United States A-Class Catamaran Association

Atlantic Coast Championships

Tuesday, 02 September 2008 17:59 District 1

There are two regattas left in the Atlantic Coast Championships!

Lake Hopatcong, NJ
September 6-7, 2008
Lake Hopatcong NOR

High Performance Dinghy Open
October 11-12, 2008
American Yacht Club
Rye, NY
Entry Form and NOR

2008 NA Web-site is now available!

Thursday, 28 August 2008 11:32 USACA

A new web-site dedicated to the 2008 North American A-Class Championships is now available at:

http://www.acatnas.org

This site has a list of registrants, NOR and Entry forms, Lodging, Transportation information, and much more!

Registration is Open

NA Registration Reminder

Wednesday, 27 August 2008 16:00 Davi

Hey everyone, just a reminder that the price of registration jumps at the end of this month. Don't forget to register early!

* Notice of Race
* Entry Form
* Website

Registration Fee: $250 (if received by September 1, 2008)

Late Registration Fee: $275 (if received after September 1, 2008)

Perfect seas, perfect wind, and beautiful sunny days this time of year. Last weekend we did four races on record time in 8-10 and flat water.

NORTH AMERICANS - Santa Cruz, Class Meeting Topics

Thursday, 22 May 2008 16:00 Bob Hodges

Folks,

Before this sneaks up on us, just a reminder that the 2008 NAC is coming up at the end of September in Santa Cruz and there will be a class meeting. Topics will be as follows:

Curved Blades at NAC

Tuesday, 22 July 2008 16:00 Bob Hodges

No doubt that many of you are reading with interest on blogs and the internet about the emergence of the curved daggerboards at the recent European championship. Specifically the reports are that top German sailor Bob Baier was quicker than most around the race course on a new Nils Bunkenberg designed Nikita with curved daggerboards that met the requirements of the current daggerboard extension and retraction limitations that were put into effect in April 2006. These limitations do not specifically limit curved blades.

One of the big problems with this rule is the definition of what is a hydrofoil. There are some who want to define a hydrofoil as a foil capable of lifting the boat (think Moth). But don’t our current daggerboards also meet that definition since they are in water and producing lift? Hence one debatable issue that the IACA technical committee could not solve. About the only objective rule they could define was they did not want any foil system that could physically lift the boat clear of the water (again think Moth and the image of the 2007 Canadian C-Class catamaran with lifting foils).

2008 North American Championships

Thursday, 29 November 2007 16:00 Davi

Just a quick announcement:

International A-Class Catamaran
2008 North American Championships

The Santa Cruz fleet is proud to announce the 2008 North Americans will be hosted by the Santa Cruz Yacht Club (SCYC) from Sunday, September 27th to Friday, October 3rd, 2008 in Santa Cruz, California.

The Regatta will be sailed in the open waters of Monterey Bay, south of the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor.