Naast de J22 en de Elliot 6m kwamen de volgende boten in aanmerking: J24, J80, laser SB3 (Match), Star, Ultimate 20 and the Yngling.
Deze boot is het dus uiteindelijk geworden:
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Background To The Decision
The ISAF Council is the final decision-making body of ISAF and their decision on the 2012 Olympic equipment is one of the key issues set to be decided at this year’s ISAF Annual Conference.
The debate over the Olympic equipment has been one of the hot topics in the meeting rooms of Madrid over the past week. The Match Racing, Women’s Sailing, Equipment and Events Committees of ISAF have all looked at the issue and their recommendations have been collated and passed on to the Council to inform their decision.
The choice for Olympic equipment is governed by the rules in ISAF Regulations 16 (www.sailing.org/regulations). In summary, the key aspects of this are:
Ahead Of The Equipment Decision
- The Olympic equipment shall be decided four years before the Games by the ISAF Council
- For equipment to be considered as Olympic equipment there must be a valid Equipment Submission received by the ISAF Secretariat by 15 March (ISAF Regulation 16.1.2).
- Based on these Equipment Submissions, the ISAF Council draw up a list of possible equipment at the ISAF Mid-Year Meeting in May. The reason for any equipment not being on the list is that no valid Equipment Submission was received or the Class/Owners Association indicated to ISAF they do not want to be on the list.
The Equipment Decision
Factors for the Council to consider in making their decision are:
- Only International Classes shall sail in the Olympic Sailing Competition
- Criteria for selecting Events & Equipment is:
(i) allow athletes around the world, male, female and of different sizes and weights to participate;
(ii) give the best sailors in each country the opportunity to participate in readily accessible equipment;
(iii) combine both traditional and modern events and classes, to reflect, display and promote competitive sailing;
(iv) include at least two events for men and two events for women designed to maximise excitement, innovation, public and media appeal; and
(v) meet the International Olympic Committee’s criteria (if any) for participation in the Olympic Programme and achieve the current International Olympic Committee’s objective (if any) for the minimum level of participation for women;
Additional Considerations
- At this Conference there are also two Submissions M03-08 and M04-08, which impact on the equipment decision. These refer specifically to the new Women’s Keelboat Match Racing event and if passed would have the following implications.
- M03-08: allow a non-International Class to sail at the Olympic Sailing Competition
- 04-08: remove the require to choose the equipment at the Council meeting four years in advance of the Games
