News, Rules & Info – DragonFlite 95 USA Class Owners Association

NEWS:

31 May 2025: Rules Compliance at Regattas – P. Burgess

The DFICA maintains a tight control on our Restricted Class Rules for compliance at major regattas – Travellers Trophy, State, Regional, National and Global levels.

We often see owners make changes for various reasons, which are identified and corrected where known. Unfortunately, a small minority push the envelope on Rule interpretation. The Rules are written in a simplified format for ease of use. If every scenario were to be addressed, the Rules would run into many pages!

Click on link below to read the full details:

DF Classes – Championship Measurement and Inspection v3

3 Apr 2025: Ken Read – 2025 Sailing Hall of Fame Inductee

Congratulations to Ken Read on his nomination to the Sailing Hall of Fame.

Kenneth Wheaton Read II – The Sailing Museum & National Sailing Hall of Fame

10th Mar 2025: New Rigging Instructions Posted

The updated rigging instructions have now been posted with the recent changes. CLICK HERE to see the updated documents

26th Feb 2025:DF 95 Traveler Series Interview number 2.

Check out the interview with Jess Atkinson, the winner of the Region 8 Midwinter/ Traveler Regatta at Eldorado Park.

22nd Feb 2025: The Jon Rogers Interview

Jon Rogers, from the San Diego Argonauts MYC was interviewed on Sailing Illustrated by Tom Ehman on Friday 21 Feb 25 discussing RC Sailing and the DF95.

You can watch the interview on YouTube @SailingIllustratedTV or Facebook. The discussion starts around the 45 min mark. Sailing Illustrated TV – YouTube – Don’t forget to leave a comment to help promote our hobby.

Who is Jon Rodgers? CLICK HERE to find out more

2nd Feb 2025: DF95 Updates

There have been some updates to the DF95. Here is the link to the Official Press release on the DF Racing World Information Website.

New Version Releases. DF65 V8 & DF95 V3. – DF Racing World Information Site

Here is a short video that John Tushingham has created to explain the latest updates:

DF65 V8 & DF95 V3 New Version 2025

1st Jan 2025: New Executive Board Members and Regional Directors

Welcome to the new Class Secretary for DF95 USA – Len Bose who took office 1-1-25
Also welcome to Martin Bowers our new Executive Board Member also taking office 1-1-25.
Finally welcome to our new Regional Director for region 8 Chris Staiger.