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Find out more about ISAF Working Parties, current members and their committees on this page.


ISAF Regulations

ISAF Regulations concerning working parties:

6.5.1  (a) A Committee may appoint working parties to deal with particular subjects.
          (b) The appointing committee shall assign members of the committee to the working party, but may include any other
                person where it needs specific expertise.
          (c) Council may appoint a joint working party from two or more committees with the  consent of the Chairmen of
                those Committees.
          (d) The appointing Committee shall select the working party for a set project or period.  Unless dismissed earlier,
                membership of working parties automatically finishes in line with the term of appointment of the appointing
                committee.
          (e)  Working parties shall work under a standard terms of reference as follows:
                 (i)   members of the working party may work by e-mail;
                 (ii)  where meetings are necessary, working parties will use the offices of the ISAF Secretariat;
                 (iii)  at the first meeting of the appointing committee after the working party's appointment, the members will present
                        a defined set of objectives for their work; and
                 (iv)  the working party will present a record of its work at each subsequent meeting of the appointing committee

6.5.2 Sub-Committee and working parties shall not be entitled to financial or extra-ordinary assistance from the Secretariat
          without prior approval by the Executive Committee.

Current Working Parties

Working Party Reporting Committee Members
Advertising Code Executive Committee Philip Tolhurst (GBR) - Chairman
Dan Ibsen (DEN)
Alberto Predieri (ITA)
Richard Thompson (GBR)
Case Book Racing Rules Committee Dick Rose (USA) - Chairman
Bill Bentsen (USA)
Josje Hofland-Dominicus (NED)
Trevor Lewis (GBR)
Bo Samuelsson (SWE)
Class Competition Rules  Equipment Committee  Bill Abbott (CAN) - Chairman
Members TBC
ISAF Equipment and Events Committee

Equipment Committee / Events Committee

Zvi Ziblat (ISR)
Chris Atkins (GBR)
Nadine Stegenalner (GER)
+  2 TBC
Jason Swithwick (ISAF Secretariat)
Crotch Strap  Oceanic and Offshore Committee Alan Green (GBR) - Chairman
Sten Edholm (SWE)
Nils Nordenstrom (NOR)
Ken Kershaw (GBR)
Equipment Rules of Sailing Equipment Control Sub-Committee TBC
Events Calendar Working Group Events Committee Malav Shroff (IND) - Chairman
Pablo Masseroni (ARG)
Bill O'Hara (IRL)
Pauline Ward (ISAF Secretariat)
Events Working Party Events Committee

Gary Bodie (USA) - Chairman
Tomasz Chamera (POL)
Corinne McKenzie (FRA)
Bill O'Hara (IRL)
Nadine Stegenwalner (GER)
Alastair Fox (ISAF Secretariat)

