REGULATION 23 SUBMISSION FOR 2018 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

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1 REGULATION 23 SUBMISSION FOR 2018 ANNUAL CONFERENCE This template is only for submissions made under Regulation 23 concerning the selection of Olympic Equipment. It has been prepared by the Procedure Working Party as a suggested format for submissions. The deadline for submissions to be received is 12:00 hours UTC on 1 August A submission should be completed and returned to World Sailing to submissions@sailing.org. World Sailing strongly advises that submissions are sent in plenty of time in case there are technical faults when sending. If you are submitting in PDF format, please also send a Word version. World Sailing has published guidance on submissions on its website. You are strongly recommended to read this guidance before making a submission. Formatting: If the submission proposes a change to existing Articles, Regulations, the Racing Rules of Sailing, or the Equipment Rules of Sailing, please insert the current version in the Proposal section highlighting new wording as bold and underlined, and text to be deleted as double struck through. The words As above should then be inserted in the Current Position. Clearly defined reasons should be inserted in the Reasons section. The font and size for text in submissions is Arial 11pt except for the RRS/ERS. For the RRS/ERS submissions, the font Times New Roman 12pt should be used when inserting current wording or new wording proposals. For ERS submissions the new wording should not be in bold unless if it refers to an ERS definition. Name of Authorised Person: Bruno De Wannemaeker Position: President Funboard Class (IFCA) Contact bruno.ifca@pandora.be If you are making a submission which you are aware will be the same as one from another submitter(s), please provide details*: * This is not mandatory but greatly assists the World Sailing Executive Office in cross-checking the submissions. For Committee Chairmen: Please tick the box to confirm that the responsible Vice President has been informed of this submission: (forms where the box is not ticked will be returned to the submitter). All submissions will be acknowledged within 24 hours. If you do not receive an acknowledgment please contact World Sailing.

2 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition Olympic Events & Equipment A submission from the International Funboard Class Association V1 Purpose or Objective To propose equipment criteria and format for the windsurfing events. Proposal Current Event & Equipment 2024 Events May Equipment Proposal Men s Windsurfer RS:X * Retained New Equipment Women s Windsurfer RS:X * Retained New Equipment Heavyweight Men's One Person Dinghy Finn New Event - Mixed One- Person Dinghy Men's Two Person Dinghy 470 Women's Two Person Dinghy 470 New Event - Mixed Two Person Dinghy New Event - Mixed Kite * Note the equipment for this event is under Olympic Equipment Re-evaluation if retained.

3 The criteria detailed below is a guide for submitters to provide the Equipment Committee (EQ) and Council parameters for the selection of Olympic Equipment. Format proposal: Suitable wind range for competition: 6-30 knots. M-Course in light wind (foiling), Downwind Slalom in higher winds (planning). Equipment Criteria for Men and Women Windsurfer: 2 boards, 3 rigs Board concept: Light wind foil combination and High wind slalom board Weight range men: 75-90kg Weight range women: 60-75kg Sail size for Men: m 2 Sail size for Women: m 2. Number of permitted rigs per event: 3 Number of permitted hulls per event: 2 Number of permitted hydrofoil systems per event: 1 Number of permitted fins per event: 2 Same hydrofoil system and board for men and women. Different board, fin and rig plan for men and women. Builder / Class structure: Box Rules: optimal Dimensions to be defined in a trial process Registered Series Production Scheme. Multiple Brands / Builders. Other Equipment considerations: The proposed registered series production equipment scheme is the currently used standard in the windsurfing world and supported by industry, sailors and general windsurfing community. A registration deadline (1 or 2 years before the Olympic games) will ensure availability and fair conditions for all competitors Equipment Criteria for Mixed One-Person Dinghy: Equipment Criteria for Mixed Two Person Dinghy: Equipment Criteria for Mixed Kite: Current Position As above.

4 Reasons The selection of a new Olympic format and equipment offers the unique chance to re-unite the Olympic windsurfing with the competition grassroots of the sport. This will ensure a wide acceptance for the Olympic programs and will create synergy effects. Format: Downwind Slalom is the highest regarded/televised/media-ised discipline in windsurfing today.. The current PWA (Professional World Tour, World Sailing Special Event) Slalom World Champions are considered as the world s best windsurfers by the general windsurfing community and media. The slalom format also reflects the mass market of windsurfing s of recreational windsurfers are practicing slalom sailing in medium and strong winds. But in low winds course racing is the better competition format to show the fascination of the sport and to create fair and spectacular racing. On the foil boards windward leeward with gybing marks is working well. Slalom would be sailed in the typical downwind setup. Both disciplines are sailed in elimination series and are weighted evenly. This combination has already proved its success in numerous national and International circuits world wide. Equipment: Even if it may be possible to cover the target wind range with one equipment set (hull, rig, foil/fin) this is not advisable. The design would be too much of a compromise and create a product that normal sailors will not use only Olympic athletes. The performance would be low. We have to learn from the mistakes that were made at the last choice of olympic equipment! The current foil boards are too big to suit as highwind slalom boards and slalom boards can not be used well as light windfoil boards. So to enable racing from 6-30 knots we need 2 boards and 3 sails. One foil board and one rig for winds approx knots, and one slalom board with 2 fins and 2 rigs for winds knots. This equipment is already available on the market as series production boards. It is working excellent. The total setup will not be significantly more expensive then a specially developed concept with one hull+rig+foil/fin. Since only one board and rig are used at the same time the life expectancy of the equipment grows equally with the number of equipment used. So initially the investments are bigger but the life expectancy of the equipment is a lot longer. A range of available sail sizes allows competitors of a wide range of physics to compete on a level playing field. Sails could be categorized in two size ranges (low wind / high wind). The registered series production equipment scheme is well established in the professional windsurfing circuit and the FW, IKA, Raceboard and IFCA classes. It ensures availability and fair racing. It shall be be used for all parts of the Olympic equipment. As in kiteboard the Olympic equipment (a limited selection of the best boards and rigs available on the market) would be freeze 2,5 Years before the Olympics to prevent an arms race. The registered series production equipment scheme would enable sponsorship for sailors and teams, as currently seen, manufacturers will sponsor sailors to use their success in competition for marketing purposes to sell equipment to the mass market. Several windsurfing classes (i.e. Funboard, Formula Windsurfing, Raceboard) are using this registered series production equipment scheme with great success since many years. The re-sell value of used equipment is very good through both the Formula Windsurfing and Funboard Class. The current Techno 293 and Techno 293+ fit perfectly to this format as feeder class for the new Olympic format/equipment.

5 Final: As specialist windsurf class we strongly advise since - we are 6 years away from the 2024 games - The fast evolution in the windfoil division (only 2 years old) to test all available equipment in all wind strengths and sea states during Trials to find out what is working and how many boards/rigs is the minimum to cover all windspeed and what fixed rig sizes and fins would be appropriate.