The International 470 Class Association lunched the André Cornu Grant in 2005 in order to honour him (passed away in the summer of 2003), the French naval architect who “gave birth” to the 470, the fast, athletic and tactical boat that every one knows.
André paid always a lot of attention to the youth and, every time he could see young girls and boys sailing in 470, he used to say: “ I am so proud of having contributed with the 470 to give them a chance to have fun ”. The International 470 Class Association thought that the best way to pay the right tribute to André was to set up a grant dedicated to the youth and more specifically to the winner s of the boys’ and girls’ double handed dinghy event at the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship. The grant consists of an money price of the amount of 1.000,00 Euro awarded to each of the winning Boy and Girl crews of the above mentioned championship, if they decide to take part either in the 470 Class Junior World Championship or in the 470 Class World Championships in the following sailing season.
The Cornu Family happily joined in 2005 the launch of this grant and is now fully backing it by providing a consistent financial support every year.
