Graeme Hayward

Graeme Hayward (1929 – July 4, 2013 I-14 Team Race Champion (1x World and 6x Canadian) CDA Champion America's Cup Match Racing rules pioneer, International Umpire and Judge 39 year CYA committee(s) member and chair

As CDA president from 1966 to 1973, Graeme proposed and led the creation of the International Fourteen World Association. Graeme also served as CDA Measurer and Rules Committee Chairman for 25 years and helped author and update our constitution and class rules. As World President, he established formal trials for the single trapeze in North America and successfully lobbied the UK association to ensure its worldwide adoption in 1971. He was a leader of the Fourteen fleet in Montreal winning many important Canadian and US trophies including the Bongard, Buzzards Bay Bowl, DP Kirby Memorial and seven RstLYC I-14 class championships.

After Fourteens, Graeme helped introduce on-the-water umpiring to the match racing world. He was the rules advisor for the Canadian entries at the 1982 and 1986 America's Cups and was part of the International Jury/Umpire teams in Fremantle, San Diego and Auckland. He was a member of the ISAF Working Party in Lymington that established the rules for umpiring and match racing (now Appendix C). He served as an International Umpire for 15 years, helped develop the Umpires’ call book and co-authored and administered the ISAF Umpires’ test. He has been an ISAF umpire and judge at 26 World Match Racing Conference events including various Louis Vuitton Cups, Nations Cups and Gold Cups. He has chaired or umpired at a further 27 match racing events including fourteen York Cups and the 2007 International C-Class Championships.

Graeme has also served as ISAF judge over a 30-year period at 34 world and 57 major championships ranging from the International Fourteen Worlds to the Canada's Cup, Maxi World Cup, Whitbread, Australian America's Cup Defender Trials, SORC, Miami OCR, and World Championships for the Farr 40, J24 and Laser classes. Back home, Graeme was a member and chairman of the CYA Appeals, Racing Rules and Umpires’ committees over a 39-year period. In recognition of his contributions, he was elected member emeritus of the Appeals committee in 2004 and named CYA Judge emeritus in 2011.

Biography Death and afterward Graeme died on Thursday, July 4, 2013, following a five-year battle with cancer and other complications. He was 85. Graeme is survived by his caring and beloved wife Janice, his sons Gavin (Megan and daughter Lexie) and Peter (Andrea).

Additional background

Yacht clubs Since 1950 Itchenor Sailing Club Honorary life member

Since 1952 Oxford and Cambridge Sailing Society Life member

Since 1956 Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club Commodore 1982–83, Honorary life member ‘10

2011 CYA Judge emeritus

1996 San Diego. Worked with the Woman's Challenge for the America's Cup for two weeks as a guest umpire in their tune-up trials.

1999/2000 Auckland. Umpire and member of the International Jury for the Round Robins and Semi-final of the Louis Vuitton Cup.

Member of International Juries at the following Principal Events

World Championships International America's Cup Class Worlds 1995

Maxi Worlds 1987 and 1989

12m Worlds 1988

International 50 ft Worlds 1993

8m Worlds 1989

5.5m Worlds 1989

One Ton Worlds 1988

Corel 45 Worlds 1997

Farr 40 Worlds 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2004

Mumm 36 Worlds 1998, 2003 and 2004

J 24 Worlds 1982, 1992 and 2000

E 22 Worlds 1981 and 1982

Hobie 18 Worlds 1987

International 14 Worlds Team Racing 1978, 1985 and 2002

International 14 Worlds 2002

Australian 14 Worlds 1986

5 O5 Worlds 1990

Laser Worlds 1980

420 Worlds 1997

Disabled Sailing Worlds 1993

Melges 24 Worlds 2002

Mumm 30 Worlds 2000, 2002 and 2004

Sunfish Worlds 2002

Number of events 34

Other major events Canada's Cup 1978, 1988, 1994, 2001 and 2003

Whitbread Round the World (at Ft Lauderdale) 1994

Australian America's Cup Defender Trials 1986 and 1997

5.5m Scandinavian Gold Cup 1989 and 1997

Key West Week 1996-1998 and 2001-2003

Southern Ocean Racing Conference Week 1996 through 2004

Block Island Week 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007

Antigua Sailing Week 1998 through 2006

Bermuda Race Week 1996 and 1997

Bayview – Mackinac Race 1993, 1998 and 1999

British America's Cup (Team Racing) 1996

Miami Olympic Classes Regatta 1995

Soling North Americans 1998

49er North Americans 1998

J 24 North Americans 1991

J 24 Mid-winters 1997

Farr 40 Bahamian Championship 2002

Farr 40 Invitational 2003

Miami Race week 2005, 2006

Star Western Hemisphere 2005

J 35 North Americans 2007

Number of events 57

Umpired at the following Principal Events

World Match Racing Conference events WMRC Match Race Finals 1991 and 1992.

Louis Vuitton Cup, RR-1, RR-2 and Finals 1992

Bermuda Gold Cup 1991 through 1996, 1998 and 1999

Columbus Cup 1992

IYRU Nations Cup, Grand Final 1995

12m Worlds 1988

Maxi Worlds 1987 and 1988

Infanta Donna Christina (Soling Worlds) 1995

Congressional Cup 1989 and 1996

Golden Gate Invitational 1994, 1996, 1998 and 1999

Knickerbocker Cup 1995, 1996 and 2000

Nippon Cup 1992

Virgin Islands Match Race 1998

Santa Maria, US Women's Championship 1999-2002 and 2006

Thompson Cup, Women's MR Championship 2000 and 2006

UBS Challenge, Championship Finals 2002

Number of events 26

Other Match Racing events Nations Cup, Area E Eliminations 1991 and 1995

Canadian Match Race Championships 1991 through 1994

York Cup, RCYC, Toronto 1989 through 2002

Soling North Americans 1998

UBS Challenge, US Championship 2002

C Class Catamaran, Championship 2007

Number of events 27

Note: At most of these match racing events, was also a member of the International Jury.