
Season’s Greetings 2025
December 20, 2024
2025 EUROSAF Race Officials Exchange Programme Meeting: 28 represented countries and 149 entered events
January 23, 2025President’s 36th Letter – 14/01/2025

Dear friends,
I wish the new year brought you health and happiness.
Last weekend, delegates to the annual Race Officials Exchange Programme meeting were in London at the invitation of the Royal Yachting Association. They enjoyed glorious sunshine and freezing cold –not typical local weather– in a gorgeous setting by the Thames. Organization was superb, hospitality splendid, and outcomes excellent. A big thank you to the RYA, hosts, presenters, and all delegates.
The day before, the Executive Board met and decided, as provided for in the Constitution, to call for the next General Assembly meeting that will take place on 26 April 2025 in Neusiedl-am-See, Austria, at the invitation of the Austrian Sailing Federation. This being an election year, all Members will receive in time the Notice of Meeting and Preliminary Agenda and will be able to nominate candidates and shape the future of EUROSAF.
As announced at the ROEP meeting, Doris Gstatter steps down as secretary general, to undertake personal endeavours, after more than four years of wonderful and tireless efforts in benefit of Members, stakeholders, and the Executive Board. Roland Regnemer, who is involved in EUROSAF at least from 2017 and whom many of you know, takes over in an interim position.
Last November I was elected vice-president of World Sailing. In accordance with the WS constitution, I must step down as president of EUROSAF before 9 February and I had set the ROEP meeting as my last EUROSAF task. Therefore, I hereby inform you that today I have presented my resignation as president. For 8 years I have been honoured and pleased to serve EUROSAF, its Members and all stakeholders. I leave the Federation in good hands –with Pınar Coşkuner Genç, first vice-president, at the helm–, confident in the unfailing support of all vice-presidents. We shared a wondrous journey and I thank each of them for making it productive, constructive, and enjoyable.
I look forward to continuing to join our efforts in favour of sailing, sailors, and peace.
Warm regards,
Josep M. PLA
Past president
EUROSAF