Flying Dutchman Bulletin 171 by Marc Strittmatter

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Time to say goodbye ... E D I T O R I A L With this FD Bulletin I would like to say goodbye as VP Communications. Almost 9 years of promotion work for the Flying Dutchman Class, 3 years of which were for the German Class Association, are behind me and I would like to take the opportunity to thank some enthusiastic FD sailors with whom I have worked very closely and creatively during this time. First of all Caro Rudorff, with whom I was able to give the whole communication of the German and later also the International Flying Dutchamn class a new face. The National Secretaries and members of National Classes, without whose support and content there would have been no content for the Bulletin or the digital channels: Philipp Zingerle, Manfred Panuschka, NadanÂ Kosanovic, BoskoÂ Celic, Karsten Keil, Sami Leitl, Enrique Egea, Tomasz Kledzik, Petr Storch, Boris and Andrey Novoderenzhik, Ian and Jane McCrossin, Gerhard Panuschka, Eric Deleu, Luigi Macci, Dave Hislop, David Gibb, Vycheslav Chybarov, Carlo Brugman. My colleagues on the General Committee for a trusting and inspiring collaboration, especially John Best, Ed Cox, Jan Lechler, Zsofia Csanda, Rinaldo Rinaldi and Paul Hemker. And last but not least, my Subcommittee Communications, who will also be leaving office at the end of 2019: Tim Wechsler and Bene Nagel. Together, in the past 3 1/2 years we have put the complete digital communication of the IFDCO on a new footing. This would not have been possible without your knowledge and commitment. Thanks, guys! I wish the new President Peter van Koppen and his team good luck. Now enjoy reading this bulletin with plenty of IFDCO information and many reports from various international regattas including the outstanding European Championship at Lake Balaton, Hungary. See you again on the water! Marc Strittmatter

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Marc and Reto Strittmatter Lake Garda 2019

Content PresidentÂ´s Letter 5 AGM 2019 Meeting Minutes 9 Centerboard and Rudder 15 European Championship 2019 16 2020 World Championship 34 EuroCup Karwendel Cup 40 EuroCup Marina Preis 42 Polish Championship 44 Croatian Championship 46 EuroCup 2019 48 ThermikCup 2019 49 Advertising Rates 50 Imprint 51

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President´s Letter P E T E R

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Dear FD sailors! Presidents letter part 1 As your new President I write to you my first Presidents letter! After a hopefully nice and beautiful Christmas time we find ourseleves in the New Year 2020. As in the wintertime there is not much sailing on the northern hemisphere we load up for the upcoming year whilst on the southern hemisphere you are in the middle of the season. Looking back at 2019 we had another great season with a good number of regattas and participation. We had two really big highlights this year. Of course the Worlds in Nelson New Zealand with 41 competitors at the start in Nelson. Looking at the photos and listening to the stories there was great sailing at an unblievable beautiful location. And those who made the effort travelling so far got fully rewarded.

Furthermore Marc Strittmatter decided to step down as the VP Communications at the end of the year 2019. On behalf of everybody in the FD-Class we have to express great appreciation for all he has done for the Class. He spent an incredible amount of time and effort over all these years with all his heart and persuasion. Thank you very much Marc!

As for the second highlight: we had the Euopeans on Hungary on Lake Balaton. The organisation was great again. The Hungarians really know how to do this. A great thanks to Szabolcs and Zsofia and of course all others on the organizing team. Also compliments for the excellent media-coverage.

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We hoped for a slightly higher number of competitors but wind and weather conditions made up for this. We were spoiled by social events every day. The Spartacus Sailing Club is such a good location for an event like this. The atmosphere between the sailors was great and it was very good to see so many Russians and Ukrainians. All this gives me the impression that we are still a great International Class.

So we need a new candidate for this position soon. We invite anybody who can and wants do do the job. Please let us know! At he AGCM in Hungary Alberto is installed as the Trophy officer and will take care of all issues regarding the trophies we have in the class. He will also take care of the history of the class.

After a difficult situation we had within the class about the Presidents election procedure I would like to point out to you a few comments to this subject. Above all things we all love to sail the Flying Dutchman and that is mostly what the class is all about. But in order to enjoy the sailing we need an organization taking care of all the necessary business. Most of the sailors are not aware (and that is totally all right) how much time and effort is involved to arrange all this. So therefore we have the Committee with all of its members.

On the Commitee side several changes took place:

All these members are volunteers doing their jobs the best way they can. As the FD-class is not a big time company with a lot of money we can not afford to pay all kind of professionals. But of course every committe members has his or her job, family and other obligations. If we would not have these volunteers who spent up to sometimes hundreds of hours doing work for the FD the class just would not exist.

As I became President I can no longer execute the task of Treasurer. I’m very happy that Roman Houdek is willing to do the job. As for now he will be the interim Tresurer. We will follow the necessary nomination procedure.

In order to run the class rules and byelaws were written a long time ago and rewritten later. As for the election produre: in the past only the Committee itself could nominate a new Com-

So therefore we look forward to the next Worlds in Altea Spain. The Spanish that were in Hungary showed a lot of enthousiasm to organize this event. So surely we will have a great Championship there.

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If there are no other candidates for this position he will be nominated fully at the AGCM in Altea.

mittee member. Nobody outside the Committee had anything to say about it. The sailors were not involved. As time moves on we are all more used to be able to give our vote or opinion about things. When Tony Lyall was installed as President in 2015 in Sydney for the first time the sailors could give their vote. Almost all sailors present at the Worlds were assembled on a grassfield and so the voting was done. Only all the sailors not being present at the Worlds could not participate in the voting. Shortly before the latest Presidents election we decided to get as many sailors involved in the election with all of our best intentions. A lot of the sailors were disappointed by the rules defined in the byelaws that we had to apply. Some byelaws will be adapted to make things even more clear. There is also a big responsability with the National Secrataries. We decided to comminicate more and better about these things with them. Just as they also have to

communicate better with the Committee. One last remark: Democracy is a good thing but it also has its limits. We live in the time of the modern media. It is very easy to give your opinion sitting behind a screen. You can even spread it around to the whole world. Sometimes it can be extremely dangerous especially if wrong information is spread around. So I want to ask to all of you: whenever you have a problem about the class direct yourself to one of the Committee members or your National Secretary instead of getting all FD-members involved straight away. Eventually there is an easy explanation to your problem. It is always easy to critisize, so If you belive you can do a better job please join the committee and come and help us. Several times in the past we have asked people for this. Hardly ever we found anybody who then wanted to do a committee job for real. President IFDCO Peter van Koppen

Peter van Koppen with Thomas Schiffer Lake Garda 2019

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IFDCO Annual General Committee Meeting 2019 M E E T I N G Place: Regatta Center, Balatonfolvar, Hungary Date: Wednesday, 18th September 2019 Begin: 18:20 End: 20:45 Participants and distribution list for the General Committee: Executive Officers: • n.n. (President) • Meike Greten (General Secretary) • Peter van Koppen (Treasurer) • Rinaldo Rinaldi (VP Championships) • Marc Strittmatter (VP Communications) • Paul Hemker (VP Technical) • Svend Vieweg (VP Development – not present) Administrative Officers: • Tanja Heijnk (Chief Measurer) • Tony Lyall (commissarial Boat Registrar – not present) • Commodores (National Secretaries of 3 major EU FD Nations + AUS & NZL, USA): • GER: Tom Greten • ITA: Alberto Barenghi (represents Luigi Macci – not present) • NED: Fred Schaaf (not present) • AUS & NZL: Ian McCrossin (not present) • USA: Paul Hemker

