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Heinz Staudt - President 470 lnternationale Dear Friends, I am particularlyhappythat TllVlESI met such a broadand favourable e c h o .T h i sh a s e n c o u r a g euds t o i n c l u d eT I M E S9 a n dT I M E S1 0 i n o u r plansfor '1999,althoughit will strainour budgetsubstantially. Since our lastTIMES went to print,a numberof importanteventstook place (in this order): our own General Assembly/GeneralCouncil meetings,the ISAF Conference(both of these at Palma),our World C h a m p i o n s h i past M e l b o u r n ea, n d t h e J u n i o rW o r l dC h a m p i o n s h iapt Auckland.These eventsare reportedon in greaterdetailherein. Our own meetingswere characterized, interalia,by elections.lwish to thank all those who encouragedme to be a candidate and who suoDortedme in this endeavour. Three representatives of the younger generationare suppodingme withinour leadershipteam: Darren,Alberto,and James.Togetherwith Chako,Alain,Sergio,Santi,Marcoand Frank,we not only took care of a number of routine items during our first ManagementCommittee meeting on February6 and 7, 1999, but we also devoted special attentionto futuredevelopmenlsin our classand to the outcomeof the ISAF meetings. Electionsalsooccuredat ISAF level.The outgoingPresidentstayedon in ISAF while (with one exception) the other positions went to newcomers.On behalf of our class, I would ljke to congratulateall those who were elected, and to wish them lots of success and satisfactionin their respectivejobs. With regardto other ISAF decisions,the events includedin the 2004 Olympic Regattawere undoubtedlythe most importantitem for our class. With the electionof a double-handeddinghy men event and a double-handed dinghywomenevent,we reachedthe first milestoneon the road to 2004. There is no other boat as predestinedfor those eventsas is the 470! However,it is not sufficientthat we know why the 470 is idealand that we realizewhat our worldwidestrengthis. We have to make all those perceivethat fact!We musl also stronglyurge who are decion-makers, NationalAuthoritiesto mandatetheir delegatesto advocatethe use of classes which are most used worldwide fihe 470 is sailed in 75+ nations). In January and February 1999, we had two class highlights " d o w n u n d e i 'i,n t h e f o r m o f o u r W o r l dC h a m p i o n s h i pasn d t h e J u n i o r Worlds. In both cases we benefitedfrom excellentorganizersand I thank them most sincerelyon behalfof our whole Class. Having had such a splendid sailing summer in the Southern hemisphere,I wish all of us the same for the Nofthernhemisphereas weil. H e i n zS t a u d t

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MEMBEN.SHTP'/||IERNAI'ONAL 47O GLASSASSOCIAT'ON TTETTBERSHI/P Each National Sailing Authority or if applicableNational470 Class Associationmay apply ' to be a member of the Internationat4TO Class Association. Any nation wishing to tin'ooui more about the International4Zo Class Associationis invited to contact the-President lnternational470 Class Association. Payment of membershipfees will inter alia ensure receipt of communicationstrom Int;rnational Class, sufficient470 Times for all members and eligibilityto participatein Internationalsailing events. BTNK ACCOUNI . TilET''BERSH,PFEES l\4embershipFees. Payment in French Francs through bank transfer to Soci6t6 G6n6rale, 4 rue du Pav6 N4eudon,92370 Chaville, France Bank agency number: 02206, Account number: 50460897. Account name: 470 Internationale.

IfiET'',BERSH'PJEES The Membershipfees for 1999 are now due for paymentby member nations as follows: l,4inimumfee (covers up to 25 national members) 1,000FF;,25+national members : 40 FF per member - maximum fee 20,000 FF (equivalentto 500 national members) 4ZO SHO| BAIIK 470 Shop, Bank Boston, U.S.A., Act. # 271 91237, ABA (routing)# 01 1 000 390, Account Name: 470 Internationale. CREDIr CARDS We also accept payment with credit card, E-mail, fax or mail credit card number, exp.# and billing address to the Treasurer.

2OO4 OLYMPICS OLYMPTCS2OO4, Pofi 2 roundedthe first mark on the We have successfully course toward the inclusionof our two (men and women)eventsin the OlympicRegatta2004;duringits ISAFdecidedthattherewill November, 1998meetings, dinghyeventmen and a doublebe a double-handed h a n d e dd i n g h ye v e n w t o m e ni n 2 0 0 4 .

the 470, is a major advantagein financialand logisticalterms for many (especiallysmall and NationalAuthorities. medium-size) - The 470 Class guaranteesany organizerof a majorevent,largefleetson the startingline.

- Athletes, andanyonewho is familiarwith coaches, the racingscene know the high qualitylevel on It is now up to all of us to jointlymakedecision-makers whichthe 470 is beingracedinternationally, realizewhatthe factsare,worldwide: - Thoseare(merelysomeof)lhe reasonswhy (inter - There simplyis no other class but the 470, in the alia)former470 sailorsare proudof havingsaileo bracket, thatenjoysthesameworldwide thisboat. double-handed presence(notonlywithjust one boatper nation,but in the factthat in spite We havehad to acknowledge the form of large nationalfleets),that can be built of even radicalchanges,our spottdid not benefit andthathas in theworldby licensed builders, anywhere froma widerechoin the media. dinghy!That is a similartraditionas a double-handed what we are workingfor, day in, day out, in close to be thosewhoare,in Regattaspectators continue contact with both National Authorities and one way or another,linkedwiththe sportof sailing. internationally. Therefore,we haveto undertakeeveryconceivable - Sailorsand National effodaimedat keepingthe interestof that group, "votedwiththeirfeet" Authorities with which is onlyfeasibleif theyareableto identify in favor of the 470, by becomingdeeply involved the boatssailedat the Olympics:that,as well, is in our Class. financially anotherreasonwhy Ihe 470 (formenand women) - ln manyNational is neededin OlympicRegattas. part Authorities Ihe470 is an integral of trainingand careerschemeswhichstartout withthe In summary, Optimistdinghy. - f he 470is the synonymfor double-handed dinghy - The fact that two Olympicevents(double-handed sailing(formenand women)as such. dinghywomen)are dinghymen and double-handed - The 47Q Class is a well-organized and very beingsailedin thesametypeof boatas is the casewith powerfulclass.

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- Decisions of eventsfor 2004must on theselection on the worldwide be based,solelyand exclusively, and athletes. interests of bothNationalAuthorities lf both the IOC and ISAFaim at givingas many to the nationsas oossible a chanceto sendathletes Olympicsin multipersonboats,then they musl ensurethatthe 2004OlympicRegattaincludesthe 470 lor the double-handed dinghymen eventas dinghywomenevent. wellas for thedouble-handed HeinzStaudt.

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WOTTEN SAILTNO The worldwidepopularity of the 470 has assisted the developmentof women'ssailing

SAY'iNA GOSIS inone Sailing twoevents class saves costs

DEC'STONS & ISAF 470 CLASS ELECrIONS

1998 30,/31 OCI0BER DEMATLORCA, PALMA

COUNCILfiIEEIINGS GENERALAS'IEITBLYAND GENEN,AL T h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l ya n d t h e G e n e r a l C o u n c i l M e e t i n g so f r e h e l do n 3 0 t h a n d EVENIS t3h1esItn tOe rcntaotbi oenr a41l 7909C8l aisnsA Ps saol mc i aa t i do new e M 2OO4OLYilIPICS allorca (Spain), DECIDED c o n t e m p o r a r yw i t h t h e I S A F A n n u a l M e e t i n g .

fO 470 CHANGES RULES CHAMPIONSH'P fO USEEURO 470 CLASS 47A MEASUREMENT PHILOSOPHY

VENUES The {ollowing championshipswere fixed for the coming years:

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DEC',SiOilS I] ELECIIONS T h e P r e s i d e n t ,G e n e r a l C o u n c i l M e m b e r s , M a n a g e m e n t Committee. Officers,were elected as detailed on page 4.

- T h e E u r o p e a n C h a m p i o n s h i p1 9 9 9 s h a l l b e o p e n t o a l l n a t i o n s .T h e t i t l e c a n o n l y b e w o n b y c r e w s f r o m E u r o p eo r f r o m t h e M e d i t e r r a n e a nb a s i n .T h e r e s h a l l b e a l l o w e du p t o 120 boats with 3 groups,80 Europeanand 40 non E u r o p e a nc r e w s .T h e G e n e r a lC o u n c i la c c e p t e dt h i s m o t i o n w i t h a m e n d e m e n to f h a v i n g s e p a r a t e r e s u l t l i s t s f o r m e n , e n a n d w o m e n ( t o t a l4 a n d w o m e n :o p e n a n d E u r o p e a n s m r e s u l tl i s t s ) . - From 1999 on there will be a Women'stitle in the Junior E u r o p e a nC h a m p i o n s h i P ,

4'I IECHN'CALTNAITER' - A n e w m e a s u r e m e n tp h i l o s o p h yw a s a g r e e d u p o n i n o r d e r OF fHE INIERNAIIONAL470 CLASSASSOCIATION il CURRENCY t o s a v e t i m e . T h e b a s i c i d e a o f t h i s n e w p h i l o s o p h yi s t o Starting from l January 2000 the currency of the m a k e l e s s p r e - r a c e m e a s u r e m e n t sa n d m o r e p o s t - r a c e A s s o c i a t i o nw i l l b e t h e E u r o .T h e a n n u a lf e e s f o r 1 9 9 9w h i c h m e a s u r e m e n t sT . he goal is to save 1 to 2 measurements p a y e d t o b e w i l l h a v e p a y m e n t 2 0 0 0 i n J a n u a r y f o r are due days. in Euros. g CHATIIPIONS'IIPS AND MANUAI - 8 0 % o f t h e e n t r y f e e s w i l l b e f o r t h e o r g a n i s e r sa n d t h e l 70 Class remaining 20% will be for the Internationa4 Association. - T h e e n t r y f e e f o r t h e C h a m p i o n s h i p ss h a l l b e p a i d i n advance to the International470 Class Association,who will pay to the Organisers their quota of 80% (the applicationof t h i s r u l e m a y b e f l e x i b l ef o r t h o s e c o n t r i e s w i t h p a y m e n t oroblems!). - l n o r d e r t o e n c o u r a g et h e N a t i o n a lC l a s s A s s o c i a t i o nt o p a y the m o r e t h a n t h e m i n i m u mf e e t o t h e 4 7 0 I n t e r n a t i o n a l e part of the annual fee in the quota-system was increased. The square root 70130was accepted. - T h e U s n u c o u r s e ( E u r o p e a nC h a m p i o n s h i p- T u r k e y ' 1 9 9 8 ) with outer, middle and inner loop was accepted by the m a j o r i t yo f t h e G e n e r a lC o u n c i la s a n o p t i o n i n t h e m a n u a l - The change for coach boats was accepted by the majority o f t h e G e n e r a lC o u n c i l .T h i s c h a n g e w i l l a l l o w c o a c h b o a t s , u n d e r c e r t a i n c o n d i t i o n sa n d w i t h t h e p e r m i s s i o no f t h e racing committee, to enter into restrictedareas.

