A press release has been made by the Delta Lloyd Regatta organisers highlighting the contribution to be made at the 2014 regatta by the SolentXtra team. The Delta Lloyd Regatta is part of the EUROSAF Champions Sailing Cup series. The article was published by Scuttlebutt Europe on 18th May. This premier publication has a distribution of in excess of 15,000 per episode. The press release reads as follows:
Delta Lloyd Regatta
After a
year of experimenting with new racing formats, the Delta Lloyd Regatta is now
following the Olympic ISAF format, to be sailed in RIO 2016. The 2014 Regatta
will consist of opening series and a Medal race. The top ten finishers in the
opening series will advance to the medal race, provided a minimum of three
races have been completed in the opening series. For Paralympic events, the
Regatta will consist of a single series. Boats not assigned to the Medal race
will sail a last fleet race on the last day of the Delta Lloyd Regatta. All
classes will sail 9 to 13 races in total.
This year the race committees that will be present at the Delta Lloyd Regatta are: KZ&NR Hollandia, KNZ&RV Muiden, RZV Rotterdam, KW Sneek, Batavia Sailing Center. Next to these, the Delta Lloyd Regatta has invited SolentXtra from the UK to run the RS:X course in 2014. With this move the Organizing Committee is determined to demonstrate its willing to provide the best race management possible. Mike Garvey will lead the team of 12 with Peter Knight as his deputy. SolentXtra Race Management was appointed to manage the RS:X course at the 2012 Olympics in Weymouth, England The SolentXtra team will be complemented by Dutch members so that they can learn from this experienced race committee.
The jury is selected by Josje Hofland who has done an excellent job putting together an experienced jury. This team of experienced judges is almost completed and includes Olympic London 2012 golden medalist winner in the Laser radial class Xu Lijia.
Robert Lamb has already been invited as the Principal Race Officer for the 4th consecutive year. Robert Lamb has more than 13+ years of race management experience covering Olympic classes, dinghies, boards, keelboats and multihulls. Robert has had several different leading functions within the ISAF and is already busy advising the Delta Lloyd Regatta.
