The thick fog that covered the harbour in Santander at the start of the day soon burnt off and gave way to a light 5 to 7 knot breeze from the north east allowing the Laser and Laser Radial Fleets to get afloat and start the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships.
Reigning 470 Junior World and 470 Junior European Champions, Jordi Xammar and Joan Herp from Spain are no strangers to competing at the elite level of the 470 Worlds, but this year will be a bit different for the pair as it marks the first time they have competed at a senior 470 World Championships, fully prepared and focused on the mission in hand.
An estimated 30,000 people enjoyed the Opening Ceremony at the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships as ISAF President Carlo Croce officially declared the event open.
Day two of the 2014 J/70 World Championship presented by Helly Hansen saw the completion of the Qualifying Series leading to the Championship Series of this inaugural world championship.
It's fair to say that with more than 1,250 sailors competing at the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships that at least one or two of them will be present on social media.
Sunset+Vine|APP, the Oxford-based unit of the multi-award winning UK independent TV sports production and media company Sunset+Vine, has been appointed production partner for the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships. Sunset+Vine International is responsible for the television distribution of the championships which take place in Santander from 12th-21st September 2014.
The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is pleased to announce that Marine Resources has joined the Connect to Sailing initiative as a Performance Partner for 'marine recruitment services'.
The ISAF XML Regatta Reporting format (ISAF XRR) is an XML schema
defined by the International Sailing Federation; the world governing
body for the sport of sailing. It provides a universal standard for the
transfer of information relating to sailing events, including but not
limited to results, calendar and entry information.
Use the links in the menu above to navigate between the pages of
this section of the ISAF website.
If you require further information that is not currently included
or have comment(s) or suggestion(s) on the development of the project
and/or its online presence then please use the following link to access
the contact page for the ISAF technical department.
The Schema pages provide access to the
various development versions of the schema document and links to
examples that can be followed to assist in development of 3rd party
software to use XRR.
Technical Specification
The Technical Specification pages provide
detail on the content of the schema documents including the source and
type of the information for a number of the data fields and how the XML
entities relate to one another.
Data Transfer
The Data Transfer pages describe the XRR
message service in terms of the ISAF implementation and the methods
available for interacting with XRR with 3rd party software.
Software Packages
The Software Packages pages provide a
list of 3rd party software implementations which are compatible with
the data transfer procedures implemented on the ISAF servers. Links are
provided where available.
If you would like to nominate a software package for inclusion in our lists please contact the ISAF secretariat on the link above to register your interest and to organise an example implementation for testing against the XRR service.
File Import
The File Import page is a manual upload
tool that can be used to test XRR documents for correctness. It also
provides an upload tool for the particular case of a live Event where
an automated tool is unavailable.
