[Fwd: 2005 Laser Radial Worlds]

[Tracy Usher <usher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Notice of Race and charter information for the Laser Radial World 
Championship is now posted at www.laserinternational.org. 
<http://www.laserinternational.org.%A0/> This includes a list of the 
number of places available for each country.

Women's Championship:
As a result of the Laser Radial being selected as the women's Olympic 
single-handed equipment for 2008 we are obviously seeing increased 
women's entries.   Being Olympic equipment also gives us certain 
obligations to provide a fair system of place allocation to all 
countries.  We have the experience of the men's equipment and therefore 
we propose to use the same basis for the women.

We have therefore set aside 100 charter Lasers for the Women's fleet who 
will race a qualifier series in two separate fleets before being split 
into gold and silver.  The women's fleet will sail only in equipment 
supplied by the organisers (the same as the standard rig).

The allocation of places is based on overall class membership for each 
country. Places will be allocated via the national class association who 
may delegate selection or allocation to their national authority.  A 
list of allocations is attached.  Following the experience of the 
standard rig fleet in this post Olympic year we expect that not all 
countries allocated places will send entries.

The list allocations will not guarantee a place.  National  Class 
Association's must apply to ILCA office for entry numbers which have to 
be used within two weeks of the allocation.   If the entry number is not 
used within this period it will be cancelled and re-allocated to others 
who may be on a waiting list.  This is to avoid problems we had with the 
standard rig worlds and to give a good opportunity for countries that 
require extra places to no well enough in advance.

*Only applications received before 16 September will guarantee a place.  
After this date applications will be dealt with subject to availability.

*ONLY National Associations may apply for allocated, unallocated and 
extra places by emailing office@laserinternational.org giving the name 
of the sailor requiring a place and their email address and contact 
phone numbers.  In each country it will up to National Associations to 
prioritise places. In the case that a national association is not able 
to decide a priority list then ILCA, at it's sole discretion, will use 
regatta results where possible to decide a priority. It is unlikely that 
a sailor who cannot demonstrate previous experience in a Laser Radial 
will be allocated an additional place.

When a National Laser Association applies for an unallocated or extra 
places the name of the sailor will be placed on a waiting list. As boats 
become available the sailors on the waiting list will be advised directly. 

Men's and Youth Championship:
A limited number of charter boats are available on a first come first 
served basis which may be applied for by individuals.  Please email 
office@laserinternational.org for a charter reservation number.

regards
Jeff Martin
Executive Secretary
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