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ID2CA technical committee

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Logo_D2_300_fThe ID2CA has appointed former Olympic and World Championships multi medalists Bruce Kendall, Scott Steele, Alain Cadre and Jonas Davidson as Key Team Members of ID2CA Technical Committee.

Appointed by the Class Executive Committee (EC), the TC role is, among other things, to advise about Class Rules, rules interpretations and abuse of rules, proposed amendments to Class Rules, build specifications and measurement forms, as well as overseeing measurement checks at officially sanctioned DII Events.

Bruce Kendal – NZL – Olympic Gold Medal 1988 Men Windsurf
“The return of the D2 class is a big thumbs up to helping people to relive or experience for the first time the joys and challenges of sailing round bottom boards & often small light weight rigs. It is a big thumbs up for recycling and making old things new.  A first for windsurfing in creating a Nostalgic or “Classic” class such as has been done in other yachting classes such as the Flying Dutchmen and Dragons or in motor sport.
I look forward to joining others some time soon on my Lechner A390 from the 1992 era. I am interested to see the new developments too.”

Alain Cadre-FRA – Silver Medal – Windsurf World Championship 1989

“C’est un grand plaisir de renaviguer sur une Division II avec les nouveaux greements.
Cette sensation de naviguer au pres, au planning en apesanteur, dans le petit temps, presque sans efforts, ne se trouve nulle part ailleurs dans le monde de la voile legere.
À l’heure ou tout le monde ne pense qu’a voler (foils), la c’est le contact avec l’eau qui est apprecie, c’est une glisse meme a 5kts de vent ou il faut plus faire preuve de finesse que de force.
Il est interessant de voir l’e evolution (ou pas) des carenes a l’interieur de cette jauge, vieille de 25 ans, que vont engendrer les nouveau greements, beaucoup plus faciles et performants.”

Jonas Davidson-Vitell e SWE – Gold Medal – Windsurf World Championship 1985

“I have started D2 sailing again after 25 years.  The reason is that I want a fast board with harmony in all conditions. With those big modern sails and some small modifications of the hull the D2 is fantastic to sail. Railing with the lift of the centerboard upwind makes it awesome.
My implication at ID2CA Technical Committee is as a sailor and designer to keep the good things and look for interesting developments.
I hope that we, in the future,  will see more people seeing the advantages of D2. I hope we will see a lot of competitors in championships and club races and/or just enjoying the D2.”

ID2CA Technical Committee:

Limited to 4 members in addition to Chief Measurer and International Secretary and appointed by Class Executive Committee, mission of TC is to consider Class Measurement Rules and other technical matters including rule interpretations, to advise upon their revision, to give direction on how to prevent abuse of the rules, to put forward proposals for amendments to Class rules, building specifications and measurement forms, to oversee measurement checks at officially sanctioned DII Events.

Vintage Wind Slam 2016 was a success!

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13173249_10154126647559417_2035020451099497449_oThe week end 27-29 Mai took place in the lake Velenje of Slovenia the first official ID2CA event of the year under the name “vintage wind slam” in parallel with the national Slovenian championship.

In this race participated 20 sailors from 3 counties: Slovenia, Greece and Croatia with a variety of division 2 boards, like Lechner A390, Lechner L3, Velpas Burja, Imgrad D2,Tornado 39 and Sailboard regatta. All participants raced with type A ring.

In total 7 races has been done: 2 in form I and 5 stable points triangles. The whether was sunny and warm (typical spring- summer whether) with South gusty wind arriving in force the 13-14 knots maximum. Due to the gusty conditions and the sudden changes in the wind direction and force the rearrangements in the first places was very often during the regattas, this fact added a big interest between racers… but a big question of luck also.

Last day after the end of the Championship an open regatta took place in a stable points triangle course, where again the most sailors raced with div II boards, but with free sails.

The general impression of the race was a friendly but with the well known from the past competitive div II spirit and gave to all of as the hope for a new future for our class as we have seen a wide spectrum of ages participating: from young people until the characteristic of a “teenager “78 years old racing with the passion of a champion!

We finally like to say a BIG thanks to all members of zoo station local club especially Miro Scorjank , Stane Hafner and his family, and many more undercovered heroes who gave the most possible of their forces for the success of the event, giving to the foreign participants the sense of the perfect hospitality and of a perfect organization. We like to thanks also the racing comitee who had to overcome difficult (gusty) wind conditions and the international ISAF judge Mr Gerhart Erich Michel the presence of whom guaranteed the correct performance of the race.