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TOP 1 Presidents Opening Remarks Peter van Koppen as interims president with Meike Greten welcomes the Committee to his Annual General Committee Meeting 2019. TOP 2 Apologies for Absence Apologies for absence were received by Luigi Macci, his representative Alberto Barenghi is apologized because his mast broke today. TOP 3 Confirmation of the Minutes of the AGCM – Medemblik 2018 The Minutes of the AGCM held 26th July 2018 in Medemblik are agreed. TOP 4 Matters arising from those Minutes not covered by Agenda items No matters arising. TOP 5 President’s Report Peter van Koppen presented the work which has been done as interims president: The vote for the president election was done by e-mail for the first time, organized by Meike. A great result with a lot of response have been received. Peter will explain the situation in the presidents letter in the next bulletin. In total he promises much more communication with the national secretaries to make sure that no misunderstandings will come up. Peter will stop his work in 10 weeks so that there is much more time for him for the IFDCO. Peter is proud of the class: 17 nations are the European Championship here at Lake Balaton. The report is agreed. TOP 6 General Secretary Report

General Secretary Meike Greten with Tom Greten Lake Garda 2019

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(including any item from World Sailing) Meike Greten mentions following points: • We need to update the Byelaws in terms of the wording “ISAF” vs. “World Sailing”. • Byelaws will be reworked in regard of the voting process by Ed Cox, Dutch Law, World Sailing proofed • Voting Process will be defined • Plan to build up a member database as our Byelaws are requiring

• World Sailing • Is working a lot on their own structure • Wants to concentrate on Olympic classes The report is agreed. TOP 7 Treasurers Report a) Accounts for 2018 Peter van Koppen hands out and presents the financial report in a detailed way. Peter highlights the following points: • Reserve account: around 50’ (reserve for WC) • Working account: around 30’ • Build up reserve again The report is agreed. b) Update on the Finances for 2019 to date The budget 2019 was presented by Peter van Koppen. There are no special expenses in 2019 expected; except higher expenses for WC and EC because there are both events in 2019. Up to now: 548 members, 207 sailbuttons sold Decision: The membership fee won’t be raised up this year. The report is agreed. c) Budget for 2020 The budget for 2020 will be similar to 2019. No special expenses are expected; no container grants will be given in 2020. Decision: 75.000 € should be enough as a reserve in total (50’ for WC, 25’ for other things). The amount above this border should be invested in young sailors and communication in development countries. The report is agreed. TOP 8 Officers Report VP Championships Rinaldo Rinaldo presents the results of the work of VP Championships: • WC 2020: Altea, ESP; will be signed shortly; preparations are going on • To do: fix the rule for split fleet racing in the championship rules • Three bids for WC 2021 (Campione ITA, Torbole ITA, Gnydia POL) with the new bid-book (just Campione delivered a fully filled up bid-book with a great social program). All bids were presented to the fleet at the competitors hearing. • Euro Cup results have to be better prepared as Excel file

Decision: WC 2021 will be in Campione, ITA. WC 2022 will be in Gnydia, POL. The reason is that AUS/NZL/USA promised to participate in 2021 in Italy. Poland is willing and can prepare a good Worlds for 2022. 2023 should be USA, any ideas are welcome. VP Communications Marc presents the work of him and his subcommittee with Tim and Benedikt. • Aim: show FD sailing on as many channels as possible to get sponsors for the class (give a sponsor a media presentation) and to get younger sailors on board • Launched a new youtube-channel IFDCO to address young people (with videos from Italy, Spain, Germany etc.) and to collect great material at one channel • Launched an Instagram account to address younger sailors; aim 3.000; followers; currently > 300 – since a few weeks online • Budget of 1000 € from last year was invested to support two championship video production (GER and AUT) • GER 90 has done a video on their own which has about 26.000 clicks on youtube • One more bulletin will be produced in 2019 Decision: 1.000 Euro for youth-training from this year will be postponed to next year as a Pre-Worlds training 2020. Decision: 1.000 Euro media budget will be available again in 2020. Marc is retiring at the end of the year. We thank Marc for his tireless dedication and commitment to IFDCO. He has moved and achieved a lot for the class in the years of his tenure. We will miss his support and wish him all the best for the new time gained and continue to enjoy the FD sailing. VP Technical Respectfully submitted by Paul Hemker, VP Technical, by e-mail before the meeting In the last several years we have had very few technical items that have caused problems. World Sailing (WS) has revised the process of making Rule changes so they can be handled very promptly by submitting the proposed changes to WS and they review the revisions and advise whether the changes meet their requirements. In general we have only had one

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Jorgen and Jens Bojsen Möller in choppy conditions at 2019 European Championship

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or two submissions that were reviewed and the only one that had any import was related to another submission that several members had objected to. We asked that the old rule be reinstated and WS agreed. In other words it is much easier to update rules without the rush for all classes to submit changes one time a year. The three current items that are under discussion within the class are gybing centerboards, the new Centerboard/Rudder jig and a possible change in the method of measuring the mainsail. We will continue to review the gybing centerboard issue but have advised the person who has requested that gybing centerboards be banned that it will be difficult to implement his proposed change in addition to the fact that the additional cost for gybing boards does not seem excessive. The fact that gybing boards have been used successfully for many years by a number of sailors indicates that breakage may not be the major consideration that has been given as a reason for banning them. The new centerboard/rudder jig has been used for the 2019 Worlds and 2019 European Championships. It was produced using cad files and has been compared carefully with old and new mylars (the gold standard for their shapes) and the new jig is as accurate as it seems possible to produce. A number of foils are somewhat under the size limitations specified in the rules but have previously measured in at championships. In the opinion of the Technical Committee, foils will need to conform to the new jig for regattas after 2019. New foils that have been measured with the new jig measure just fine. One sailmaker has

requested that we consider making changes in the method of measuring the mainsail. In discussion with other sailmakers, they agree that it might be easier to use the proposed method but they do not consider the current method as being hard to work with. We will continue to see if changing would make Regatta Inspection more accurate and faster. At the moment there is a distinct need to expand the list of International Measurers and also a need to encourage those interested in the technical aspects of the FD to volunteer for the Technical Committee. Proposal from Dirk Bogumil to forbit the jibbing centerboard. The proposal won’t be agreed. VP Development Svend was out of communication the last months/years. There was no report and no action received. Decision: The GC will doublecheck IFDCO Foundation Rules regarding a resignation ofcommittee members. Decision: Add a paragraph that the meeting committee can finish a term of acommittee member. Additional information from other committee members: • An E-Mail from Chile was received, they are asking for sails and telling that the are preparing some old FDs. • Question from RUS: aksing for masts (for old boats, Alu or wooden)

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Peter is taking care of it: Make it public! “Clean your garage and bring masts and sails”

TOP 9 Commodore Reports Australia & New Zealand • – Germany • IFDCO received member-list of Germany; good increase in the last years (also because of the Worlds 2016), now a little drop • Big drive for younger sailors • One Class Boat will be replaced by a quite new boat including a double-trailer Italy • See Report below by Alberto Barenghi Netherlands • Older Crews resigned, younger crews are coming but staying in the • Netherlands, training a lot • Youngest FD sailor with 14 years J USA • US has a new president • Offers an FD as a charter boat • Conflicts with international regattas GBR by Tony Lyall Number of active boats is now very small only 6/7 are sailing and only 3 of those are likely top travel to any European or World events. • Despite this out membership numbers are

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still high at around 20 those the majority of those are old members who no longer sail the FD. There were no FD racing in the UK in either 2018 or 2019. There are only 8 or 9 boats that are fit to race and all but two of those are over 20 years old. Lookin forward to 2020 and beyond I fear there will be a slow decline in membership numbers.

