By by tornado and welcome women match racing

This morning in Estoril during the ISAF year meeting the long expected decision ha been taken.

The tornado have to leave the Olympic circuit. It think it's a pity that from now on we will miss the multihull.

On the other hand women matchracing will replace what today is the Yngling event. The boat is not yet decided.

The Vote

The voting was extremely close and there was a palpable sense of tension in the meeting room as the Council awaited the results. In total there were 36 ballot papers (two Council members did not vote after declaring a conflict of interest, and the President saved his vote in the case of a tie).

The results of the vote were:

Men – top six events selected

One person dinghy – Men (36 votes)
Windsurfer – Men (35 votes)
Two person dinghy – Men (34 votes)
Two person dinghy high performance – Men (34 votes)
One person dinghy heavy – Men (33 votes)
Keelboat – Men (23 votes)
Multihull – Men or Open (21 votes)

Women – top four events selected

One person dinghy – Women (35 votes)
Windsurfer – Women (34 votes)
Two person dinghy – Women (31 votes)
Keelboat match racing – Women (21 votes)
Two person dinghy high performance – Women (20 votes)
Multihull – Women (3 votes)



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