The International Sailing Federation

Marcus Barbosa

The International Sailing Federation’s headquarters is located at this address:

Ariadne HouseTown QuaySouthampton SO14 2AQ, United Kingdomhttp://www.sailing.org/

Carlos Croce, President of ISAF

•ISAF is the IOC approved body of professional sailing competition. As an international entity, it relegates the production of competitive events to its sub-leagues located in countries across the world.

•Professional sailors are mostly independent athletes similar to golfers, tennis players, and boxers. They operate on their own in compete in different events for money.

•Professional sailing at an event usually involves competing in a number of races, placing as best as possible, and gathering enough points to place high enough overall.

•Prize money is given out for the best performers at these races.

•Pro sailors that compete well enough in events qualify for Olympic competition.

In fleet racing, the minimum number of racers is 4, with potentially hundreds of other racers.

In match racing, there are only 2 racers, placing first is a lot more important in this type of race.

Team racing can apply to match or fleet, as long as it involves multiple people operating the boat.

Top Male Fleet

Sailors*

Matthew Belcher - AUS

Jonas Warrer -DEN

Tom Burton -AUS

Giles Scott -GBR

Ricardo Santos -BRA

470 RS:XLaser Finn49er

*Ranked by sailing.org

There are 46 different classes, or types, of boats that vary in size, weight, and equipment.

•Yachts are larger boats that can be operated by 3+ people.

•Dinghies are smaller boats that can be operated by 1-2 people.

Pro sailors compete in individual events hosted by ISAF sub-leagues. Some of the events are:

•The Olympic Games

•Youth Olympic Games

•ISAF World Championships

•ISAF World Cup

•Youth World Cup

•Team Racing Worlds

•Regional Games

•Extreme Sailing

•During large fleet races, organizing hundreds of boats along with dozens of race officials has been a difficult task.

•Motorola provided a solution for the 2014 Olympic World Championships by setting up a unique network of 2-way radios between a central directing hub, and hundreds of boats located across a 90KM zone.

Motorola Solutions' MOTOTRBO(TM) digital radio network lets sailing enthusiasts race safely at the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships

Via Business Wire, Sep. 14th 2014

•A North American sailboat producer.

•Creates sailboats for a wide variety of recreational

purposes; families, youth, and fishing.

•Main offices are located in:

-Jacksonville, Florida

-Toronto, Canada

-Westport, Connecticut

-Portland, Oregon

-Seabrook, Texas

Sources:

http://www.sailing.org/

http://www.santander2014.com/

http://www.ussailing.org/

http://www.sailingworld.com/?dom=slw&loc=logo

http://sailingmagazine.net/

http://search.proquest.com/advanced?accountid=14068

https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=6884200&authType=name&authToken=rcPJ&trk=Skyline_click_NBM&sl=NBM%3B373050257%3A1413304481064%3B0%3B66646132%3B

http://www.rssailing.com/a/becoming-a-dealer?locale=us

ISAF:

Santander World Champs.

USA Sailing

Sailing World

Sailing Magazine

Pro Quest

Riki Hooker

RS Sailing