Report from Italy by Alberto Barenghi The Italian Flying Dutchman Class in 2019 was confirmed as one of the numerous fleets with 69 members and about 30 boats participating in the various regional, national and international regattas. The contribution in geographical terms on the Italian territory is expressed mainly by 3 areas of the Italian Sailing Federations: Lazio, Marche and Tuscany. The work of the „FD Storici“ (Historical Flying Dutchman) group continues with good results for the recovery of the old boats present in the national territory. In this year our class has acquired a Promo Boat for young crews; we have also worked to encourage a rejuvenation process through the involvement of young sailors to compose new crews. In the context of organizing the Class events in Italy, the goal we tried to achieve was to propose regattas that could also attract foreign crews, providing both the structures of the clubs and other facilities that allowed foreign sailors to minimize travel and consequent costs moreover the Italian Class is go-

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ing on to organize further activities to join, as training or clinic sessions, Italian and foreign teams. The results obtained are good and we hope to improve the offer available to anyone with the pleasure of sailing in our Country by a Flying Dutchman dinghy. Regarding the appointment of the new IFDCO President we are proud that one of our members is candidate for this position and the Italian Committee has made a commitment with a significant effort to reach the widest involvement of Italian FD Class members. The doubts and suggestions raised by several national Committees regarding the elective criteria, after the result has issued, make necessary and indispensable a better clarity of the method applied. Moreover, a revision of the elective criteria must guarantee a multinational representation necessary for the survival of the FD Class. One of the Italian Class goal is to promote an improvement of the communication systems between the sailors and the National and International Committees to involve each FD member in the Class life; moreover, a better communication system could improve the visibility of our Class to sponsors on social and media channels. Italian Class is ready to provide any ideas to improve this goal as soon as possible. Since now we are available to host international future events in suitable locations and with valid organizations as we demonstrated in 2017 by organizing FD Worlds in the beautiful Marina di Scarlino. We are looking forward to receiving a feedback from IFDCO Committee with the hope to work together for the future of FD Class. TOP 10 Boat Registration Report Zsofia Csanda stepped back per 30th September 2018 as IFDCO Boat Registrar. Zsofia has done an amazing job for the class. IFDCO thanks here for all the effort she was willing to serve to the class and each FD sailor. Tony Lyall is willing to do this job. Tony has successfully taken over the whole material by Zsofia. Boats 2019: around 26 boat owner changes Report by Tony Lyall Because of the circumstances & timing of the previous post holders resignation there was

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no formal appointment of, or hand over to the new Boat Registrar. So we were in a bit of limbo for several months. That has now all been sorted out and we are fully up and running. You will have seen I’m sure the article in the most recent International Bulletin. I must stress that it’s important that those that are selling a boat pass on all the original documents to the new owner and that they in turn send those to me. Scanned, photocopied & photo shot copies are not acceptable as the quality of these are often very poor and the data is no longer readable. It would also help is they typed their personal details as I’ve had difficulty reading some of the handwriting. Personal numbers are still a problem mainly in Countries that don’t have National Class organizations as many sailors don’t understand the system & think they can just choose any number they want. It would be really helpful if I could have an up to date list of all National Secretaries and an e-mail address so I can contact them is I have any questions/issues. In closing I want to say Zsofia in behalf of all the members of IFDCO say a big thank you for all her hard work she’s done over the last 12 years, taking over from Cle was always going to be a hard act to follow, but she’s done a great job. Decision: A FD half model will be presented to Zsofia as a thank you at the price giving ceremony. TOP 11 Chief Measurers Report Tanja Heijnk presents her experience and work as chief measurer: • WC NZ: 42 boats, all good, including a self-made boat, very good measurement, not a lot of problems, weights were taken out of some boats • EC HUN: Clubs have good solutions for hanging the scale, still optimizing the procedure to get faster • Thorsten Gaubisch, GER, wants to become an international measurer in the next years • Ioannis Remoundos, GER/GRE, wants to become an international measurer • Alexander Antrecht and Dirk Bogumil are potentials for measurer • Big discussion in World Sailing measure-

ment. Want to get rid of the premeasurements, • only professional measurers. Not doable for FD class. • Preparation with Spain for measurement works fine. • IFDCO is planning to introduce a digital measurement certificate form Decision: Professional photos from prices for insurance, website, etc. needed; descriptions of the prices necessary. Alberto Barenghi will take care of those photos.

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want shorter races, more tactical racing Youth is asking about the courses. Decision was already made: first sausage, then triangle. Not happy about jibbing center board because of the costs. Enthusiastic of going to Campione – specially of free entry fee foryoung sailors. Pre-Worlds Training in Altea to spend the money of 1.000 Euro from last year.

TOP 13 Election of Officers for Executive and General Committee President:

TOP 12 Matters arising from other Meetings National Secretaries Meeting The meeting was hosted by Meike Greten. Following nations were represented by their national secretaries/representative: NED, CZE, UKR, RUS, ITA, HUN, SUI, ESP, POL, GER, AUT • Meike informed the secretaries about the procedure of the election process executed by the rules written in the byelaws and the counting of the votes. • Our byelaws have to be adapted to the modern possibilities of a voting process. • IFDCO has to communicate more with the national secretaries and vice versa. • New national secretaries have to be informed by IFDCO how to do their job. IFDCO will create a manual for this request. • Every nation is invited to give their feedback on the Byelaws and proposed changes. • Meike asked all nations to send their requests and ideas, problems and concerns to the person of the General Committee who is responsible for the specific topic (please don’t send emails to 30 people and more) Competitor’s Forum The competitor’s forum was held by Meike Greten. • Rinaldo presented 3 different bits for the Worlds 2021: Campione ITA, Torbole ITA, Gnydia POL. The voting went 23 for Campione, 25 for Gnydia. Youth Hearing Marc Strittmatter hosted a youth hearing with 15 participants. • All of them want more races, all of them

The process for nominations was opened on 25th of January 2018 till 1st of April 2018 via our international website www.sailifdco.com. The Byelaws define in 6.6.5 that three month before an AGCM the nominations have to be received by the General Secretary. Up to the end of April 2018 no nominations have been received. At the AGCM in Medemblik it was decided to open a new period of six months as required for nominations starting the 1st of January 2019. Valid nominations till 1st of July 2019 were received by Eric Deleu and Peter van Koppen. The voting process was announced via our website sailifdco.com and open till 31st of August 2019. We received 173 valid votes. 99 for Peter van Koppen, 74 for Eric Deleu. Decision: Peter van Koppen is the new president. Position of VP Treasurer is now vacant. Peter is continuing to do the job interim. Decision: Trophy officer: Alberto Barenghi TOP 14 Any Other Business Bid Book for World Championship • Great work by Marc and Rinaldo, tested for 2021; working fine Approval Process for financial decisions • Decision: Before the money is spend, everybody should approve the spending GPRM privacy regulations • Tony is willing to take care of it for IFDCO • Rule in Byelaws deleting to publish email addresses • Work over our documents Rules of conduct of General committee members • If a member is not working according to the rules or byelaws the committee can resign him – Peter checks committee do-

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cument in Dutch and makes a proposal to the committee • Peter checks Foundation / Organization for Dutch law to get clarification Update Byelaws: • exchanging all ISAF words into World Sailing • regarding the tasks of the boat registrar and the treasurer concerning • the Sail buttons 1.4.6 and 2.2.5 • E-voting in the future • Responsibility of National Secretaries: memberlists to IFDCO • Decision: The GC can update the Byelaw by approving it via email.

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TOP 15 Close of the meeting The Annual General Committee Meetings ends at 20:45.

