIEPER/Jochen SCHÜMANN
Courage IX - skipper Dietrich GRUENAU
Hollandia - skipper Jos FRUYTIA
Steve MCCONAGHY
Hissar - skipper Edgar CATO
Lindsay IRWIN & Andrew PERRY
Great Britain A
Jacqui BONNITCHA & Euan McNICOL
Rodion LUKA & George LEONCHUK
Tomas O. DA SILVA & Francisco GOMES
Maria Stella TURIZIO & Maria Carolina RENDANO
Nathan WILMOT & Malcolm PAGE
Marcelien DE KONING & Lebke BERKHOUT
Sime FANTELA & Igor MARENIC
Eric MONNIN & Chris RAST
Mike GOLDING
Wolfgang HUNGER & Holger JESS
Pete MELVIN
Alistair MASTERS
Leonore BOSCH
Jean Baptiste BERNAZ
James RUSDEN & Erin CLARK
Jan VON DER BANK
Jörgen SCHÖNHERR, Anders KAEMPE, Axel WALDERSDORPH
Tito GONZALEZ, Diego GONZALEZ, Bill MAUK & Jeff LINTON
Shen XIAOYING
Jesus Rogel SANCHEZ
Evolution - skipper Richard PERINI
Ben AINSLIE
Ivan KLJAKOVIC GASPIC
Jörgen BOYSEN-MØLLER & Jacob BOYSEN-MØLLER
Nick JERWOOD & Janet JERWOOD
Chips HOWARTH & Vyv TOWNEND
Peter WANDERS & Gisa WORBERG
Julien QUINTEL
Antoine ALBEAU
Allison SHREEVE
Darren BUNDOCK & Glenn ASHBY
Normen GÜNZLEIN
Karin JAGGI
Lars IDMYR, Peter ANDERSSON & Sebastian CHRISTENSON
Shaun FERRY & Michele LE SUEUR
Morgane LAURANCY & Marion PENNANEACH
Cédric BADER & Yann MONTOYA
Blaine DODDS & Roxanne DODDS
Aaron WORRALL
Brad SUMNER & Belinda WALKOM
Enrique FIGUEROA & Jorge HERNANDEZ
John ROBERTSON, Hannah STODEL & Stephen THOMAS
Damien SEGUIN
Danny McCOY & Larry ROBINSON
Telefonica Movistar - skipper Pedro CAMPOS
Marta Mas BORRELL - Azur de Puig
36
Nation
USA
SUI
GER
NED
AUS
USA
AUS
GBR
AUS
UKR
POR
ITA
AUS
NED
CRO
SUI
GBR
GER
USA
GBR
FRA
FRA
GBR
GER
DEN
USA
CHN
ESP
AUS
GBR
CRO
DEN
AUS
GBR
GER
FRA
FRA
AUS
AUS
GER
SUI
SWE
RSA
FRA
FRA
RSA
AUS
AUS
PUR
GBR
FRA
CAN
ESP
ESP
2005 ISAF Approved World
Champions
Class
IOD
J/22
J/24
J/80
Laser II
Laser
Laser 4.7
Laser Radial Open
Laser Radial Women
Laser Radial Youth Boys
Laser Radial Youth Girls
Laser Masters
Lightning
Melges 24
Micro
Mirror
Mistral Men
Mistral Women
Mistral Youth Boys
Mistral Youth Girls
Mistral Junior Boys
Mistral Junior Girls
Moth
Mumm 30
Ocean Racing Multihull
OK Dinghy
Optimist
Optimist Team Racing
Raceboard Men
Raceboard Women
Raceboard Masters
Shark
Snipe
Snipe Junior
Soling
Soling Masters
Sonar
Splash
Star
Sunfish
Tasar
Tempest
Tornado
Vaurien
Vaurien Women
Vaurien Junior
X99
Yngling Open
Yngling Women
Zoom 8 Boys
Zoom 8 Girls
World Champion
Penny SIMMONS
Tjarco TIMMRMANS, Jurjen FEITSMA, Fanny VAN LEEUWEN & Ivan
PEULE
Anthony KOTOUN
Ruairidh SCOTT - skipper
Ian MCEWANS & Trevor MCEWANS
Robert SCHEIDT
Joaquin BLANCO ALBALAT
Eduardo C. de MAGALHÃES COUTO
Paige RAILEY
Blair MCLAY
Cushla HUME-MERRY
Brett BEYER
Tito GONZALEZ, Diego GONZALEZ & Christian HERMAN
James SPITHILL (AUS), Manuel MODENA (ITA), Jonathan MCKEE,
Charlie MCKEE, Mac AGNESE (USA)
Piotr TARNACKI, Jerzy CHODUBSKI, Lukasz WOSINSKI
Ross KEARNEY & Adam McCULLOUGH
Nicolas HUGUET
Blanca MANCHON
Lukasz GRODZICKI
Zofia KLEPACKA
Charles DE BUYER
Maja DNOWSKA
Rohan VEAL
Bouygues Telecom - skipper Pierre-Loic BERTHET
Groupama - skipper Franck Cammas
Nick CRAIG
Tina LUTZ
Argentina
Julien BONTEMPS
Carmen VAZ
Paco WIRZ
Johan KOPPERNAES, Doug BROWN & Michael LEE
Augie DIAZ & Pamela KELLY
Victor DEMAISON & Mario TINOCO
Roman KOCH, Maxl KOCH & Gregor BORNEMANN
Carl AUTERIED, Martin KENDLER, Udo MOSER
Steven SHEPSTONE, Peter WILSON, Tom KINNEY & Michael LOEB
Hielke DIJKSTRA
Xavier ROHART & Pascal RAMBEAU
Lucas GONZALEZ SMITH
Rob & Nicole DOUGLASS
Christian SCHAEFER & Frank WEIGELT
