Drama ahead as Fundamental Rule Change approved by Laser Class Members

2:46 AM Sun 30 Oct 2011 GMT

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A major sports political development may have ramifications for One Design Dinghy sailiing world wide, with the Laser Class President Heini Wellmann and Class Executive Secretary Jeff Martin announcing that after an overwhelming vote by International Laser Class membership to change the class rules, they will be applying to ISAF to have that change ratified. Early this year the International Laser Class Association (ILCA) asked its membership to immediately vote YES on a fundamental rule change, probably the most important one in the history of the class. It would have a major change on the class structure. In a document ...

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by Rob Kothe & the Sail-World Team