International Soling Association

English Michael Dietzel Nelson Ilha
Peter Hall
Han van Veen Matias Collins Susanne KüfferSubsidiariesNational Soling AssociationsAffiliationsWebsitewww.soling.com

The International Soling Association, ISA, was founded as soon as the Soling became an International class in 1967. Originally an "Owners Club" became a very self-supporting organization who provided great support for the whole Soling community and guarded the Soling one-design during her Olympic tour of duty as well as in the present time.

Object

The object of the ISA is to promote the Soling Class throughout the world, to co‐ordinate competition under uniform rules, and to maintain the integrity of the one‐design nature of the class in co‐operation with World Sailing (WS) and the National Soling Associations (NSAs).^[2]

Governance

The operation of the ISA is in the hands of the ISA Committee and is lay down within a set of rules.

ISA Committee^[3]

1 January 2022 - 31 December 2022

Honorable President Harald V of Norway Honorable Members Felipe VI of Spain Life Members             Barry Hayes Eggert Benzon Dinny Reed Hamish Loudon Karl Haist György Wossala Jean-Pierre Marmier Peter Hall Rose Hoeksema

Executive Committee President Michael Dietzel Vice-presidents: Nelson Horn Ilha Peter Hall Han van Veen Secretary             Matias Collins Treasurer             Susanne Küffer Communication Committee             David Baum Championship Committee             Peter Hall (Chairman) Florian Felzmann Tom Mitchell Rudy den Outer Sándor Varjas Nominating Committee             Rudy den Outer (Chairman) Peter Hall Technical Committee             Bram Soethoudt (Chairman) Laszlo Hegymegi (Chief measurer) Manfred Kanter Jr. Anders Borresen Simon Zeh Jean-Pierre Marmier

Elected Members             Martin Zeileis Nelson Horn Ilha Peter Hall Tomas Peuvrel Christian Mack Sándor Varjas Alberto De Amicis Han van Veen David Baum Appointed Members             Alejandro Felix Chometowski Ekkehart Steinhuber Dennis Koch Manfred Kanter Jr. Carlos Elosegui François Gombeaud Paul Tully Michael Dietzel Simon Zeh Kristof Wossala Haakon Haraldsen Kazuo Hanaoka Gerben den Hartog Theo de Lange Lars Ingeberg Serhiy Pichuhin

(Past) Presidents & Secretaries

Presidents	Nationality	In office	Secretaries	Nationality	In office
Eggert Benzon		1967–1972	Eyvin Schiøttz		1967–1978
Jack Van Dyke		1973–1975	Arnold van Altena		1978–1978
Geert Bakker		1976–1979	Christian Meinich		1978–1979
Ken Berkeley		1980–1982	Dinny Reed (née Symes)		1979–2001
Karl Haist		1983–1986	Fleur Ainsley		2004–2004
Sam Merrick		1987–1990	Matias Collins		2004–Present
Stuart H. Walker		1991–1994
György Wossala		1995–1998
Tony Clare		1999–2002
Rose Hoeksema		2003–2006
Johan Offermans		2007–2014
Peter Hall		2015–2016
Michael Dietzel		2017–2022
Nelson Horn Ilha		2023–Present

Rules

The ISA rule set consist of the following documents:

• WS INTERNATIONAL SOLING CLASS RULES^[4]
• ISA Constitution^[2]
• ISA Championship rules^[5]
• ISA Ranking Ruling^[6]
• ISA Standard Notice Of Race^[7]
• ISA Standard Sailing Instructions^[8]
• ISA Permitted Instruments^[9]
• ISA Championship Agreement Form^[10]

National Soling Associations

In 2019 there are 24 NSAs active and there are three countries with individual fleets. Since 1968 over fifty countries (not counting the no longer existing countries like the USSR, Yugoslavia and East-Germany).^[11]

Current NSAs	Africa             South Africa National Soling	Asia             Japan Soling Association	Australasia             Australian International Soling Association	Europe             Oesterreichische Soling Klassenvereinigung Belarus Soling Association Danish International Soling Association Spanish Soling Association Association Française de la Classe Soling British Soling Association Deutsche Soling Klassenvereinigung Hungarian Soling Class Association Associazione Italiana Soling Soling Club Nederland Norway Soling Association Russian Soling Association Soling Slovenija Swiss Soling Association Slovakia Soling Association Swedish Soling Association Soling Association of Ukraine	North America             Canadian International Soling Association United States Soling Association	South America             Asociación Argentina de Soling Asociaçäo Brasileira de Soling
Current Individual fleets				Europe              Belgium		South America              Uruguay
Previous NSAs	Africa              Egypt  Zimbabwe	Asia              Bahrain  India  Pakistan  Philippines  Thailand	Australasia              Fiji  New Zealand	Europe              East Germany  Estonia  Finland  Cyprus  Greece  Ireland  Liechtenstein  Monaco  Poland  Portugal  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia	North America              Bahamas  Barbados  Bermuda  British Virgin Islands  Jamaica  Puerto Rico  United States Virgin Islands	South America              Chile  Mexico  Venezuela
Previous Individual fleets	Africa              Gambia  Gabon

International Trophies

International Championships

Under auspices if the ISA the following annual International regattas are organized. These events are Open for sailors of all nationalities. For these regattas the ISA Championship rules applies. The Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions must written be as close as possible to the ISA Standard Notice of Race and the ISA Standard Sailing Instruction end must be approved by the ISA Championship Committee:

• Soling World Championship
• Continental Championships
  • Soling European Championship
  • Soling North American Championship
  • Soling South American Championship
• Soling World Trophy

Besides these regattas the ISA is also part of the Vintage Yachting Games Organization.

The National Soling Associations will organize there Soling National Champions and local regattas.

Publications of the ISA 1970–present

Soling Guide	Soling Manual	Soling Sailing	Other	Publications from USSA
Issues 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1981 1984–1987 1988–1991 1992–1995 1996–2000	Issues 1989 Issue 1992 Issue 1995 Issue	Issues 1974/1 1974/2 1974/3 1974/4 1975/1 1975/2 1975/3 1975/4 1976/1 1976/2 1976/3 1976/4 1977/1 1977/2 1977/3 1977/4 1978/1 1978/2 1978/3 1978/4 1979/1 1979/2 1979/3 1979/4 1980/1 1980/2 1980/3 1980/4 1981/1 1981/2 1981/3 1981/4 1982/1 1982/2 1982/3 1982/4 1983/1 1983/2 1983/3 1983/4 1984/1 1984/2 1984/3 1984/4 1985/1 1985/2 1985/3 1985/4 1986/1 1986/2 1986/3 1986/4 1987/1 1987/2 1987/3 1987/4 1988/1 1988/2 1988/3 1989/1 1989/2 1989/3 1990/1 1990/2 1990/3 1990/4 1991/1 1991/2 1991/3 1991/4 1992/1 1992/2 1992/3 1993/1 1993/2 1993/3 1994/1 1994/2 1994/3 1995/1 1995/2 1995/3 1996/1 1996/2 1996/3 1997/1 1997/2 1997/3 1997/4 1998/1 1998/2 1998/3 1998/4 1999/1 1999/2 1999/3 2000/1 2000/2 2000/3 2001/1 2001/2 2002/1 2002/2 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2015–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018–2019 2019–2021 2021–2022	Issues             1999 Soling Flyer	Issues             1990/4 1991/1 1991/2 1992/2 1993/3

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