Para Sailing Committee
World Sailing’s 2019 Annual Conference is in Bermuda from 29 October to 3 November 2019. World Sailing’s key stakeholders and decision makers will discuss, debate, decide and celebrate the future of the sport.

Para World Sailing Committee

Chairperson – Betsy Alison (USA)

Vice-Chairperson – David Staley (AUS)

AbdelKarim Derouiche (TUN)

Alfred Pelinka (AUT)

Bernard Destrubé (FRA)

Christian Frers (ARG)

Emma Hallen (SWE)

Hannah Stodel (GBR)

Jenny Davey (CAN)

Yuki Hagiwara (JPN)

 

Terms of Reference

6.4.5 The Para World Sailing Committee shall:

(a) recommend to Council the policy (and implementing actions) including the selection of events and equipment for the Paralympic Sailing programme;

(b) recommend to Council the policy (and implementing actions) to be used in the Para World Sailing Championships and other Para World Sailing events;

(c) develop and monitor the Para World Sailing Ranking System;

(d) liaise directly with World Sailing staff on International Paralympic Committee matters;

(e) monitor the activities of Paralympic sailors and assist World Sailing and its committees in the administration of the Para World Sailing classification programme, classifier instruction and evaluation, and to make recommendations to the Race Officials Committee on the appointment and administration of International Classifiers;

(f) promote, assess and support programmes for Paralympic sailing run by Member National Authorities;

(g) decide the criteria for and advise upon the development of equipment, aids and adaptations for Para Sailing and Paralympic Sailing formats;

(h) liaise with all other relevant World Sailing committees as necessary or appropriate to ensure consistency across World Sailing processes and activities with Para Sailing and Paralympic Sailing and

(i) appoint the Para World Sailing Committee representatives to the Equipment Committee, the Equipment Rules Sub-committee and the Regional Games Subcommittee.