Fernando ECHAVARRI & Anton PAZ
Javier PORTO & Antón Alberto MARTIN
Tamara ECHEGOYEN DOMINGUEZ & Asuncion LIMIÑANA
Luis Prieto LOPEZ-DORIGA & Javier Cifrian MONTENEGRO
Flemming FJORD - Team Velux
Maarten JAMIN, Gert Henk BAKKER & Jansje HOFSTRA
Sally BARKOW, Carrie HOWE & Debbie CAPOZZI
Fredrik THAURUP
Maria RUDSKAYA
Nation
BER
NED
ISV
GBR
CAN
BRA
ESP
BRA
USA
AUS
NZL
AUS
CHI
Luna
Rossa
POL
IRL
FRA
ESP
POL
POL
FRA
POL
AUS
FRA
FRA
GBR
GER
ARG
FRA
ESP
ITA
CAN
USA
BRA
GER
AUT
USA
NED
FRA
ARG
AUS
GER
ESP
ESP
ESP
ESP
DEN
NED
USA
DEN
RUS
Note: This list only includes 2005 World Championship title holders.
Those classes not listed either did not hold a World Championship in 2005 or have not notified ISAF of the results.
37
PART II
ACCOUNTS
International Sailing Federation Limited
(incorporated as a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital)
REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2005
Company Number (IOM): 79772C
39
Director’s Report
The directors present their annual report
and audited financial statements for the
year ended 31 December 2005.
to any material departures disclosed and
explained in the financial statements;
• prepare the financial statements
on the going concern basis unless it
is inappropriate to presume that the
company will continue in business.
Review of the Business
The company is the controlling authority of
the sport of sailing in all its forms throughout
the world. It is also involved in protecting
and promoting the use of International
Sailing Classes.
Directors
The directors are responsible for keeping
proper accounting records which disclose
with reasonable accuracy at any time the
financial position of the company and the
group and to enable them to ensure that the
financial statements comply with the Acts
1931 to 1993. They are also responsible for
safeguarding the assets of the company and
the group and hence for taking reasonable
steps for the prevention and detection of
fraud and other irregularities.
The directors of the company during the
year are shown on the right.
Auditors
Director’s Responsibility Statement
A resolution re-appointing haysmacintyre
will be proposed at the AGM.
Results for the Year
The results for the year are set out on page
42.
Company law requires the directors to
prepare financial statements for each
financial period which give a true and fair
view of the state of affairs of the company
and the group and of the profit or loss of
the company and the group for that period.
In preparing those financial statements, the
directors are required to:
• select suitable accounting policies
and then apply them consistently;
• make judgements and estimates that
are reasonable and prudent;
• state whether applicable accounting
standards have been followed, subject
By Order of the Board
A SUNDHEIM
Secretary
4 Upper Church Street
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 1EE
6 May 2006
40
Independent Auditors’ Report to the
Members of International Sailing
Federation Limited
We have audited the financial statements
of International Sailing Federation Limited
for the year ended 31 December 2005
which comprise the Consolidated Income
and Expenditure Account, the Consolidated
and Parent Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow
Statement and the related notes. These
financial statements have been prepared
under the historical cost convention and the
accounting policies set out therein.
