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2008 Nationals
This years National Championships are to be held at Mumbles in Wales. The event will be the weekend of the 6th September.
Catamarans In The Olympics
Yesterday, the ISAF Council voted against any Multihull Event for the 2012 Olympic Games to be held in Britain. It decided that in future the only sailing boats to be raced should have one hull.
In doing so, it voted against the fastest boat at the Games, the only Event Open to both Men and Women, a permanent fixture for three decades, the recommendation of its own Events Committee, the strong endorsement of the host nation, and a sport invented in Britain.
The international catamaran community is shocked at the ISAF decision. “The bottom line right now is that Multihull sailing has no seat at the ISAF table. And, ISAF has voted that it is a monohull organization” according to Mike Grandfield (US), Chairman of the International Tornado Association, the Olympic Multihull.
BBC Report
What the BBC had to say on Catamarans being thrown out of the olympics.
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2007 Nationals
Tek-Group Tornado Open and National Championship 2007
Weston Sailing club hosted the Tek-Group Tornado Open and National Championship over the long weekend Friday 7 –Sunday 9 September 2007.
The National championship started well with sunshine greeting most of the fleet on Thursday 6 September. Andrew Macpherson, Australian National Tornado Champion, ran a very informative on the water training session for those that wished to attend, in what probably was the best wind of the weekend, sunshine and a pleasant 8-10 knots of breeze.