International Sailing Federation EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.sailing.org To comply with ISAF regulations 18 & 26 please complete and return the Class Report to ISAF UK by Monday 31st January 2007. Thank you. Note: answers will be put on the ISAF Website, to help with this please type in responses and email back to ISAF. If you do not want personal details of anyone other than the primary contact address published please place these details in red text

2007 CLASS REPORT

24 Name of Class MELGES Class Website www.melges24.com Address Contact Details PRESIDENT: (name, address, Henri SAMUEL telephone, fax, 55, rue vaneau email) F-75007 Paris France Tel.: +33 1 428 40132 Fax.: +33 1 428 40132 [email protected]

WORLD SECRETARY: Günter TZESCHLOCK Untere Blatt 50 a D-78253 Eigeltingen Germany Tel.: ++49 7774 1887 [email protected]

CHIEF MEASURER: David CHIVERS 34 Nelson Street, Brightlingsea, Essex CO7 0DZ England Tel.: +44 1206 305107 Fax.: +44 1206 305107 Primary Contact World Secretary? (as per the YES yearbook)

1 Average price of 26.500 (ex VAT) complete new boat without sails (Pounds Sterling) Name three (1)BUILDER NAME: Melges Boatworks, USA builders PRICE: GBP 26.000 (approx.) (preferably one Website: www.melges.com per continent) and quoted price (2)BUILDER NAME: Devoti Sailing s.r.o., CZ for 2006/2007 PRICE: GBP 26.500 (approx.) (Pounds Sterling) Website: www.devotisailing.com (3)BUILDER NAME: Melges Asia Pacific / North Shore Yachts PRICE: ? Website: www.melges.com.au Name all National 18 (Austria, Belgium, Czech Rep., Denmark, Association Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great member Britain, Italy, Japan, Monaco, Netherlands, countries paid in Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United 2006 States) Name six (1) USA (No.) 141 Countries & (2) ITA (No.) 58 number of (3) FRA (No.) 34 members that represent the (4) NOR (No.) 23 ISAF minimum (5) GBR (No.) 23 criteria (details in (6) JPN (No.) 12 Appendix A). How many new approx. 35 boats were built in 2006 How many boats 150 were built over the past 5 years Approximately 680 how many boats exist Worldwide

2 2006 World HOW MANY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS WERE Championship(s) HELD FOR THESE GROUPS: Send a copy of (1)OPEN? 1 the final overall (2)MEN? results. (3)WOMEN? (4)YOUTHS? (Attached) (5)OTHER? If there is more than (1) EVENT TITLE: World Championship Melges24 one World 24.08. – 01.09.2006 Championship please submit the (2) VENUE: Hyères, FRA details, copying this section of the (3) EVENT WEBSITE: http://m24.nikopo.com/ questionnaire.

(4) NUMBER OF ENTRIES: 119 Example of title,

‘470 Women’s World Championships.’ (5) COUNTRIES REPRESENTED: 13

(6) NUMBER OF RACES: 11

(7) WERE ANY BOATS SUPPLIED AND BY WHO? 2 boats (for Charter), Devotisailing

(8) NAME & NATIONALITY OF WORLD CHAMPION(S): Nicola Celon, Italy

RACE OFFICIALS INFORMATION (9) NAME OF PRINCIPAL RACE OFFICER: Michel Vialet & Corinne Aubert

(10) NAMES OF ISAF INTERNATIONAL JUDGES PRESENT: Tony O’Gorman (Chairman) Gerard Bosse (Vice Chairman) Jean-Jacques Gastaldi Denis Varnier

(11) NAMES & NATIONALITY OF NON ISAF JURY MEMBERS: --

(12) NAME OF EVENT CHIEF MEASURER: Jean Louis Conti

3 (13) ORGANISATION QUALITY? Good, in close cooperation with IMCA and French Melges24 Class

(14) VENUE GOOD & BAD POINTS? (a) ASHORE: Good: a lot of space, management of haule-in and – out of the boats

(b) AFLOAT: Good: Race courses close to marina Equal racing conditions 2 courses available for split fleet racing 2 equal race committees

Please state any a) at the same venue recommendations no recommendation for future World Championship events b) Generally in terms class logistic of running a worlds? (not venue specific points)

4 APPENDIX A The class requirements for ISAF Status are: INTERNATIONAL RECOGNIZED OR RECOGNIZED CLASSES CLASSES CLASSES Number of 6 4 or 3 4 or 3 Countries Number of 3 1 or 2 1 or 2 Continents Number of boats Number of boats per Number of boats per country : country: Worldwide : Up to 7.6m 20 Up to 5m 20 Up to 5m 100 7.6 to 9.0m 10 5 to 6.5m 15 5 to 6.5m 80 9.0 to12.0m 6 6.5 to 7.6m 8 6.5 to 7.6m 60 12.0 to 15.0m 4 7.6 to 9m 7 7.6 to 9m 30 Above 15.0m 2 9.0 to12m 6 9.0 to12m 25 Windsurfers 50 12.0 to 15.0m 2 12.0 to 15.0m 20 Above 15.0m 1 15.0 to 20.0m 2 Windsurfers 30 Above 20.0m 8 Windsurfers 100

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