SRES.
PRESIDENTES DE LA AUTORIDADES NACIONALES AFILIADAS A LA CONFEDERACION
SUDAMERICANA DE VELA:
REF.-STARBOARD
FORMULA WINDSURFING ONE
DESIGN..-
El
Dir.Secr. de la Federación Peruana de Vela, Sr.
A
tal efecto, nos es grato transcribirles la opinión del técnico argentino
Hernán Vilá, reconocida autoridad en la materia, así como copia del
pormenorizado informe que enviara oportunamente el Sr.
From:
velavila@fibertel.com.ar
To: velasco1@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Formula One
Design -2012 -update
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:16:51
-0300
Estimado Luis.
Ambos documentos son la comparacion
de la Propuesta de la Starboard Formula windsurfing one design de un lado
y la actual tabla olimpica Neilpryde RSX.
El otro cuadro que habla tambien de
Slalom se refiere a que paises y en que disciplinas tienen deportistas
entre los 20 mejores de acuerdo al ranking ISAF.
Argentina ha tomado clara
posicion por la opcion de la FORMULA WINDSURFING STARBOARD ONE
DESIGN.
y es mas, esta poniendo una
Submition en
Es decir por el reemplazo de
la actual tabla olímpica., debido fundamentalmente a:
1- Costos.- . La FW cuesta
casi la mitad que la RSX
2 Distribucion , en Argentina
STARBOARD tiene una importantisima presencia y tendriamos acceso directo
al material olimpico y a los repuestos y garantias. Mientras que con RSX
tenemos que comprarlas en Miami, no tenemos representante y tenemos que traer de
afuera hasta el ultimo tornillo.
3.- Hay cantidad de deportistas en
cada disciplina en Argentina:
4 - Posibilidades estrategicas
de medalla. ( Gonzalo Costa Hoevel es hoy por hoy uno de los dos mejores del
mundo en FW)
Un abrazo y gracias por tu mail y
consulta.
Afectuosamente
Hernan-
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From: "
To: "PER"
<sailperu@terra.com.pe>
Subject: Fw: Formula One Design -2012
-update
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:10:54 +0100
Status: O

Dear Secretary
General,
We, the
steering committee for the Formula Windsurfing One Design Class (FOD), forwarded
to you (28th June 2008) the Starboard proposal for the Weymouth 2012 Olympic
Sailing Regatta.
We hope that you have
been able to review the proposal and that you will give due consideration to the
merits of a change for 2009 to 2012.
Our slogan, incorporated in the
Overview and Power Point presentation, summarised the reasons why we
believe in this proposal:
'Proven
equipment that is simpler, faster, more affordable, more consistent, more
reliable and more exciting.'
In this letter we
would like to draw to your attention two key factors that support the need for
change.
1) Price, and
Availability, of Equipment.
- The proposed new Olympic Equipment will retail
for 2/3 of the price of the current Olympic Equipment
- The FOD
equipment has proven durability; it will last longer than RS:X
- The FOD
equipment will be distributed through normal windsurf shops, operating normal
margins, ensuring a worldwide distribution network that will fully support the
program
- Warranty and spare parts will be available in windsurf shops
throughout the world
- The FOD has 3 moulds (RS:X only 1) to produce the
board so can adapt fast to the demands off the market
- The feeder Youth
Class, Formula Experience, uses equipment that costs less than ½ the price of
the current Olympic Youth class
2) Media and Sailor Appeal.
In the
conditions prescribed in the ISAF policies for ISAF Events, October 07 (6-25
knots) Formula Windsurfing is a non-pumping, planing class
- This will
enhance the image of windsurfing that now very often is seen as air rowing in
6-10 knots of wind
- This reduced
pumping will bring the windsurfing discipline closer to the sailing
discipline
-
Excessive pumping induces wear and tear on equipment and on the athlete’s
body
-
The light FOD equipment is especially adapted for ladies and youth
sailors
-
New formats.. more and shorter races, half fleet races,… can add to the
already media friendly image of Formula Windsurfing.
Selecting FOD for 2012 will increase participation.
An analysis
of sailors, representing 5 continents ( N & S America,Asia, Europe, Oceania)
on the current ISAF ranking and FW ranking reveals the following data
The number of active FW competitors
is 3 times that of RS:X.
There seem to be no recreational RS:X
windsurfers
There is a big potential for FW to grow.
Asia: some
countries have only been active in windsurfing in the current Olympic class
Europe: similar for some former
Soviet countries and smaller sailing nations such - Bulgaria, Slovenia, Belarus,
Serbia,….. Also Cyprus and Turkey
N-America: Canada, Mexico and British and
American Virgin Islands
S-America: Venezuela and Netherland
Antilles
Oceania: FW present in all countries
Summarising: If
FW becomes the new Olympic Class it will be active in
Details about participants,
continents and countries represented, can be found in the attached
document.
Finally, we
think it important to consider the opinions of sailors. We have attached the
report from Allison Shreeve, who recently completed a tour of Europe and USA
where she raced the FOD equipment.
For further details of the events
she attended, and to be kept informed about future plans for the class,
visit:
http://www.formulawindsurfing.org/fwod.php
Yours
sincerely,
The FWOD
Steering Committee
Svein Rasmussen (MD
-Starboard)
Tiesda You (Technical
Adviser)
Remi Villa ( Chairman-Formula
Experience Class)
Bruno De Wannemaeker (President
-International Windsurfing Assocation)
Allison
Shreeve-racer
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Nos agradaría conocer la opinión
de cada una de las Afiliadas respecto a este asunto, quedando a su disposición
para cualquier información complementaria.- Asimismo, mucho nos
interesaría conocer su parecer respecto a una eventual
declaración de la Confederación Sudamericana de Vela, en el caso de
que contáramos con una posición
unánime.-
Aguardando
sus noticias, nos es grato saludarles
cordialmente.
Confederación
Sudamericana de Vela.
Luis
Velasco- Pres. Alberto Carluccio- Secr.