IOC Youth Olympics   Executive Committee Development and Youth - Olivier Bovyn (FRA)
Equipment - Dick Batt (GBR)
Events - Fiona Kidd (CAN)
Executive - Teo-Ping Low (SIN)
Legal Advisory  Secretary General Jack Caldwell (USA) - Chairman
Arturo Delgado (ESP)
Carlos Diehl (ARG)
Robert Lane (USA)
Manfred Piso (AUT)
David Tillett (AUS)
John Tinker (CAN)
Giuseppe Masini (ITA)
Egil Wold (NOR)
Thomas Olrog (SWE)
Marketing and Media Liaison Working Group Events Committee Fiona Kidd (CAN) - Chairman
Henri van der Aat (NED)
Kim Anderson (DEN)
Phil Jones (AUS)
Takao Otani (JPN)
Claire Frost/Tamsin Rand (ISAF Secrtariat)
MR Format Working Group Events Committee Gary Bodie (USA) - Chairman
+ 3 TBC
Alastair Fox (ISAF
MR Olympic Preparations   Match Racing Committee Henry Menin (ISV) - Chairman
Miguel Allen (POR)
Liz Baylis (USA)
Yana Dobzhitskaya (RUS)
Annie Lush (GBR)
Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN)
Nadine Stegenwalner (GER)
MR Nations Cup  Match Racing Committee Liz Baylis (USA) - Chairman
Shane Borrell (NZL)
Annie Lush (GBR)
Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN)
Others TBC
MR Race Officials   Match Racing Committee Gerard Bosse (FRA) - Chairman
Miguel Allen (POR)
Yana Dobzhitskaya (RUS)
MR Youth Development  Match Racing Committee Gerard Bosse (FRA) - Chairman
Miguel Allen (POR)
Lis Baylis (USA)
Jane Correia (BER)
Nadine Stegenwalner (GER)
MR World Tour  Match Racing Committee Shane Borrell (NZL) - Chairman
Jane Correia (BER)
Gerard Bosse (FRA)
Match and Team Racing Rules (Match Racing Group) Racing Rules Committee Marianne Middelthon (NOR) - Chairman
Bjorn Anker-Moller (SWE)
Shane Borrell (NZL)
Jim Capron (USA)
Ricardo Lobato (BRA)
Jack Lloyd (NZL)
Henry Menin (ISV)
Match and Team Racing Rules (Team Racing Group) Racing Rules Committee Marianne Middelthon (NOR) - Chairman
Bruce Hebbert (GBR)
Rob Overton (USA)
Marina Psichogiou (GRE)
John Standley (AUS)
Richard Thompson (GBR)
Offshore Special Regulations Redraft Oceanic and Offshore Committee Sten Edholm (SWE)
Patrick Lindqvist (FIN)
Olympic Format Qualification Events Committee Alastair Fox - Chairman (ISAF Secretariat)
Chris Atkins (GBR)
Gary Bodie (USA)
Zvi Ziblat (ISR)
Q & A Panel Racing Rules Committee / Race Officials Committee Tony Mooney (AUS) - Chairman
Bjorn Anker-Moller (DEN)
Mohamed Azzoug (ALG)
Mats Bjorklund (FIN)
Ilker Bayindir (TUR)
Brad Dellenbaugh (USA)
David de Vries (AHO)
Trevor Lewis (GBR)
Marianne Middelthon (NOR)
Marina Psichogiou (GRE)
Ana Maria Sanchez del Campo Ferrer (ESP)
Richard Slater (AUS)
Leo Pieter Stoel (NED)
Rut Subniran (THA)
Race Officials Appointments Executive Committee Ken Ryan (IRL) - Chair
Pat Healy (USA)
Eric Tulla (PUR)
Race Officials Technology Race Officials Committee Patrick Bergmans (BEL) - Chairman
Jim Capron (USA)
Paul Pascoe (AUS)
Other members
Racing Rules Racing Rules Committee

Dick Rose (USA) Chairman
Bernard Bonneau (FRA)
Kamen Fillyov (BUL) - WIndsurfing Consultant
Jack Lloyd (GBR)
Marianne Middelthon (NOR)
Richard Thompson (GBR)

Rapid Response Match Racing Call Group Racing Rules Committee Marianne Middelthon (NOR) - Chairman
Bjorn Anker-Moller (DEN)
Jim Capron (USA)
Jack Lloyd (NZL)
Flavio Naveira (ARG)
John Standley (AUS)
Maria Torres (ESP)
Redress Working Group Events Committee / Race Officials Committee Zvi Ziblat (ISR) - Chairman
Tomasz Chamera (POL)
Josje Hofland (NED)
Jan Stage (DEN)
Rule 42 Racing Rules Committee Bill O'Hara (IRL)
Zofia Truchanowicz (POL)
RRS 50.4 and other ERS within RRS WP  Equipment Committee  TBC
Small Catamaran Handicap System Equipment Committee Olivier Bovyn (FRA)
Stability Data   Oceanic and Offshore Committee Mike Urwin (GBR) - Chairman
Sten Edholm (SWE)
Jean-Louis Conti (FRA)
Dan Nowlan (USA)
Nicola Sironi (ITA)
Standard Class Rules  Equipment Committee  TBC
Standard Notation Equipment Committee Kjell Borking (SWE) - Chairman
Ken Kershaw (GBR)
Nils Nordenstrom (NOR)
Nicola Sironi (ITA)
Mike Urwin (GBR)
Strategy Working Party  Events Committee

Chris Atkins (GBR) - Chairman
Oleg Ilyin (RUS)
Phil Jones (AUS)
Fiona Kidd (CAN)
Malav Shroff (IND)
Karel Bauer (CZE)
Alastair Fox (ISAF Secretariat)

2015 ISAF Sailing World Championships Venue Selection Working Group  Events Committee George Wossala (HUN) - Chairman
Corinne McKenzie (FRA)
Bill O'Hara (IRL)
Alastair Fox (ISAF Secretariat)
Windsurfing Olympic Windsurfing Committee Mike Dempsey (GBR)

Yacht Structures

Oceanic and Offshore Committee Ken Kershaw (GBR) - Chairman
Gregoire Dolto (FRA)
David Lyons (AUS)
Paul Miller (USA)
David Pedrick (USA)

 

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