# International Soling Association

The International Soling Association (ISA) is the governing body for the Soling class, recognised as an international class by World Sailing. The International Soling Association was founded as soon as the Soling became an international class in 1967. Originally an owners' club, it became a very self-supporting organization who provided great support for the whole Soling community and guarded the Soling one-design during her Olympic tour of duty as well as in the present time.

## Object

The object of the ISA is to promote the Soling class throughout the world, to co‐ordinate competition under uniform rules, and to maintain the integrity of the one‐design nature of the class in co‐operation with World Sailing and the national soling associations (NSAs).

## Governance

The operation of the ISA is in the hands of the ISA committee and is lay down within a set of rules.

### ISA Committee

Source:
1 January 2022 – 31 December 2022
| Honorable President Harald V of Norway Honorable Members Felipe VI of Spain Life Members Barry Hayes Eggert Benzon Dinny Reed Hamish Loudon Karl Haist György Wossala Jean-Pierre Marmier Peter Hall Rose Hoeksema | Executive Committee President Michael Dietzel Vice-presidents: Nelson Horn Ilha Peter Hall Han van Veen Secretary Matias Collins Treasurer Susanne Küffer Communication Committee David Baum Championship Committee Peter Hall (Chairman) Florian Felzmann Tom Mitchell Rudy den Outer Sándor Varjas Nominating Committee Rudy den Outer (Chairman) Peter Hall Technical Committee Bram Soethoudt (Chairman) Laszlo Hegymegi (Chief measurer) Manfred Kanter Jr. Anders Borresen Simon Zeh Jean-Pierre Marmier | Elected Members Martin Zeileis Nelson Horn Ilha Peter Hall Tomas Peuvrel Christian Mack Sándor Varjas Alberto De Amicis Han van Veen David Baum Appointed Members Alejandro Felix Chometowski Ekkehart Steinhuber Dennis Koch Manfred Kanter Jr. Carlos Elosegui François Gombeaud Paul Tully Michael Dietzel Simon Zeh Kristof Wossala Haakon Haraldsen Kazuo Hanaoka Gerben den Hartog Theo de Lange Lars Ingeberg Serhiy Pichuhin |

#### (Past) presidents and secretaries

| Presidents | In office | Secretaries | In office |
| Eggert Benzon | 1967–1972 | Eyvin Schiøttz | 1967–1978 |
| Jack Van Dyke | 1973–1975 | Arnold van Altena | 1978–1978 |
| Geert Bakker | 1976–1979 | Christian Meinich | 1978–1979 |
| Ken Berkeley | 1980–1982 | Dinny Reed (née Symes) | 1979–2001 |
| Karl Haist | 1983–1986 | Fleur Ainsley | 2004–2004 |
| Sam Merrick | 1987–1990 | Matias Collins | 2004–present |
| Stuart H. Walker | 1991–1994 |
| György Wossala | 1995–1998 |
| Tony Clare | 1999–2002 |
| Rose Hoeksema | 2003–2006 |
| Johan Offermans | 2007–2014 |
| Peter Hall | 2015–2016 |
| Michael Dietzel | 2017–2022 |
| Nelson Horn Ilha | 2023–present |

### Rules

The ISA rule set consist of the following documents:
* WS International Soling Class Rules
* ISA Constitution
* ISA Championship Rules
* ISA Ranking Ruling
* ISA Standard Notice of Race
* ISA Standard Sailing Instructions
* ISA Permitted Instruments
* ISA Championship Agreement Form

## National Soling associations

As of 2019. there are 24 national Soling associations (NSA) active and there are three countries with individual fleets. Since 1968 over fifty countries (not counting the no longer existing countries like the USSR, Yugoslavia and East-Germany).

### Current national Soling associations

* Asociación Argentina de Soling
* Australian International Soling Association
* Österreichische Soling Klassenvereinigung
* Belarus Soling Association
* Asociaçäo Brasileira de Soling
* Canadian International Soling Association
* Danish International Soling Association
* Association Française de la Classe Soling
* Deutsche Soling Klassenvereinigung
* British Soling Association
* Hungarian Soling Class Association
* Associazione Italiana Soling
* Japan Soling Association
* Soling Club Nederland
* Norway Soling Association
* Russian Soling Association
* Slovakia Soling Association
* Soling Slovenija
* South Africa National Soling
* Spanish Soling Association
* Swedish Soling Association
* Swiss Soling Association
* Soling Association of Ukraine
* United States Soling Association

### Current individual fleets

* Belgium
* Uruguay

### Previous national Soling associations

* Bahamas
* Bahrain
* Barbados
* Bermuda
* British Virgin Islands
* Chile
* Cyprus
* East Germany
* Egypt
* Estonia
* Fiji
* Finland
* Greece
* India
* Ireland
* Jamaica
* Liechtenstein
* Mexico
* Monaco
* New Zealand
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Puerto Rico
* Soviet Union
* Thailand
* United States Virgin Islands
* Venezuela
* Yugoslavia
* Zimbabwe

### Previous individual fleets

* Gambia
* Gabon

## International trophies
### International championships

Under auspices if the ISA the following annual international regattas are organized. These events are open for sailors of all nationalities. For these regattas the ISA championship rules applies. The notice of race and sailing instructions must written be as close as possible to the ISA standard notice of race and the ISA standard sailing instructions and must be approved by the ISA Championship Committee:
* Soling World Championship
* Soling Masters World Championship
* Continental championships
** Soling European Championship
** Soling North American Championship
** Soling South American Championship
* Soling World Trophy
The national Soling associations will organize there national Soling championships and local regattas.