PWA Racing 2020

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Dear Sailors

Further to the information released last week regarding the changes to PWA Racing for 2020, we have received a few questions that we would like to clarify to avoid any confusion.

Course Racing boards - In the previous information, we stated 100cm max width for course racing boards. To be precise this will be 1005mm to keep in line with other organisations, reducing costs and development for the industry.

Foil or fin – The subject of whether or not riders should have free choice of whether they race on a foil or fin is one that has created quite a bit of discussion with various different views on the topic being presented, for various different reasons. As things stand the PWA Board retains its previous standpoint that they feel that we need to further evaluate the safety issues of mixing the two different technologies, but the situation will continue to be reviewed and further discussion will be held at the sailor meetings at the Mercedes-Benz World Cup Sylt, and at the PWA Management Board meeting immediately after.

Women’s Slalom – Although the men’s slalom will be run on a fully integrated basis in 2020, the women’s division will be run differently. Women’s slalom events will still include both foil and fin elements to ensure that a full range of conditions are covered, but unlike the men, the women will at all times compete in specific foil or fin races and will retain separate result and ranking for each discipline. Prize money at the events will be split equally between foil and fin for the women. This will allow more time for female competitors to adjust to the new disciplines whilst allowing them to compete in only fin or only foil still if they so wish.

We will continue to keep you all updated as things progress and with any developments with the new format.

Kind regards

The PWA

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Dear Sailors and Members of the Windsurfing Industry

With the 2019 Tour now over, we wanted to write to you one more time regarding the racing disciplines for 2020, in order to clarify any outstanding points that you may be unsure of. This is for information only and not a request for feedback.

Disciplines

There will be 2 racing disciplines for 2020, Slalom and Course Racing

Slalom

Will be an integrated discipline that will include both foil and fin.

It will be run on an elimination basis and on downwind courses, the same as existing slalom.

Wind minimum will be 5 knots and it will be at the individual sailor’s discretion whether to take a foil or fin. The only exception to this will be in conditions that are deemed extreme enough to significantly impact safety, where the Race Committee may decide to limit races to fin only.

Certain events may still be deemed fin only to keep travel costs down if conditions denote that either conditions are reliable enough, or where conditions do not allow foiling, such as at shallow water venues.

Due to the potential presence of foils on the course in all races, competitors will be required to wear impact vests and helmets at all times, except at events which have been specified as fin only.

Women’s slalom events will still contain separate fin and foil races but these will be run on slalom courses with a 7 knot minimum for fin races and a 5 knot minimum for foil races, the only differences will be that the Race Director will specify whether races will be on foil or fin, and the entry lists, results, rankings and prize funds will be separate.

Course Racing

Will be a pure foil discipline based around upwind racing on a variety of courses. Minimum conditions will be based on suitable conditions, with the guideline being that if 50% of the leading 50% of the fleet drop off the foil, the race should be abandoned. Races will mainly be run on a full feet basis, although smaller heats may be used if in the interests of competition.

Equipment

All racing will be run on registered production equipment, from the PWA registered production equipment lists, according to the following rules and limits

Slalom Equipment

Competitors may register 4 boards for the slalom discipline in 2020. 3 of these boards must be no wider than 85cm and may be used with either foil or fin. 1 of these boards may be up to 91cm wide and may be used with foil only.

Competitors may register up to 7 sails for the slalom discipline in 2020. This can be any mixture of sails from the PWA registered sails list and may be used with foil or fin at any time and on any of the competitors registered boards. Sails may be no bigger than 10m2.

Competitors may register a foil set consisting of 1 mast, 2 fuselage, 2 front wings and 2 rear wings. Foil size limitations remain unchanged from 2019. Any components registered must be from the same manufacturer and designed and registered to work together. Competitors may not register mix and match foil sets comprising of components from different manufacturers. This may be a separate foil set to one used in course racing.

Course Racing Equipment

Competitors may register 1 board for the course racing discipline in 2020. Boards may be a maximum width of 100.5cm.

Competitors may register 3 sails for the course racing discipline in 2020. Sails shall be a maximum of 10m2. These sails may be any 3 sails from the PWA registered sails list.

Competitors may register a foil set consisting of 1 mast, 2 fuselage, 2 front wings and 2 rear wings. Foil size limitations remain unchanged from 2019. Any components registered must be from the same manufacturer and designed and registered to work together. Competitors may not register mix and match foil sets comprising of components from different manufacturers. This may be a separate foil set to one used in slalom

Foils – both disciplines

Foil masts must not exceed 115cm including the depth of fuselage when mounted, measured from the base of the board to bottom edge of the fuselage. The total length of the foil from the leading edge of the front wing to the trailing edge of rear wing must not exceed 120cm. The wings must not exceed a maximum width of 100cm.

Registration deadlines

Slalom boards to be used with fins (max 85cm wide) must be registered by manufacturers according to the normal PWA registration procedure by 15th December (unchanged from previous years)

Slalom boards to be used with foils must be registered by 1st March 2020.

Sails for both disciplines must be registered by 20th January 2020.

Foils must be registered by 31st January.

We look forward to some exciting racing next year!

Kind regards

The PWA

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Immerhin sind jetzt alle gezwungen, sich auch im Foilen fit zu machen.

Dürfte jetzt auch den letzten Kritikern klar machen, dass ein Foil nur eine Finne ist, iwi44