- T h e G e n e r a lC o u n c i ld e c i d e dt o s t a r tw i t h t h e s a i l st o g a t h e r e x p e r i e n c e .B e f o r e t h e r e g a t t a t h e s a i l s s h a l l o n l y b e s t a m p e da n d e v e r y d a y , w h e n t h e r a c e ( s )i s f i n i s h e d ,3 t o 5 b o a t s w i l l b e c h o s e nf o r s a i l m e a s u r e m e n t . T h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y r e f u s e da n y c h a n g e s t o t h e c l a s s r u l e sp r i o rt o t h e 2 O 0 OO l y m p i ce v e n t s .A s a r e s u l t ,t h e r e w i l l b e n o c h a n g e w i t h r e g a r dt o f i t t i n g sa n d t h a t i n c l u d e st h e c o m p a s s .T h e r u l e 1 8 . 5 c o n t u e st o b e a p p l i e d :" E l e c t r o n i c timing devices are permitted, No other electrical or e l e c t r o n i cd e v i c e ss h a l l b e p e r m i t t e d " . REPORIBY AIBERTOPRED'ERI

PROFIIE: A l b e f t o ,b o r n i n 1 9 6 9 , i s a l a w y e ra n d h a s b e e n a 4 7 0 s a i l o r s i n c e 1 9 8 5 . H e s a i l s w i t h h i s y o u n g e r b r o t h e r ,w h o w o n a B r o n z e m e d a l i n 1 9 8 9 J W C , A l i c a n t e ,S p a i n T h e y h a v e c o m p e t e di n m a n y r e g a t t a ' si n c l u d i n gW o r l d a n d E u r o p e a n J u n i o rC h a m p i o n s h i p s .

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47O RECEPNON On lhe occasion of the ISAF meetings,we offered for the first time "the 470 RecePtion", organised by Alberto Predieri duringthe lunchbreak on Monday where we had the pleasureof welcomingnot only ISAF PresidentPaul Henderson,but many ISAF delegatesas well. The receptionwas greatly appreciatedand commended, by ISAF delegates-

V'CEPRESIDENr ISAFELECI'F'RSI WOITIAN Onlythosewho - like myself- were able to witnessthe evolutionin the IYRU/ISAFover almost30 yearswill be ableto fullyappreciate w h a t i t m e a n s t h a t i n N o v e m b e r1 9 9 8 , a w o m e n ( N u c c i N o v i C e p p e l l i n iI,T A ) w a s e l e c t e dV i c e - P r e s i d e notJ I S A F , a n d t h a t women delegatesnow make up more than 10% of ISAF fora As late as 25 years ago when the IYRU usedto conveneat the Royal t l l o w e dt o u s e t h e , o m e nw e r e n ' a T h a m e sY a c h tC l u b i n L o n d o nw main staircaseleadingto the 2nd floor,or to enler the bar located there.lvluchless were they allowedin thosedays,to have any say i n I Y R Ud e c i s i o n s . Aparl from cautiouspressurefrom the top (lOC), the activitiesof classeshavingwomen events have probablycontribuledto these favorabledevelopments.Anyone who has been able to observe the expertise,commitmentand stamina ol our own 470 women s a i l o r s ,w i l l r e a l i z e t h a t f e m a l e c o m m i t t e em e m b e r s a r e a n i n v a l u a b lbeo n u sf o r I S A F . NEW'f,AF EXECUrIVECOffirtIffEE There was no doubt about the re-electionof Paul Hendersonas ISAF Presidentbut only one (GoranPetersson)of the six previous V i c e - P r e s i d e n t sb e l o n g s t o t h e n e w E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e . (GeorgeAndreadisand However,it includestwo Vice-Presidents as part o{ Ding Schoonmaker)who had servedas Vice-Presidents formerIYRU ExecutiveCommittees.Ken Ryan , DavidKellet and FernandoBolin were alreadywell knownas a resultof their earlier w o r k i n I S A F C o m m i t t e e sa n d i n t h e C o u n c i l . I n t h e v a r i o u s committeesmany new faces appearas well.

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KEELBOArWOTilEN t omen This is A n e w c o m ea r m o n gt h e e v e n t si s t h e K e e l b o aW w h e r ew e w i l lu n d o u b t d e d -l ya s i s t h e c a s ew i t h M e n - f i n d s o m e of our veteran470 women athletes.All those who care lor this e v e n ts h o u l da l w a y sb e a ri n m i n dt h a t i t c a n o n l y b e v i a b l ei f i t i s backed up, by way of a substructurein the form of a very active womenevent,becauseout of the total rankso{ our double-handed y o u n g e r w o m e n a h t l e t e s ,o n l y a s m a l l n u m b e r m a k e t h e i r transition to continued racing once they have finished their studies,foundeda familyor starteda career. HOf foPICS I t i s n o t o n l y t h e " d i n g h yo p e n "a n d " k e e l b o aot p e n ' e v e n t st h a t s t i m u l a to e n e ' si m a g i n a t i o nb .u ta l s ot h e f a c tt h a ts u b j e c t s u c ha s ' ,) " c a t a m a r a nw ' s i n g l e - h a n d eddi n g h i e s( h i g h p e r f o r m a n c e s ith spinnakers'and "modernkeelboats"were beingdiscussed.Hotly d e b a t e dw a s , a n d c o n t i n u e st o b e , t h e q u e s t i o no f w h e t h e r keelboatsshouldsail a fleet race, a match race, or a fleevmatch race. PROPULS'ON A s f a r a s o u r R u l e2 6 ( P r o p u l s i o ni s) c o n c e r n e dI,w a s o n c em o r e r e a s s u r e dt h a t i t w i l l a p p l y w i t h o u ta n y r e s t r i c t i o nd, u r i n gt h e OlympicRegatta2000. MULT'RACEDAYS. DAMAGEDAO'I MATER'AI'N FIRSrfljCE With regard to the replacementof materialdestroyedand lost materialduringthe first race,tor the purposeof the secondrace in the day, I received renewed assurance that at the Olympic R e g a t t a2 0 0 0 , a l o r m u l ae n a b l i n gs u c h r e p l a c e m e nwt o u l d b e w o r k e di n t ot h e " M e a s u r e m e nRte g u l a t i o n2s0 0 0 " . REPORrBY HE'NZ SfAUDf.

AUSTRATAS',A NEWS Yacht Club'scar park their home. Someteams had leftthejr accommodationbooking so late that some almost had to sleepthere.

AUSfRALASIA The Sail Down Under Series attracteda large number of 470 Sailors.Charterboatswere providedby Nautivela.

PRE.WORIDS The Pre-Worldsregattawas turned by many teams into a trainjng regattawith BeaumarisYacht CIub having trouble with the Drop-in Sailors and the endless change ol sail numbers.

NEWZEALAND nruru cooxg New Zealand hosted the Junior Worlds, see page 21 and the l,4asters WorldCup see page 20. Thanksgo to Sail Auckland,the s p o n s o r sa n d m a n yh e l p e r s .

But the solid sea-breezegave teams an indicationof what was in store for them duringthe World Champlonships. The immigrationdepartmentalmost had to be called during the pre-Worldsto make sure that New Zealandor Japan hadn't invadedwith so many of them around.

AUSfRAI'A D A R R E ND U N K L E Y - S M I T H Australiawas in the spotlightfor the International 470 community for almost all of the southernHemispheresummer. Austrian (that's Austrianll)and Hungarian470 teams started to arrive in Australiain early Novemberin readinessfor the first of the Aussie regatta's

WORID5 See pages8 to 10 for reportand photos. Under Victor Kovalenko'scoaching Australia's men and women's 47Os showed great form in the Worlds with the teams of King/Turnbull(M), Hooper/Page (lvl), Wilmot/Smith(M), Armstrong/Stowell (w), Danks(Lidgett)/Bucek (W) gettingthroughto the cold fleets easilywhileWalters/Gojnich(W) struggledjust that littlemore. This representsthe most Australiancrews in the gold finals ever.

. SYDNEY IIAr IONAI C'IAMP',ONSHIPS Sailedout of MiddleHarbourYacht Club,saiiorshad anotherrooK at the coursethat will host muchof the 470 Olympiccompetitjonin September2000. They got an even closer look at the Southerly Bustersthat can hit Sydneywith only minutesnotice. With a lot of work, MHYC did a greatjob to completethe full series and even better no-one got hit by the InfamousHarbourFerries (notto mentionthe USA Teams gettingan earlytastefor the local Brew . (AhhrrrVB).)

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SUMIfiARY It was great for the AustralianAssociationto host so many visitorsand in turn give so many Australianteams a good r e a s o nl o g e t t h e o l d b o a to u t a g a i n .

The USA'S Whitney Conner and ElizabethKratzig took out the Women's Australjan Title from Salva-Sesto (lTA) and Jenny Armstrongand BelindaStowell(AUS)in 3rd.

Therewas a lot of work from many peopleto helpour visiting 470 sailors in Australia,but a specialthanks should go to T r e v o rR o b i n s o nR , i c h a r dS t e e l ,M i d d l eH a r b o u rY a c h tC l u b and Black RockYacht Club.

Australia'syoung Guns, Nath Wilmot and DanielSmith retained their AustralianTitle in the Men's, holdingoff World Champions Phillipeicariouand 3rd placed French team PetiVCuzon.Full resultswww.saling.org/47olregg8/aus. htm

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302 competitorsfrom 35 Naiionsfound their way to Black RockYachtClub in MelbourneAustraliafor ihe 1999470 Class World Champlonships.Teams came from all continentsand as iar away as China, Jamaica, Mexico, and Turkey. There was a great deal of excitementduringthe ChampionshiPS and Ruslana Taran and Pakholchik Olena (UKR) gained their fourthsuccessiveWorld ChampionshiP win beating Susanne and MichaelaWard (DEN) by one point. In the 1998 Worldsthey were on equalPointsafterthe finalrace!!

