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November 2004 News Archive
| November 18, 2004 |
| Racing Rules of Sailing 2005-2008 |
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US Sailing has posted another excerpt
from Dave Perry's Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing Through 2008 detailing Rule 18 - Rounding and Passing Marks and Obstructions. You can order
Perry's book from the US Sailing online store.
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| November 12, 2004 |
| ISAF Selects Classes for 2008 Olympics |
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ISAF has made its final selections for the classes that will compete at the
2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. The final selections are:
The ISAF press release can be found here.
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| November 10, 2004 |
| Racing Rules of Sailing 2005-2008 |
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Now that the 2004 sailing season is over, you may want to get yourself a
copy of the 2005-2008
Racing Rules of Sailing to study over the winter. The US
Sailing Prescriptions 2005-2008  (240 KB) are also available online. Additional US Sailing
rules resources are available on US Sailing's
rules page and through their online store.
UPDATE: US Sailing has posted an excerpt
from Dave Perry's Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing Through 2008 detailing Rule 16 - Changing Course. You can order
Perry's book from the US Sailing online store.
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| November 9, 2004 |
| ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards |
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Tonight in Copenhagen, Denmark, the International Sailing Federation
and Rolex announced
Robert SCHEIDT
(BRA), Sofia BEKATOROU and Emilia TSOULFA
(GRE) as the winners of the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards
2004. The three sailors were honoured in recognition of their outstanding sailing achievements between 1 September 2003 and 31
August 2004.
Robert SCHEIDT was awarded the male ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award in recognition
of his outstanding achievements in the single-handed Laser Class. In May 2004, Robert made
Laser Class history when he won the World Championship title for the seventh time in ten years.
Sofia BEKATOROU and Emilia TSOULFA were awarded the female ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year
Awards 2004 in recognition of phenomenal successes in the 470 class including a Gold Medal at the
2004 Olympics in Athens.
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| November 5, 2004 |
| ISC Committee on Racing Post-Season Meeting |
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The Committee on Racing will hold its annual End of the Season Meeting,
7:30PM to 9 PM on Wednesday, November 10, 2004, in the ISC Clubhouse. The
purpose of this meeting will be to review the 2004 racing season to determine
what we can do to improve our program. We will also continue planning the racing
schedule for 2005.
This meeting is open to all members who have an interest in the ISC Racing Program,
especially Fleet Captains and Committee Chairpersons from Scoring & Recording,
Safety, Social, and the Junior Fleet Coordinator. Please come to this meeting prepared
so that we can be concise and to the point to make the best use of our time.
If anyone has any questions or comments they wish to bring up, please contact Paul Dovey
in the evenings at (XXX) XXX-XXXX or via (email address removed).
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| US Sailing Sponsors One-Design Symposium |
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US Sailing's One Design Class Council
is sponsoring the inaugural One
Design Symposium on November 13-14 in Newport, RI. Symposium topics include:
- Fleet building
- Designing newsletters
- Designing fleet/class websites
- Public relations
- Sponsorship
- Youth development
- Planning and holding championship events
- Overview of new rule changes for 2005
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| Vendée Globe Single-Handed Around the World Race |
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The fifth Vendée Globe single-handed
race around the world is scheduled to start November 7th. The race will begin in Les Sables d'Olonne on
the Bay of Biscay in France. From there, the 20 competitors
will head south towards the Cape of Good Hope and into the southern oceans. Extensive coverage of the event
with boat positions, race news, competitor profiles, photo and video galleries, etc. can be found on the
official website.
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| November 3, 2004 |
| "Dave 'n Joe" Cartoon |
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Dave 'n Joe remind us of what we have to look forward to this winter...
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| November 1, 2004 |
| DN Iceboat Photo Gallery Added |
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Now that the regular sailing season has ended at ISC and the weather has begun to turn colder, I thought
it would be the appropriate time to add a photo gallery of iceboating on Geist. ISC has had an active DN
iceboat fleet for many years. Each year the fleet usually manages to get in at least a couple of weekends worth
of racing, ice conditions permitting.
Have a look at what hard water sailing is all about in the Photo Gallery.
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