The IYRU is now called the ISAF and has restricted International Class World Ranking Lists to the official ISAF World Ranking lists for Olympic Classes.

Since then the FD Class has continued to publish a ranking list. (See FD Ranking List - Dawes World Cup). The rules for the ranking list are based upon those below.

In 2002 the FD Class launched a Euro Cup circuit with a simplified scoring system. (See FD Euro Cup)

The Byelaws and the Scoring system for the Dawes Trophy are currently under review. An updated version of these Rules incorporating the Dawes Trophy and Euro Cup will be released when approved by the IFDCO General Committee (See IFDCO Byelaw 1.2.2)

Any queries regarding the organisation FD events should be addressed to IFDCO VP Championships (see Class Contacts)

1.0 HISTORY

1.1 The Villenia Cup belongs to the Federation Francaise de Voile which has the right to change the rules under which the Villenia Cup is awarded each year in cooperation
with the IFDCO.

1.2 The Villenia Cup was donated by J. Delsaux, former President of the Yacht Club de Villenes (France).

2.0  WINNER

2.1  The Villenia Cup shall be awarded each year, for as long as the Class remains Olympic, to the helmsman who has the highest number of World Ranking List Points at the end of a calendar year.

2.2  World Ranking List Points of a helmsman shall be the total of the six highest Villenia points gained at qualifying regattas during a twelve month period using the scoring system set out below.

2.3  In the case of a tie for World Ranking List Points, the order will be decided by comparing the helmsmens' highest scoring result and then the second highest and so on until the tie is broken.

3.0  QUALIFYING REGATTA

3.1 A qualifying regatta shall be any regatta notified to the Villenia Cup Registrar in
which 10 (Central Europe:15) or more boats start a race and 3 or more races are sailed.

4.0  DATE OF EVENT

4.1  The published date for the last race shall determine when the regatta took place
except that the World Championship shall be included as an event in the year to which
it relates.

5.0   SCORING SYSTEM

5.1   The Villenia Points (VP) awarded to each helmsman shall be computed as set out in para 5.6 and 5.7 below and will depend upon:
  (a)  The helmsman's overall result in the regatta Position points (P)
  (b)  The number of starters Starter factor (S)
  (c)  The top helmsman participating Quality factor (Q) as defined in paras 5.2, 5.3
        and 5.4.

5.2   The Position points (P) shall be (51-R) where R is the individual overall finishing
position for the first 50 boats. If R 50, then P shall be 50 x (Starters +1-R)

Starters
Any boat entering the regatta but not starting at least one race shall receive zero points.

5.3   The Starter factor (S) shall be calculated on the basis of the number of boats that started at least one race as follows:

   STARTERS  S
   10 - 15         0.7
   16 - 30         0.8
   31 - 45         0.9
   46 - 60         1.0
   over 60         1.1

5.4  The Quality factor (Q) shall be (W+1275)/1275 where W is the total World ranking points of helmsmen who have started at least one race.

5.5  World ranking points (W) shall be awarded to the top 50 helmsmen on FD World ranking list as at 31 December in the previous year as follows:

  1st   50 points
  2nd  49 points
  3rd   48 points
   etc. etc.
 50th    1 point

5.6  The Villenia Factor (VF) of the regatta shall be SxQ.

5.7  The Villenia points awarded to each helmsman shall be PxVF

6.0  ADMINISTRATION

6.1The FD World Ranking List Registrar is responsible for the administration of the FD
World Ranking list in accordance with IFDCO Byelaw 5.4.
 

This page was first published on the IFDCO website on 23 November 2003

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