Mid-Year Meeting - What's on the Agenda - Sunday 13 May

The Events Committee met on Saturday 12 May to discuss the Paris 2024 Olympic Events. Read a full report from the day here - http://www.sailing.org/news/86932.php#.Wvfz2akh1Yg.

Members of the Equipment Committee will continue to discuss the Paris 2024 Events and the procedures around the re-evaluation of equipment for 2024.

As part of a separate equipment re-evaluation process, World Sailing is reviewing the equipment used for the Men and Women's Windsurfer and the Men and Women's One Person Dinghy Events.

The purpose of the re-evaluation is to ensure there is fair and open competition at regular intervals for the equipment for an Olympic Event. This ensures that sailors, Member National Authorities and Olympic teams are receiving a high-quality service and products from manufacturers at competitive prices.

The re-evaluation process will allow the existing Olympic Equipment for the Event, along with any new Classes or manufacturers who wish to have their equipment included in the Olympic Games, to tender for inclusion.

The tender process will review all aspects of the equipment (including suitability for the Olympic Event and its competitors, prices, manufacturing, availability and supply around the world). This will ensure that manufacturers do not become complacent, remain price-competitive and produce high-quality equipment.

The procedures and criteria for the re-evaluation will be approved and published by World Sailing at the Mid-Year Meeting and the final outcome of the review will be decided in November 2018.

Furthermore, the Committee will receive a variety of updates from various classes and working parties as well as reviewing World Sailing Class Association applications from the Nacra 15 and Diam 24.