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LIFFEY SKIFFY SUCCESSFUL IN DUBLIN

The first ever Liffey Skiffy 49er event launched on Friday afternoon 27th August to the spectacular backdrop of Dublin city centre providing colour, excitement and a view of high performance racing to the punters of our capital city. A four race series of thrills and spills was completed with Rory Fitzpatrick and Ross Mc Donald taking the overall victory from Ryan Seaton and Matt Mc Govern in the final medal race of the series. VIDEO over the fold!
Crashes and capsizes were on order for spectators from the first start with Ed Butler and Dermot Mc Murrough suffering a mainsail tear from the first start. Nin O'Leary also made the most of a capsize by back flipping from the boats wing once semi turtle! Many photos were made available from the event with the most notable making the front page of Saturday's Irish Times newspaper!
Many thanks go to the event sponsors OnBoard Surf Snow Sail, PR Reilly Car accessories as well as Dublin Port Company, Dublin Docklands Authority, The National YC, St. Patricks Rowing Club and the International 49er Class Association
Some event footage can be seen here in this video

Courtesy of "Afloat" Irish Sailing Magazine

49ER YOUTH WORLDS TO TAKE PLACE IN TRAVERMUNDE, GER

Travermunde, GER has been chosen to host the first ever 49er Youth World Championship, to begin in 2011. This event will be open to sailors who have not reached their 23rd birthday in 2011. Look for more information both on the 49er website and through the regatta website: www.travemuender-woche.de

Sunday 24 July + Monday 25 July             Registration + Measurement
Monay 25 July   1400hrs                            Practice Race
Tuesday 26 July – Thursday 28 July          Qualifying Series
Tuesday 26 July                                       Opening Ceremony on Square Rigger “Passat”
Friday 29 July – Sunday 31 July                Final Series

UPDATE ON 49er EUROPEANS- 2011

Dear Friends,
Helsinki Sail Racing Management (HSRM) and its member clubs were the hosts for the Nordic

Youth Championships in sailing 2010 which took place 20th – 25th July. 330 sailors from
Denmark, Estonia, Norway, Sweden and Finland participated in the races. The Optimist and Zoom8 classes had the biggest numbers of sailors; other classes represented were Europe, Laser Radial and Laser 4.7. The weather conditions were excellent during the races and all classes were able to sail the full number of races planned.
The participants as well as their coaches and families were very satisfied with the arrangements. Especially the concept of having a common base for all classes received much praise. Also, camping facilities for tents, caravans and caravan cars were available within reasonable distance from the base of the sailing events.
For the organizing clubs, the event was a good rehearsal for the 2011 Open Europeans event. A careful review of the youth event will be undertaken with the aim of applying any lessons learned to next year's mega event.
On September 29th there is a meeting for club commodores and race officials in Helsinki. We have invited people, not only from Helsinki, but from clubs that are within two hours drive from Helsinki. We want to inspire them to participate in the preparations of the Championships that are the biggest sailing event ever held
in Finland. Only the Europeans in Athletics held in 2005 were a bigger sport event. Later this autumn a seminar with focus on the race arrangement on the water will be held. The organizers expect that this seminar will interest both member clubs of HSRM and clubs that wish to develop their skills in arranging international racing events. The City of Helsinki has committed to prepare the infrastructure for the event, this will allow for all classes to be based in the same area, close to the centre of Helsinki. The first excavators are at
this very moment preparing two launching ramps of 30 meters each.
Looking forward to seeing you in Helsinki!
Kurt Lönnqvist
President
Open Europeans 2011
www.helsinkisailracing.fi

ISAF PUBLISHES OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION SYSTEM

ISAF has published the 2012 Olympic Qualification System as approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition to be staged in Weymouth and Portland will feature 380 athletes competing across the following 10 events:

Men's Windsurfer
Men's One Person Dinghy
Men's One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight)
Men's Two Person Dinghy
Men's Skiff
Men's Keelboat

Women's Windsurfer
Women's One Person Dinghy
Women's Two Person Dinghy
Women's Match Racing

The total quota of athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) is 16, nine men and seven women (maximum 1 boat per event).

The Qualification Pathway states that 75% of each event's entry quota shall be qualified from those best ranked NOCs in each of the relevant events at the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships (Perth 2011).

The remaining 25% of each events entry quota shall be qualified from each events 2012 World Championship or other event sanctioned by ISAF, to finish by 1 June 2012 at the latest.

Those NOC's already qualified from the previous qualifying regattas shall not be considered. The 2012 Women's Match Racing qualifying regatta will be sanctioned by ISAF but does not need to be a World Championship.

ISAF will inform NOC's and Member National Associations (MNA's) of Olympic quota places following the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championship and each qualification regatta.

All NOC's, including the host country must confirm to ISAF the use of all quota places by 1 June 2012. After this date the unconfirmed quota places will be allocated by the ISAF Qualification Committee with ISAF confirming the reallocation of unused places by 18 June 2012.

Full details of the Qualification System for the XXX Olympiad can be viewed from the attached pdf: English version; French version

For more details on the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition visit the ISAF London 2012 microsite at: www.sailing.org/london2012

2011 NAs SET FOR MEXICO

The 2011 North American Championship is set for Valle de Bravo, Mexico; outside Mexico City. February 16-20 are the dates and more information can be found at: www.49erNA.org

Also note: Aug 21-25, 2011 are the dates for the SEIKO 49er Canadian Championships back in Kingston, Ontario.