District 11 News
Got Grand Prix Points?
April 23rd, 2009
What is the Grand Prix System?
The Grand Prix system is used by the North American Laser Class Association to award points to sailors for attending championship events. These events range from District Championships to North Americans and are awarded separately for both standard rigs, radials and 4.7s. The NA-ILCA then ranks sailors based on points earned and uses this to award berths to International Events, Olympic Qualifiers, etc.
How does the scoring system work?
For each Grand Prix event awards points on a high point scale. The number of points available is determined based on the size of the event. The winner of the event gets the maximum points available. Then each subsequent finisher gets one less point than the person before them until we reach zero. So in the North American Championship where 40 points are available, the winner gets 40, the 40th finisher gets 1 points, and everyone 1-40 gets something in between.
Where can I find the Rules?
The North American Laser class publishes the Grand Prix rules at the beginning of each year. These rules can be found here.
When/Where are these Grand Prix Events?
District 11 Sailors have a great opportunity to earn Grand Prix points this year because we have a number of major Grand Prix events in our district or just a short drive away.
May 2-3 Standard Atlantic Coast Championship - Annapolis MD - 25 points
June 6-7 Radial Atlantic Coast Championship - Annapolis MD - 25 points
June 20-21 District 10 Championship - Lavallette NJ - 20 points
August 7-9 US National Championship - Brant Beach NJ - 30 points
September 12-13 District 11 Championship - Galesville MD - 20 points
A list of all of the Major North American events can be found by going to this link.
Posted April 23rd, 2009 by Jon Deutsch