Les Kearney, the National President of FFIA has written:

Dear Member

In my recent letter I suggested that the 2020 FF nationals in  Queensland  become part of the selection process for the 2021 Worlds. This was prompted following a request from the Worlds Organising Committee to shorten the length of the  2021 National Championship, thus making this committee concerned we would not have enough time to complete a series based on our by laws requiring a minimum of 5 races, due to external influences.

RFBYC have re-assured  the FFIA committee that we will have the invitation race on completion of the measurement and a further 4 full days allocated for the Championship.

On this basis we can revert to the status quo and the Worlds Qualifying will be a single event, being the 2021 National Championship.

Yours Sincerely

Les Kearney
President

Photos from the 2019 WA State Titles at Esperance are now available, courtesy of Bernie Kaaks.  To view these, visit Bernies Flickr albums. 

The first batch of 47 photos is available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniekaaks/albums/72157704773341902.

The second batch (containing 100 photos) is available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniekaaks/albums/72157708429161625.

Thanks Bernie!

Bernie Kaaks has written a summary of the 2019 WA State Flying Fifteen Titles and it has been published on Sail-world.  

You can read it at www.sail-world.com/news/216613/Western-Australian-Flying-Fifteen-Championship.  The article also includes a few of Bernie's great photos from the event.

The sun finally shone at Esperance for Day 3 of the 2019 Flying Fifteen WA State Championships, sponsored by Gemmill Homes, and the fleet was rewarded with gentle to moderate offshore breezes of 8 to 12 knots for the final three races of the championships.

Race Officer John Taylor, as he had promised the night before, kept the variety coming, with three different courses set for each of the races.

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