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Progress with application for ISAF recognized status
The ISAF has now confirmed that our application for recognized status for the Tasar will go forward. If granted, recognized status will allow us to once again hold World Championships.
We submitted our application on February 16. On July 18, I received an email from ISAF Technical Manager, Simon Forbes, saying that all the documents submitted with our application were missing, and he only had letters of support from the sailing associations in the UK and Japan. All documents were required by July 31. Fortunately, the Australian Yachting Federation and the Canadian Yachting Association were able to re-send copies of the letters they had sent in March to the ISAF by the deadline. US Sailing also sent a letter of support.
I re-sent
our application letter, together with the rules
and constitution, and also sent a draft of an
agreement required between the ISAF, the World Tasar Class Association and
Frank Bethwaite, the designer and copyright holder.
The only additional documentation required by the ISAF is the
construction manual, and I have asked Frank to send this to the ISAF. The process from here on is as follows. The Class Rules will be
circulated to the ISAF Centreboard Boat Committee and Measurement Committee
by the end of August. The ISAF Measurement Committee Working Party meets at the end of
September and will provide any feedback then. The ISAF Centreboard Boat Committee will meet 11 November
1000-1800 in Lisbon, Portugal and will make a recommendation to the ISAF
Sailing Committee on Wednesday 14 November 1000 to 1800. This will go
before the ISAF Council on 16/17 November 1000 to 1800 and 1000 to 1330. The Constitution will go to the Chairman of the Constitution Committee,
who will report to the Sailing Committee meeting. I will post more
information when I have it.
Richard Spencer
posted 2001-08-02
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