Here are the final results of the race:

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And a few pictures:

More pictures here:

https://www.facebook.com/stane.hafner/media_set?set=a.1384241048259109.1073741845.100000196811796&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1051270388271507&set=gm.1522857414398430&type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1049073995157813&set=gm.1512235105460661&type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1049073571824522&set=gm.1512233655460806&type=3&theater

and a video of the fleet of the race:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/OpenDiv2/

Stratos Efthyvoulidis

111 days until the Euro 2016 !!!

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The D2 European Championships (August horizon) is fast approaching!

111 days remaining!

This IWA sanctioned event is opened to sailors in good standing with ID2CA ( i.e. Class memberships/tagged/approved equipment required).

Registrations have started already.

Do not wait until last minute.

Take your membership (if not done yet) and fill event forms ASAP.

For NoRs, details are here

Event registration is here

More info here

Good luck & happy sailing!

Vintage Wind Slam 2016

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VWSlam16The first Open Div II regatta of the year will be hosted by the Zoo Station nautical club in beautiful Velenje, Slovenia from May 27 to May 29 2016.

VINTAGE WIND SLAM is a three day regatta for open division ll sailors with an ‘open’ regatta on Sunday. The regatta is an official ID2CA event counting for the annual ranking list with the coefficient 1.5 and official Slovenian nationals for open division ll class.

Find all the details in the notice of race.

More information on the venue here

2016 European Windsurfing Festival (08/22 – 08/27)

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The festival which regroup RCB, R300 and Open Division II will be held at the Centre Nautique du Moulin Blanc, Brest, Brittany, France

Registrations are now open: http://registration.internationalwindsurfing.com/en/events/register/id/38

The NoR can be found here:  http://www.internationalwindsurfing.com/userfiles/documents/Euro_Festival_Brest_2016_NoR.pdf

Good luck and happy sailing!

ID2CA 2016 OFFICIAL RACING CALENDAR

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The following regattas will be included in the official ID2CA racing program for the year 2016:

1. “Vintage wind slam” 27-29 Mai 2016 Velenje Slovenia. Hosting club: zoo station Velenje. Ranking list coefficient 1,5

2. “Regatta ID2CA Blanes” 4-5 June 2016 Blanes Spain. Hosting club:Club vela Blanes. Ranking list coefficient 1

3. “Diaporos regatta 2016” 15-17 July 2016 Ormos Panagias Halkidiki Greece. Hosting clubs: Nautical club of Ormos Panagias & Nautical club of Thessaloniki.Ranking list coefficient 1

4. «2016 Division II European Championships» 22-27 August 2016, Brest France. Hosting club: Crocodiles d’Elorn. Ranking list coefficient 2

Other races will potentially to be added in this calendar prior to end of February 2016

ID2CA Annual Ranking System

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The following ranking system will be adopted by ID2CA from 2016

ID2CA Sanctioned Events will be classified within four levels:
1. Level 1, coefficient 2.2 – Worlds Championships
2. Level 2, coefficient 2 – Continentals Championships
3. Level 3, coefficient 1.5 – National Championships
4. Level 4, coefficient 1- other standard D2 events

In every event the first placed competitor in each category (i.e. A, B, C, Female) will get points equal to 100 multiplied by the coefficient of the race, the second placed competitor will get points equal to 99 multiplied by the coefficient, etc.

At the end of each year, the total of the points for each competitor will be added in order to classify the athletes in an annual ranking list.

An overall ranking list will also exist. In this overall list will be classed the competitors by their annual sum of points taken in each event in the category that have raced. (In the case that someone race in one event in the category A and in the next in B or C or inverse).

These annual ranking lists will be published on the official website; where they will remain as a permanent record of achievement.

The events and the ranking list are open to all members, in good standing with ID2CA (ie current paid up members) who have complied with equipment registration rules.

Each category will require at least 5 sailors to be validated.

The race coefficient for the ranking list shall be written in the Notice of Race for each event and in the events program

2015 AGM meeting minutes

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ID2CA – 2015 AGM

FRIDAY 27th November 2015, 7:00 PM GMT

Meeting Minutes

Attendees:

Eric Bouillet

Laurent Chapalain

Stratos Efthyvoulidis

Robin Bateman

Jonas Davidson

Miro Scorjunc

Florent Lambert

Tal Golan

 

