Para Aramid Tiller Clarification

It has come to the attention of the IDNIYRA  and European governing committee that the 2014 vote to allow para aramid in the construction of tillers was conducted incorrectly.  It was only sent to ballot in north America and not in Europe.  This violates the specifications management agreement.

The IDNIYRA Governing Committee and European Governing Committee, with the concurrence of the technical committee   have determined that the original vote allowing the use of Kevlar in the construction of tillers was not a legal vote.  Therefore this specification change is reversed.  Any member that constructed a tiller of para aramid  (Tradename Kevlar) shall notify the governing committee of their respective continent  so that tiller may be registered.  Any such registered tiller will be allowed for the 2016-17 season.

Since this was originally a North American proposal, the IDNIYRA Governing Committee will resubmit this proposal to a  membership vote in the fall of 2017.  Any tillers that were built between 2015 and now will be grandfathered in for this season, if they are registered.

Eric Anderson NA IDNIYRA Commodore

Attila Pataki  EU IDNIYRA Commodore

Jeff Kent Chairman  IDNIYRA Technical Committee

2017 New England Championship Results

The 2017 New England Championship was sailed on Lake Champlain on Saturday, January 14, 2017.

2017 New England Championship - January 14, 2017

Lake Champlain


Gold fleet
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Pos    Sail#         Name        Race>     1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  Points
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  1   US 4487       ATKINS,       CHAD     1    3    1    2    2    3 (  4)   1    1   14.00
  2   US 5469        MOORE,     OLIVER  (  3)   1    3    1    1    1    3    3    3   16.00
  3   US 5415       MILLER,      CHRIS     2    2    2    3    3    2    2    2 (  4)  18.00
  4   US 4690      FORTIER,  DAVID (S)     8 ( 13)   5    4    5    7    5    8    7   49.00
  5   US 5187   MACCORMACK,    WILLIAM     4    5    4    5    7    8    8   10 (DNS)  51.00
  6   US 4775 WHITCOMB III,   EBEN (S)     5 (  9)   6    7    8    5    7    6    8   52.00
  7   US 5606      KNOWLES,       MATT     7    8    7    9 ( 10)   6    6    5    5   53.00
  8   US  637     MEADE IV,        JOE   DNF   12    9 (DNS)   4    4    1    4    2   56.00
  9   US 4512       MADDEN,  STEVE (M)    10   10  DNS    6    6 (DNS)  11    7    6   76.00
 10   US 5805     GLUCKMAN,    RICHARD     6   11   10   11 ( 12)  10   10    9    9   76.00
 11   US 4596        MEYER,      CHRIS    13   14   13   12   13    9    9   11 (DNS)  94.00
 12   US 5573       FOWLER,       NEIL     9    4   11    8    9  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  101.00
 13   US 5440       BISHOP,       RICK    12    6    8   10   11  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  107.00
 14   US 4619    POLYBLANK,        GUY    11    7   12 (DNS)  16   11   12  DNS  DNS  109.00
 15   US 5023      STANTON,       JOHN    14   15   14   13   14  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  130.00
 16   US 4287       ATKINS,       JOHN   DNF   16   15   14   15 (DNS) DNS  DNS  DNS  140.00
 17   US 4626      GERVAIS,   PAUL (S)    15  DNS  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  DNS  DNS  DNS  155.00
 18T  US 3301         HAAG,        BOB   DNS  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  DNS  DNS  DNS  DNS  160.00
 19T  US 4032   SCHUMACHER, ROBERT (M)   DNF  DNS (DNS) DNS  DNS  DNS  DNS  DNS  DNS  160.00

Scoring system: IDNIYRA Worlds

DN Western Regional Regatta Photo Album


A pair of photographers were on Lake Monona shooting the 2017 DN Western Region regatta. They have posted their photo set on Flickr and are encouraging us to download and use as we like.

“My wife and a I had a great time Saturday and Sunday Jan. 7-8 watching the DNs race on Lake Monona and taking a few photos.  I’ve put 26 photos up in a album on my Flickr page, here is the link:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kdmeyer/sets/72157676991377862

Possibly somebody will enjoy a picture of themselves;  the images are full-resolution and free to download with my compliments.  Managed to catch both champions including #183 with quite a bit of air under one of his blades.

Thank you, we met some nice people and enjoyed being spectators.”

Worlds & NA Insurance Verification

Registered skippers, if you have not provided insurance verification for the 2017 Worlds & North American regattas, please make certain you either bring a copy of insurance to registration or email a scanned copy or photo to Regatta Chair Mike Miller prior to January 20, 2017.

Mike Miller email: miller.m@mchsi.com

As stated in the Notice of Race: “All participants shall provide proof of $300,000 personal liability at time of Registration.”

Click here to open and check the list of registered sailors to see if you need to bring a copy of your insurance to registration or email a scanned copy to Mike Miller.

We would hate to have people scrambling at the last minute on a Saturday night trying to secure insurance information. Please plan ahead!