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Centerboard and Rudder P A U L

H E M K E R

A reminder to all sailors that Centerboards and Rudders must meet the outline of the current foil template for 2020 Worlds at Altea. A number of foils that have been presented in the last few championships have been undersized. In most cases minor additions to tips can bring them into compliance. The new template has been carefully compared to old and new Mylar prints as well as to the digital files. Paul Hemker VP Technical

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European Championship 2019 B A L A T O N

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DAY 1 Danish lead after day 1, two Hungarian boats in podium position On the opening day of the 2019 Flying Dutchman Europeans the first 2 races have been conducted in mild, sunny but rather shifty conditions on Lake Balaton. The fleet was clear of the start only after several attempts in both races, the organizers had to use black flag at the start of the 1st race. From one hand this was thanked to the tricky, shifty wind conditions where one could easily find himself on the wrong side of the line seconds before the start, but some of the crews were probably testing the strictness and capabilities of the organizing comittee, whether they can manage a fleet of 67 boats from 17 different countries. Well, they did! After the black flagged start a total of 4 boats have been disqualified from race 1. It is the Bojsen-Möller brothers (actually cousins), who are leading the pack after 2 races harvesting a well deserved first and second place. The 13 times world champion Hungarian crew, Majthenyi & Domokos duo is currently on 2nd position with consecutive 3rd places. Current 3rd is the local Ziegler – Czeizel boat with an outstanding performance of 8th and 4th places. The “peloton” is not far behind with several German crews who are not new for the Balaton conditions. “We rounded the first top mark in 10th place in both races. The south-westerly – which is normally well known to us – has shifted 30 degrees at the worst moment, and although the organizers have reacted quick and modified the course, we had to fight hard to get back to the top of the fleet. We could gain positions mainly during downwind with good tactics and were able to catch a few more boats just before the finish line” – said Szabolcs Majthenyi The organizers are expecting a greater variety of wind conditions in the upcoming days so there is plenty of room to improve in the remaining 7 races.

Dmitry Novoderezhkin RUS 21 Best Sailor under 18 years

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DAY 2

No R acing on Second D ay It was a windless day on Lake Balaton, the fleet spent the day ashore under postponement. Top left: European Vice Champions Jรถrn and Bodo Borowski Top right: 3rd of the European Championship Jorgen and Jens Bojsen Mรถller Bottom left: Fyling Germans Kilian Kรถnig and Alexander Antrecht

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DAY 3

Local Heros Jump Ahead on Day 3 After todays’ three races Szabolcs Majthenyi & András Domokos from Hungary have jumped to the top of the leader board on the Flying Dutchman European Championship. Tough conditions greated the fleet on the water today. The 20-25 knots northerly gusts have kept 7 crews on shore. Some were brave but unlucky as many capsized and a few dismasted mainly during race 1. After windless yesterday It was a complete adrenalin rush for those who managed to remain in the battle, the have sailed 3 complete races today. It was an excellent start of race 1 for the Hungarian top team and after rounding the top mark in 1st position, the managed to extend their lead with a great spinnaker run. Not all were determined enough to hoist the colourful downwind sails. Shaking of the chasing pack consisting of mainly German crews, they also had to face with technical difficulties in the 2nd upwind, but regardless they managed to pull in victory of the 1st race. Conditions were calming down for the start of race 2 but it also meant 20-30 degrees shifts of gusts which made this race a very tactical one. Nerves were in the right place for the Borowski brothers from Germany who lead through the whole race and holding a firm grip on victory till the end. Behind them the Bojsen-Möller cousins finished 2nd and there was some extreme tight battle for the 3rd place as only 5 inches have separated the Majthenyi & Domokos duo from the Burkert & Schwade crew on the finish line in favour of the Hungarians. The 13 times world champions were unstoppable in race 5, with almost perfect sailing they claimed easy victory upon the Borowski brothers and the Schiffer & Wenten duo from Germany. After a great day of sailing the Majthenyi & Domokos duo have stepped up on top the overall leader board, behind them are the Danish Bojsen-Möller cousins, and with their great performance today the Borowski brothers have made their way up to 3rd position. Further 4 races are planned in the remaining 2 days of the regatta.

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DAY 4

Majthényi–Domokos Secure European Title on Penultimate Day The European Championship of the FD class continued with another three races today in Balatonföldvár. Overninght leaders Majthényi and Domokos executed their tactical task for race 6: stay close to the Bojsen-Möller boat, their current rivals for the title. The pair sticked together throughout the race, and after rounding the first mark in the twenties, they managed to finish 6th and 7th respectively. Their class showed especially in the downwind parts of the course. Hungarian Süli and Papp showed stellar form to lead the way around only to lose the race to the Borowski brothers in the final approach to the finish. With their second race win, the German duo is on fire, looks even stronger for a podium finish. The wind picked up and settled in race 7, the leading trio engaged in a tight battle. The Hungarians came out on top in the last downwind to take the race win, Schafers-Happich came second, the Boysen-Möllers 3rd and the Borowskis 4th. At 4 pm PRO Bence Fluck was determined to conduct the third race of the day as conditions were near perfect. In the building breeze the unstoppable Hungarians took advantage of their good speed and stamina to take victory ahead of Markhoff-Stöckmann and Schafers-Happich from Germany. HUN 70 pulled out a magic last mark rounding to jump in the lead from 3rd position. After 8 races the second discard came into play. Regardless of tomorrow’s last race, Szabolcs Majthényi and András Domokos secured their sixth European Championship gold medal – beside the 13 World titles. They are in the FD elite for 25 years now, but this one is special – it is the first major title they won on home waters. The battle is on for the podium positions tomorrow, one last race will decide the silver and bonze medals.

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European Champions 2019 Szabolcs Majthenyi and Andras Domokos

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DAY 5

The 2019 FD European Championship Concludes with Hungarian Victory The 2019 FD European Championship Concludes with Hungarian Victory September 20, 2019 Local favourites Szabolcs Majthényi and András Domokos have already won the championship title yesterday. There was one more challenge for them however, to win the golden FD model awarded the best team without a discard. With their 4th place finish in race 9, mission completed. They have been sailing in sensational form all week with four race wins and consistent top 3 scores to count. The final race of the series got away in light and shifty Easterly wind that usually dies around midday. PRO Bence Fluck did not want any delay, the race got started under black flag. The Czech team of Hruby-Houdek managed to read the shifts best, they went on winning the race to climb up 5th overall. Yesterday’s podium positions remained unchanged – Jörn and Bodo Borowski from Germany posted 10th place today, but it was enough for them to win silver medal. The Boysen-Möllers from Denmark settled for bronze with a 6th place finish. t was a succesful event with all the scheduled races completed. The organisers did a great job on and off the water with the help of the beautiful early autumn Balaton weather. The two consecutive breezy days with 3 races each were pretty demanding and memorable for many of us. Spartacus Sailing Club has an ongoing passion of hosting major international events for several years. As the Finn Gold Cup in 2017 or the Laser Radial Youth Euro in 2018, this year’s FD Europeans is again made possible by our fantastic club volunteers and partners, the Ministry of Human Capacities and the Hungarian Yachting Association. See You next time! Spartacus Sailing Club

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30 | European Championship

Material Report European Championship T O P Final Result

2 0

T E A M S

Sail nr

Hull

Year of build

Mast

Material Mast

Center Rudder Board

Boom

Material Boom

Spi

HUN

Planatech

2016/02

Pauger

Carbon

Planatech

Bloodaxe

Planatech

Carbon

GER

202

1990/10

Avantgarde

Carbon

Fes

Proctor

Alu

DEN

2019/08

Selden

Carbon

Mader

Carbon

NED

Bogumil

2009/01

Selden

Carbon

Bogumil

Bloodaxe

Fiberwork

Carbon

CZE

Planatech

2018/06

Selden

Carbon

Planatech

Bogumil

Carbon

GER

Planatech

2014/05

Selden

Carbon

Mader

Planatech

Carbon

König

GER

135

2010/08

Selden

Carbon

TEB

Bloodaxe

Proctor

Alu

König

GER

2016/01

Southern

Carbon

Mader

Carbon

König

GER

113

2018/03

Selden

Carbon

König

Mader

Carbon

König

GER

111

2013/04

Selden

Carbon

Mader

Carbon

König

HUN

2012/06

Selden

Carbon

Teb

Mader

Selden

Carbon

One

GER

222

Bogumil

2007/05

Super Spar

Carbon

Fes

Steingross

Fiberwork

Carbon

ESP

2017/05

Selden

Carbon

McCanes

Mader

Planatech

Carbon

GER

199

Bogumil

2013/11

Selden

Carbon

Bogumil

Fiberwork

Carbon

GER

1987/11

Super Spar

Carbon

Mader

Carbon

König

ITA

2014/05

Avantgarde

Carbon

Avantgarde

Mader

Avantgarde

Carbon

HUN

Planatech

2014/09

Pauger

Carbon

Planatech

Bloodaxe

Mader

Carbon

GER

Vels

1996/03

Avantgarde

Carbon

Vels

Mader

Home made

Carbon

GER

2018/10

Selden

Carbon

Mader

Carbon

König

GER

171

Bogumil

2005/01

Selden

Carbon

TEB

Bloodaxe

Fiberwork

Carbon

König

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European Championship F I N A L

