After one more consecutive year of success for the Soling Class Ranking, we are glad to announce that North Sails One Design has signed up to be the main sponsor of the 2008 Ranking. Worldwide leader in the sailmaking industry and a strong supporter of the Soling Class, North Sails One Design is excited to sponsor the 2008 ranking. ”We are enthused to stimulate the competition between the great sailors that sail in the Soling Class.” said Soling World Champion and North Sails One Design President Vince Brun.

Here is how the Soling class ranking works: The sailors (crews and helmsman) are scored individually, and regatta points are directly affected by the number of competitors, creating a partnership between sailors and organizers to improve Soling Class events to attract more sailors and therefore bring more points to the game. The Soling Ranking is probably the only ranking that the crew can achieve more points than his usual helmsman. 390 sailors competed in 2007 and the winners were the Hungarian sailors George Wossala and his crew Peter Nemeth by only 0.2 points over the Argentine fellows.

Teams using North Sails achieved outstanding results in 2007 including the. World Championship at the end of the year. Brazilian team Vipal sailed by George Nehm, Marcos Ribeiro and Lucio Ribeiro used ES 12 mainsail, V1 and an A1 jibs in the difficult and choppy waves in Argentina.

As part of the sponsorship North Sails will provide a brand new Jib for the winner of the 2008 Ranking and sailing bags for the 2nd and 3rd places.

For more information on the North Sails Soling designs check their website at www.onedesign.com .

Be prepared for the upcoming Soling sailing season!! North Sails wishes all teams the best luck and great speed at the race course.

Current 2007 Ranking standings:
www.soling.com/indexmore.asp?Seccion=Events&Evento=Ranking


NOTE: First ranking release will be around February 26th .