#isafworldcup – The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is inviting European venues to bid to host the ISAF Sailing World Cup for the 2014-2015 series and beyond. The deadline for bids is only two weeks away so Dun Laoghaire, Cork Harbour and any other Irish venue interested in one of the biggest events in world sailing needs to move quickly ot be in with a chance.
In Dublin, the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company recently formed a special group to look specificallly at such opportunities. This year when the cup visited Hyeres in France over 1,200 sailors were hosted on the Cote D'Azur.
Ireland previously hosted the ISAF Youth worlds at Dun Laoghaire in 2012. Cork hosted the ISAF Women's Match Racing last month.
The ISAF Sailing World Cup is the annual circuit of Olympic sailing for elite and professional sailors. Its centre-piece is the ISAF Sailing World Cup Final held in November. The inaugural SWC Final will take place in Abu Dhabi in 2014.
ISAF is seeking two European ISAF Sailing World Cup venues which shall host their regattas between April and August. The existing ISAF SWC calendar includes regattas in Qingdao (October), Melbourne (December) and Miami (January).
The winner of each ISAF SWC regatta will qualify to the Final where 20-boat fleets will battle it out for the overall ISAF Sailing World Cup title. Additional opportunities for sailors to qualify to the Final are at their respective class world championships, the ISAF World Sailing Rankings and "wild-card" places.
Click here to view the ISAF Guidelines for Candidates Bidding to Host the ISAF Sailing World Cup (European Venues).
An evaluation panel will confirm the venue of the ISAF Sailing World Cup by 31 July 2014.
All bids must be received by ISAF by 15 July 2014. For more information or to submit a bid please contact: [email protected]
