Events Cancelled due to Corona Virus. ACWS Cagliari on standby

ACWS Cagliari and Trofeo Princesa Sofia , along the GC32 Cup at Oman are among the events being called of due to Corona virus.

F18 Worlds in July and Europeans in Cadiz in June might be cancelled too, but still some time to see how Pandemia progress.

Update 2: SailGP San Francisco:

SailGP cancels San Francisco event scheduled for May 2-3

SAN FRANCISCO – March 13, 2020 – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Francisco SailGP event scheduled for May 2-3 has been canceled.

SailGP CEO Sir Russell Coutts said: “We are of course disappointed to cancel our event scheduled for May 2-3 in San Francisco. This decision has been made to avoid increasing the already significant risk of COVID-19. Health and safety must be the top priority across the world during this unprecedented situation and it is our responsibility to ensure we do not further the spread of this pandemic.”

All options are being explored in order to maintain a full schedule for SailGP’s second season. Further announcements will be made in due course.

Ticket purchasers for the canceled event will be automatically refunded in full no later than May 2.

Update: latest from Luna Rossa for the ACWS Cagliari:

COR 36 CALLS FOR THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE 
ACWS SARDINIA – CAGLIARI EVENT

Cagliari, 13 March 2020 – Due to “force majeure” – following the declaration of the Pandemic CoViD19 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the restrictions imposed by the different  governments – COR 36 has declared the impossibility of organizing the ACWS Sardinia – Cagliari (23-26 April) event at the scheduled date.  COR 36 also submitted a proposal to the Defender to postpone the event to a new date.

The Defender published a press release in which it announced the cancellation of the ACWS Sardinia – Cagliari without mentioning COR’s proposal of a new date for the event, and refused COR’s proposal without even discussing it.

COR 36 will submit to the Arbitration Panel the postponement of the ACWS Sardinia – Cagliari to a new date.

Team New Zealand’s on Twitter:

UPDATE 1/2 | It is quite obvious that the ACWS Cagliari event cannot go ahead. The teams are collectively entering discussions on a solution to create an equitable outcome for everyone…

UPDATE 2/2 | around the loss and/or availability of sailing time due to the change of circumstance as a result of the global COVID-19/Coronavirus situation. There will be a formal announcement made in due course.

Trofeo Princesa Sofía release:

Cancellation of 2020 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Iberostar

12 March 2020

The Organizing Committee announces the cancellation of the 2020 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Iberostar due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and following recommendations from the Spanish and Balearic Governments. This affects all classes (Olympic classes, One-Design, Open Foil and ORC).

The organizers of the event, that was expected to be held in the Bay of Palma from 25th March to 4th April, deeply regret this situation but must follow the restrictions requested by the Health Authorities in order to face this world health issue.

Participants who are already in some of the three venues of the regatta -Club Nàutic S’Arenal, Club Marítimo San Antonio de la Playa and Real Club Náutico de Palma- can stay and keep using the facilities, unless further restrictions from the Government and Health Authorities are applied.

GC32 Oman Cup cancelled due to coronavirus
GC32 Racing Tour press release issued on 12/3/2020
Due to ongoing concerns about the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and following recommendations from Oman’s Ministry of Health, the opening event of the 2020 GC32 Racing Tour in Muscat has been cancelled.

On 7 March 2020, Oman’s Ministry of Health released a directive, calling for all international events and conferences within the Sultanate to be suspended or postponed until further notice.

As a result, GC32 Oman Cup organiser Oman Sail and GC32 Racing Tour officials decided it was in the best interest to cancel the six-team event which was due to begin on Wednesday 25 March.

“We are of course disappointed as we were looking forward to returning to race in Oman to open this year’s Tour. The health and safety of our sailors, staff, and spectators are our top priority and while difficult, this is the right decision,” says Christian Scherrer, Manager of the GC32 Racing Tour.

The GC32 Racing Tour management is presently in discussion with the teams and local event organisers with the aim of working around the international health crisis to establish how the five event circuit for the ultra-fast flying catamarans can work most successfully for the rest of the 2020 season.