ILCA REVOKES LASERPERFORMANCE LICENCE<\/p>\n
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29 Mar 2019<\/p>\n
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LaserPerformance has lost its licence to supply the ILCA with Laser dinghies Photo: pixabay<\/p>\n
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LASER PERFORMANCE<\/p>\n
The International Laser Class Association (ILCA) has revoked the licence of long-time builder of the class dinghy, LaserPerformance.<\/p>\n
ILCA reports that the Anglo-American manufacturer breached the terms of the Laser Construction Manual Agreement (LCMA) by failing to ensure the identical nature of all Laser class boats, regardless of where they are built.<\/p>\n
Class president, Tracy Usher said that ILCA was disappointed to see the long and productive relationship come to an end. \u201cWe had to move ahead in order to protect the level of competition and the investment for the 14,000 members of the International Laser Class and the more than 50,000 sailors around the world who regularly sail the Laser dinghy,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n
No other option<\/p>\n
With its UK-based manufacturing facility, LaserPerformance was the ILCA-approved builder producing boats for most of Europe, Asia and the Americas. In a statement, Tracy said that the ICLA was left with \u2018no option\u2019 after the builder\u2019s refusal to allow inspection of the boats being built in their manufacturing facility.<\/p>\n
There are two other manufacturers of class legal boats, one in Japan and another in Australia. With these firms picking up the slack, ILCA expects the disruption to be minimal or non-existent and executive secretary, Eric Faust, has emphasised that the 2020 Olympics and other major ILCA events will be unaffected.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoing what\u2019s right for the sailors is really all that matters,\u201d said Eric. \u201cWe\u2019re confident that we\u2019ll see new builders coming on line soon and that we\u2019ll once again have a robust dealer network around the world in plenty of time for the lead up to the 2024 Olympics.”<\/p>\n
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