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There was also much drama in the Men's WorldChampionship.The FrenchTeam won again,but with a differentteam from 1998. all but a very few were By the end of the Championship Race management conditions, fantastic the by impressed of the localsduringthe wholeof the and sheerfriendliness (Oh and the America'sloved the local Championships. beer "VB"). Ann Cooke and the New ZealandClass Associationin conjuntionwith Nautivelaprovidedchader boats' China's women'steam was the last to arrive on the night before measurernentand almost had their Nautivelaready for the very nextday. measurement

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Headed by the MeasurementTeam for Sydney 2000 ii was a mammotheffortto get the 153 470's clearedin just 3 days. Well doneto a greatbunchof volunteers!! With the 1998World's(PalmaAugust1998)stillfresh in everyone'smindand a further30% of Olympicspotsup for grabs,it wasn'tsurprisingto see big teams from Japan join the its;, t',tewZealand(14), France and the USA(9) Australiancontingentof 22 Boats as part of Melbourne's '99 WorldSailingChamPionshiPS. ROUIUDS AUALI/FICATION ln line with ISAF's wishes the 94 men'steamsweresplitinto3 groups to reJlectthe OlYmPicformat of about 30 boats on a course. The women's entrY list totalled 57 and was dividedinto2 groups. Five fleets and a "must" for race officers to get the required 6 oualificationraces for each fleet finished during the first two days was the first of the mountains to climbfor officials. All passedwith flyingcolours.. Even the 15 separaterace resultswere on the noticeboard as sailorsarrivedashoreafter racing.

Melbourne'sPort Phillip behaved perfectly with a light South Westerly on the first qualificationday (not to mentionthe 40 degreeheat !!). The secondday got away undergrey skies and a much cooler20 degrees'Whilst

other "Double-HandedClasses"were forced to stay on the beach,the 470 Fleetsrelisheda torrid 1B-25knots waves. and some purelyfrightening One thing agreed upon a{ter racingwas that the waves were some of the best that the 470s had ever sailedln' Despitethe conditionsthere was only one broken masi and one badlysprainedankle(on a rescueboat)' wereagainstthemwith No-onecouldsay the conditions qualification But during covered range wide a such with only 33 Boats to go throughto the men's gold fleet and 14 or 15 from each o{ the women's fleets the qualificationracing/systemis becoming almost overly "cutthroat". MichaelKoch(GER)was the firstto succumbby making the biggestmistakeof his sailingcareer. Thinkinghe had "doneenough"to makethe GoldFleethe pulledout of the last of ihe qualificationraces.Giventhe conditions lt was only4 hourslater thiswas almostunderstandable. when checkingthe resultshe realisedhe had been "OCSed" in the lirst race of the day and had iailed to makethe grade.Havingbeennearthe top of the {leetfor 12 months,Michaelnow has only one chanceto maKe the 2000 Olympics by being 6th or better at the 470 laterthis year' EuropeanChampionships suf{eredfrom a case of "bad luck" Paul Foerster/Merrick in both the Pre-Worldsand Worlds Qualification After leadingthe Pre-Worldsinto the last day of the finals, Paulwas holedjust afterthe start and DNFedthe rest of the series. In the Worlds a faulty set of centreboard gasketssent the favouredUSA team to the Silverfleet and an easy win there. RETDT FON fHE F'NALS was "MexicanNight"at Black The nightafterqualication Rock's, Taco's and Nacho's, NON-alcoholic the only down side was that the Mexican Margarita's... teamwas alreadyhome in bed. With the Gold FleetTeams decidedand pointszetoed, the FinalSerieswouldbe over 12 racesin 5 continuous days. Melbournebroughtout the unrelentingsunshine wiih 32 degree heat.The 18 knot sea breezeskickedin every day during race two.

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ln the Women'sGold Fleet,NicolaBirknerand Wibke Buelle(GER)were in the leadearlyon but it was a close tussle with the 1998 World's"Runnersup" the Ward sisters(DEN) (in unfamiliarterritoryin front ratherthan a Sossi Salvaand Emanuaela lungeai the end).Frederica (lTA), Shani Kedmy and Anat Fabrikant(lSR) and NataliaVia Dufresneand SandraAzon (ESP)wereall in good positions. But ever so quietly, defending (UKR) ihampionsRuslanaTaranand OlenaPakholchik were closingin. Race 10 was aboutto put a spannerIn ihe works for many teams. Race9 was sailedin alluky 4-7 knotsfrom the northwith a southerlyseabreezefightingto get in so the Race Managementteams sent the Fleetsashore.4 hourslater at spm race two of the day got underway.As the men's coursewas directlyto windwardof the women'scourse some women'sieams becameconfusedafter a second work/beatwindshiftand roundedthe men's finish mark insteadof their own windwardmark. lt was 2am the next morningwhen Jury ChairmanSteve Tupper handed down the decision of a special Protest Hearing ol all relatedprotestsheld at once in the Club'smain room lt was a very theatricalHearingthat saw almost50% oi the fleetDSQedfor roundingthe wrongmarx'

woRr,Ds 1,,,9,99 Going into the lasl day of two racesthe Ward sistersheld smileswhen receivingtheirthirdPlacePrizemoney! a I point lead over the now secondUKR team. 18-20 With mid regattaracescores of 7,5,5,5,12,6, 1998Men's knotwinds met the fleetsand the Wardsand the Ukraines World ChampionsGildasPhilippe/Tanguy Cariou(FRA) were on equal footing both being excellent heavy air teams.Insteadof sailingtheirown racethe Wardsmade the error of being conservative.Ruslanaand Olena saw theirchanceand scoreda 3rd to the Ward's"DrooRace" of 1oth. Nowjust 6 pointsclearand potentialwinnerson a countbackthe Ward's pulled out all the stops. In a testingrace they were sittingin 7th placewith Ruslanain 2nd and the "Women'sTitle"lookedto be Danish....But lvait....Europe class 1992 Bronze medallistCourtenay Deyand AliceManardof the USA wereunableto holdoff the determinedUKR's on the last reach and for the secondtime in 6 month'sthe Ward Sistershad been runnersup in a World Championship to RuslanaTaran and Olena Pakholchikby 1 point or less. With many years of experience, ltaly's Frederica Salva and looked too consistentto be beaten. Tomaz Copi /Mitja EmanuelaSossifinished3rd overall, Margon(SLO)seemedsimilarbut like the Danesin the Women'sfleet,leadingfrom the frontwas not theirform. Withtwo Australian teamsin the top 10 in the Gold Fleet Tom Kingand MarkTurnbull(AUS)had a greatday 2 of Armstrong/Stowell 8th and Danks(Lidgett)/Bucek the finalswith a 11,1,1and set up a great regattaplace 10th, we and are now set for a greal battlefor the Olympicspot. overall.MorganReeserand KevinBurnham(USA)now veteran'sof 3 Olympicsand a medal, proved that age shall not weary them. Kevinis now 44 yearsold and with Morgan at 39 they are keyed up as ever and in medal contention for Sydney.

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The coolSwedes,JohanMolund/MattiasRahmwentone placebetterthan Palmain 2nd overall.But there was one undisputable winningteam who "couldnot believehow muchMelbourne's conditions were likethat of theirhome waters" in France - Benoit Petit and Jean Francois Cuzonwho won by 12 points.They put the icingon the cake with a last race win. Benoithad hopedfor a top 6 finish in Melbourne and to be 5 better was "unbelievablel!".

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MEN'S JEATVI The talkingpointin the Men's Finalswas anotheryoung team,the stillreigningJuniorWorldChampionsTomasz Stanczyk and Tomasz Jakubiak (POL) who despite some mid regatta inconsistencyheld a top 5 place ihroughoutthe entire series and displayedtheir huge

As the Frenchteams reachedthe club afterthe final race the reigning World Champlons Philippe/Cariou were almost as excited as were the new World men's Champions Benoit/Cuzon. Within seconds the Champagnewas flying and the big Frenchcontingent went into party mode. Benoit Petit was next into the phone box to wake the supporlteam back in France.

FULL RESULTS wwvrr.saili n g .orgl47A TOP RESULTS See page 13

PR.'ZEGIV'NG The prizegivingwas fanstaticwith the French National Anthemringingout as the flag went up. Then the Ukrainianstook court and Ruslanaand Elena looked steeled for the next 18 months before Sydney 2000 and Ruslanafor one can't wait for the first race on Sydney Harbour. Then the Frenchteam took to singing and it was obvious that thev were World Champion Sailors.... Not Sinoers!! page 10) (continued

Mens winners,Benoit Petit & Jean Francois Cuzon

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GRATUD '99 The next night saw the GRAND FINALEfor the Worlds. All the classesgatheredtogetherin a big warehouseon Melbourne'sriver with most of the officialsand race managementteams. There has never been a biggerfireworksdisplayfor a sailingevent'

Many of the teams started their Australiancampaign back in Novemberor Decemberwith the Australian Titles. li was 8 years betweenthe Worlds in Brisbane and those in Melbourne.Many of the teams will make surethat theirnextvisitto Australiais soon!

The IOC PresidentsCup was awardedto Australia,with the AUS 470 Men's Team and Women's Team contributingto the pointsthat gave the Cup to Australia'

In trying and tough conditionsand great competition someVERYwodhywinnerswerefoundon the watersof Port PhillipBay. The sailingcircusnow moves onto Eurooeand NorthAmericalor the Northernsummer'

The Beer flowed and the Food was somewherebut everyonehad a great time and were excitedwhen the P r e m i e r o f V i c t o r i a p r o m i s e d U S $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ' 0 0i n prizemoney for the next 5 years of SailMelbourne reoatta's. Come back soon!

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Stanczykbegan to sail in 1987 at the age of 9 years just becauseone of his friendssailed.He thoughthe may have some sort of futurein sailingfollowinga 2nd in the Optimistat KielerWoche and an 11th in the Cadet OptimistEuropeans.Tomaszwas International Polishchampionas a crew and 1Othat JuniorSPA'

Burstingonto the senior 470 internationalscene this southernsummerwere a couple of fresh faced kids from Gdansk.

