You probably have already heard the bad news that Windsurfing was not selected by ISAF to be part of the 2016 Olympic Regatta in Rio

Believe me we are working on a plan to reverse this decision… In the meantime, we will not stand a chance without you taking action too.

Please click the following link and sign the petition

http://www.change.org/petitions/isaf-keep-windsurfing-as-olympic-discipline?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=share_page_mobile

AND ask all your friends to do so

AND ask them to ask their friends

AND ask them to ask their friends

and so on until we have 100,000 signatures or more.

That is our first target and with your help we can do it.  There are other plans in the works which we are working on but if you do what I ask then you will have done your part… for now

I’ll get back to you with more as it happens

Regards

Rory Ramsden

RSX Class

It’s not just about the boards, but
- racing techniques
- the equipment
and lots of other interesting stuff

As part of Yachting Australia’s windsurfing development plan, Brendan Todd will conduct training for Bic Techno 293 and RSX pre Sail Brisbane and Sail Sydney.  After Sail Melbourne he will also have a training camp in Melbourne to build on what’s been learnt over the December racing period.  After Sail Melbourne will be a good time to assess skills and try some new things leading up to National’s both the OAMPS Australian Youth Championship and RSX and Techno Class Nationals later in the year in QLD  at RAYS.  
 
We have been able to bring Sail Melbourne into the fold and have BIC Techno 293 competing alongside other youth and junior classes in the mornings at the World Cup.  Now that all the Sail Down Under events will have both Youth and Senior class represented we should be able to make a good spectacle and have a more racing opportunities for developing sailors.
 
One-page flyer.
 
Let Brendan know in advance if your planning to come to any of these so that he can be sure to tell the clubs the numbers expected.
 
Good Sailing,
Brendan Todd
M: 0412 597 559
brendan.todd@sa.gov.au
http://www.recsport.sa.gov.au/sasi/sailing.html

RS:X Men
1. Tom Ashley (New Zealand)
2. Julien Bontemps (France)
3. Sharar Zubari (Israel)
4. Nick Dempsey (Great Britain)
No Australian entrant
Article: http://www.sailing.org/olympics/news/24796.php

The mark roundings are posted LIVE to the website.
http://www.sailing.org/olympics/resultscentre.php?raceid=42

Here’s the main olympic sailing site and other links that may be of interest.
http://www.sailing.org/olympics
http://sailjuice.com (blog)
Results Alert (rss feed)