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New Naviga class

Navaga have announced the creation of a new class. This is to be an Endurance class that will be formed from both the M class and FSR-V class. Rules are still being formulated.

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Battery Limits for Mini Classes

You may be aware that the Naviga rules now allow votes to be taken at times other than the bi-annual presidium. These votes are done electronically by the National Section Leaders.

Recently such a vote took place as a result of a Polish proposal to increase the energy limit for the mini classes from 21WHr to 23WHr in order to maintain a level playing field with the newer high capacity weight limited batteries.

The results of the vote were:-

“Five countries voted to raise the limit to 23Wh: Belgium, Thailand, Italy, Romania and Lithuania.

Nine countries voted to leave the limit as it is, so 21Wh: Russia, Slovakia, The UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Hungary.

There was 1 abstention: Czech Republic.”

There will therefore be no change this year to the UK battery limits.

 

Naviga M section rules for 2020 published

The Naviga M section rules for 2020 have now been published. You can find them here:-

http://www.naviga.org/section_m/index.php/2019/12/30/m-rulebook-is-available/

 

I have had a skim through and the main changes are:-

  • Boat colour clarified. A single bright colour which contrasts with the water is allowed. This can’t be white.
  • Limiter settings and use outlined.
  • Limiters mandatory in non mini classes and are provided by Naviga with specified connectors.
  • No turning back if a buoy is missed.

Naviga has new leadership

On 26th Oct 2019, Naviga held there bi-annual General Assembly. In a dramatic move, the complete leadership were replaced.

The new leadership are as follows:-

  • Walter Geens (Belgium) – President of the Naviga
  • Zdenka Dostalova (Czech Republic) – Vice President of Naviga
  • Jaroslaw Leoniec (Poland) – II Vice President of Naviga
  • Daniel Ciosu (Romania) – Secretary General of Naviga
  • Adrian Stolarek (Poland) – Treasuer of Naviga

In a statement from the new President, it is clear that many changes are likely to take place. Some of the stated intensions so far are:-

  • Reduce the costs of the organisation which will result in reduced costs for the member countries.
  • All sections to hold a world championship every two years.
  • Make the Naviga accounts much more transparent.
  • Introduce training programs for juniors.
  • Improve the visibility of Naviga on social media.

You can find more details at http://naviga-restoration.eu/?fbclid=IwAR0BjQQvjhV9mMFIQRGYcMh6_k_CGmM67ojSoQkhdssWx3pkhu3-jjso38c

As a result of this news, the position of leader of the M section will become vacant and so if anyone from the UK would like to put their head above the parapet then please contact Walter Geens.