NUEVO FOLKBOAT EN LA ANFE

TENEMOS UN NUEVO FOLKBOAT EN LA ANFE, SE TRATA DEL PALOMEKE DOS, DEL REAL CLUB NAUTICO DE MADRID QUE NAVEGA EN EL PANTANO DE SAN JUAN. EL ASTILLERO ES A.B. MARIEHOLMSBRUK DE SUECIA Y ES DE 1970. ES DE FIBRA SIN TINGLADILLO. DESDE LA ANFE QUEREMOS DARLE LA BIENVENIDA.

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iNVITACIÓN A LA AGM ( JUNTA GENERAL ANUAL)

Dear members of NFIA,

the Board of NFIA herewith invites you on schedule to the ‘Annual General Meeting’ (AGM) in 2012 which will take place on Friday, July 27, 2012 in Sandhamn / Sweden starting at 6:00 pm. The exact address of the location will be communicated on the ‘Black Board’ of the Gold-Cup Race Office.

Please find attached a couple of documents for your attention:

1) Agenda
2) Minutes of last year’s AGM for approval
3) Recommended CR changes / Amendments / Clarifications
4) Proxy Form

As to the Articles of NFIA each National Association has to confirm in writing to the Secretary (NFIA-office@gmx.de) the name of their representative, who will personally attend the meeting. He has also to be prepared to provide the number of boats registered in his Association. This drives the number of votes the Association has.

Gold Cup Folkboat 25 – 29 Julio Sandhamn Suecia

 

Nos remiten desde la N F I A, Nordic Folkboat International Association, el pimer anuncio de regata al que hemos sido invitados.

Sé que enviar unos de nuestros barcos a Suecia puede ser un poco complicado pero podríamos plantearnos alquilar un folkboat alli.

Un saludo

NOTICE OF RACE
Event: Gold Cup for Folkboats
Dates: 25 – 29 July 2012
Organiser: Royal Swedish Yacht Club, KSSS
Venue: Sandhamn, Sweden
1. RULES
1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing.
1.2 If there is a conflict between languages the English text will take precedence.
1.3 Competitors must wear personal flotation devices when the boat has left port, except for short-term replacement or adjustment of clothing or personal equipment. Wet suits and dry suits are not personal flotation devices. A boat that violates this rule may be warned or punished at the discretion of the Protest Committee.
2. ADVERTISING
2.1 Boats may be required to display advertising chosen and supplied by the organising authority.
3. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
3.1 The regatta is open to all boats of the Folkboat class.
3.2 The helmsman shall be a valid member of the yacht club, which he represents and also a member of a national Folkboat association under NFIA.
3.3 The person in charge onboard the boat shall be a member of his/her Member National Authority or one of its affiliated organisations.
3.4 Advance entry shall be made online not later than 1 July 2012 atwww.ksss.se/goldcup.
3.5 The advance entry shall include the following: name of the regatta, race class, letters, sail no., skippers name, address, telephone no., e-mail and yacht club.
4. FEES
4.1 The entry fee is 2.700 SEK and is paid at the entry registration.
5. SCHEDULE
5.1 Wednesday July 25th
09:00 – 18:00 Race Office in Sandhamn open for measurement checks and registration
18:00 Opening Ceremony and Skippers Meeting
Thursday July 26th
08:15 – 18:00 Race Office open in Sandhamn
10:00 First warning signal Two races are scheduled.
18.00 Picnic with Daily First
Friday July 27th
08:15 – 18:00 Race Office open in Sandhamn
10:00 First warning signal One race is scheduled.
After Sail with Daily First after the race.
Saturday July 28th
08:15 – 18:00 Race Office open in Sandhamn
10:00 First warning signal Two races are scheduled.
19.00 Regatta dinner with Daily First
Sunday July 29th
08:15 – 18:00 Race Office open in Sandhamn
10:00 First warning signal One race is scheduled.
15.00 Prize Giving Ceremony
Information about all social events will be published atwww.ksss.se/goldcup.
5.2 Six races are planned.
6. MEASUREMENTS
6.1 Each boat shall produce a valid measurement certificate. Measurement checks will be performed.
7. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
7.1 The sailing instructions will be available at the Race Office after completed measurement checks.
8. RACING AREA
8.1 The racing area will be east of Sandhamn.
9. THE COURSES
9.1 The courses to be sailed will be windward/leeward courses.
10. PENALTY SYSTEM
10.1 Rule 44.1 is changed so that the Two-Turns Penalty is replaced by the One-Turn Penalty.
10.2 Decisions of the jury will be final as provided in rule 70.5.
11. SCORING
11.1 Four races are required to be completed to constitute a series.
11.2 When fewer than five races have been completed a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores.
12. BERTHING
12.1 Boats shall be kept in their assigned places in the harbour at Lökholmen.
13. HAUL-OUT RESTRICTIONS
13.1 Keelboats shall not be hauled out during the regatta except with and according to the terms of prior written permission of the race committee.
14. DIVING EQUIPMENT AND PLASTIC POOLS
14.1 Underwater breathing apparatus and plastic pools or their equivalent shall not be used around keelboats between the preparatory signal of the first race and the end of the regatta.
15. RADIO COMMUNICATION
15.1 Except in an emergency, a boat shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor receive radio communications not available to all boats. This restriction also applies to mobile telephones.
16. PRIZES
16.1 The Gold Cup for Nordic Folkboats, the prize of senator Hagelstein will be awarded to the winner according to the Gold Cup Stautes. KSSS prizes according to the number of boats entered: one prize for every five boats or part of five, until a maximum of eight prizes. Daily First prizes will be given after each day of racing.
17. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
17.1 Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta.
18. INSURANCE
18.1 Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance.
19. FURTHER INFORMATION
19.1 For further information please contact: Racing Manager: Anna Klange, anna@ksss.se KSSS Office: +46 8 556 166 80 Visit KSSS websitewww.ksss.se/goldcup for information about accommodation and social activities.
Mooring Competing boats do not pay mooring fee at the KSSS marinas in Sandhamn/Lökholmen between July 25th and July 29th.