We read the Directors’ Report and consider
the implications for our report if we become
aware of any apparent misstatements within
it.
Basis of audit opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with
International Standards on Auditing (UK and
Ireland) issued by the Auditing Practices
Board. An audit includes examination, on
a test basis, of evidence relevant to the
amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. It also includes an assessment
of the significant estimates and judgements
made by the directors in the preparation of
the financial statements, and of whether
the accounting policies are appropriate to
the company’s circumstances, consistently
applied and adequately disclosed.
This report is made solely to the company’s
members, as a body, in accordance with
Act 1931 - 1993. Our audit work has been
undertaken so that we might state to the
company’s members those matters we are
required to state to them in an auditor’s
report and for no other purpose. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, we do not accept or
assume responsibility to anyone other than
the company and the company’s members
as a body, for our audit work, for this report,
or for the opinions we have formed.
We planned and performed our audit so as
to obtain all the information and explanations
which we considered necessary in order
to provide us with sufficient evidence
to give reasonable assurance that the
financial statements are free from material
misstatement, whether caused by fraud
or other irregularity or error. In forming
our opinion we also evaluated the overall
adequacy of the presentation of information
in the financial statements.
Respective responsibilities of directors
and auditors
As described in the Statement of Directors’
Responsibilities the company’s directors are
responsible for the preparation of the financial
statements in accordance with applicable law
and United Kingdom Accounting Standards
(United Kingdom Generally Accepted
Accounting Practice).
Opinion
In our opinion the financial statements:
Our responsibility is to audit the financial
statements in accordance with relevant legal
and regulatory requirements and International
Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland).
• give a true and fair view, in accordance
with United Kingdom Generally Accepted
Accounting Practice, of the state of the
company’s affairs as at 31 December
2005 and of its deficit for the year then
ended; and
We report to you our opinion as to whether the
financial statements give a true and fair view
and are properly prepared in accordance with
the Companies Act 1985. We also report to
you if, in our opinion, the Directors’ Report is
not consistent with the financial statements, if
the company has not kept proper accounting
records, if we have not received all the
information and explanations we require for
our audit, or if information specified by law
regarding directors’ remuneration and other
transactions is not disclosed.
• have been properly prepared in
accordance with the Acts 1931-1993.
haysmacintyre
Chartered Accountants
Registered Auditors
Fairfax House
15 Fulwood Place
London
WCIV 6AY
6 May 2006
41
Consolidated Income and
Expenditure Account
2005
£
2004
£
191,034
2,657
153,539
152,095
527,821
---------------1,027,146
----------------
190,771
22,982
3,690,934
114,131
97,825
578,883
---------------4,695,526
----------------
181,160
88,587
70,141
337,634
---------------677,522
----------------
234,877
297,327
47,974
442,219
---------------1,022,397
----------------
568,020
364,164
---------------932,184
---------------(582,560)
653,251
411,987
---------------1,065,238
---------------2,607,891
(9,023)
---------------(591,583)
(9,670)
---------------2,598,221
4,927,598
---------------£4,336,015
2,329,377
---------------£4,927,598
==========
==========
(973,807)
38,195
344,029
---------------£(591,583)
2,529,278
38,488
30,455
---------------£2,598,221
==========
==========
Note
OPERATING INCOME
Subscriptions
Olympic receipts
Donation from International Olympic Committee
Income from special events
Investment income
Other income
DIRECT COSTS
Governance
Olympic costs
Special events
Other direct costs
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
Employment costs
Other administrative costs
(DEFICIT)/SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR BEFORE
TAXATION
2
TAXATION CHARGE
3
(DEFICIT)/SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR
Reserves brought forward
RESERVES CARRIED FORWARD
(Deficit)/surplus for the year dealt with in the financial statements of :
Parent company
Subsidiary company
Quasi-subsidiary
Turnover and operating deficit are derived solely from continuing activities.
All recognised gains and losses are included in the profit and loss account.
A separate movement of shareholders’ funds statement has not been provided since there are no
movements other than the retained deficit for the current period.
