FD UK News - Winter 2001/2      2002 - 50th Anniversary of the FD Class
Last updated 06 June, 2002

Toby Dale & James Cole National Champions 2001 - Ullswater - photo KP Southern Area Champions 2001	James Cole (Gill Wilkins) & John Best Midland Area Champions 2001 - photo RP
	Peter Doran & Richard Phillips Winners of Travellers Trophy 2001 - photo KP

	Banks Sails sponsored the FD stand at Sailboat - 3/4 March 2001 at Alexandra Palace. John Best's FD  - 3rd in 2000 Worlds was on display with carbon spars.
	Yachts and Yachting who support Sailboat, has a website providing links to UK Classes and Clubs and opportunity for sailors to register.

Winter 2001/2   

Welcome to FD UK News
On this website (www.sailfd.org/GBR) you will find news about FD sailing in the UK and links to stories, regatta reports, results, list of FDs for sale, details of FD UK Travellers Trophy, stories of sailing escapades and links to other websites.

Contents
Introduction
New items
Updates
Reminders
Information and Requests

New items
Notice of Race - Nationals - Whitstable
Midland Area Champions & Trophy
Travellers Trophy
Midland Area Championships

Updates
Dates for Diary
News and Features
FD Training
Reminders
IFDCO Reminders
Carbon Spars
Change to Class Rules
Regatta Information
Sponsors wanted!
Stolen boats register
Information and Requests
Trophies & Champions
FD British Newsletter
Second Hand Boat List
Where are former FD sailors now?
More information?
Contributions welcome
Clothing checklist for newcomers to sailing
FD Bulletin
FD Flyer
Dawes World Cup 2000
FD Worlds 1999 77 FDs from 15 nations in UK

Introduction
This is Issue 12 of the FD UK Newsletter designed for the WWW.  Please email contributions to the Editor. Contents

Travellers Trophy
The final results for the Travellers Trophy 2001 are here. The first event for the 2002 Travellers Trophy is the 2001 Midland Area Championship (see results). There are some changes to the Travellers Trophy rules to increase participation  (see article). Main change is introduction of secondary events. 3 FDs to an event nominated by you, one must travel and email the Coordinator at least 30 days in advance of the event with details of the event. Contents

Midland Area Championships
Light winds on Saturday only allowed one lap of one race to be completed. Sunday morning was very foggy with no wind, By 1.00pm the fog had cleared and a breeze began which built to allow two exciting races. However, despite a convincing win in the third race, this was not enough for David Wilkins to retain his title as John Best had won the first two races. Third overall were Richard Phillips & Peter Doran and on equal points in fourth was Julian Bridges crewed on Saturday by Cathy Bridges and on Sunday by Cathy Goodwin. Full results Contents

AGM & Dinner
The AGM was held on Saturday 13 October 2001 at Rutland Sailing Club. Peter Doran was congratulated on becoming IFDCO General Secretary and thanked for his dedicated work as the Hon Secretary of the British Section. Tony Lyall is now Hon Secretary and Membership secretary and continues to maintain the boat register. Julian Bridges joined the committe. The accounts were approved. It is hoped that all FD owners will join the Class in 2002 for the 50th anniversary celebrations. Contents

Following the AGM the annual dinner was held in the refurbished Rutland Sailing Club dinning area hosted by David & Gill Wilkins who have tirelessly organised and hosted the Midland Area Championships and dinner each year since 1983. John Barker who recently celebrated his 70th birthday, spoke about how the FD had changed his life and that of Peter Doran who used to sail with him. Peter Doran & Richard Phillips were presented with the Travellers Trophy and all drank toast to the future of the FD Class.