A. Introduction / ID2CA organization

  • Executive Committee introduction:
    • Eric Bouillet (Association Officer), Canada – International President
    • Laurent Chapalain (Association Officer), Spain – International Chief Measurement Officer
    • Robin Bateman (Association Officer), Ireland – International Treasurer
    • Stratos Efthyvoulidis (Association Officer), Greece – International Events (Races) Officer
    • Tal Golan (Association Officer), USA – International Secretary
    • Aymeric, Switzerland – Media Officer
  • Members on the call:
    • Jonas Davidson, Sweden
    • Miro Scorjunc, Slovenia
    • Florent Lambert, UK
  • Facebook Open Division II group – 1108 members – remains our main platform to recruit more members and communicate with Division II enthusiasts.
  • Technical Committee
    • Laurent Chapalain – International Chief Measurement Officer
    • Tal Golan – International Secretary
    • The Executive Committee is looking to expend the committee and add at minimum two (2) more members. Candidate:
      • Jonas Davidson
      • Looking for other volunteers
      • Prepare a list of target candidates
    • The Executive Committee is Looking to elect a chair for the Technical committee.
      • Looking for candidates
    • The Technical Committee goal is to review and validate the rules by early Q2, 2016, before the start of the planned events.
    • ‘C’ Class – current rules are valid till 2017. The Technical Committee has to review this class rules and decide if the changes are in order.
    • The ID2CA constitution defines how to change Class rules (if needed).
    • Events Race Committees (with the assistance of the ISAF measurers) will mandate the ID2CA Class Rules.
  • Fleet Captains
    • ID2CA constitution specifies the following (see ID2CA constitution complete details):
      • Five (05) or more Full Members of a Country or a Region may apply to the Association Committee to form a Fleet. The application shall be made in writing to the Secretary…
      • Members of the fleet shall hold a meeting once in each year when they shall elect a Fleet Captain and such other officers, as they deem necessary…
    • The Executive Committee approves Florent Lambert request to be appointed as a fleet captain in the UK with target recruitment of at least 5 sailors in the country by end of 2016.

B. FINANCE

  • 2015
    • ID2CA is a full IWA class member
      • IWA provides ID2CA administrative services and manages the ID2CA financials.
      • One off payment €1000
      • €500 to be paid – (awaiting for invoice)
    • Revenues from Membership
      • 16 members – €510
      • Association Française Open Division II (NCA) – €200
    • Other revenues
      • Dissolution of AFOD2 (leftover funds transferred to ID2CA) – €409
      • Class stickers – TBD (estimated +/- €140)
    • Expenses
      • Purchase of class stickers – €221
    • No income from events in 2015
    • All revenues go to IWA. IWA is budgeting different Windsurfing Class Members. Budget for 2016 in preparation.

C. EVENTS

  • 2015
    • As the ID2CA was formed in Q1 2015, it was challenging to get on organizers calendar for 2015.
    • Greece, Diaporos was a successful event – See pictures posted by Stratos on the Facebook Open Division II group page.
  • 2016
    • ID2CA own calendar
      • Ireland, Cork – May 15th (to be confirmed)
      • Spain, Blanes – June 4th
      • Greece, Diaporos – July 15th – 17th
      • Slovenia, Piraja – May 25th – 27th
      • Canada, Montreal – July 29th – August 1st (pending confirmation)
      • Florent to share additional UK events with Stratos, to potentially add more sanctioned events in 2016.
    • IWA Sanctioned Events/ID2CA
      • France, Brest – August 22nd – 27th, ID2CA’s main event
    • Participants in sanctioned IWA/ID2CA events:
      • Must be ID2CA active members
      • Equipment must be registered – with class stickers
    • The above annual racing program will translate into an international ranking system that will be kept maintained and published on IWA & Open D2 websites as well as on the international Division II Facebook page. There will be 2016 Champion titles awarded (men, women, youth) at the end of the year.

D. ID2CA – IWA / ISAF Class Rules

  • An ID2CA – Class Rules and Equipment book (D2 boards & sails) is available for measurers for use during sanctioned events and on ID2CA website.
  • In case people have information and pictures to share of other equipment, information can be emailed to ID2CA Chief Measurer at: lchapalain@hotmail.com

E. AFO2D members

  • Granting former AFO2D members ID2CA membership for the remainder of 2015 – unanimously vote YES
  • Discounting €10 on 2016 ID2CA memberships to former AFO2D members who pay ID2CA 2016 membership by January 31st 2016 – unanimously vote YES

F. Next AGM – TBD (Between Sept. – Nov. 2016)

G. Next EC meeting to appoint members to committees – Dates TBD (Q1, 2016)

H. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

  • Florent Lambert has requested to lower minimum of sailors to create a fleet (currently minimum is 5 members)
    • We need to refer to the constitution
    • EC will re-evaluate on a case-by-case basis given country situation