Technical

If you wish to organise an International Cadet World Championship you may download a special document that the ICC has compiled: Protocol for Major Events including World, Continental and Regional Championships (version August 2023).

This Protocol contains everything you need to know to set up a successful event. If you need further information please don’t hesitate to contact our Secretariat. Please note that the Protocol document is updated regularly without prior notice due to current developments and conditions on the ground. The latest version is available on this page.

The Executive Committee of the ICC is seeking expressions of interest in hosting the class’s World Championships in 2025 and 2026. To express your NCC’s interest please fill out our Expression of Interest form and return by (date and form to follow)!

The new model Buoyancy Card (issue 2017) can be ordered from the Secretariat by National Cadet Class (NCC) secretaries. They cost €2.00* apiece and are generally sold by your NCC for €5.00.

Please note: change of ownership of the boat invalidates this certificate and the new owner should at once, in his own interest, advise his NCC, who will issue a new certificate.

*) Excluding shipping costs.

When a Cadet is built and measured for the first time it will receive its official World Sailing Plaque (see photo). This plaque is affixed in the boat and should be plainly visible. These plaques can be obtained by boat builders from the Secretariat at a rate of €60, the price of which is determined by the General Assembly (August 2017). Plaques are not sold to individual sailors or parents.

If the plaque is missing, a replacement plaque (a so called “R” Plaque issued by World Sailing) must be obtained from the Secretariat through your National Cadet Class. An “R” Plaque costs €50*.

Please read the Class Rules on this subject: A.9 INTERNATIONAL CLASS FEE AND ISAF BUILDING PLAQUE.

*) Excluding shipping costs.

Certified sails shall have an official International Cadet Class button or label (for example the well-known green button, left) fixed to the mainsail and headsail near the tack, and the spinnaker near the head, before the sail is certified.

Currently, started at the Cadet World Championship 2022 in Australia, the Class issues numbered, blue sail labels for new sails (a specimen is shown here). These sail labels are self adhesive—made from the same material as sail numbers—and should be stitched as well to avoid loss. The ICCA keeps a record of sail labels issued. Through the numbers we can trace sails back to the sailmaker and the certifying measurer.

Sail labels can only be obtained by sailmakers and NCCAs from the Secretariat at €20* apiece, the price of which is determined by the General Assembly (August 2017). Sail labels are not sold to individual sailors or parents.

Please read the Class Rules on the subject: G.2.3 ROYALTY LABEL OR BUTTON.

The ICCA was one of the early adopters of World Sailing’s In House Certification (IHC) program. For sailors this means they can buy certified equipment, knowing it is ready to race. More information on participating sailmakers can be found here. The ICCA of course also caters to the needs of non-IHC sailmakers. Traditionally these sailmakers have a working relationship with local or national measurers to get the sails properly certified.

To answer a popular question: no, we do not certify sails at “measurement” at a World Championship. This form of “measurement” is in fact equipment control: sails and other equipment is checked whether it complies with the class rules. For sails this means that the sails are certified, that they comply with the correct measurements and that the sail numbers are applied correctly.

*) Excluding shipping and handling costs (currently [2024] at €20 per shipment).

The Cadet is a one-design boat and therefore all Cadets have the same, strictly controlled, measurements. While material and appearance changed over time, the hull shape remained the same. Today, wooden MK II and GRP MK IV compete in the same races although at the most recent European Championship more than 90 percent of boats were GRP built. The boat itself is 3.2m long, weighs approximately 61 kg fully rigged and has a sail area of more than 5 square metres.

The current Measurement Forms have been made available in this Technical Section as well as a set of Cadet Drawings (the image at the bottom of this page shows a vintage drawing of a MK II wooden Cadet).