After a careful review, the IACA Committee agrees to the USACA and HYC proposal and is happy to confirm the A-Cat Worlds 2022 to the Houston Yacht Club. Please see the letter from Commodore Fontenot and the attached presentation of the USACA bid. The Notice of Race will follow within a few days.

The IACA Committee wish to thank the organizing team and the Houston Yacht Club for their efforts to host an attractive event !

A letter from Farley Fontenot, Commodore Houston Yacht Club

The United States A-Class Catamaran Association has requested a change of location and date for the 'A' Cat World Championships 2022. Instead of St. Petersburg (FL), the event will take place in Houston (Texas) from April 29th to May 6th, 2022. A preceding event will be the Admiral's Cup, taking place from April 25th to April 28, 2022, on the same location. The Organising Authority is the Houston Yacht Club in conjunction with the International A-Division Catamaran Association and the United States A-Class Catamaran Association.

The long anticipated event at Garda drew many of the top European sailors. Christian Stock reports.

The 2021 A Class North Americans were held from September 13-17 at the Carlyle Sailing Association (Carlyle,IL). Bailey White reports.

FRA Toulon Mediterranean Trophy and SUI Nationals, September 10 to 12, 2021

It was 28 competitors who met in Toulon for this last seasons Mediterranean regatta. Our Swiss friends came to eight to fight for their title of Swiss champion. Two Italians were present with the faithful Alberto Farnezi, and of course the winner of previous editions Micky Todd.

As things regarding COVID are going much better in France now, they are now optimistic regarding the race calendar until the end of 2021:

Their most important race "The French Nationals" will take place in Maubuisson from the 20th to the 23rd of October, with races to start on Wednesday afternoon and finish on Saturday to help the return travel time for the foreign competitors.

For those interested in a warm up, "The Atlantic Final Race" will take place in Cazaux (Sanguinet lake, 100km from Maubuisson) the week-end before (16 and 17th of October).

Univela Sailing Club are promoting 2 events in September in Campione del Garda.
'A' Cat Clinic with Tymoteusz Bendik from 17 to 19 September.
Univela Trophy from 24 to 26 September.

If you like, you can leave your A-Cat at Univela for free from 15th September until the end of September.
For those who need an overnight stay, special prices are available for sleeping at Univela:
Single Room with Breakfast: € 75 per night
Double Room with Breakfast: € 55 per night per person

This weekend, the eagerly awaited Dutch Nationals happens at Hellecat, the hope of Dutch cat sailing, and superstars abound. Kees Krijger reports.
Due to corona most of us must be colour blind by now, because for more than a year the whole of Europe was changing permanently between codes like yellow, orange and red. Many regattas were postponed such as the Europeans, but now we have code green, because the Open Dutch Nationals will take place from the 27th up to the 29th of August at @Hellecat, Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands.

On August 20-22, saw the Polish Catamaran Championship held in Sopot 2021 was and organized by the NAVIGO Student Sports Club. Fifty catamarans were on the water. The competitors competed in several classes and championships. Nationals for the A-class, Open, and the F-18. And the Polish Cup regatta for the Hobie Cat 16, Topcat K1 and K2. During the three days of regatta, 9 races in medium and light wind were held for each class. Contrary to appearances, the low-wind conditions turned out to be very demanding for the competitors.

Circolo Vela Arco, Lake Garda, is to be the venue for the 2022 European Championships. Being held from 12th to 16th September 2022, this will be a joint co-operation between the ITA and GER Class Associations. 

Due to venue restrictions, this will be a restricted event limited to 100 boats, with a split between Open and Classics fleets to be decided later.  This is a very popular venue and associations may need to allocate places based on national rankings this time

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