DONATIOTIT by Andre Andre Cornu,the 87-Yearold fatherof the 470 (he designedit in 1962)has donatedPartof his s h a r ei n b u i l d i n gf e e st o 4 7 0 lnternalionale In addilionhe gave each of the w i n n e r so f t h e 1 9 9 8W o r l d C h a m p i o n s h iap n e w m a i n s a ial n d he intendsto donate corresponding Prizesto the w i n n e r so f o u r t w o W o r l d C h a m p i o n s h i Pf rso m 1 9 9 9o n Andre:here go our heartfelt thanksfor your generousgesturel

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To be truthful their overnight success has been 11 years in the making,but Tomasz Stanczykand crew Tomasz Jakubiak (pronouncedYakabyak) wore the biggestsmilesby far on the podiumat the 470 Class'99 World's. Havingnow sailedtogether{or just 5 yearsthe pair from Poland(Moreeasilyknownas Tom and Tom) may even be the team to watchout for in September2000' JuniorWorld Championsin 1998 and havingrecently defended their Junior Title in Auckland, Stanczyk admittedthat headingfor Melbournethey would have been happywith a top 15 finish.Neverleavingthe top 5 lor the whole Worlds final series and taking the bronze medal overall was proof of their hard work' BeloreMelbournethey even favouredlightto medium conditionsbut now say they "don'tmind 22 knotsand BIG waves either". Bothare 21 yearsold and studyingPhysicalEducation at the Academyin Gdanskand worrythat they stilldon't have a single Sponsor.."Any Takers ?" they quickly add.

"We now have two coaches,Marek (470 Barcelona) and Stanislav.They're sending us for two weeks straightafter New Zealandis skiingfor conditioning finished"Tomaszsaid. At 65kgs and 68kgs, Stanczykand Jakubiakare just plain physicallystrong and revelledin the "Yellow Flag"conditionsin Melbourne Sailinga Ziegelmeyer the "Kids and usingJapanNorthSailson a SuperSpar on the Block from Poland"can't wait to get back to in September. Australiafor the Pre-Olympics Beforethatthoughthey havethe PolishOlympictrials ai the 470 Europeansand SPA and look forward to helpingthe Polish470 fleetto increasein size' Stanczyklooksforwardio findingsometimeto devote t o h i s h o b b y . . . .f r e s h w a t e r f i s h i n g . . . .a. n. d c r e w TomaszJakubiakjusi want'ssome more rocKmuslc' M o v e o v e r K u s z n i e r e w i c z !(!P o l i s h F i n n G o l d Medallist96). BY ADDYEUCE'I INftNYIEW& ARIICTE

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With 188 men comoetitors from 31 Countriesand 114 women competitors Irom 24 Nations (a total of 302 sailors representing35 Nations) The men's 470ers were the largestfleet with the second largest number of nationsrepresented.Only the Laserfleet representedmore nations. The top 20 placesin the 470 men'sand women's fleet were taken bv 15 countries. Melbourne's summersea breezesat 1824 knotssometimesensuredthat the 470 was the only doublehanded dinghyclass ableto race.

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fEi has been re-issuedwith a builderslicence. EONDARhas built their first two 470s from the Parker mould,one of whichwas on displayon 6/7 March1999at Sailboat the London Dinghy and Sailboard Show at AlexandraPalace. providedboats for charter in the Down Under NAUIIVELA series. Some are availablefor sale/charter(see page 22)'

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470 Buildersmust have a current licensewhich is issued by ISAF annuallyfor a calendaryear' ISAF confirmedon 2nd March1999 thatthe followingbuilders havea licenseto build470s. BateauxBoutemv,France BootswerftMadei GmbH, GermanY FE5. Uermanv England DevotiSailing'Ltd, Holland KD Polvesterbouw, MacKaYBoats, New Zealand Nautivela,ltalY SPain ProvectosOlimPicos, ReciattaSailboatscc, SouthAfrica RioiecnaSRL, Argentina RondarRaceboatsLtd, England ToPYachts, Estonia VanguardRacingSailboats'USA Yamaha.Japan GermanY Ziegelmayei, Any questionsabout the current status of building licenses should be addressed to lSAF Contact informationfor 47O buildersis publishedon the 470 website. Builders are requested to advise Ihe 470 webmasterol any changeof detailsand are welcometo purchaseadvertisingspace on the 470 website or the 470 Times.

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The 1998Winnerof the 470 classhad2 femaleskiooers among3. We havea lot of womensailorsin the clubs. Since the All Japan Women's UniversitySailing Championship startedin 1993, the numbersof the TheAll JapanIntercollegiate YachtingFederation is composed womensailorshavebeenincreasing.However,the total of nearly150 university sailingclubsand all thosehavebeen numberof the studentsailorstendsto be decreasing. usingthe 470 Classfor racingfor almost25 yearc.

UNIVERSITY BOAIS ln 1972, the organizationdecided to introducethe International 470 Class, instead of the very traditionalwooden clinker-built gaff-riggeddinghy, together with the Snipe Class. Upon their decision to use the 470, the Japan 47O Class Association negotiated with the licensed builder YAMAHA and mutually agreed to supply lower price standard boats for collegiate sailing clubs. This helped develop and expand 470 fleets all over Jaoan. On average each unrversityhas 5-7 470s and 5-7 Snipes. Half the clubs have their berth at the harbour and others use the beach in the Tokyo area. Other than Tokyo, it is not difficultto retain sDace at the harbour near the school.

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UNTVERSITY SAIIINGSEASON The sailing season stans in March. The new semester starts in April. Racing takes place mainly from April till November. In the North part of Japan it is too cold to sail in winter - snow and ice. In the Tokyo area the average tempenature in winter is 5'C to 10"C but it is not windy. Students do not sail from the m i d d l e o f D e c e m b e rt i l l t h e e n d o f J a n u a r y d u e t o t h e f i n a l examinations.

SAII TRAININA Someuniversities havea sailingprogramfor all students.But thatdependsof the location- onlythoselocatedby the ocean. Normallythe clubs have or rent a small house near to the harbouror on the beach.Someuniversities havea 'selection system' that recruits top high school sailors without examination.Thosesailorsare usuallystartedin the Optimist classat age 8-10then moveto FlyingJuniors.Eachyear,4-5 teamsaimto be Olympicsailorsaftertheygraduatebut unless they belongto a sponsorcompany,they face financial problems.Lessthan50%continuesailingafterschool.Japan YachtingAssocjationis now slowly trying to establisha National TrainingProgram.

The Women'sChampionship's formatis differentfrom the normalAll JapanChampionship. Onlyone boatcan enter per team and the Championships are held separately in differentvenuesand on differentdates.

FUNDINC Mostlythe clubsbuytheirown boatswithdonations from graduateswho once belongedto the clubs. Also,the give some financialsupport. Many clubs universities alwayshavefinancialdifficulties.Studentspay for their own expensesand the fitting/repaircost. The big problemis the accessto the sailingarea whichis more than t hourin the Tokyoarea.

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STUDENT 470 CONMI||EE Student470 CommitteeChairman,Yusuke Katsuoka from KanagawaUniversity, said"Thereis a big concern about the fewer membersof clubs. We need to do somethingto make this sport more popularthroughout Japan. But,I am confident that peoplewill realizethe pleasureof sailingand loveit onceexperienced, as I did when I startedat the university". Also, the SecretaryGeneral of Student Yachting Federation,Mr. KazumitsuTanaka,talked about the sailingclubsfromthe viewof education"lt is one of the YusukeKatsuoka, Student 470 best sportsto developmentaland physicalabilityfor Committee Chairman. Photo: CT everyone.Theyhaveto learnthe patienceand harmony goal. againstthe nature.Winninga raceis notthe final The endeavour,practiceand enthusiasm for the victory are very importantfor youngpeople. In addition,crewskipper-relationship and club life will teachthem many things like understanding and co-operationwith each other. I hopeeachyoungsailorwouldbe wiserthanjust havingknowledge throughsailing." ARTICLE BY CNAKOTODARI

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INIER.UNIVERS'TY RACING The firstAll JapanIntercollegiate SailingChampionship was heldin 1939withonly5 clubs. per Onlyoneofficialsailingteam(sanctioned by the university) universitycan belongto the All JapanYachtingFederation. The officialracesare 3 boatteamracesbut teamracingrules do not apply,just for scoringpurposes.The prizeis givento the club. There are 9 sectionalfleets in Japan coveringfrom Nodh island (Hokkaido)to South island (Kyushu).Sectional university championships are conducted, whichare also used for the qualifyingregattasfor the All JapanUniversitySailing Championship.This is held every Novemberwith 23 universities in both470and SnioeClasses.FromMetrooolitan Tokyoregion,45 university clubshavekeencompetition each yearto retainonly7 spotsallocated. The racesaredetermined by the totalscoreof 3 boatsfor both classes. That meansa club is able to enter 3 470s and 3 Snipes. Ol course,2 classesstan separately, normally470s firstthenSnipes.lt is spectacular that69 boatson a longstart linemaking3-4 rowsshouting to askor demandroomor give way. The courseis similarto the Olympictrapezoid,a littlebit modifiedto adjustfor 69 boats.

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REOAE I A husband and wife 470 sailing team who enjoy the {un of 470 racing but have no National or Olympic aspirationsare looking for fleets ot 470s in Europewho would welcomeoverseas visitorsto sail in their club events. A n y S a i l i n gC l u b si n Europethat hold open Club eventsfor 470s intendedfor Club standardratherthan Olympicstandardsailors and who would welcome visiting470 sailorsare inviledto advisethe Editor.