R E S U L T S

Rank

Country Code

Helm Name

Crew Name

Total

Nett

1st

HUN

Majthényi

Szabolcs

Domokos

2nd

GER

202

Borowski

Jörn

Borowski

András

3.0

1.0

3.0

1.0

(6.0)

1.0

(4.0)

23.0

13.0

Bodo

(19.0)

6.0

4.0

1.0

2.0

1.0

4.0

(10.0)

51.0

3rd

DEN

Bojsen-Moller

Jorgen

22.0

Bojsen-Moller

Jens

1.0

2.0

5.0

2.0

6.0

(7.0)

3.0

(7.0)

6.0

39.0

25.0

4th

NED

Kramer

5th

CZE

Hrubý

Enno

Geelkerken

Ard

6.0

(17.0)

3.0

6.0

5.0

4.0

6.0

5.0

(8.0)

60.0

35.0

Jiøí

Houdek

Roman

(13.0)

7.0

9.0

(11.0)

3.0

7.0

9.0

1.0

69.0

45.0

6th

GER

7th

GER

135

Schäfers

Kai

Happich

Andreas

17.0

10.0

6.0

(21.0)

(28.0)

10.0

2.0

3.0

2.0

99.0

50.0

Jambor

Ralph

Schreiber

Jens

(32.0)

5.0

13.0

5.0

7.0

(23.0)

12.0

16.0

5.0

118.0

8th

GER

63.0

von Lepel

Markus

von Lepel

Joshua

16.0

1.0

7.0

17.0

(21.0)

(34.0)

12.0

13.0

128.0

73.0

9th

GER

113

König

Kilian

Antrecht

Alexander

(BFD 63.0)

15.0

2.0

14.0

9.0

12.0

15.0

13.0

(18.0)

161.0

80.0

10th

GER

111

Schiffer

Thomas

Wenten

Thorsten

18.0

14.0

18.0

11.0

3.0

9.0

(19.0)

(DNC 63.0)

11.0

166.0

84.0

11th

HUN

Ziegler

János

Czeizel

Balázs

8.0

4.0

(DNF 63.0)

19.0

14.0

(24.0)

11.0

17.0

12.0

172.0

85.0

12th

GER

222

Albert

Felix

Merz

Lukas

2.0

(25.0)

(DNF 63.0)

10.0

18.0

20.0

10.0

25.0

3.0

176.0

88.0

13th

ESP

Romero

Ginés

Sevila

Roberto

23.0

(42.0)

14.0

8.0

10.0

(30.0)

16.0

8.0

14.0

165.0

93.0

14th

GER

199

Bogumil

Dirk

Lisken

Michael

5.0

19.0

(28.0)

15.0

19.0

(35.0)

18.0

9.0

167.0

104.0

15th

GER

Burkert

Malte

Swade

Christoph

(45.0)

(DNF 63.0)

21.0

4.0

8.0

39.0

5.0

11.0

27.0

223.0

115.0

16th

ITA

Cipriani

Roberto

Rinaldi

Rinaldo

12.0

(43.0)

17.0

(BFD 63.0)

36.0

5.0

21.0

19.0

7.0

223.0

117.0

17th

HUN

Suli

Andras

Papp

David

(BFD 63.0)

(49.0)

11.0

18.0

25.0

2.0

8.0

10.0

44.0

230.0

118.0

18th

GER

Ballerstein

Olaf

Wellensiek

Jobst

(29.0)

21.0

12.0

20.0

12.0

(32.0)

9.0

28.0

19.0

182.0

121.0

19th

GER

Markhoff

Shmuel

Stöckmann

Lars

7.0

37.0

(DNF 63.0)

13.0

26.0

(DSQ 63.0)

25.0

2.0

16.0

252.0

126.0

20th

GER

171

Jambor

Max

Reumschüssel

Moritz

(35.0)

34.0

22.0

16.0

13.0

8.0

14.0

(35.0)

20.0

197.0

127.0

21st

SUI

Fels

Stephan

Hügel

Ulf

24.0

8.0

10.0

(BFD 63.0)

21.0

34.0

17.0

21.0

(36.0)

234.0

135.0

22nd

GER

213

Albert

Rolf

Priegann

Axel

(36.0)

26.0

16.0

26.0

23.0

17.0

24.0

6.0

(29.0)

203.0

138.0

23rd

POL

Rokosz

Maciej

Tyszkiewicz

Piotr

10.0

16.0

32.0

31.0

15.0

11.0

(33.0)

(DNC 63.0)

23.0

234.0

138.0

24th

ITA

Samuelli Ferretti

Giacomo

Koles

Attila

14.0

24.0

15.0

(38.0)

(40.0)

16.0

28.0

29.0

33.0

237.0

159.0

25th

GER

172

Strittmatter

Marc

Panuschka

Manfred

9.0

22.0

25.0

33.0

20.0

(DNF 63.0)

36.0

(SCP 46.0)

17.0

271.0

162.0

26th

GER

Römmelt

Thomas

Zeller

Peter

25.0

9.0

(DNF 63.0)

(DNC 63.0)

16.0

22.0

27.0

23.0

42.0

290.0

164.0

27th

AUT

Mastnak

Alexander

Hamminger

Johannes

(39.0)

33.0

8.0

25.0

37.0

13.0

(43.0)

20.0

35.0

253.0

171.0

28th

GER

235

Krohmer

Alexander

Leitl

Samuel

11.0

28.0

(DNF 63.0)

(DNC 63.0)

27.0

26.0

20.0

39.0

32.0

309.0

183.0

29th

CRO

Kosanovic

Nadan

Celic

Bosko

(48.0)

(54.0)

19.0

22.0

44.0

18.0

31.0

285.0

183.0

30th

GER

Greten

Ernst

Kiel

Niklas

(41.0)

27.0

20.0

28.0

24.0

35.0

29.0

24.0

(46.0)

274.0

187.0

31st

ESP

Martinez Torregrosa

Francisco

Ruiz Girón

José Luis

33.0

20.0

23.0

(BFD 63.0)

4.0

42.0

47.0

(DNC 63.0)

22.0

317.0

191.0

32nd

HUN

Dr Tenke

Peter

Dr Polgar

Csaba

(BFD 63.0)

12.0

(DNF 63.0)

23.0

22.0

27.0

51.0

32.0

24.0

317.0

191.0

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Rank

Country Code

Helm Name

Crew Name

Total

Nett

33rd

GER

209

Müller

Marianne

Gaubisch

34th

GER

Fleischer

Markus

Busch

Thorsten

(37.0)

29.0

24.0

29.0

37.0

22.0

26.0

(43.0)

271.0

191.0

Axel

26.0

30.0

31.0

12.0

(38.0)

25.0

(38.0)

37.0

34.0

271.0

35th

CZE

Pseidl

Pavel

195.0

Neužil

Pavel

(BFD 63.0)

18.0

(42.0)

30.0

33.0

36.0

13.0

30.0

37.0

302.0

197.0

36th

GER

Nagel

Benedikt

Bauer

Lukas

34.0

45.0

26.0

34.0

(46.0)

15.0

30.0

(DNC 63.0)

26.0

319.0

210.0

37th

GER

38th

ITA

Rudorff

Caroline

Heising

Stefan

21.0

39.0

36.0

17.0

(49.0)