42
Consolidated Balance Sheet
2005
£
Note
£
2004
£
£
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
Investments
5
6
56,287
1,208,885
75,435
950,996
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Cash on deposit
Cash at bank and in hand
CREDITORS : AMOUNTS FALLING DUE
WITHIN ONE YEAR
7
8
278,726
2,918,365
310,179
---------------3,507,270
942,551
3,323,066
206,317
---------------4,471,934
9
(430,872)
----------------
(448,105)
----------------
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
3,076,398
----------------
4,023,829
----------------
4,341,570
5,050,260
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE
AFTER ONE YEAR
10
(5,555)
(120,620)
PROVISION FOR LIABILITIES AND
CHARGES
11
---------------£4,336,015
=========
(2,042)
---------------£4,927,598
=========
18
£4,336,015
=========
£4,927,598
=========
NET ASSETS
MEMBERS’ FUNDS
Accumulated fund
Approved by the Directors on 6 May 2006 and signed on its behalf by :-
GÖRAN PETERSSON
President
43
Parent Balance Sheet
2005
£
Note
£
2004
£
£
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Cash on deposit
CREDITORS : AMOUNTS FALLING DUE
WITHIN ONE YEAR
7
8
258,721
2,918,365
158,259
---------------3,335,345
955,319
3,323,066
115,094
---------------4,393,479
9
(371,534)
----------------
(344,194)
----------------
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
AFTER ONE YEAR
10
NET ASSETS
2,963,811
----------------
4,049,285
----------------
2,963,811
4,049,285
---------------£2,963,811
=========
(111,664)
---------------£3,937,621
=========
£2,963,811
=========
£3,937,621
=========
MEMBERS’ FUNDS
Accumulated fund
Approved by the Directors on 6 May 2006 and signed on its behalf by :-
GÖRAN PETERSSON
President
44
Cash Flow Statement
2005
£
Note
Net cash (outflow)/inflow from operating
activities
15
£
2004
£
(169,799)
£
1,810,290
Returns on investments and servicing of
finance
Interest received
Dividends received
103,225
48,870
----------------
Net cash inflow from returns on
investments
and servicing of finance
60,393
25,771
----------------
152,095
86,164
(10,628)
(14,403)
Taxation
UK corporation tax paid
Capital expenditure and financial
investment
Payments to acquire investments
Payments to acquire fixed assets
Proceeds from disposal of fixed assets
Proceeds from disposal of investments
(303,962)
(14,545)
46,000
----------------
Net cash outflow from capital expenditure
and financial investment
(DECREASE)/INCREASE IN CASH
(1,044,780)
(24,304)
367,030
---------------(272,507)
---------------£(300,839)
=========
17
45
(702,054)
---------------£1,179,997
=========
1.
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
ACCOUNTING BASIS
The financial statements are prepared on the historical cost basis and in accordance with
applicable accounting standards.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Income and expenditure in currencies other than sterling are translated at the rate of exchange
ruling on the date of receipt of payment.
Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rates ruling at
the balance sheet date. Differences arising on exchange are written off to the profit and loss
account.
DEPRECIATION
Depreciation is calculated to write down the cost of the assets over their expected useful lives at
the following rates.
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
20% per annum or 33 1/3% per annum on cost
DEFERRED TAXATION
Deferred tax is provided using the full provision method. Deferred tax is recognised in respect of
all timing differences which have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date. It is the
company’s policy not to discount deferred tax to reflect the time value of money.
2.
SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR BEFORE TAXATION
This is stated after charging
Auditors’ remuneration
Depreciation
Operating lease rentals
46
2005
£
2004
£
14,400
33,693
78,751
13,750
34,647
72,818
=========
=========
3.
TAX ON PROFIT ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES
a)
UK Corporation tax on profits for the year
Corporation tax at 19% (2004: 19%)
Total current tax (note 4(b))
Deferred tax
b)
Tax charge reconciliation
Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities before tax
- Parent
- Subsidiary
- Quasi subsidiary
Profits on ordinary activities multiplied by the standard UK rate of
corporation tax 19% (2004: 19%) – subsidiary
Effects of:
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes
2005
£
2004
£
11,065
---------------11,065
(2,042)
---------------£9,023
=========
10,628
---------------10,628
(958)
---------------£9,670
=========
(973,807)
47,218
344,029
---------------£(582,560)
=========
2,529,278
48,158
30,455
---------------£2,607,891
=========
8,971
9,150
2,086
8
---------------£11,065
=========
959
519
---------------£10,628
=========
The parent company and the quasi subsidiary are not subject to corporation tax on profits or
surpluses.