UWE KELDERBACHER AUSIR'A The addressof the Austrian470-classwebpagehas changedto You are welcome to visit it. Good www.sailing.org/470laustria Wind. Z R I N K AG R A N C A R I C CROAI'A P r e p a r a t i o nasr e i n p r o g r e s sf o r l h e E u r o p e a nC h a m p i o n s h i psse e page 17. OTT KALLAS ESION,A 4 7 0 t e a m st o g e t h eirn o u r " 4 7 0 W e a r e n o wt r a i n i n ga l lt h e E s t o n i a n of the sailorsare juniors base" in Tallinn,Capitalol Estonia.l\,4ost with good futureprospects. T h i ss e a s o nw e w i l ls t a d e a r l i e tr h a n n o r m a li n t h e P r i n c e s s S o p h i aT r o p h ya t P a l m a{ o l l o w e db y t h e F r e n c hS p r i n gC u p a n d SOF in Hyeres.We hope il gives us a betterboostfor the season. I n E s t o n i aw e h a v e t o w a i t u n t i lM a y f o r g o o d s a i l i n gc o n d i t i o n s . T h e E s t o n i a n C h a m p i o n s h i p sf o r a l l O l y m p i c c l a s s e s a n d " O p t i m i s t sw" i l l b e h e l d t o g e t h e ri n T a l l i n no n 2 6 - 2 9A u g u s t .T h i s e v e n ti s c a l l e d" S u u r eT r l l uR e g a t t "l.t i s a n o p e n e v e n la n d s o a l l 470 sailorsare welcome! MICHAELAWARD DENMARK T h e D a n i s hN a t i o n a las r et o b e h e l di n J u l y .T h e W a r ds i s t e r sw e r e s e c o n d( a g a i n ! i)n t h e 1 9 9 9W o r l dC h a m p i o n s h i p sV. i s i to u r w e b s i t ea t w w w . 4 T o s a i l i n g . d k FPd,NCE Benoit Petit and J Francois Cuzon won the 1999 World C h a m p i o n s i p s 1. 9 9 8 W o r l d C h a m p i o n s ,G i l d a s P h i l i p p ea n d TanguyCariou,were sth. The French470 newsletterLlEN470No 1 2 7 w a s p r o d u c e db y J e a n P i e r r eD a v i d ,E m i l i eD a v i da n d A l a i n C o r c u f ifn D e c e m b e r ' 1 9 9 8 .

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IIUNGARY N a t i o n a lw s i l lb e o n 2 / 6 J u l y 1 9 9 9a n d H u n g a r yl o o k sf o r w a r dt o seeing many 470 sailors at the 470 Worlds in 2000 on Lake Balaton. IfALY F e d e r i c aS a l v a a n d E m a n u e l aS o s s i w e r e t h i r d i n t h e 1 9 9 9 W o r l d s . F o r d e t a i l so f t h e R o m aS a i lW e e k i n A n z i os e e www.romasailweek.org. MARC LUIKS NErHERIANDS 4 7 0 S a i l i n gi n t h e N e t h e r l a n diss m a i n l yo n t h e l J s s e l m e ear n d B r a a s s e mT. h e r ea r e 1 9 4 7 0 t e a m s i n c o m p e t i t i o (n2 o f w h i c h w e r e i n t h e 1 9 9 9 W o r l d s ) .L i s a W e s t e r h o fa n d A l e x a n d r a V e r b e e kw e r e 1 2 t hi n t h e 1 9 9 9W o r l dC h a m p i o n s h i p . MAREKSTANCZYK POIAND F r o m2 4 t o 2 7 S e p t e m b eirn P u c kw e h a d o u r C h a m p i o n s h i p s . Fortunatelyweather and wind were excellent and ten races e x e c u t e di n g o o da t m o s p h e r eF.i r s td a y t h e r ew a s o n l yo n e r a c e w h i c hh a ds h o w nw h o i s g o i n gt o w i n C h a m p i o n s h i pFsr. o ms t a r t to finish the only leaderswere Tomasz Stanczykand Tomasz ' 1 9 9 9W o r l d ss e e r o r l dC h a m p i o n sa n d 3 r d i n J a k u b i a k( J u n i o W N e w K i d so n t h e b l o c kp a g e 1 0 . ) A s w a s p r e d i c t e dt,h e y b e c a m e P o l i s h N a t i o n a lC h a m p i o n s , w i n n i n ge i g h t r a c e s .T o b e a s i l v e rm e d a l l i stth e r e w a s r e a l l y Gruszkaand rapidsailingbetweenyoung RafalSawicki/Bartosz Tomasz Flisiak/PiolrBaldygawho returnedto racing afler five years of absence. Finally there was viclory of young over e x p e r i e n c eI.n a l m o s t e v e r y o n e so p i n i o nt h e C h a m p i o n s h i p s w e r ev e r yw e l lo r g a n i s e db y O l y m p i cS a i l i n gC e n t r ei n P u c k . l h a m p i o n s h i pt hs e r ew a s l \ , 4 e e t i no g{ C l a s s D u r i n gt h e N a t i o n aC . f t e rZ b i g n i e wM a l i c k ri e s i g n e dw e h a d a n O f f i c e r sa n d S a i l o r sA electionfor lhe new President.Of two candidatesmore votes were receivedby Marek Stanczyk,second candidate- Ralal S a w i c kiis n o w v i c e p r e s i d e n t . s i l l t a k e p l a c e b e t w e e n3 0 T h e 1 9 9 9 P o l i s hC h a m p i o n s h i pw A u g u s tt o 2 S e p t e m b e irn P u c k .W e i n v i t ee v e r y o n es p e c i a l l y t arek c o u n l r i e sp l a c e d n e a r o u r b o r d e r .C o n t a c t :P r e s i d e n M Stanczykmarekst@post.pl

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SERGEYZUZOVOV RUSS|,A T h e N a t i o n acl h a m o i o n s h iwpa s h e l di n S o c h i ,B l a c kS e a , 1 2 - 1 8 l r o u t i k o v( S o c h i ) O c t o b e r1 9 9 8 . V a d i mS t a t s e n k oa n d M i c h a i K d e l e n d e dt h e i rc h a m p t o nt i t l e .S e c o n dp l a c ew a s c r e wA l e x a n d r Getun and Anatoly Koveshnikov(Vladivostock)and third prize was taken by Andrew Kirillyukand Alexey Krylov (Moscow) r m i t r y B e r e z k i na n d E u g e n y U n l o d u n a t e l yo, u r c r e w - l e a d e D Bourmatnov,who qualifiedRussiafor a ticket to Sydney-2000 did not go lo Sochi. The winner o{ female crews were the StPeterburgsailorsAnna Bassalkinaand DianaOborotova

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GREECE S e e t h e s p e c i afl e a t u r eo n 4 7 0 S a i l i n gi n G r e e c eo n p a g e 1 9 i n w h i c h S o f i a B e k a t o r o u( 7 l h 1 9 9 9 4 7 0 W o r l d s ,3 r d 1 9 9 8 I S A F W o r l d s ) a n d A n d r e a s K o s m a t o p o u l o s( 1 9 9 5 4 7 0 W o r l d of the Olympics C h a m p i o np) r o v i d ea n i n s i g h it n t ot h e e v o l u t i o n a n d O l y m p i cs a i l i n gi n G r e e c e .

A 4 7 0 w i t ha s e e { h r o u g h e x h i b i t i o ns a i l w a s o n display at Sailboat, the London Dinghy Show held at AlexandraPalace on 6/7 March. A British470 websitehas at launced been g.org/470lgbr www.sailin

Krachun-Natalia T h e R u s s i a nJ e m a l ef l e e th a v eg a i n e dV l a d i l e n a w h o b e c o m ec i t i z e n so f R u s s i a .G o o d l u c k i n t h e Gapanovich 19 9 9 s e a s o n . ! T h e 1 9 9 9 R u s s i a nN a t i o n acl h a m p i o n s h iips o n 1 2 - 1 9O c t o b e r 19 9 9 . SPAIN N a t a l i aV i a D u { r e s n ea n d S a n d r aA z o n w e r e S t h i n t h e 1 9 9 9 Worlds UI(RA'NE k o n t h e 1 9 9 9W o r l d s( a l s o R u s l a n aT a r a na n d E l e n aP a h o l c h yw 19 9 8a n d 1 9 9 7 )a n d r e m a i na t t h e t o p o f t h e I S A FW o r l dR a n k i n g o e r e7 t h i n t h e 1 9 9 9 l i s t .E u g e n yB r a s l a v e tasn d l h o rM a t v i y e n kw Worlds.

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ZADAR, - H',SIORY OF WAN, AND PEAGE Duringits historymanynationstriedto conquerZadar,becauseo{ it strategicposition.At some time or other, Romans ruled over Z a d a r ,t h e n B y z a n t ,A u s t r i a n sF, r e n c h ,l t a l i a n . .C . r o a t i a n sh a v e livedheresincethe 8th century,but Zadarwasn'ta partof Croatia u n t i l t h ee n d o f W o r l dW a r l l . T h e c i t yh a d ,y o u m i g h ts a y ,q u i t ea n . h e r e c e n th a p p e n i n g isn 1 9 9 1 - 1 9 9 5w e r e a l s o e x c i t i n gh i s t o r yT q u i t ew i l d .D u r i n gt h e w a r f o r i n d e p e n d a n cZea d a rw a s b a d l yh i t . You could say that the war actuallybegan in the area of Zadar. O n t h e 5 t h o f A u g u s t h i sy e a r ,t h e f i r s td a y o f t h e E u r o p e a n si t, ' l l be exactlyfour yearslhat Zadat has been free. ARTICLE BY ZRINKAGM,NCARIC

ZADAR EXIR.AGT FR.OM NOITCE OF RACE

OpeningCeremony:7 Augusl 2l:00

Besidebeing old,Zadar is reallya beautifulcity. As we don't have heavy industry,we cherish nature and tourism. There are lour N a t i o n aPl a r k sn e a r b yO . n e w i t hm o u n t a i n st h , e o t h e ri s a r i v e r t, h e third has lakes,and the fourthconsistsoI islands.

Qualilitarion Phsse : 8 dnd I August Six races per group over two days (no more than three races a d a y ) . T h i s q u a l i f i c a t i opnh a s ew i l l b e p r o l o n g e df o r g r o u p sn o t havingsailedfour raceswithintwo days.

N a t i o n aP l a r k K o r n a t il s l a n d sh a s a r o u n d3 0 0 i s l a n d sa n d r o c k s . U n t o u c h e dn a t u r e , w i t h m a n y s e c u r e p l a c e s f o r y o u r b o a t . Yachtsmenlike the area of Zadat for there are very rarely days w i t h o u st o m e k i n do f a b r e e z e .

Final Phase: lrom I0 to 14 August Twelveracesper groupover five days, with at leastone race per grouporganisedthe lastday and no morethan three racesa day. No startwill be gjven after 17.00the last day.