38.0

26.0

36.0

(48.0)

310.0

213.0

Barenghi

Alberto

Koles

Gabor

30.0

41.0

(DNF 63.0)

(DNC 63.0)

DNC 63.0

14.0

31.0

22.0

15.0

342.0

216.0

39th

GER

Warminski

Nikolas

Warminski

Valentin

22.0

38.0

29.0

37.0

32.0

(49.0)

(42.0)

38.0

25.0

312.0

221.0

40th

NED

Schaaf

Fred

Schaaf

Casper

31.0

35.0

27.0

36.0

30.0

(44.0)

RDGa 34.7

(40.0)

312.4

228.4

41st

POL

Tyszkiewicz

Jacek

Deleu

Eric

28.0

40.0

34.0

27.0

(43.0)

28.0

37.0

(DNC 63.0)

38.0

338.0

232.0

42nd

GER

112

Greten

Meike

Greten

Tom

43.0

(47.0)

39.0

35.0

31.0

29.0

(45.0)

14.0

45.0

328.0

236.0

43rd

SLO

Štoka

Peter

Pogaènik

Tomaž

(46.0)

36.0

37.0

29.0

45.0

33.0

(50.0)

40.0

30.0

346.0

250.0

44th

ESP

Egea Moreno

Enrique

Egea Aguado

Enrique

(51.0)

46.0

38.0

42.0

41.0

(50.0)

32.0

15.0

39.0

354.0

253.0

45th

GBR

389

Keely

Ian

Broatch

Thomas

15.0

50.0

(DNF 63.0)

(DNC 63.0)

DNC 63.0

31.0

23.0

34.0

SCP 47.0

389.0

263.0

46th

RUS

Novoderezhkin

Andrey

Novoderezhkin

Dmitry

40.0

(51.0)

35.0

40.0

39.0

41.0

40.0

33.0

(52.0)

371.0

268.0

47th

RUS

Kuzminov

Boris

Firsov

Yury

42.0

44.0

40.0

32.0

35.0

40.0

41.0

(DNC 63.0)

(49.0)

386.0

274.0

48th

ESP

Egea Moreno

Juan Ignacio

Egea Aguado

Juan Ignacio

52.0

(53.0)

33.0

41.0

42.0

46.0

39.0

(DNC 63.0)

41.0

410.0

294.0

49th

GER

Beichl

Johanna

Graf

Franz

27.0

13.0

(DNC 63.0)

DNC 63.0

51.0

DNC 63.0

21.0

427.0

301.0

50th

RUS

Berezhnoy

Andrey

Medvedev

Denis

47.0

57.0

30.0

39.0

47.0

55.0

(DSQ 63.0)

(DNF 63.0)

53.0

454.0

328.0

51st

UKR

Shcherbinin

Oleg

Chybarov

Vyacheslav

(56.0)

55.0

43.0

48.0

43.0

48.0

(DNC 63.0)

51.0

450.0

331.0

52nd

UKR

Soroka

Andrii

Masalov

Volodymyr

54.0

56.0

41.0

(DNC 63.0)

52.0

46.0

41.0

50.0

466.0

340.0

53rd

RUS

Senatorov

Mikhail

Borodinov

Sergey

38.0

32.0

(DNC 63.0)

34.0

48.0

DNF 63.0

DNC 63.0

467.0

341.0

54th

HUN

Gaborjani-Szabo

Gabor

Argay

Bela

4.0

23.0

(DNF 63.0)

(DNC 63.0)

DNC 63.0

468.0

342.0

55th

GER

210

Loewe

Dirk

Hermenau

Sven

20.0

11.0

(DNF 63.0)

(DNC 63.0)

DNC 63.0

472.0

346.0

56th

ESP

Egea Aguado

Guzmán

Martínez Egea

Javier

44.0

31.0

(DNC 63.0)

DNC 63.0

45.0

49.0

DNC 63.0

55.0

476.0

350.0

57th

HUN

Gaal

Peter

Kail

Balazs

49.0

52.0

(DNC 63.0)

50.0

53.0

44.0

DNC 63.0

54.0

491.0

365.0

58th

GER

Prenzler

Kurt

Höft

Wolfgang

50.0

48.0

(DNF 63.0)

(DNC 63.0)

DNC 63.0

47.0

DNC 63.0

47.0

507.0

381.0

59th

USA

Hemker

Paul

Lacsny

Gergely

53.0

58.0

(DNS 63.0)

(DNC 63.0)

DNC 63.0

54.0

52.0

DNC 63.0

532.0

406.0

60th

POL

DERWINIS

TOMASZ

LUKASZEWICZ

JAN

55.0

60.0

(DNF 63.0)

(DNC 63.0)

DNC 63.0

556.0

430.0

61st

ROU

Mugescu

Mircea

Crisan

Octavian

57.0

59.0

(DNC 63.0)

DNC 63.0

557.0

431.0

62nd

RUS

Yakimov

Andrey

Matveenko

Roman

(DNF 63.0)

DNC 63.0

567.0

441.0

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2020 INTERNATIONAL FLYING DUTCHMAN CLASS W O R L D

C H A M P I O N S H I P The Altea Yacht Club welcomes all sailors participating in the Flying Dutchman World Championship that will be held in the waters of the Bay of Altea from September 8 to 18, 2020. It encourages them to know the town of Altea and its people. To enjoy its traditions, its landscapes and especially its sea. https://www.visitaltea.es/en/ The Altea Yacht Club is located in the harbour of Altea Bay, at the foot of the town which gives it its name. The Club was founded in 1977 and covers approximately half the area of the harbour. From the outset it has been committed to providing excellent services to members and visitors, protecting the environment, and promoting sailing and watersports. The harbour faces SW which means it is sheltered from both the wind and the sea. The Club has all the facilities for your rest and relaxation, and is equipped to meet all your boat repair and maintenance needs. We recommend that you visit Altea

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Yacht Club, and take advantage of the occasion to stroll round the picturesque town of Altea which, with its white-washed houses lining the hillside and uniquely welcoming atmosphere, is one of the last remaining jewels of the Spanish Mediterranean. A core part of Altea Yacht Club's mission is to promote and support sailing and watersports. The sailing school is the main way in which the Club works to promote a love for sailing in both children and adults, while all of the board members in charge of dinghy sailing, yachting, rowing, fishing, diving, canoeing and swimming work hard to provide the facilities and services needed to encourage members and visitors take up a water sport, or improve their skills. The Club organises high-level sports competitions throughout the year which attract competitors from all over Spain, including classic sailing events such as the two handed 200 hundred miles regatta that began in 1987, and the Altea Bay Open which has been held for over 20 years.

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2020 INTERNATIONAL FLYING DUTCHMAN CLASS W O R L D

C H A M P I O N S H I P

CLUB NÁUTICO DE ALTEA ALTEA, ALICANTE, ESPANA From 10 to18 September 2020

2. [DP] [NP] ADVERTISING 2.1 Advertising is permitted according to the World Sailing regulation 20, as restricted by the IFCDO Class Rule 1.4.

NOTICE OF RACE The 2020 International Flying Dutchman Class World Championship will be held in the Bay of Altea from 10th to 18th September 2020. The regatta is organised by Club Náutico Altea with the approval of Real Federación Española de Vela and the cooperation of the Federación de Vela de la Comunidad Valenciana and the International Flying Dutchman Class 1. RULES 1.1. The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). 1.2. RSS Appendix P, Special Procedures for Rule 42, will apply. 1.3. [DP] The Equipment Rules of Sailing (ERS) 1.4. [DP] Class Rules

2.2 Boats may be required to display bow numbers and advertising chosen and supplied by the organizing authority. If this rule is broken, World Sailing Regulation 20.9.2 applies. 3. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY 3.1. The World Championship is open to all boats of the International Flying Dutchman Class with valid Measurement Certificate and Measurement Form, all helms and crews who are fully paid up members of the IFDCO for 2020. 3.2. Competitors and coaches shall enter by completing the on-line entry form on the event website www.cnaltea.com/fdworld2020 and paying the required fees. The entry deadline is 13th August 2020 but the Organising Committee reserves the right to accept entries received after that date but the late entry fee will have an extra charge of 50 Euro. Entry in the event is not final until payment and registration is completed.