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Un saludo

Key dimensions

Length (LOA): 7.68 m (25′ 2″)
Length on waterline: 6.00 m (19′ 8″)
Beam: 2.20 m, Sail area: 24.00 m² (258 ft²)
Draft: 1.2m (3′ 11″)
Weight: 1930 kg (2.12 Imp. tons) (minimum)
Ballast: 1050 kg (1.16 Imp. tons)

The iron ballast keel represents more than half of this displacement making the Folkboat extremely stiff and seaworthy, and it is one of the smallest craft to have made regular ocean crossings and circumnavigations.

Long Distance Capabilities

In the 1950s, the Folkboat began to attract the attention of long-distance voyagers for its modest cost and seaworthiness.

Ann Gash from Australia, who made a single-handed circumnavigation in Ilimo between 1975 and 1977.
1962/1963 Adrian Hayter sailed single handed from New Zealand to the U.K.in ‘Valkyr’ by the Westward/Panama route.
Lt. Col. H.G. «Blondie» Hasler sailed a greatly modified folkboat Jester to second place in the first Observer Singlehanded Trans Atlantic Race in 1960.
Mike Richie sailed Jester in several Singlehanded Trans Atlantic Races until Jester was damaged and lost at sea. Richie survived and competed for many years in a replica of Jester.
Rozelle Raines sailing Martha McGilda in which she was the first British Woman to sail singlehanded to Russia in the 1960s.

Evolution

In 1966, Tord Sundén introduced the carvel-planked “International Folkboat”. This design corresponded largely to the original, but it offered more comfort below deck, and it had a self-bailing cockpit. However, the term “International Folkboat” was too misleading and was forbidden. Today, the class is simply called “IF-boat.” The IF-boat was manufactured at Marieholms Bruk in Småland (Sweden) until 1984.

In 1968, the Folkboat successfully made the transition from traditional clinker timber to modern molded GRP (fiberglass) construction … retaining the characteristic simplicity of the design. In 1975, Erik Andreasen, a Dane, introduced a GRP replica of the original design … the mold being taken from his own Tibbe which won the Gold Cup that year. Weights and measurements were carefully preserved to insure level competition with wooden boats, and only an outboard engine was provided. The type is called the Nordic Folkebåd.

A newly-built fiberglass Folkboat is an exact replica of the original Folkboat … and today, wooden and GRP boats race together. The class rules are administrated by the Folkboat International Association. The largest international regattas are: Gold Cup (an unofficial world championship), Sessan Cup (a team race), Kieler Woche and San Francisco Cup. There are active fleets in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, USA, Canada, Holland and Belgium.
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Design

The Nordic Folkboat, as initially designed, is constructed of wood in the clinker or lap-strake method of boat building. The boat was designed to be built with oak framing and fir planking, although different builders used many different species of wood. The boat has an open cockpit and a low coachroof covering a small cabin usually consisting of two bunks and minimal storage furniture. The boat is rigged as a simple fractional sloop, with minimal standing rigging, consisting only of two lower shrouds, two jumper shrouds, a headstay, and a backstay. Despite the simplicity of the rigging, the mast is highly tunable, enabling the Folkboat to sail well in light and heavy air well beyond initial expectations.

Nordic Folkboat

The Nordic Folkboat is a small sailboat, rigged as a sloop. The design of this boat was the result of a competition held by the Scandinavian Yacht Racing Union in 1942, who were hoping to create an easily sailed and low cost boat. The competition produced no outright «winner » but, taking the best features of a number of the entries received, the organisers commissioned professional designer Tord Sundén to create a craft that met the goals of the design competition. The resulting boat went on to become an international favorite of sailors and still endures more than 60 years after its design. The first Nordic Folkboat was built in Göteborg in Sweden, and as of 2007, more than 4000 Nordic Folkboats are still sailing around the world.
Fibreglass & timber Folkboats side by side. The fibreglass boat on the left was built by Folkebadcentralen, Kerteminde, in 2006 the timber boat was built in Australia in 1964. Whilst the hulls are identical in shape, the cabin top and cockpit on the ‘Australian Folkboat’ on the right differ from the original design.
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