1) Welcome
Francesco Zarbo welcomed delegates and observers to the meeting. Apologies were received from other members of the committee.
Registration of delegates and email votes:
AUS, GER, GRE, ITA, POR – email votes
EST, GBR, LAT, LTU, POL, SWE – delegates present
Committee proxy – Marc Cardon to Ceri Williams
Guido Verlaeckt, Sean O’Brien, Matthias Regber – committee email votes
Francesco Zarbo – committee member present
16 votes recorded in the room
2) Minutes from the last meeting
There were no matters arising.
3) Chairman’s Report
A view from the Chair
4) Financial Statement
2018 Accounts will be published soon. 2018 was a challenging year; 2019 has improved; and the future looks good.
5) Class Rule changes
(a) Proposal – to permit the use of 2 fuselage for Foil Racing.
APPROVED – 16 YES.
(b) Proposal – to limit competitors in Foil racing to registering sails of maximum 10.00sqm in area.
NOT APPROVED -8 YES; 8 NO.
(c) Proposal – to amend the Sail Identification rule to permit the application of sail letters/ numbers as “white graphics on a black background.”
APPROVED – 14 YES; 2 NO.
6) Production Board Registration
(a) To approve the updated Production Board Registration Instructions.
APPROVED – 16 YES.
7) Championship Rules
(a) To discus the development of Championship (event) Rules for Foil racing; and authorise the Committee to publish for 2020.
APPROVED – 14 YES; 2 Abstention.
NOTE – A report will follow on the FW Class website.
8) Future Championships
Discussions were “ongoing” for 2020 championships.
Concluding event contracts is becoming harder; prize funds is an issue.
9) Any other business
(a) IFWC and IFCA – development of foiling competition.
Windsurf Foiling competitions from 2020 onwards will be under Formula
Foil, a division of IFWC.
It will be a development supported by both IFWC and IFCA.
(b) It was agreed that the IFWC present a proposal to World Sailing for Formula Foil at the 2024 Olympics.
ELECTIONS
The following committee members offered themselves for election to the
committee for the next 2 years and were duly elected:
Francesco Zarbo (ITA) – Chairman
Marc Cardon (FRA)
Alex Morales (USA)
James Briggs (GBR)
Sean O’Brien (AUS)
Matthias Regber (GER)
