Estonian will not be presented at Hamburg. BUT our opinions will !

Ivo Volkov, Estonian X-99 association

This would result in the following distribution of the votes:

Nat. Class. Ass. Reg. boats Votes

Germany (North) 45 5 Netherlands 50 5 Switzerland/S Germany 80 7 Denmark 35 4 United Kingdom 10 3 Norway 10 3 Sweden 40 5 Finland 6 2 Estonia 5 2 Hong Kong, Singapore 8 3 X-Yachts 4

The 2 'basis' or 'offset' votes for each member would reduce the weight of the bigger members

People always buy and sell boats and become members of national associations and quit from association. Even during season. We got 2 new boats during 2000 season, so we have now 7 boats all together Question is: which number of boats is crucial? Number of boats at the beginning of season or at the moment of voting? There will be no big differences, but it may affect sharing of votes.

Estonians vote: YES

5. Changes to the Class Rules - proposal from N Germany (a) Change 17.2 last sentence from:

Titanium and carbon are prohibited anywhere on the boat to Titanium and carbon are prohibited anywhere on the boat with the exception that carbon is allowed in floating unmounted blocks.

NB via Rob van Roekel the following has been checked by HARKEN/Holland/USA. There are two kind of Black Magic blocks, first the 40/57 mm Black Magic Carbo blocks (series 2600) and second the Black Magic Air Blocks (series from 1950) 57 mm Big Boat Blocks, The Black Magic Air Blocks have aluminium plates and NO CARBON and Torlon rollers There are also two carbo clamcleats ( no. 365 and 423).

Estonians vote: NO, i.e. we do not want to change this point of Class Rules

(b) Rule 11.1 Should the type of material for the genoa be free- although retaining the restriction on type of construction. ( is Pentex polyester?)

Proposed change of rule "All sails shall be of woven polyester with the exception of the No 1 and No 3 Genoas which may be a laminate consisting of a polyester film and a polyester scrim made of reinforcement fibers which are arranged in a lattice-like manner and spaced from each other by a distance of less than 0.1 mm."

Estonians vote: NO, i.e. we do not want to change this point of Class Rules

(c) Rule 7.5 (additional rule) to allow a track at the end of the main boom for an outhaul traveller - now that loose-footed sails are permitted

Estonians vote: YES

(d) Rules 11.1 and 11.18 No 3 Genoa should be allowed optionally to be made of laminated materials including polyester film and scrim in the same manner as the No 1 Genoa.

The reason of this amendment request is that Dacron is very, very stiff and does not allow for tight packaging like Mylar

Estonians vote: NO

(e) Rule 9.1 Dyeform 5mm diameter forestay - proposal from The Netherlands

from Rob van Roekel some Dutch X99's have broken or nearly broken normal shrouds, even on new 2000 X99. Boats with Dyeform rigging have had absolutely no problems. When we changed from 5 mm diameter forestay to 6 mm X-Yachts did not want to llow 6mm Dyeform the dyeform However this year several new X-99's were delivered from X-Yachts with a 6 mm dyeform forestay. Does this imply that a 6 mm dyeform forestay is legal?

Estonians vote: YES to 6 mm dyeform forestay

(f) Rule 4.2 Keel - proposal from The Netherlands In Ramsgate during the checkups of the boats it was seen that all new boats -except Extreem- had a slightly changed keel-shape( flat on the bottom) Is it not much fairer that we gave all the X99's the opportunity to shaped their keel to the keel templates( as the J22 Class Ass. does), so that there will be no advantages to the newer boats?

Estonians vote: YES to allowing the new shape of keel

6. Rulings made during the year to be ratified at the meeting

Should 'magic boxes' be allowed for halyards? The initial ruling was as follows:

This would mean that the load is not taken by a stopper anymore, but by the 'magic boxes'. This clearly contravenes § 17.5 first sentence. As the stopper no longer takes the halyard's load.

There has been a further request for ruling on magic box from the Swiss and Southern German Class Association :

The magic box for the halyard will be used in a different set-up: The halyard still runs from the deck block to the stopper according to § 17.5. However, it does not run directly from the deck block to the stopper, but runs in a loop to the magic box and then to the stopper.

The crew can thus release the magic box and raise the sail with the winch using the traditional configuration and the stopper. To adjust the tension, the crew can then tighten the magic box, which leaves the winch free for the genoa sheet.

This configuration does not violate §17.5. However, it should be approved under § 1.4, which states that "In general it should be considered that any alteration to the Standard Build is not permitted unless specifically permitted by these rules".

7. Confirm the adoption of the new International Class Certificate

8. Financial Statement

9. Update on arrangements for 2001 Worlds

10. Election of new officers. Juergen Klinghardt has kindly agreed to take over as Int. Class Secretary/Treasurer

Estonians vote: YES

11. Any other business

12. Date of next meeting