From : IECU <winner@retemail.es>

To : ALL IECU ADDRESSES

Subject : News from the IECU

Date : 14 mai 2006

RECORD EUROPE SAILOR PARTICIPATION IN THE EASTER REGATTAS

Close to 400 Europe Class sailors from 17 countries met on waters of Quiberon in France, Medemblik in the Netherlands, Monfalcone and Gardasee in Italy and Calanova in Spain. The Europe class Olympic status in the past 4 Olympiads has given a good genus equality balance, the fruits of which are seen now, in excess of 40 % of total entries were women.

37TH PRINCESS SOFIA TROPHY - CALANOVA - PALMA DE MALLORCA - SPAIN

We saw a Europe Class with 105 sailors from eight nations (56 women and 49 men) as the largest single-handed class in the regatta. Helena Montilla (36) Olympic representative for Spain in the Atlanta Games and today a mother of two rising stars in the Optimist Class grabbed a respectable 7th place among 56 women and 49 men sailors. The youngest sailor was Alba Bou (13) from Spain.

CIRCOLOVELA TORBOLE - GARDASEE - ITALY

Onehundredfourteen sailors (38 women and 76 men) from 9 nations participated.

NATIONAL DE PRINTEMPS - BAIE DE QUIBERON - FRANCE

Ninety entries (36 women and 54 men) 15 % more than last year from 3 countries.  Fiftyseven sailors of the total 90 were born 1986 or later.

MORE THAN 1000 EUROPE SAILORS ON THE WORLD RANKING LIST

The International Europe Class Union World Ranking List 2005-2006 with a starting date of 10.09.05 had 1006 sailors in its April 26th, 2006 issue and increasing rapidly each month.

EUROPE CLASS MAJORS 2006

Closeness of the 2006 venues to the stronghold nations of the Europe Class will ensure that record participation numbers will continue second year in a row.

-2006 Open Week and World Championships - Skovshoved - Denmark 2-16.7.2006 website www.ewc2006.dk
-2006 European Championships - Marsala - Sicily - Italy 1-12.8.2006 website www.marsalasail.it
-2006 Youth European Championships - L´Estartit - Girona - Spain 22-28.8.2006 website www.cnestartit.es
-2006 Europe Class 19th Veteran Cup - Skive - Denmark 24-27.8.2006 website  www.skivesejlklub.dk

Make the Europe Class website http://www.europeclass.org/  to your favorite.

Jan Abrahamsen
President IECU