1.5. IFDCO Championship Rules 3.3. World Sailing Eligibility shall apply. 1.6. Appendix T will apply. 1.7. In all rules governing this regatta: 1.5.1 [SP] denotes a rule for which a standard penalty may be applied by the race committee without a hearing or a discretionary penalty applied by the International Jury with a hearing; 1.5.2 [NP] denotes a rule that shall not be grounds for protests by a boat. This changes RRS 60.1(a) 1.8. The RFEV Prescriptions do not apply. 1.9. Decisions of the International Jury will be final as provided in RRS 70.5. 1.10. If there is a conflict between languages the English text will take precedence.

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3.4. Spanish sailors shall present the RFEV Sport Licence at the moment of registration. 3.5. Competitors under 18 years of age shall present a signed and completed parent (or guardian) consent and declaration form at registration. The forms are available for download on the event website http://www.cnaltea. com/fdworld2020. 4. FEES 4.1 Fees are stated in Euros and include any local taxes. Entries received and paid by 13th August 2020 will qualify for the early Entry fee. Entry fee: 400 Euro Late entryfee: 450 Euro 4.2 Discounts to the Europeans sailors:

4.2.1 If one of the crews is under 26 years old (till 10th September 2020) the discount will be 50 Euro in the entry fee. 4.2.2 When both crews are under 26 the entry fee will be reduced in 100 Euro. 4.2.3 Payment must be done by transfer to: IBAN: ES31 2100 1537 1702 0016 0794 BIC / SWIFT CODE: CAIXESBBXXX Sail number and helmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surname shall be included with the payment. All bank charges are at the expense of the competitors. 5. FORMAT 5.1 The regatta will consist of an opening series. The opening series may be divided into a qualifying series and a final series when 90 or more entries are received. The final format will be published as an Appendix to the Sailing Instructions. 6. SCHEDULE 6.1 Registration for competitors, coaches and team leaders is scheduled to begin at 14.00h on Thursday, 10th September 2020 and close at 17.00h on Saturday, 12th September. 6.2 The schedule of races is as follows:

Sunday, 13 September

Races

12:00

Monday, 14 September

Races

12:00

Tuesday, 15 September

Races

12:00

Wednesday, 16 September

Reserve Day

Thursday, 17 September

Races

12:00

Friday, 18 September

Races

12:00

Closing Ceremony

After Races

6.3 There are schedule nine (9) races in the event. 6.4 Not more than two (2) races will be sailed per day, except an extra race may be sailed if not more than one race is ahead of the schedule. 6.5 On the last day of racing, no warning signal will be made after 16:00 h. 7. [DP]EQUIPMENT INSPECTION 7.1 Competitors shall provide copies of any measurement certificates required by class rules at the time of registration.

Date

Schedule

Thursday, 10 September

Registration 14:00 to 19:00 h 7.2 Boats shall be available for inspection acand Measucording to schedule of the NoR 6.2. Details rement and instructions including scheduling of time Registration 14:00 to 19:00 hslots for boats each day, shall be available as and Measunecessary with other event relevant rules dorement cuments. Registration 09:00 to 17:00 h 8. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS and Measurement Sailing instructions will be available at the Opening 18:00 event website and race office from Thursday, Ceremony 10th September 2020. Other documents governing the event will be published with the sailing instructions.

Friday, 11 September Saturday, 12 September

Time

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9. VENUE 9.1 The regatta venue will be Club Náutico Altea 9.2 The racing area will be in Altea Bay.

port boat regulations. The organizing authority may refuse registrations and accept later registrations at their sole discretion. 13.2 All support and coach boats shall only use the mooring or berthing places assigned by the organisation in the different venues.

10. THE COURSES The courses will be triangular except that any other courses adopted by the International Flying Dutchman Class Organisation may also be used.

13.3 All support boats shall clearly display the 3 letter national code of their World Sailing Member National Authority at all times while afloat. The minimum height for the letters shall be 200 mm. and visible from both sides of the boat.

11. INTERNATIONAL JURY An International Jury will be appointed in accordance with rule RRS 91(b). 12. SCORING 12.1 Four (4) races are required to be completed to constitute a series. 12.2 A boat’s score shall be calculated in accordance with RRS A2, except: 12.2.1 When fewer than five races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores. 12.2.2 When five to seven races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst scores. 12.2.3 When eight or more races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her two worst scores.

13.4 Support boats with team leaders, coaches and other support personnel shall stay outside areas where boats are racing from the time of the starting sequence until all boats have finished or the race committee signals a postponement, general recall or abandonment. 13.5 All coaches and team leaders shall present the coach boat insurance. Spanish coaches must also present a valid Licencia de Técnico (RFEV). 13.6 All Support Team boats shall have third party liability insurance with a minimum cover of EUR 1.500.000 or equivalent per incident. 13.7 The use of drones by support boats is not permitted. 14. [NP][DP] BERTHING Boats shall be kept in their assigned places in the Boat Park or harbour.

13. [NP][DP]SUPPORT BOATS AND PERSONNEL

15. [DP]RADIO COMMUNICATIONS

13.1 All support boats shall be registered with the organizing authority and will be required to comply with local legislation and event sup-

Except in an emergency, a boat shall neither make nor receive radio transmissions, text messages or cellular phone calls while racing

except in an emergency or when using equipment provided by the race committee.

19. [DP] MEDIA RIGHTS, CAMERAS AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

16. PRIZES

19.1 All competitors, boat owners, helmsmen/ women, crew members and support personnel taking part in the regatta or being on board participating boats, and as mandatory requirement for the correct entry, grant the organising authority with no cost whatsoever, the regatta image rights and consent to the use of their name, voice, photographs, videos, biography information, as well as the representation of boats, in any digital, written or internet media with the purpose of advertising, promoting, making a documentary and any other kind of communication related to the referred regatta.

16.1 The following prizes will be awarded: • Dunhill Challenge Trophy (World Championship Overall Winner). • Championship prizes to be awarded to the top 10 teams overall. • FD Silver Sombrero Challenge Thophy (World Championship for the best result without discard) • Tullio Pizzomo Memorial Thophy (Best helmsman under 26 yrs). • 100+Trophy (best team combined age 100+) • Best FD Lady. (Ladies). • 25+ Trophy (highest placed boat 25 yrs of age of older) • Silver Bowl: Best sailor under 18 yrs 17. INSURANCE 17.1 Each participating crew shall present a valid insurance certificate showing proof of third-party liability coverage of at least 1.500.000 Euros (or equivalent) per incident. 17.2 The Organising Authority is not responsible for verifying the status or validity of certificates.

19.2 By participating in the 2020 Flying Dutchman World Championship competitors accept to receive event information from the event Organising Authority 19.3 Boats may be required to carry cameras, sound equipment or positioning equipment as specified by the Organising Authority. 19.4 The top three competitors as well as the individual race winners may be required to attend a media press conference each day. 19.5 Competitors may be required for interviews at the regatta.

18. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

20. FURTHER INFORMATION

Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. Neither the organizing authority nor other person or institution involve in this event will accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta.

