The Monotype XV iceyacht

The official results of the vote about change to rule 3.2.7 is

Yes, change the rule: 18 members
No, keep the rule as it is: 5 members

Enclosed please find a rule change presented by our Technical Committé (Daan Schütte, Andrus Padu, TG Kinberg).

Our Governing Committée (Bernhard Rost, Tiina Motuste, Bouw van Wijk) have approved.

The next stage is to have a vote yes/no at our next coming AGM 2025.

Find the info here...

Dear Monotype-XV community,

It is with deep sadness that we have to inform that our dear friend Sulev
Küünarpuu has passed away.

Sulev was a dedicated sailor and yacht builder through his life. With
numerous prizes both on the water and on the ice.

He was a key individual to organize the work of Monotype-XV class already
since 1981. And he was a founder and the first commodore of the
IM-XVIYARA. We can say Sulev is the father of IM-XVIYARA. He was also the
first European Champion of Monotype-XV of modern times in 1993.

At the same time Sulev was a lifelong yacht builder known for the utmost
beauty and precision of his works.
And he was also known for his innovation. Sulev always took a step forward
in his designs.

Sulev Küünarpuu

Sulev had an inescapable love for boatbuilding and despite the health
concerns he continued to do the shipwright work up to his standards until
the very last days.

It was so inspiring to talk with Sulev or to sail alongside with him, and we
will miss that very much but we are so happy that we have had the
opportunity to share his companionship.

Thank You Sulev!

Estonian Monotype-XV icesailors
October 19, 2024

Hi fellow members of IM-XVIYRA,

When reminded by TG Kinberg the other day about what is written in our constitution about the just finished online voting on runner plank, the voting is not valid.

The constitution says that:-

1. Any online voting has to be done before July 1^st in order to be valid the next coming season.
2. Only boat owners are allowed to vote. If many part owners still one vote per boat.
3. At least twenty five percent of the allowed boat owners registered votes.
4. 2/3 majority yes/no needed to be valid voting.

None of the above 1-4 have been fulfilled!

Also, I learnt that the Technical Committée (TC) with only TG and Andrus participating in an email thread where it is agreed that the runner plank interpretation needs to have precise mentioned measurement points in order to be correct/valid.

The decision by the General Committee (GC) to make a face-to-face voting at our next coming AGM 2025 in Estonia. The GC shall ask our TC to add a suitable text to the runner plank interpretation regarding measurement points for GC to approve beforehand and present to our class in due time before AGM 2025.

Reverting as soon as possible with a renewed interpretation of runner plank.

/Bernhard

See this page

The two new rounding marks built for the organisation is handed over to Ton van Berkel (NED) by Michael Oswald (GER).

Correction 2014

No change but make number of runners more clear. See Standard sailing instructions.