4a.
STAFF COSTS
Wages and salaries
Social Security Costs
Pension Costs
The average monthly number of employees during the year was
4b.
DIRECTORS’ EMOLUMENTS
No director received any emoluments during the year
47
2005
£
2006
£
488,026
47,911
28,337
---------------£564,27
=========
579,104
44,082
31,927
---------------£655,113
=========
No.
No.
18
=========
18
=========
5.
TANGIBLE ASSETS – GROUP
Furniture,
fittings and
equipment
£
At 1 January 2005
Additions
Disposals
384,813
14,545
(17,019)
---------------382,339
----------------
At 31 December 2005
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2005
Charge for year
Eliminated on disposal
309,378
33,693
(17,019)
---------------326,052
----------------
At 31 December 2005
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2005
£56,287
=========
£75,435
=========
At 31 December 2004
6.
Listed
investments
FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS – GROUP
£
Cost at 1 January 2005
Additions
Disposals
950,996
303,962
(46,073)
---------------£1,208,885
=========
Cost at 31 December 2005
Market value at 31 December 2005 was £1,263,005 (2004: £963,962).
7.
DEBTORS
Group
2005
£
49,744
Subscriptions and international class fees
receivable
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Amounts due from subsidiary undertaking
2004
£
38,856
148,878
84,104
812,122
91,573
-
-
---------------- ---------------£278,726
£942,551
========= =========
48
Company
2005
2004
£
£
35,075
29,009
124,090
788,700
42,615
40,017
56,941
97,593
---------------- ---------------£258,721
£955,319
========= =========
.
8.
CASH ON DEPOSIT
Sterling balances
Euro balances
Group
Company
2005
2004
2005
2004
£
£
£
£
1,654,589
1,778,004
1,654,589
1,778,004
1,263,776
1,545,062
1,263,776
1,545,062
---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------£2,918,365 £3,323,066 £2,918,365 £3,323,066
========= ========= ========= =========
The exchange rate used at 31 December 2005 is €1.45260: £1
9.
WITHIN ONE YEAR
Trade creditors
Other creditors
Other taxes and social security
Amount owed to subsidiary undertaking
UK Corporation tax
Accruals and deferred income
10.
Company
2005
£
2004
£
44,197
90,337
19,705
30,963
31,532
13,229
30,553
12,806
12,821
11,181
11,065
10,628
331,257
322,730
321,276
300,425
---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------£430,872
£448,105
£371,534
£344,194
========= ========= ========= =========
5,555
120,620
111,664
---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------£5,555
£120,620
££111,664
========= ========= ========= =========
PROVISION FOR LIABILITIES AND
CHARGES
Deferred taxation
Accelerated capital allowances
At 1 January 2005
Credit for year
At 31 December 2005
12.
2004
£
AFTER ONE YEAR
Accruals and deferred income
11.
Group
2005
£
2,042
3,000
(2,042)
(958)
---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------£2,042
££ £========= ========= ========= =========
LIABILITY OF MEMBERS
Every full member of the Federation undertakes to contribute such amount as may be required not
exceeding £1 to the assets of the Federation if it should be wound up while they are a Full Member
or within one year after they cease to be a Full Member, for payment of the Federation’s debts and
liabilities contracted before they cease to be a Full Member, and of the costs, charges and expenses
of winding up, and for the adjustment of the rights of the contributors among themselves.
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The number of full members on 31 December 2005 was 121 (2004: 115).
13.
OPERATING LEASES – GROUP
Annual commitment under operating leases:
Expiring within one year
Expiring after one year but within five years
Expiring after five years
14.
Land and buildings
2005
2004
£
£
-
-
72,188
=========
77,071
=========
Other
2005
£
2004
£
-
-
1,680
1,680
-
-
=========
=========
SUBSIDIARY COMPANY
At 31 December 2005 the company owned the whole of the issued share capital of ISAF (UK) Limited
which is incorporated in Great Britain.
15.
RECONCILIATION OF (DEFICIT)/SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR TO
Operating (deficit)/surplus
Depreciation
Loss on sale of investment
Increase in debtors
Decrease in creditors
Interest received
Dividends
Net cash (outflow)/inflow from operating activities
16.
ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN CASH
At 1
Cashflow
At 31
January
December
2005
2005
£
£
£
206,317
103,862
310,179
3,323,066
(404,701)
2,918,365
---------------- ---------------- ---------------£3,529,383 £(300,839) £3,228,544
========= ========= =========
17.
2005
2004
£
£
(582,560)
2,607,891
33,693
34,647
73
3,330
663,825
(613,421)
(132,735)
(124,332)
(103,225)
(60,393)
(48,870)
(37,432)
---------------- ---------------£(169,799) £1,810,290
========= =========
RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH OUTFLOW TO MOVEMENT IN NET FUNDS
Decrease in cash for year
£
(300,839)
---------------(300,839)
3,529,383
----------------
Movement for the year
Net funds at 1 January 2005
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£3,228,544
=========
18.
Accumulated
Fund
MEMBERS’ FUNDS
£
At 1 January 2005
Surplus for the year
19.
4,927,598
(591,583)
---------------£4,336,015
=========
QUASI SUBSIDIARY
The ISAF Trust is a quasi-subsidiary of the International Sailing Federation Limited.
Profit and loss for the year ending 31 December
2005
£
2004
£
300,000
49,588
6,301
---------------355,889
47,174
---------------47,174
(10,319)
(1,467)
(73)
---------------£344,030
=========
(9,308)
(705)
(3,376
(3,330)
---------------£30,455
=========
£
£
1,208,885
21,667
92,872
(3,506)
---------------£1,319,918
=========
950,996
15,781
14,205
(5,094)
---------------£975,888
=========
Income
Donation
Investment income
Foreign exchange gain
Expenditure
Fees
Accountancy fees
Sundry expenses
Loss on sale of investments
Surplus for the year
Balance sheet as at 31 December
Fixed asset investments – at cost
Debtors
Cash
Creditors
Net assets
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PART III
2006 BUDGET
1 January 2006 - 31 December 2006
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Income
£
MNA and Associate Member Subscriptions
190,000
Affiliated Member Subscriptions
1,000
ICA Subscriptions
12,000
New Class Application Fees
2,000
Licensed Builder Fees
15,000
Fees on New Boats Built
225,000
RS:X Board Production Fees
40,000
Olympic Solidarity
20,000
Publications
2,000
Technical Specifications
3,000
ISAF/Merchandise/Olympic DVD
0
Special Events & Approval Fees
210,000
Sponsorship
65,000
World Sailor of the Year Awards
30,000
Website
0
Evaluation Events
0
Copyright Fees
1,000
Olympics
932,000
TOTAL INCOME
1,748,000
Expenditure
Administration
£
Salaries
460,000
Employment costs
122,000
Other staff costs
8,000
Office rent & rates
95,000
Office running costs (inc. heat, light & power)
24,000
Equipment rental & renewals
22,000
Travelling
5,000
Telecommunications
12,000
Printing & stationery
15,000
Postage
20,000
Legal & professional fees
4,000
Audit & accountancy fees
18,000
Bank charges & interest
15,000
Depreciation
35,000
TOTAL Administration
855,000
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Expenditure
£
Direct costs
ISAF Meetings
165,000
Executive Committee Meetings
32,000
ISAF Review Board
5,000
Executive Expenses
28,000
Committees’ Activities
25,000
IMO
5,000
Race Officials Programme
70,000
Athletes Participation Programme
15,000
Special Events/Umpires Payments
100,000
ISAF Events
50,000
Marketing & Sponsorship
0
World Sailor of the Year Awards
0
Media Relations & 100 Year Centenary
30,000
Connect to Sailing
20,000
Website & IT Development
20,000
Insurance
40,000
Building Fees - Class & Designer Share
50,000
Plaques Purchased
3,000
Technical Specifications/In-house Certification
45,000
Technical Inspection Programme
6,000
Olympic Solidarity - General
5,000
ISAF Goods / Olympic DVD
3,000
Publications
12,000
International subscription fees
3,000
Bad debts
1,000
Legal fees - Sports Related
0
TOTAL Direct costs
733,000
Olympics
Staff Salaries
60,000
Classes Administration
0
IOC Meetings
5,000
Olympic Regatta 2004
0
Olympics 2008
15,000
RS:X Administration & Fund
40,000
Anti-Doping Program*
40,000
TOTAL Olympics
160,000
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
1,748,000
* Note: In addition £28,000 has been paid for tests in 2005, accrued from 2004
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