Dave Irey Regatta
- Saturday, June 7th, 2008 - Sunday, June 8th, 2008
- West River SC
- Galesville, MD
Dave Irey Memorial Regatta
7 - 8 June 2008
West River Sailing Club
NOTICE OF RACE (pdf)
1 RULES
1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing
(RRS) for 2005 - 2008, the prescriptions of US Sailing Association, the WRSC
General Sailing Instructions and any applicable class rules.
1.2 Any change to this NOR or General Sailing Instructions will be posted prior to
9:30AM the day of the race.
2 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
2.1 The regatta is open to all boats of the Jet 14, Laser, Laser Radial, Flying Scott,
International Canoe, A-Cat, and Albacore Classes.
2.2 Eligible boats shall register the day of the regatta during the prescribed registration
period.
3 FEES
3.1 Required fees are as follows:
Class Fee
All Classes $40 racing fee
3.2 Other Fees
An additional $5 fee will be charged to those participating who are not US Sailing
Members.
Dinner will be served after racing on Saturday and can be purchased either at the time
of registration. The cost of the dinner will be $10.
4 SCHEDULE
4.1 Registration:
Registration will take place between 8:00AM and 9:30AM on 7 June 2008
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4.2 Dates of racing:
DATE CLASSES
7 June 2008 All Classes eligible to participate per this NOR
8 June 2008 All Classes eligible to participate per this NOR
4.3 Number of Races: The total number of races will be at the discretion of the Race
Committee. The anticipated number of races will be 3 races on Saturday and 2 races
on Sunday.
4.4 Times & Skippers Meeting:
Skippers Meeting will take place Saturday 7 June 2008 at 9:30 AM at the WRSC Flag
Pole, or inside the club pending weather conditions.
The scheduled time of the warning signal for the first race each day will be 11:00AM.
Subsequent races will be held at the end of the previous race. Follow-on races for a
class may start immediately after that class finishes.
No race will start after 3:30PM on Sunday June 8, 2008
5 MEASUREMENTS
Each boat shall have satisfied all class requirements for measurements and
specifications.
6 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
The sailing instructions will be available at registration for this regatta. The WRSC
General Sailing Instructions can be located on the WRSC Web Site:
http://www.westriversc.org/
7 VENUE
The Host Club is the West River Sailing Club, located in Galesville Maryland.
Directions to WRSC are located on the WRSC Web Site: http://www.westriversc.org/
The general sailing area will be on the West River and on the Chesapeake Bay in the
vicinity of the entrance to West River.
Participants may be requested to use off-site parking depending on the number of
participants at the regatta. Instructions will be provided at the regatta.
8 THE COURSES
The courses to be sailed are described in the 2008 WRSC General Sailing Instructions
There will be two racing areas utilized during this event each day. The locations of
the racing areas will be selected from the three general areas shown in Attachment 1.
Course areas will be posted on the Official Notice Board and will identify which
classes will be sailing in each area.
The types of courses will be a windward-leeward or a windward-leeward-triangle,
refer to the General Sailing Instructions for official course description and to the
Notice Board for any changes.
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9 PENALTY SYSTEM
9.1 For the A-Cat class rules 44.1 and 44.2 are changed so that only one turn, including
one tack and one gybe, is required.
10 SCORING
10.1 The scoring system is as follows Low Point Scoring System found in Appendix A.
10.2 1 race is required to be completed to constitute a series.
10.3 (a) When fewer than 6 races have been completed, a boat's series score will be the
total of her race scores.
(b) When 6 or more races have been completed, a boat's series score will be the total
of her race scores excluding her worst score.
11 SUPPORT BOATS
Support boats shall be marked with the letters WRSC.
12 RADIO COMMUNICATION
A boat shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor receive radio
communications not available to all boats. This restriction also applies to mobile
telephones.
13 PRIZES
Prizes will be given as follows:
Prizes to the First, Second, and Third Place finishers in each class with 9 or more
participants.
Prizes to the First and Second Place finishers in each class that has 5 to 8 participants.
Prize to the First place finisher in classes with up to 4 participants.
In addition the following Class Trophy's will be awarded:
The Dave Irey Memorial will be awarded to First Place Finisher in the Jet-14 Class.
14 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to
Race. The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damage or
personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the
regatta.
15 INSURANCE
By registering for this event, each participating boat certifies that they are insured with
valid liability insurance with a minimum coverage of $300,000.
16 FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information please contact:
Jude Brown at 301-949-4456 or email heyjfb@earthlink.net
Dawn Miller at 410-295-1249 or email Millerph@earthlink.net
Added: 1/06/2008 17:37:48 by Jon Deutsch
Updated: 5/27/2008 17:13:06 by Jon Deutsch