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ISAF President, Paul Henderson replies in person to Peter Bentley's comments

Following Peter Bentley's preview of the ISAF Annual General Meeting, ISAF President, Paul Henderson (pictured right) has sent us this reply.

Offshore Racing Committee: Hopefully that will move positively ahead with the ORC becoming an umbrella ISAF Offshore Committee with an IMS section providing the needed services for their IMS clients as partners in the total area of offshore racing with the other sections or Rating Rules which sailors have chosen to compete with.

The Yngling weight limit: I predict will go through at 205 kilos (550 lbs) which is exactly what the women have been sailing with in their Match Racing events.

Henderson then goes on to address another issue not raised in Peter Bentley's Original article.

Windsurfers have been called by me 'Air Rowers' which is really quite profound if I do say so myself. 'Rowers sit on the posteriors and look backwards'. If ISAF could get them to look forward to the future they would not keep the 'status quo' for 2004 and not wait till 2008 to push for what they know will happen with the Formula Board. That appears not possible and we will be boxed in again with the Mistral.

Does it not seem unbelievable to everyone that it is 'The Silly Old Men of ISAF' who are endeavouring to be progressive and it is the establishment Windsurfers who are being so reactionary?

The industry has pointed out that Windsurfing has regressed in all aspects to the level of 1980 and ISAF is the one endeavouring to give what was such an exciting new discipline a much needed shot in the arm. Oh well we cannot win them all.