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The regatta was the Asian continental qualifier for the Rio Olympic games for classes RS:X, 49ers and Lasers. For some countries it was also the Olympic selection event which put a lot of pressure to sailors to qualify first their country to the Games and then also to compete for their own place in the team.
At the first team leaders meeting the jury paid attention to the importance of the regatta and made it clear that only the fair sailing is accepted and any attempt to the team racing will be handled with the full seriousness and could result a very heavy penalties.
Also we had every morning the coaches meetings and all of them were very co-operative and supportive so at the end we did not have any problem with any country.
On the last day before the Medal Races we made a briefing for sailors, to remind the basic rules and procedures applicable for Medal Race. The briefing was very much appreciated by coaches and sailors.
It was a fair, successful and a great regatta!
It was definitely a challenging event to RC - as the wind came every day after 13-14 and 18 it was already dark, the day became a quite short. The wind was shifty and light, which made the job very hard for race management teams.
Two days we couldn't race as we got a historical weather conditions the Emirates never had - two days thunderstorm with rain and extremely heavy squalls, so the country closed even the schools for a day.
Eventually the normal weather came back and we got the Medal Races for all 6 classes on the last day.
The regatta was run on two course areas - windward-leeward for 49ers and RS:X and trapezoid course for Lasers.
Ner of classes: 6
Entries: 95
Ner of Countries represented: 18
Ner of Races sailed: 44
Ner of requests for redress: 0
Ner of requests for redress for OCS: 0
Ner of requests for OCS granted: 0
Total number of hearings: 14
Total number of arbitrations: 0
Number of % penalties: 0
To be completed only if Appendix P was applied.
Number of First Penalties (Appendix P2.1): 11
Number of Second Penalties (Appendix P2.2): 0
Number of Third Penalties (Appendix P2.3): 0
P2.3 Subsequent Penalties: 0
Event:
2016 ASAF Asian Championships - RS:X, Lasers, 49ers
Date Event Started
5 March 2016
Event Location:
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Group Event belongs:
I - Africa & Middle East
Jury Chairman's name:
Andrus Poksi
Jury chairman's email:
andrus@librix.ee
Judge submitting report:
Andrus Poksi
Email of judge submitting report:
andrus@librix.ee
PRO at event :
David Campbell-James
PRO sailorID and status:
GBRDC38 ( IRO )
Email of PRO:
campbelljames@btinternet.com
Was this an International Jury Panel ?
Yes
Please name each judge (including the chairman) and their country and IJ or NJ certification. one per line
Chin Leonard IJ/MAS MASLC2
Lee Pilsung NJ/KOR KORPL2
Otani Takao IJ/JPN JPNTO14
Poksi Andrus IJ/EST ESTAP4
Redding Blake NJ/USA USABR63
Subniran Rut IJ/THA THARS2
Teo Wee Lee IJ/SIN SINWT12
Chin Leonard IJ/MAS MASLC2
Lee Pilsung NJ/KOR KORPL2
Otani Takao IJ/JPN JPNTO14
Poksi Andrus IJ/EST ESTAP4
Redding Blake NJ/USA USABR63
Subniran Rut IJ/THA THARS2
Teo Wee Lee IJ/SIN SINWT12
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