NOTICE OF RACE
Venue
The New Beginnings Regatta will be held at the Jericho Sailing
Centre on English Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia. The event
is organized by the Disabled Sailing Association, Vancouver Chapter,
and the Jericho Sailing Centre.
Rules
The races will be governed in accordance with the International
Sailing Federation, herein referred to as the “ISAF”,
including CYA prescriptions as sailing instructions and the Martin
16 class rules.
Eligibility
Entry is open to all sailors. Visiting sailors will be provided
storage space on the Jericho compound for boats and equipment.
Jericho Sailing Centre will not assume liability for any boats
or equipment on site.
Schedule
Saturday,
June 14 |
9am |
Skippers Meeting
for all sailors
Morning sailors on water by 10am or 10:30am
Afternoon sailors on water by pm or 1:30pm |
Sunday,
June 15 |
9am |
Skippers meeting for all
sailors
Morning sailors on water by 10am or 10:30am
Afternoon sailors on water by 1pm or 1:30pm |
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5pm |
BBQ and Awards for all sailors |
Classes
All races will be sailed in Martin 16 sloops.
Scoring
The low point scoring system will be used as published in ISAF
appendix A2.2.
Safety
All participants are required to wear an approved PFD when on
the water.
Boat Allocations
Boat allocation will be made by draw.
Course outline will be given out at the skippers
meeting and will then be posted on the notice board.
The Award Ceremony will take place 5pm on Sunday,
June 15 at the Jericho Sailing
Centre.
Radio Communications
A boat shall neither make nor receive radio transmissions (including
cellular telephone) while racing, except in an emergency to summon
assistance.
Team and Private
Support Boats
Team and private support boats are allowed to be in the racing
area until the warming signal for each race. Thereafter, they
shall not be closer than 100 meters to any boat that is racing
(except a boat in distress requiring assistance), mark or rhumb
line of the course, inside the course triangle, or on the right
side of the weather leg lay line.
Should there be a postponement, team and private
support boats may re-enter the racing area and resume communications
until the next warning signal is given.
The penalty for breaking this requirement may
be disqualification of all boats associated with the team or private
support boat or another penalty at the discretion of the international
jury.
Race Chair: TBA
Regatta Chair: TBA
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