WEAIHEP, Duringthe first half of August it is alwayssunny, it is very hot, 3035 degrees,and the waler temperatureis around23 degees.The wind is usuallyblowingfrom northeast(220),that meansfrom the s e a t o w a r d st h e l a n d ( i t i s c a l l e dM a e s t r a l )u, s u a l l ys o m e 8 - 1 5 knots. lt is a steadywind, that rarelyshifts.The sea is very calm, w i t h r e g u l a rs, m a l lw a v e s .

Closing Cerenony t l4 Augusl 21t00.

PARfTGIPANIS It is estimatedthat some 170 470 crews are going to participate, and as the event is open, there will be some 40 crews from nonFrrrnnoen

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RAGE AP,EAS We definitelydecrdedthat there will be two race areas, one for w o m e nc r e w s ,a n d o n e f o r m e n a n d m i x e dc r e w s . SATLING 'N GR.OAITA I n C r o a t i aw e h a v es o m e1 5 4 7 0 c r e w s .l t i s q u i t ee x o e n s i v feo r u s Croatiais very good in the Optimist(thirdon the Worlds is a boy f r o mU s k o k a , n dw e h a dt h ef i r s ti n t h e E u r o p e a nhs e l di n S p l i t ,a l s o Croatia)and Laser Radial(a club memberwas 2nd Laser radialin Europe last year). We have Karlo Kuret in the Finn (4th in the Worlds),Mate Arapov in Laser (201hin the Worlds),a very good lvlatchrace crew ( 8th in the Omega ranking, TomislavBa0ia, the h e l m s m a ni s f r o m U s k o k ,a n d h i s b o w m a nt o o ) .

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ZADAR., A G'fY OF BEAU7Y Z a d a rl i e so n t h e A d r i a t i cc o a s ti n t h e m i d d l e .l t i s n o t a b i g c i t y ,i t h a s s o m e 7 5 , 0 0 0i n h a b i t a n t sb,u t i t i s r e a l l ya n o l d o n e . E x p e r t s estimatethat it is some 3,000yearsold, and that is very obviousin t h e c e n t r eo f t h e c i t y ,a h a l f - i s l a n dw, h e r eo n e c a n s e e m a n yo l d b u i l d i n g se, v e na n a n c i e n tR o m a nF o r u mi s o r i g i n a l lpy r e s e r v e d .

AGGOMMODATTON The OrganisingCommitteehas recentlysigneda contractwith two hotelsand an autocamp,that are only a lew minuleswalk from the s a i l i n gc l u b U s k o k ,t h e o r g a n i z eor f t h e e v e n t .T h e r ew i l l b e t h r e e possiblities for accomodation, the camp with the lowestprices,one hotel with middle prices, and one for those who can aflord s o m e t h i n gm o r ee x p e n s i v e .

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EN'R,TES CLOSE I TULY Use the Entry Form on the websiteor officialentry form, entries have to be sent, lhrough National Associations,or through National Authoritieswhere there is no National Association. b e f o r e1 s t J u l y 1 9 9 9 ,t o :

REGATIA AFF'CE Obala KnezaTrpimirabb 23O0OZadar Phone:+385/23l333888 Fax: +385/23/331 076 + 81 249 457921(h) www.tel.hr/uskok E - m a i lu : skok@zd.tel.hr

4 7 0 I n t e r n a t i o n a l3e2, 9 S p r i n gS t r e e t ,N e w p o r tR , l 0 2 8 4 0 ,U S A F a x : + 1 4 0 1 8 4 9 7 3 1 5E - m a i l: j a m e s @ 4 7 0 . o r 9 The corresponding entry fees (200 Eurosper crew) shall be paid at the same time see page 4 for creditcard/bankingdetails. Accordingto the International 470 Class Associationrules,crew modificationsmay be acceptedfrom this date up to the final day of entry confirmation.

LIABILI7Y C o m p e t i t o rw s i l l s a i l a t t h e i ro w n r i s k .T h e O r g a n i s i n g Authority and all partiesinvolvedin the regattaorganisationdo not accept any liabilityfor any loss, damage or injury which may occur to personor property,both ashoreand afloat,as a consequenceof p a r t i c i p a t i oi n t h e E v e n to r t h e C h a m p i o n s h i p s . Itis a condition o f e n t r yi n t ot h e E v e n to r t h e C h a m p i o n s h i ptsh,a t the owner/competitor has third party liabilityinsurancecoverto a m i n i m u mv a l u eo f 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0E u r o s .

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We look forwardto seeingyou at the Europeans1999.

HOSI GLUB . 'K USrOK JK Uskokis knownin Croatiaas one of the best organizers,always a good host.In the lasttwo yearswe hosted, amongotherevents, t h e n a t i o n a l isn t h e O p t i m i sat n d t h e n a t i o n a lfso r O l y m p i cc l a s s e s , as part o{ preparationfor the Europeans.The club celebratedlast year 50 years of existence. fR,AVEL There is an airport,some 15 km {rom the centreof the city, so you can come by plane.Zadar can also be reachedby bus and train of c o u r s e ,b u t I w o u l d n ' tr e c o m m e n dt h e t r a i n ,v e r y s l o w w i t h b a d c o n e c t i o n sn,o b o d yu s e si t h e r e ,a n d b y b o a t{ r o m l t a l y .T h e r ei s a i e r r yo n c ea w e e k .w e l l I t h i n kt w i c ei n t h e s u m m e r f, r o mA n c o n a .

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EGYPf The top-placedArab Yacht Racing Unionteam in Sail the Gull '99 was Amro YousryOmar of Egyptand Marco Mennini. C H E U N GM E I H A N HoNAKO,JO A Hong Kong 470 Class Championshipis being planned for 1999. ISRAEI ShanyKedmyand Anat Fabrikantwere4th in the WorldsWomen and Eli Zukemanand Elad Ronenwere gth in the WorldsMen' CHAKOTOBARI TAPAN See the featurearticleon Universitysailingin Japanon page 15' There are 1100 470s registeredin Japan with 73 new boats registeredin 1998. T h e S h i s e i d oC u p w a s h e l d o n 1 1 / 1 4 M a r c h a n d i s a m a j o r Women's470 event.(Reportin the next 470 Times) Sail the Gulf Photo SH

The 1999 Japan 470 Class Championshipwill be on 20123 Novemberat WakayamaMarinaCity,Wakayama(2 hoursfrom Osaka city). The Japan Women's Championshipwill be in Octoberat EnoshimaYacht Harbour.Kanagawa.Japan The 1998 NationalChampionshipwas held on 19/23 November 1998 at Odo Yacht Harbour,Fukuokavenue of the 1997 World The winnerswere the experienced YouthSailingChampionship. KimitoshiNakamura/KenichiNakamurawho beat the second place young skipper T Samba/M Yamada and third place T Tanaka/BKodama15. After the first 2 days of qualificationseries (4 races),the fleet dividedinto 2 groups. (total60 boatsentered).In the gold fleet' top 5 sailors have internationalexperience and had close competition.When the pumping rule applied,the diflerencein skippertechniquewas very clear. Havingattainedthe 470 men SydneyOlympicspot,it will be very interestingto see whichteam representsJapan.

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g ,*'ri p a s h e l d o n 1 5 / 1 8O c t o b e r T h e 1 9 9 8 W o m e n ' sC h a m p i o n s h iw 1998 and attracted12 teams to EnoshimaYacht Harborand was Fukushimawith C ldiom/M.lkuta won by SayuriHashimoto/Michiko 2nd and U Yamashita/AMinoshimathird. WAM NAMGUNG KOREA The main 470 event in Korea in 1999 will be the Admiral'sCup at Pusanon 27 May Io l June. Dae-YoungKim and Sung-AhnJung are currentlythe top 470 sailors. MICHAELM MYINT flIYANMAR We are tryingto developthe 470 Class and have so far 6 sailors' Racesare held everyweekendin the Inya Lake in the middleof YangonClty (formerlyRangoon)at the YangonSailingClub formerlythe RangoonSailingClub establishedin 1924. GEORGEMACINTYRE QAIAR '99, the eigthQatarInternational Regattawas heldon SailThe Gulf 26 February to 5 March 1999. OATAR'S Sports Minister His ExcellencySheikh Mohammed bin Eid al-Thani presentedthe w i n n e r s w i t h t h e i r t r o p h i e s . A l s o a t t e n d i n gt h e p r i z e - g i v i n g ceremonyin the SheratonGulf Hotelwere HE Hassanal-Ghanem, Ministero{ Justiceand severalambassadorsand local dignitaries. The too Drize in the 470 Fleet went to Sabine Haberger/Kay N i e d e r l a h r e n h o r s to f G e r m a n y ; r u n n e r - u p w a s P e p i j n R a e y m a e k e r s / P h i l i p p eC a n t i l l o n o f B e l g i u m a n d P h i l i p p Hettichof Germanywere third. Lempertz/Stefano Gulf lan Templemanand Peter Ashdown(GBR) won the Sail The '99 was 1999 Gulf Open Masters 470 Regatta. Sail the Gulf s p o n s o r e db y U n i t e d A r a b S h i p p i n g C o m p a n y ; Q a t a r S t e e l Company,Qatar NationalHotelsCompany,Pepsi,Jotun,Hempel Paints,Gulf Helicopters,Gull Air, the oflicial carrierfor Sail The Gulf 99. EricssonMobilePhonesand DHL International."

FOCUSOIUGAIECE fHE OLYMPIC C'SALLENGE OIYITP,,A GAITES From all the races that took place in ancient Greece,theOlympia Games that were dedicated to Zeus, were the most famous. They took place every four years and were so important to Greek people that they used them as a point for their chronologicalsystem. Those days the prize for the winner was a wreath of olive tree and meant everything to the athletesl This is actually why after years they stopped the Games. The spirit "everythingto win "destroyed"the real meaning of the Games. So the last Olympia were organised in 394. OIYTP'C CAIilES In 1896 the spirit was regained with the help of the French Rierre de Coubertin, who gave the first official Olympic games to Athens. At that tlme the USA won 9 gold medals, Greece won 5 and Germany 4. OLYil'P'C COLD SA'LING MEDALS FOR GREECE In 1932 sailing came into the lives of Greek people as a result of the Navy. The first club was founded in 1937, NauticalClub of Greece and in 1937 the sailing club of Pireaus.These two sailing clubs raised to the top 23 years later the gold medallist King Constantine and his crew Eskitzoglou and Zaimis in the Dragon class in the Olympic Games of Rome. But this was only the startl Many Greek sailors Boudouris, Xatzipaulis, Pelekanakis, Boukis D, Boukis Del., Kisseoglou, Kouligas become famous for their sailing skills and got reallyclose to the top in the Olympic Games. However, only one other managed to reach the top Nikolaos Kaklamanakiswas gold medallistin the lvlistralclass in Atlanta in 1996.

