International Flying Dutchman Class - Membership Information

IFDCO Administration	Membership Benefits & Administration	Communication	FD Sailors
Role of IFDCO A Competitors Hearing and a Meeting of National Secretaries are held at World Championships Agenda AGCM - 8 June 2008 Extract of minutes AGCM 2007 Agenda AGCM - 22 July 2007 Extract of minutes AGCM 2006		Discussion Forum FD Bulletin Forum Germany (German) Holland (Dutch) Fastsail (English) Articles & Photos of any FD activities are welcomed for publication on the website or in the FD Bulletin	Past & present FD sailors have a wide range of skills and expertise. Many have considerable sailing achievements. In recent years the Class has encouraged more women sailors to race FDs. An analysis of the heights, weights and ages of competitors was carried out the Worlds in Hungary in 2005 which were sailed in a wide range of wind conditions- click here for summary of observations and charts (pdf file)
Membership Benefits Members are entitled to the following benefits:
1 Eligibility to participate in FD Events Fully paid up Members of IFDCO are eligible to participate in FD events and to be included in the Dawes Trophy and FD Euro Cup. 2 FD Bulletin Each paid up Member is entitled to a copy of the FD Bulletin - if you do not receive a copy contact your National Secretary.
3 Class Book A copy of the Class Book (last edition 1992) is available from your National Secretary. A new edition is in preparation. 4 Class Rules A copy of the current rules can be downloaded from website In addition, members may make representations to IFDCO through their National Secretary or IFDCO Commodore and are encouraged to attend competitors hearings and may obtain technical guidance from IFDCO on any aspect of the Class Rules.

IFDCO Membership Rules
The Membership rules are in the IFDCO Byelaws and FD Class Rules

Reminder
All FD helms and crews taking part in an FD event must be a current paid up member of IFDCO. Bring your IFDCO Membership card and current year sticker to each event. Membership Administration
IFDCO Membership card - this is issued by your National FD Class Association Secretary and shows your IFDCO Membership number.
IFDCO sticker - Put sticker for the current year on your Membership card - stickers can be obtained from your National FD Secretary when you pay your annual contribution. If you have no sticker you will have to pay at the event
Annual Contribution From 1 January 2006 the Full International Member and Associate International Member categories were combined into an IFDCO Sailing Member and the fee is 20 Euros for 2006, 2007 and 2008. FD Sailors should pay their National Secretaries promptly by the due date.
Role of National FD Class Secretary
National FD Secretaries are responsible for collecting annual contributions and remitting to IFDCO Bank account each year, issuing IFDCO Membership cards, allocating IFDCO Membership number and liaising with IFDCO Treasurer, and provide a list of paid up members names.
Eligibility Helms and crews must be fully paid members of IFDCO to participate in World, Continental, Euro-Cup events or to be included in the Dawes Trophy results except that a substitute helm or crew need not be a member if they only sail in one event during a calendar year. NOTES Previously posted on website for Information only Membership of IFDCO It was agreed at the 2002 AGCM that in order to extend the promotion of the Class and to further involve crews, all sailors who participate in the Worlds, Continental and National Championships should be members of IFDCO. Prior to 2002 the helm needed to be a full member of IFDCO. However, in some cases crews owned the boat and were also full members of IFDCO. As from 1 January 2004 both the helm and crew of teams entering international events needed to be either a Full or Associate member of IFDCO and at least one needed to be a Full member. It was originally agreed that from 1 January 2005, Full members were to be re-designated sailing members, the fee was to be reduced to 20 euros and the new eligibility rule came into force. (At the 2004 AGCM it was decided to defer implementation. At the 2005 AGCM it was agreed that the decision would apply from 1 January 2006 and the rate would be 20 Euros for 2006 and the intention is to hold at 20 euros for 2007 and increase to 25 euros for 2008. It was decided at the 2007 AGCM to hold the rate at 20 euros for 2008. All FD sailors and supporters of the FD are encouraged to become Associate (Non Sailing) members of IFDCO.
This page was last updated on 23-Dec-2008