Endlich: Hobie 16 raus !

Autor: "Claus C. Plaass"

DRSS - Achtung: Englisch, wenn nicht: Babelfish

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NEW MULTIHULL FOR ISAF YOUTH WORLDS
In 1999, ISAF approved the inclusion of a multihull discipline at the
ISAFYouth Sailing World Championship from 2004 onwards.

In 2002, ISAF developed a criteria for builders to submit designs for the
youth multihull, which led to a four-day trials in Quiberon, France in
2003, at which nine different designs from five builders were evaluated.
The nine designs were eventually short listed to five, two, followed by a
further process of assessment and evaluation which reduced the choice to
two, including review of the production facilities, availability,
distribution and price during 2004 by the Youth Multihull Evaluation
working party chaired by Oliver Bovyn (FRA).

Olivier Bovyn (FRA) recommended the unanimous decision of the working
party that the Sirena SL16 catamaran designed by Yves Loday be selected
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youth multihull for the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship. The
ISAF Executive Committee supported the proposal and will make the same
recommendation to the ISAF Council at the 2005 ISAF November Conference.
The Executive Committee recommendation will detail the Championship at
which the class will be first introduced to replace the Hobie 16 and
whether there will be alternative equipment for the multihull event, as
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case for the other youth events. Prior to use at the Youth Worlds, theSL16
will need to achieve ISAF Status. The SL16 is a twin-trapeze,
three-sail multihull retailing at approximately EUR11,000.

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