470 HOPES OREEK Though the 470s did not get enough glory, they were presented both times in 1992 and in 1996 by great sailors as Andreas Kosmatopoulos and Thanassis Pachoumas the first time and Andreas Kosmatopoulos and Kostas Trigonis ,the second tlme. We should not forget that they had a really good chance to win as they were World Champions in 1995. 470 WOMEN SAIL'IIG IN CREECE In 1996 it was the first time that the 470 women class had a Greek team with Katherine Kaloudi and Emilia Tsoulfa. They were already famous in Greece by winning two times the Athens Eurolymp,the Greek championshipsand by finishing 7th in the trials in N4udhia.By then only a few Greek 470 women teams continued sailinq as the others were far behind. In 1996 they broke up and one year later I started sailing a 470 wjth Emilia. lt was really difficultfor me to learn to co-operatewith another

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person as I had been sailing in the Europe class. We trained man, hours to catch the other 5 remainingwomen teams. We had to win the 1997 Athens Eurolympweek to be in the Nationalteam! Though this race is really cursed(l), because of the strong wjnds, we managed to beat the other girls and hope that the 470 women class will not die so soon!

fHEWAYIO 'NrERNAr'ONAL SUCCESS Training in Greece was reallyimpodant to us becausewe sail at an, time of the year and by moving to differentplaces, we were able to get used to waves, or flat sea, strong or light winds. The hot temperature is helping a lot! The sad thing was that the more we improved the less the other crews kept sailing.

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After a medium performance in Hyeres, Europeans, Worlds we gave our best jn the lvlediterraneanGames in Bari and we finished 4th. This was quite impressingfor our clubs (NOTK-IOP)that the, believed in us. T h e n e x t s e a s o n ( 1 9 9 8 )c a n b e d e s c r i b e da s G r e e k W o m e n g o l d seasonl We began our campaign starting from Athens Eurolymp week beating the already famous Salva -Sossi, quite impressingfor us. Then we went to Anzio. After winning this regatta we were 2nd in the Princess Sophia Trophy and the maximum excitementfor us was when we won Hyeres. Nobody knew us till then. By then another team was trying to catch us, lvlylona who changed two crews Gioka and Matzaraki. In l\4edemblikand Kiel we were 6th and in Dubai we finally managed to beat the German team. We were 3rd in the ISAF World C h a m p i o n s h i p sAl l s o t h e E u r o p e a nC h a m p i o n s h i pi n 1 9 9 8 w a s a happy result for us, we finished 3rdl Finally in Palma after some mistakeswe could not reach the top any more, not after the last day We won the trials for the Olympics so soon and we finally realised it made us very happy and proud for Greece. So 1998 was a great sailingyear. We remainedat the top and proved that everythingwas the result of hard training and made the Greek women believe that they can do it also. Don't forget that only the men in the 470 and particularlyAndreas and Kostas had managed to make their dream come true. lt would be impossiblewithout their helpl

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470 FTEE7S Ihe 470 was introduced to Greece in 1973 and the first National Championshipwas in 1974. The 470 immediatelybecame very popular. Today, there are over 70 470s in Greece most of the fleet is locareo In T h e s s a l o n i kai n d A t h e n s . 3 5 - 3 8 m e n a n d 8 - 1 0 w o m a n c o m p e t e j n t h e Nationals and major Greek regattas.Thessalonkiis an important port in the north part of Greece and has a history of 2300+ years! 470 REGATIAS Alhens Eurolymp Week An Internationalevent which has became very popular in the past few years and is still growing providesvery strong competition. Balkon Oames A 5 nation regatta (GRE,RON/,TUR,YUG,BUL) is organised by a different nation each year. Greece has been very succesful in the 470 events in recent years regularlywinning the gold medals. National Chompionship Events for l\4en's,Juniors,Women's, Girl's.This is a good opportunityfor younger sailors to compete with top rank ones and gives a chance to enter the Nationalteam. Cvp" "Grunmalidia An event with some internationalstatus and also a selection for the National team. Dedicated to Jenny Grammalidi a young 470 sailor who past away due to a traffic accident in 1991. Nulional lials Take place before major events to keep the team fresh. Weekly lotal regallas Very well organized (Thessalonikiand Athens) with good competition1416 boats each location. TRA'NITIG PROGRA,,frE The training program can stad early due to the weather conditions.The winter is not so cold as is in North Europe and there is a good opportunity for the sailors to make a good preparationbefore the important regattas.

EQU'PTENI, SAILS, BOAIS It's easy to get all the sailing gear you need as in the rest of Europe. A lot of dealers in Greece can supply the sailors with all the kind of sails, spars, boats and special equipment in normal prices and very

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There are sailing shops everywhere and also sailing lofts which are producing racing sails for 470s.

OPPOR7UNIiIES r0 SAIL470s The 470 is suitable for the body height and weight characteristicsof Greek sailors. Everyone here is interested in the 470 because it's a complete boat and you really learn sailing.Also the media has an eye on it because of Greek internationalsuccess. 470s arc available in most of the Greek sailing clubs. There are coaches with experience in the boat and top world rank sailors to w a t c ha t t h e m . T h e r e i s a b i g f l e e t o f 4 2 0 s a n d a l l t h o s ey o u n gs a i l o r s are welcome in the 470 fleet after one or two vears. OIYMP'C CAMPAIGNS The National Federationorganizesand covers most of the cost for the participationand equipment of the Preolympic and Olympic team. Support from clubs and sponsors are sometimes avajlable but never en o u g h .

O7HER fOP ITEH470 SAIIORS GeorgeErstos,5 times National470 Championbecame3 times WorldChampionin 1 ton and 3/4tonClasses. Aleurasbrothers8th in 470 in IYRUYouthWorldsin 1986 - 3rdJuniorWorlds1997 A Tagaropoulous S Mauromatis - D Gerontaris First470teamin Olympics andA Bonariswere24thin 1976. Best resultin Olympicsin 470 - A Kosmatopoulous and K T r i g o n i1s l t h i n 1 9 9 6 .

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The 1999 MastersWorld Cup held in Auckland attracted 8 crews from 5 nations (AUS,GBR, GER,ITA,NZL)who sailed 6 races. The first 3 raceswere held in lightwindsand the lastthree in a force5 with high waves. For the first time the MastersChampionsare a women's team Jenni Danks and Addy Bucek (AUS) The Grand Master Champions are GiancarloBenettiand PaoloStefaniSail(lTA) Special thanks go to Ann Cooke for excellent and good suPport! organisation Frqnk Winler

MASTERS . NEW 'TRUCrUNE A t t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a4l 7 0 C l a s s M a n a g e m e n t Commiteemeetingin February1999in Parisit was decidedto have a lurther group of age for the mastersevent with effect from the MastersWorld Cup 2000 in France.

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P&O Nedlloydinternationalcontainershippingbetween Australiaand New Zealand. Schenker Inlernalionol freight forwarders who coordianated the shippingthroughoutthe exercise. Royal & 9un Alliance and InternationalMarine insurancecover and soonsorof events. Au&/r,nd CiIy Prcmolions for functions surrounding eventsand publicationof Noticeof Race for event.

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NZL'sdouble-handed youthworldchampionsMatt Davtes & Kevin Borrowsalso kept their best for the last day of the regattawinningboth races.This put them 5th overall.

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Duringthe six days of racingthere were some very shifty gusty conditionswith 20-25 knots on day's two and three whichproduced1.5mwavesand a numberof capsizes.

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'YDNEYHARBOUR RECATIT (PreOlympicTest regatta- September1998) Overallresults- Top 5 470 Women 1. GER N i c o l aB i r k n e-r W i b k eB u e l l e 2. 'TA. FedericaSalva- EmanuelaSossi Ward 3. DEN SusanneWard - L4ichaela lvlelindaHenshaw- Jenny Egnot 4. NZL WhitneyConnor ElizabethKratzig 5. USA

