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It is important that anyone wishing to become a class approved Inspector attends ; a stepping stone to an application to ISAF for International status. A survey of sails will be conducted throughout the championships; attendees will be expected to assist with this project. At 19.00 on Wednesday 3rd January (not 2nd as originally published) an open meeting with representatives of the Organisers of the 2007 Worlds in Formentera, and class officials. Detailed info about the venue, travel and accommodation, will be made available. "Board width" rule for slalom boards After consulting PWA and the IFCA Executive the decision was taken NOT to change the "Board width" rule for slalom boards from 2007 onwards. IFCA and the development of freestyle From 2007 IFCA will focus the European Championships and Title on a single event, with next year's championship already scheduled for Bredene, Belgium from 1st to 4th August.. Raceboard AGM 2006 - Minutes Minutes of the International Raceboard Class Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 23rd November 2006 in Pattaya have now been published ISAF Windsurfing Committee minutes The Minutes of the Windsufing Committee meeting recently held during the ISAF Annual Conference in Helsinki are now published. ISAF Conference Reports Application for Recognised status rejected by ISAF Council Council rejected the application from the Mistral Prodigy Class for Recognised status. Application for International status rejected by ISAF Council Council rejected the application from Techno 293 Class for International status. Ceri Williams, Classes Representative on the ISAF Windsurfing Committee, filed this report on the meetings he attended during the week long conference. See also a summary of the daily reports published on the ISAF website: Windsurfing alive and kicking in SA WindsurfingAfrica.org is a community-created website serving the needs of windsurfers in South Africa, Namibia, and the rest of Africa's beautiful coastline and inland waterways UPCOMING EVENTS “III Bay of Cadiz – New Year Regatta” TECHNO 293 EUROPEANS & RS:X Puerto Santa Maria, Cadiz, Spain January 1st to 5th 2007 Event Website: Alex Caviglia Bluewater Regatta January 12-14 (week before Olympic Classes Regatta), Miami, Florida - Classes: Formula, RS:X North Americans, Open Hybrid, Prodigy, Kona, Raceboard EVENT REPORTS Euro Cup 2006 report and final rankings The Windsurfing Office presents the annual ranking lists for the Windsurfing Euro-Cup 2006. A total of 6 results were achieved this season – three racing events and three slalom regattas. Finian Maynard (Slalom) and Ross Williams (Formula) emerge top EFPT 2006 Season End Report After three years we are able to look back to the most successful EFPT tour since the tour was founded in 2004. More events, more riders, more prize money . . . a few words to explain the success of the last 3 years. Wind Brazil 2006 Gonzalo Costa Hoevel (ARG3) wins the 2006 Brazilian Formula Windsurfing Grand Prix; for full details and results visit the FW website. Patrik Pollak is the 2006 Raceboard World Champion World Speed Sailing Record Attempt 2006 The 2006 record attempt is over! Although we missed the big goal to break the 50 knots barrier, this event was extremly successful, with three world records broken, another two production world records, 19 national records and 14 personal best speeds achieved over the distances of 500m and the nautical mile. All record claims are now forwarded to the WSSRC for ratification. PWA World Tour 2006 End of Season Round-Up ISAF Year in Review
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