For those of you the grapevine hasn't reached,  John Crosby passed away about a week ago after a long illness. Nikki and John’s family have held a a private funeral service.

John was a lifetime sailor competing in Cherubs as a youngster, he did a lot of ocean racing and was a stalwart of the F15 Section at SoPYC from its early years until he stopped sailing because of illness.  He competed in Nationals and the States.

The notice of race for the 2022 Flying Fifteen WA State Titles to be sailed at South of Perth Yacht Club between April 15 and April 17, 2022 has been issued and is available from here.

A link to online entry and payment is included in the Notice of Race.  This includes the provision for purchase of additional tickets to social events and lunch orders.

Entries submitted after 4.00pm Friday 8 April, 2022 will be late entries and may be accepted at
the discretion of the organising authority. Any late entry accepted will be subject to the
payment of an additional late entry fee of $50.00.

Note that mandatory proof of vaccination status, in accordance with State Government regulations, will be required when entering the licensed areas of the club.  

Dr John Harvey passed away on October 23, 2021.

John was a long-time member of RFBYC and FFIWA making a significant contribution to the Class. He won the 1969 State Championship. He was a member of the FFIWA Committee for a number of years, and served as President in the 1970s. He was awarded Life Membership of the Association in 1982.

We offer our condolences to his family and honour his contribution to our class.

The FFI Ballot was completed on 11 October 2021  and all items were approved.

The Class Rule Changes are subject to  approval by World Sailing,  once they approve the changes they will come into effect on 1 March 2022. 

The first two items related to the FFI Constitution can come into effect immediately and will be updated on the FFI website very shortly.

The response to the ballot was 50% of the voting members, this compares with 40% who voted in the 2019 ballot.

 

Item	Total FOR	Total Against
ITEM 1: CONSTITUTION CLAUSE 9.10 Changes to the Class Rules shall take effect from 1 March 2022, rather than on (or after) 1 March 2023.	234	30
ITEM 1 A: CONSTITUTION CLAUSE 8.1.(d) Deletes part of the wording to make the website the Main source for class information	244	19
ITEM 2: A 4 SAIL ENDORSEMENTS In-House Certificate numbers may be used on sails, and on Measurement Certificates.	248	16
ITEM 3: B 8.1 B 8.2 WEIGHT  Hull weight reduced from 138 kg to 133 kg minimum and maximum corrector weight also reduced by 5 kg, to 16 kg.	140	124
ITEM 4: B 11.6 SPINNAKER POLE(S) Spinnaker pole length retained at 2000 mm, with the length of pole clarified to include attached end items.	248	16
ITEM 5: B 13.5.1(e) MAINSAIL CONSTRUCTION Mainsail windows increased in number to 3 windows, from 2 windows. Total window area is unchanged.	242	24
ITEM 6: B 13.8.2(a)(i) SAIL LIMITATIONS Sail limitation changed to any four sails per year, from one set of 3 sails per year (mainsail, jib & spinnaker).	228	36
ITEM 7: B 14.5 PROHIBITIONS Prohibition on radio communications may be changed by the Notice of Race or the Sailing Instructions.	252	12
ITEM 8: B 15.3 EQUIPMENT Requirement to carry an anchor may be changed by the Notice of Race or the Sailing Instructions.	233	31