For further information please contact: Organising Authority: Alvaro Arroyo Phone: +34965841591 Email: vela@cnaltea.com Class Representative: Enrique Egea Moreno Phone: +34690951405 Email: egeaesp66@gmail.com Organising Authority, November 2019

EuroCup Karwendel Cup Achensee 1 6 . â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 8 . 0 8 . 2 0 1 9 The last rain showers have just subsided on Friday morning when the last of the 156 participants hurry to the registration on 78 boats from 7 nations. Finely neatly lined up are 39 Flying Dutchman and 39 Korsare standing on the meadow of the SC TWV Achensee, the sailors hope for an exciting, windy weekend. Record breaking registration figures remind us of the 80s and once again it shows what can be achieved with a clever choice of dates and an attractive supporting programme on a wind-proof, dreamlike alpine lake: In both boat classes, the Karwendelcup has been one of the largest international regattas for years and this year in Austria - with the exception of the optimists - it should be ex aequo the class regatta with the most participants. Punctually at 12 o'clock, race director Georg Wietzorrek sent all 78 boats onto the water in sunshine and with the south wind fading, and kept them for 4 races with north wind

with 3 to 4 Bft until the evening on the water. Exciting races developed, in which one could not allow oneself even the smallest mistake. Consistency was in demand. Even though the first day had been very exhausting, the decision to return to the harbour at sunset was the right one. On Saturday neither south nor north wind wanted to start, the lake lay mirror-smooth between Karwendel and Rofangebirge! All the more reason for dancing at the boathouse party in the evening. And one or the other cocktail helped to wash down the disappointment about the missing wind. Only few believed after the calm of Saturday that Sunday would bring the classical thermal

winds again. But punctually at 11 o'clock the south wind set in. Supported by the light hairdryer it blown constantly, and thus further 3 races with 2 to 3 Bft and cloudless sky could be sailed. Constant top places in all races brought two teams each from Germany the victory: Felix Albert and Lukas Merz won almost as sovereign in the FD as Markus and Stefanie Klug, who had no other boat in front of them at the Korsar in any race. Veit Steiner and Michael Hofbauer from Union Yachtclub Mattsee took the Austrian Championship in the Korsar with twelfth place overall. The current Austrian champions Jakob Holzinger (UYCT) and Paul Srienz (PSV-Wien, sailing section) were the best Austrians in the FD (7th place). When the north wind started at the award ceremony, everyone promised to come again next year: Perfect timing, perfect setting, perfect organisation on the water and on land! SCTWV

EuroCup Marina Preis Lake Garda 2 2 . â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2 4 . 0 8 . 2 0 1 9

Happy Marina Preis Champions: Kilian KĂśnig and Johannes Brack

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This year there were fortunately almost 40 entries for the Lake Garda Marina Preis. Altogether 6 races could be sailed. Unfortunately we were not able to have a real strong wind race, because a start in the morning was not possible due to the parallel Euro of the 29er (with 210 participating boats). But nevertheless it was worth a trip like every year. This year the team GER 113 Kilian König/Johannes Brack won for the first time, followed by GER 30 Alexander Antrecht/Christian Kujan. Hans-Peter Schwarz and Roldand Kirst, who have already won the trophy countless times, finished in 3rd place. Congratulations! CARO GER 92

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Polish Championship 3 0 . 0 8 . – 0 1 . 0 9 . 2 0 1 9

From 30.08.–01.09.2019 the Polish Championship was held at the Nysa Dam, south of Wroclaw. "It was a very nice event, which was rounded off by the Polish Class Organisation with a lot of effort, love for detail and daily catering. A real tip for next year." Report Markus and Joshua von Lepel, who won the regatta with 5 won runs. Congratulations! Caro GER 92 1 GER 17 Markus von LEPEL Joshua von LEPEL | 2 POL 19 ZEBROWSKI Paweł ZEBROWSKI Maciej | 3 CZE 125 SUCHOMEL Ondrej PESEK Lukas | 4 POL49 JANKOWIAK Tomasz CIESLA Piotr | 5 POL 47 MARCINKIEWICZ Mirosław UKLEJA Piotr | 6 CZE 5 GRILL Milan NOVOTNY Michal | 7 POL 1 TYSZKIEWICZ Jacek WYSOCKI Bartłomiej | 8 POL 7 ROKOSZ Maciej TYSZKIEWICZ Piotr | 9 POL 8 JANKOWIAK Maciej KLEDZIK Tomasz | 10 POL 162 KOSMICKI Tomasz GÓRKA Marian | 11 POL 133 SWIDERSKI Paweł ZAWISTOWSKI Marcin | 12 POL 38 LUNITZ Maciej BERNACIAK Damian | 13 POL 2 CHROBAK Mateusz ZARÓW Wojciech | 14 POL 3 MARCINKIEWICZ Maciej MARCINKIEWICZ Marzena |15 GBR 388 DERWINIS Tomasz ŁUKASZEWICZ Jan | 16 POL 71WALKIEWICZ Tomasz ZUROWSKI Marek | 17 POL 70 STANCZYK Kuba AUGUSTIN Stanisław | 18 CZE 48 LEHECKA Zdenek KORBOVA Ivana

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Markus and Joshua von Lepel International Polish Champions 2019

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True FD enthusiasts: CRO15 Nadan Kosanovic and Bosko Celic

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Croatian Championship P U L A

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After 3 fantastic sailing days and 7 races in all-round winds HUN13 Andras Sully and David Papp from Hungary deservedly won the regatta with 9 points after 1 discard.Altogether sailed 10 crews from Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland and Croatia with 4 FD crews!Friday where sailed 3 races in perfect Maestral (NW wind) with strength up to 16 knots. On Saturday southern wind (Jugo) of about 8-10 knots allowed another valid 2 races, 3 race was started but after 3rd leg with shifted and dropped, so race was cancelled.And sunny weekend in Pula was closed with strong Bura (NE wind) with gusts up to 25 knots, real FD conditions, perfect for last 2 planned races. Overall ranking was leaded by HUN13 Andras Sully and David Papp, Matulja brothers, Tin & Robin, CRO51 placed 2nd, 3rd where Stephan Fels and Ulf Hugel SUI1. For the Croatian Championship ranking CRO51 Tin And Robin Matulja became Croatian champions, 2nd placed was CRO15 Nadan Kosanovic and Bosko Celic, 3rd where CRO5 Antun Vuletic and Igor Sepic. Whole weekend was great organized, with full day gathering in the club for all sailors and friends, FD tribe in its best! See you on next edition of Croatian Championship, 2.10.–4.10.2020 in PULA! Kind regards Bosko & Nadan FD CRO15

3rd of the Croatian Championship SUI 1 Stefan Fels and Ulf Hügel

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EuroCup 2019 O V E R A L L

R E S U L T S

EuroCup 2019 winners: Jiri Hruby and Roman Houdek

92 crews participated in 2019 in EuroCup regattas in Spain, Holland, Germany, Austria and Italy. A really very good number, which would have been even better if not all races of the Czech Championship at the beginning of September had been cancelled due to lack of wind. A pity. With very good placings at the Kieler Woche (2nd place), the Karwendel Cup at the Achensee (3rd place) and the Marina Preis in Torbole (5th place) the EuroCup 2019 goes to Jiri Hruby and Roman Houdek. Congratulations! At the editorial deadline the EuroCup regattas 2020 were not yet confirmed by IFDCO. Presumably the EuroCup will be EuroFlying Cup Altea, Easter Egg Loosdrecht, Czech Championship, Campione Lake Garda, Kieler Woche, Achensee and for the first time also a regatta in Poland. Marc GER172

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ThermikCup 2019 O V E R A L L

R E S U L T S

This year again, the big international FD regattas of the Alps have been rated together for the ThermikCup: Tegernsee in Germany, Achensee in Austria and Lake Garda in Italy. Even though the wind was unfortunately not as good as one would have hoped for in midsummer with the best weather at thermal wind lakes, the participation was extraordinarily good. Between 30 and 40 teams participated in all regattas. And this year for the first time the ThermikCup was not won by Hans-Peter Schwarz and Roland Kirst, but by GER 222 Felix Albert and Lukas Merz. They were able to secure the Cup already after the second regatta, as they won both the Tegernsee and the Achensee. Congratulations! Marc GER172

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