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Hawk'sagenda{or 1999 includesa rigid Team CompuCom/Kitty s c h e d u l et h a t r e q u i r e sn o t o n l y m o r ef i n e t u n i n go f s a i l i n gs k i l l s , but also more personalsacrjfice.The 1999 objective:to win the UnitedStates470 berthto the Olympics. The plan: to compete NEW|EAT D u r i n gt h e i r n i n e m o n t h so f s a i l i n gt o g e t h e ri n 1 9 9 8 ,P a u l F o e r s t e r againstthe best sailorsin the worldas manytimes as possiblein and Bob Merrickcompetedin twelve regattas: four in the United t h e n i n e m o n t h s r e m a i n i n gb e l o r e t h e T r i a l s . I n s t e a d o l competing in eight internationalregattas in nine months, as Statesand eight in Europe. Of the twelve,they broughthome five firsts,an impressivethird at SPA (onlytheir secondregattasailedas F o e r s t e ar n d M e r r i c kd i d i n 1 9 9 8 ,t h e y w i l l c o m p e t ei n t h i r t e e n . 'fourto two regaltas: a team),and a significantninthfrom the 1998Worlds-a ratingwhich Their domestic470 schedulewill drop from ensuresa 470 berthfor the UnitedStatesin the Sydney2000 Games. the 470 Nationalsand the US OlympicTrials. Tucked belween EARLYSUCCESS are other training events such as the JY15 Midwinters,the This team was nominatedthreetimesfor Athleteof the Month by the LightningMidwinters,a few Jl22 regattasand a few trips to United States Olympic Sailing Committee, improved their World Tampa lor 470 practices. Basically,they will spend two weeks r a n k i n g f r o m 6 7 t h t o n i n t h , b e c a m e U n i t e d S t a t e s N a t i o n a l (sometimesmore)of every monthin sailingcompetitions, 957" of Championsafter just seven monthsof sailinglogether;and skipper t h e m i n t e r n a t i o n a l . Paul Foerstermade the short list of six sailorsnominatedfor Rolex fRA"I'NO Yachtsmanof the Year. Not bad for a team whose skipperlives in The team's aggressivetrainingschedulemeans less time spent Garland,Texas,and whose crew lives in Portsmouth,Rhode lsland. at home leading a "normal life." Time away from family and T h e u n i t i n go f N o n h a n d S o u t h h a s p r o v e n t o b e a w i n n i n g {riendsis of littleconcerncomparedto time away from careers combination,and Foersterand Merrickhave even higher hopes for and school. Untjl now, the balancingact has been mainlained s u c c e s si n 1 9 9 9 . with some semblanceof sanity;however,with only nine months 1999 CHAILEHGE to go, the heat is on for Foersterand Merrickto eliminateall The new year startedoff with a difficultbut valuablechallenge.At the distractionsand grind out the competition.While other countries' 1999 World Championshipregattain January,Foerster and Merrick 4 7 0 s a i l i n gO l y m p i ch o p e l u l sa r e b e i n gp a i db y t h e i rg o v e r n m e n t s missedqualifyingfor the Gold Fleetby one pointbecauseof boat and to compete, Foersterwill be using vacation pay and unpaid physicalhealth problems.lts heartrendingimpact notwithstanding, leavesof absencefrom hisfulltime engineeringjob to trainfor the this disaster was, perhaps, timely in its occurrence tor Team t e a m ' sg o a l . I n A p r i l ,M e n i c kw i l l p u t h i s e n g i n e e r i nsgt u d i e sa t Hawk. CompuCom/Kitty the Universito y f R h o d e l s l a n do n h o l d i n d e f i n i t e ltyo t r a i n f u l l rf550flt time. From il, the team learnedimportantlessonsthat could have been JUND'NG experiencedat a higher cost later in the year, say, at the United Becausesailingis such an expensivesport,100% o{ fundsraised StatesOlympicTrials: from sponsorsand suppoftersmust go toward majntenanceof 1) sincecenterboardgasketsare difficult,if not impossible,to replace sailboats,travel,entry fees, etc. No one reimbursesAmerican on the water,a criticalstep in preparalionfor racingis to check and O l y m p i ch o p e f u l fso r l o s so f p e r s o n ai ln c o m ed u r i n gt h e i rt r a i n i n g , recheckthe their "stick-on"ability,especiallywhen 20-30 knot winds or for experiencelost on the job or time lost toward earninga are forecast;2) healthyis fast. Attemptingto lose weighttoo quickly degree. To exchangesecuritylor uncertaintyis a choice each can make an athletevery susceptibleto illness. Sailinga qualifying s a i l o rm a k e sb e f o r ee m b a r k i n go n t h e O l y m p i ci o u r n e y . W h i l e day with a 103 degreefeverdrainsmentalfocusfromthe objectiveat the sacrificeis enormous,anylhinglesswouldbe a wasteof time, hand. Whilethe mindstrugglesto keepup, the body is unableto give energyand funds. At this level of sailingexpertise,being good 100% to the situation. enoughto beat their peers on the home front,or even beingtwo ITO7'VAfION of the best sailors in the world is not a high enough standard. Foerster and Merrick are of the same competitivementality,a Olympic hopefuls must be as good as lhey can possibly be. "lesson learned"very mindsetthat does not receivea spoonfulof Foersterand Merrickhave the talent.ethics, commitmentand lightly. Like most high achievers,they internalizefrustrationover the dedicationto be exactlythat. cause of any loss, then triple their synergisticenergy to improve ilORE NEWS pefformance.This is good. lt meansthat lwo saiiors,alreadyamong Stay tuned 10 the progress of Team Compuoom/KittyHawk at:the best in the world, become motivatedto work even harder in Olympic Campaign on the team website p u r s u io t f t h e i rg o a l s . W i n n i n gt h e S i l v e rF l e e ta t t h e 1 9 9 9W o r l d si s www.rcyc.org/Team_2000. nol true-to{ormtor these two, and they are painlullyaware of their faltering.Not beingallowedto competewith his peersis the greatest ARIICLEBY CARRIEFOERSrER incentive for a three{ime World Champion to strive for future success. He and his teammateare compelledto reestablishtheir positionin the ratings. An insight lrom ttiA lEA,f. COfrPUCOM/KIIIY HAWKwho ote campaigning ,o go to the 20O0 Olympics

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, ARCENfINA E R I C OH O F F M A N The South AmericanChampionshipwas held on 31 March to 4th April 1999 - report will be in next lssue. The National C h a m p i o n s h i p sw i l l b e h e l d a t S a n I s i d r o - B u e n o s A i r e s 9 / 11 , 16 , 1 7 , 2 3 , 2 O 4 c t o b e r19 9 9 . BRAZIL The National Championshipswere held at porto Aleoreon 417 February1999. CI'IADA NIGELCOCHRANE The CYA Canadian23 and under SailingChampionshipswiil be held on July 2-4, 1995 in Nova Scotia. The CyA Canaoran UniversityChampionships are on September25-26al the McGill& BeaconsfieldYacht Club Beaconsfield,euebec. The Fall Olympic ClassesRegattaat CORK, Kingston,Ontariois Oct 9-11, 1999 ContactNigelCochranenigelc@unixg.ubc.ca for more informatton. IATA'CA STEVENCOOKE We now have 3 470s! | am the only passionateone that salls in all events,eventhe cruiserclass. I havehopesof takingover the helm from Andy and Sean in 2004 so I am gettingas much watertime as possible. fhe 470 class here in Jamaicais fairly tnactiveso I end up racrng40ft cruisers. Picturewhat I see at the start! The mosr humiliatingthingfor them is when I catchthem on starboardat the weathermark. One skipperremarkedwhen I tacked to cover his 41.5 Beneteau,"Son,your wjnd shadowisn,thigh enoughto ctear my deck."That'sok with me, becausein the averagerace,the wind usuallyblows out of the SE at 25-30, and after we all round the weather mark, if I am still upright,they're lucky if they recognize who's in front.Great stuff!lll MEXICO MANUELVILLARREAL-G Manuel Villarrealand SantiagoHernandezwent to the Wonos In Melbourne,they are gaining experience,and planing to keep trainingand participatein regattasin Europenext summer_

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CHANO'iNO RULES....... PR,OPOSAL NAfTONAL SUPPORf TN7ER.NAJ'ONAL 47O APPR,OVAL ,SAF APPR.OVAL ,MPLEMENfAf'ON

fHE WAY FROM A GOOD IDEA fO AN APPR.OVEDR.ULE ,DEA ideathatwouldprotect So,someof you hada brilliant bloke Thatoutrageous equipment andwhathappens? of a measurertellsyou - withoutbattingan eyelashwiththe of yoursis incompatible that this brainchild Rule and as a result, he cannot admit it. (expletive That.., deleted)...., As a matterof fact, the Class is avidlyinterestedin ideas,but - underits own Rulesand suchinnovative those of ISAF - it just has to follow established procedures. Thissituationhoweverseemsto be all Greekto many words whichis whysomeexplanatory of our athletes, maybe in order: GAINSUPPORT anysuch Ruleamended, lf youwantto geta Technical process: hasto go throughthefollowing amendment - you submityour suggestedrule changesto your respective nationalclassassociation, - if the nationalclass associationsupportsthis it will then submiia proposalto that amendment, effect,to the 470 Internationale, - Withinlhe 47OInternationale will the submission firstbe addressedby the TechnicalCommittee, - in the eventthatthe TechnicalCommitteesuppofts the proposedchange,it submitsit to the General for approval. Assembly, Councilandthe General

TI/,NOR& URGENI CHANGE lf the proposal concerns "minor and urgent change", the T e c h n i c a lC o m m i t t e ea n d t h e M a n a g e m e n tC o m m i t t e e m a y a s k t h e G e n e r a l C o u n c i l f o r a p p r o v a l ,a t a n y p o i n t i n t i m e . S h o u l dt h e G e n e r a lC o u n c i la p p r o v ei t . t h e n i t w i l l b e s u b m i t t e d directly, to ISAF where it would also be processed immediately. OTHERrECHN'CALRULECHANCES A n y o t h e r T e c h n i c a lR u l e c h a n g e s w o u l d - p r o v r d e dt h a l t h e Technical Committee would have given its approval - be s u b m i t t e dt o t h e G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y w h i c h m e e t s e v e r y t w o years. - Proposal supported by the General Assembly will be submitted to ISAF for approval, the deadline for such s u b m i s s i o n sb e i n g A u g u s t 1 . - A t I S A F l e v e lt h e p r o p o s e dc h a n g ew i l l b e a d d r e s s e d a . t the I S A F a n n u a l m e e t i n g s ( i n N o v e m b e r ) , fi r s t b y t h e Centreboard Boat Committee and then - after approval by t h a t c o m m i t t e e- b y t h e C o u n c i l . - U p o n a p p r o v a lb y t h e I S A F C o u n c i l ,r u l e a m e n d m e n t sw i l l become effective as of March 1, of the following year. OIIIER ATIENDilENIS IO RULES T h e f o l l o w i n gt y p e s o f a m e n d m e n t sw i l l a l s o h a v e t o c l e a rt h e "bottleneck"of the National Class Associations,as a first step: - Amendments to Regatta Formats etc. (Manual) will be s u b s e q u e n t l ya d d r e s s e db y t h e G e n e r a lC o u n c i la t i t s n e x t m e e t i n g( t h e n e x t o n e n o w , i s t h e o n e c o n v e n e df o r A u g u s t 6, 1999, at Zadarl0toatia\. - Amendments to our Class Statuteswill be addressedfirst by t h e G e n e r a lC o u n c i la n d t h e n b y t h e G e n e r a lA s s e m b l y . - A n y o t h e rt y p e o f a m e n d m e n tw o u l d c o m e u n d e rj u r i s d i c t i o n o f t h e G e n e r a lA s s e m b l y .

CHECKS TIEASUREMENI By the way: Did you ever lose your chanceon a medal,which you were sureyou wouldget,afterthe nextto the last race in a series,just becauseyour wona protestagainst closestcompetitor of youon account of a minorinfringment a technicalrule?Well,that'sprecisely (expletive deleted) what the wantsto saveyoufrom..... .....measurer

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CREW Elena Michaela Emanuela Wibke Emilia Sandra Carolin Anat Jenny Diana

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MATVIYENKO MARGON RAHM CARIOU NUNES BARRETO TRIGONIS HEINILA CUZON MERRICK

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