I've been going through some of these issues for my Tornado. The boat was originally imported to the USA and so has a assigned US T. Association sail number (USA 807). When I took the boat the US Nationals last Nov., I needed to join the T. Association of my country of citizenship (Canada). The US & Canada have combined into the North American Tornado Assoc., so this wasn't a problem. But, I also had to be a member of my country's national sailing organization (CSA), so I joined as an associate member a club in Canada that I used to sail at when I lived there...

I was concerned my US sail number would be a problem at the Nationals, but the guys were not going to call me on it, so I sailed for Canada with a US sail number. I talked with the other two Canadian teams at the event about getting a proper sail number for Canada. Seems things are in a bit of disarray right now...only a few actual Tornado teams are "official" there at the moment. And no one seems to know what is the next available sail number. There was also the question of getting the boat re-certified if the country is changed. The new TA president is one of the Canadian guys I met with at the Nats, so I hope we can get this sorted out one day.

Until then, I sail with the USA 807 sail number...

Mike.