FD Calendar 2010

[FDBulletin]

Dear sailors,

we are currently composing the Flying Dutchman calendar for 2010. We'd like to include every single FD event that is planned in the entire world. So far we have recieved the planned races of the following nations:

Germany
The Netherlands
Italy
Austria

You can find a provisional version of the calendar by clicking this link:
FD Calendar 2010

[FDBulletin]

You can find a list of major FD events planned for 2010 and their previous results by clicking this link:

Major FD Events 2010

You can expect at least 20 or 25 teams to compete in these events. Over the years these events have attracted more and more FD sailors. The organisation and the regatta committees are usually professionally skilled. We can heartily recommend participition in any of these regattas.

[FDBulletin]

Our forum member Hideo from New Zealand just informed us that New Zealand's Nationals will be held from February the 3rd to the 6th. We've added this event to the calendar.

[FDBulletin]

Just posted the new link to the calendar for 2010 on the board.

Some new interesting events added by the Dutch Class Organisation:

3/4 July, Delta Week in Colijnsplaat, the Netherlands is a new event for the FD. Supposed to be a great addition to the Dutch regatta calendar.

9/10 October, Gulcher Memorial Regatta in Loosdrecht, the Netherlands. This event has been great every year so far. No less than 20-30 competing teams including some oldtimers.

Please inform us about any events that are not yet included in the calendar. We'd like to be as complete as we can.

[Sjors]

Active forum member and Italian Webmaster Sparky just sent me the Italian regatta calendar. 7 main events are planned in Italy for 2010. Some minor events that will be sailed will be included in our calendar later.

March 20/21 La Spezia
April 01/03 Marina di Carrara
April 24/25 Cervia
June 5/6 Forte dei Marmi
June 19/20 Bellano
August 20/22 North Garda Trophee
September 10/12 Bracciano Italian National Championship

One more event that will be sailed is San Benedetto, for now the event is planned on July 10/11, but these dates are yet to be confirmed.

[Sjors]

Just added three FD events from Poland to the calendar.

May 25/30 Polish Sailing Association Cup in Puck
July 2/4 Bolesław Knasiecki Memorial Regata in Kiekrz,Poznań
September 10/12 the Polish Championship in Górki Zachodnie, Gdańsk

Looks like the FD class is growing steadily overthere.

[Sjors]

Just added the planned events for two countries, Great Britain and Spain.

Regattas planned in Great Britain are:

May 29/30 Northern Area Championship in Ullswater
June 26/27 Southern Area Championship at Lee on Solent
July 10/11 Bala Long Distance in Bala
September 3/5 British National Championship at Lee on Solent
October 30/31 Midland Area Championship in Rutland

Events planned in Spain are:

February 17/20 Eurocup in Altea
March 13/14 Trofeo Fallas in Gandia
May 1/2 DeniaVela Ligera in Denia
June 24/27 Spanish National Championship in Altea
October 1/3 Copa de España in Torrevieja
November 13/14 Trofeo Club Nautico in Campello
December 4/7 XLII Semana Nautica in Alicante

[Sjors]

Added one event to the calendar:

The North American Championship in St Petersburg, USA will be sailed this weekend, April 1/4

I hope to get notice of the rest of the USA calendar soon.

[cszs]

2010 FD Regattas in HUNGARY


April 17-18 Spring Cup Balatonfüred HYA
May 22-24 Dolesch Memorial Balatonföldvár SVE
June 19-20 FD-Star I. Balatonföldvár SVE
July 10-11 FD-Star II. Balatonföldvár SVE
Aug 21-22 FD-Star III. Balatonföldvár SVE
Sept 03-05 Hun Championship EuroCup IV. Balatonföldvár SVE
Oct 23-24 Season-end Regatta Balatonfüred HYA
Oct 29-31 FD ADRIATIC GRAND PRIX Cres CROATIA

I highly recommend to take part on the Hun Championship and on behalf of the Croatian fleet I also encourage you to come to Cres island....

[Robin - CRO 51]

Zsofi thank you for the propaganda!

So the Croatian FD event, the 2nd FD ADRIATIC GP will be held in Cres form 29th to 31st of October 2010.
All the details regarding the event will be posted soon on the club website – http://www.fly.hr
For the accommodation and other information you can visit the Cres Tourist board website – http://www.tzg-cres.hr and the ACI Marina Cres website – http://www.aci-sailingcenter.com

All the best,

Robin