The Organizing Authority for the Eastern Hemisphere Championship is pleased to announce that the International Governing Committee of the ISCYRA has granted test event status to try a change to STCR 31.1.4 - comonly know as "no outside assistance" - where it will be trialed. The change in the rule has been outlined in the NOR Section 14.9 and will allow coaching under the specified conditions during the event. With this test the OA believes to have found an appropriate way to allow Star sailors to benefit from the availability of a coach on the race course without making it another arms race.
Coaches will be required to be available for a group of sailors, will need to provide additional support to sailors not originally affiliated with the group and help with towing and other security emasures as mandated by the Race Committee.
Entry for coaches is open at this link
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions regarding the test event status to either Helge Spehr or Arnd Glunde