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Kiteboarding made an Olympic debut in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.
By: JORDAN B. DARLING
King of Spain Regatta (July 10-11) California Yacht Club will host the annual King of Spain Regatta July 10 and 11. The event is open to Star Class boats that are in compliance with STCR 21 and is ruled by The Racing Rules of Sailing. The race will be held on Santa Monica Bay, approximately one nautical mile northwest of the Marina del Rey breakwater. The names of the winning skipper and crew will be inscribed on the King of Spain Perpetual Trophy on display at CYC. The trophy, a sterling silver Spanish galleon, was presented to CYC by the King of Spain in 1928, and racers have competed since the late 1970s to add their name to the trophy. Boats can enter by completing the online registration at: https://bit.ly/3iHYQcj. The deadline for registration is July 9 at 6 p.m.
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Cure Cancer Cup for the Tom Collier Memorial Trophy (July 10)
International Olympic Committee Green Lights Kiteboarding for 2024 Olympics World Sailing took a vote at the midyear meeting for events to replace the Mixed Offshore event in the Paris 2024 Olympics, with Men’s and Women’s Kiteboarding as the top choice. By: JORDAN B. DARLING LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND — On June 10 the International Olympic Committee Executive Board approved Men’s and Wo m e n’s K i t e b o a r d i n g (Formula Kite) to replace Mixed Kiteboarding and the Mixed
Offshore Event in the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition. In December 2020, the IOC informed World Sailing that there would be a review into the Mixed Offshore event revolving around the Field of Play security, scope, complexity, broadcast cost, complexity of the event, and the fact World Sailing would not have the opportunity to deliver an Offshore World Championship. In April, the IOC requested World Sailing put forward alternative event proposals for the 10th medal at the Olympic games. World Sailing took a vote at their mid-year meeting in May and the final decision was to propose Men’s and Women’s Kiteboarding as the first alternative and the Men’s and Women’s Two-Person Dinghy (470) as
the second alternative event. The World Sailing council received 23 proposals and narrowed it down to 15 before settling on the top two proposals. “The IOC provided us with clear guidance and their decision-making is consistent with other sports and events,” said David Graham, chief executive officer for World Sailing, in a June 10 press release. “The World Sailing community acted at pace to propose alternative events and we are delighted the IOC have followed our guidance and selected our first alternative proposal of Men’s and Women’s Kiteboarding.” The Olympic sailing events will be held in the newly designed Roucas Blanc Marina in Marseille, France.
King Harbor Yacht Club is hosting the 29th Annual Cure Cancer Cup for the Tom Collier Memorial Trophy on July 10. The race is open to all sailboats 14 feet or over in length with a PHRF rating of 288 or less. The boat does not have a valid PHRF RLC rating the race committee will assign a rating. The race is governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing, amendments will be posted in the sailing instructions. All proceeds from the regatta will go directly to cancer research, the entry fee is $25 for the boat and skipper plus $20 per crew member. The first race warning will be at 12:55 p.m. and the first race will start at 1 p.m; onshore events are expected to start at 3:30 p.m. For more information see https://khyc.org/web/ pages/race-info/.
2021 Crew of Two, Race Around the Coronado’s (July 17) Point Loma Yacht Club is hosting the 2021 Crew of Two, Race Around the Coronado’s on July 17. The race is open to all members of organizations affiliated with US Sailing, PHRF classes must have a Rating Certificate from PHRF San Diego to race in a PHRF class. The race is ruled by the Racing Rules of Sailing, and will start at Buoy #9, the racing area covers San Diego Bay, Los Coronados Islands, the Pacific Ocean, and will include Mexican waters. There is one race scheduled, the warning signal will be at 10:55 a.m. Participants for the event must register for the event by July 16 at 7 p.m., the Skipper’s meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Point Loma Yacht Club. Sailing instructions and registration will be available at http://www.regattanetwork.com/event/22700.