FD British Newsletter
The Autumn Newsletter 2001 produced by Rosie Pye has been circulated to British Section members and includes Rosie's ramblings, comparison of costs of aluminium and carbon spars, FD UK Travellers Trophy - a new life, reports on Worlds in Gilleleje (and photos), Southern Area Championships, National Championships including photos and crew/boat statistics. Plus...Feature article on JBs exploits sailing in the 150th Anniversary of the Americas Cup race.  Content

Boatmagic News service

Dates for Diary (Fixtures 2002)
Sailboat 2/3 March
Oxford 6/7 April
Whitstable Nationals 1/3 June Notice of race
Bala 6/7 July
Worlds Tavira Portugal 28 Aug/3 September
50th Anniversary Regatta Loosdrecht 11/13 October
Rutland 26/27 October (AGM 26 October)
See www.sailfd.org for international fixtures

Second Hand Boat List
The second hand boat list is on the website click here. If you have any FDs, sails or equipment for sale please send an e-mail to the webmaster. Content

FD Training
Julian Bridges attended an RYA Class Coaching course and is keen to obtain input from FD sailors in the UK. Please look at his note by clicking here. Julian has also prepared a note about analysing disasters,  trimming an FD and there is also an article aimed at new comers from Julian and Andrew Belford AUS  and about rigging an FD & Winter tuning by Julian Contents

Carbon Spars
At the 2001 British Section AGM it was agreed to continue to allow carbon masts in British Section events until 31 December 2004 except that a boat using a carbon mast would not be counted as the winner of the National Championships. Carbon masts need to comply with current rules for measurement but not weight nor position of centre of gravity.
NB: carbon booms and carbon spinnaker poles are legal for FD events anywhere in the world.

IFDCO Reminders
Young Sailors Travel Grant - IFDCO offers a limited number of travel grants to Young sailors to assist them attend World & European Championships.

Proposed Change to Class Rules
It is proposed to reduce minimum weight of the mast from 11kg to 10kg and clarify the rules for determining what is included in the weight. Contents

FD rule changes
Changes effective from 1 March 2001 can be found at www.sailing.org/rating/FD.pdf. Changes relate to battens, Side deck pads and references to IYRU rules being replaced by various ISAF rules. Contents

Regatta Information
Detailed information packs about regattas on the FD UK fixture list are available from John Best. No crew?, no helm?, no FD? - Do not stay at home! - contact Peter Doran.   Contents)

Trophies & Champions
A list of trophies  has been added to the website together with winners where known. If you have any recollection of who won the other trophies or where they might be please contact the FD Class. We would like to have a complete record for the 50th Anniversary celebrations in 2002. Contents

Sponsors wanted!
If you know of any organisation that would like to sponsor any FD events in the UK or the Sailboat stand please contact John Best. Contents

Where are former FD sailors now?
If you used to sail an FD then please drop us a line. What are you sailing now? How did sailing an FD help you gain experience or contacts? Would you be interested in sailing an FD again either in a one off event or on an ongoing basis?  Contents)

Clothing checklist for newcomers to sailing
Sailing kit guide kindly provided by Julian Bridges. Contents

News and Features
To see past news and other information about the FD and stories of sailing escapades look at the NEWS section. Contents

FD Bulletin
The latest edition of the FD Bulletin is Nr 147 - October 2001 . It is available to all paid up members of IFDCO. Contents

FD Flyer
The latest edition of the FD Flyer is No 6 February 2000  Contents

Dawes World Cup 2000
The top 50 for the year ended 31 December 2000 were printed in the FD Bulletin 146. Regretably no British Boats!. For full list see www.sailfd.org Contents

FD Worlds 1999 in UK
77 FDs from 15 nations raced in Solent in 1999. For photos, reports and results see the FD Worlds 1999 website. Contents

Quokka Sports at www.quokka.com provided 3D viewing for Americas Cup and has a website for the BT Global Challenge at www.btchallenge.com. Stunning use of technology to bring sailing to life and to share information. Contents

Your attention is drawn to the international sailing news service provided by ISAF at www.sailing.org.

As an experiment we are providing a link below to the innovative  Boatmagic News service and in turn they will include reports of FD events.

Stolen boats register
If your boat is stolen you can register the details on the website at www.stolenboatlist.co.uk