ISAF Mid Year Meeting considers America's Cup, Olympics and Tracking

9:06 AM Sun 9 May 2010 GMT

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The Council of the International Sailing Federation has been meeting for the past two days in Budapest, Hungary. The Council Meeting was preceded by the Events Committee meeting. The mid-year meeting precedes the Annual Meeting in November and traditionally deals with matters deferred from the previous Annual Meeting on which further information and consideration are required. The key topics under consideration at this Mid-Year Meeting include future Olympic strategy, America's Cup and Tracking systems. Olympic Commission Chairman, Phil Jones (AUS) has made a presentation to the Council on the changes the new Commission believe should be made to the Sailing ...

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by Richard Gladwell