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Cooper River Yacht Club

Collingswood, NJ

 

NOTICE OF RACE

Fall Series 2016

Amended Sept. 9th 2016 changes in red
 

1.      RULES

                  The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in most current version of The Racing Rules of Sailing 2013-2016.

 

2.      ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY

                  The series is open to members of Cooper River Yacht Club.  The series is open to the following classes:  Laser, Laser Radial, Sunfish, Opti, GP-14, other classes may be approved by the Rear Commodore. Guests are welcome to race, but are excluded from series qualification. Skippers who race one more than half of the races scheduled minus those cancelled or abandoned by the club or race committee will qualify for the series. Note: Now Scheduled to be 12 races to qualify (23 minus races cancelled for weather etc. divided by 2 rounded up to one more then half)

 

3.      FEES and OBLIGATIONS

                  There are no fees.  There is no race committee obligation.  However, racers may serve on the race committee if there are no non-racing volunteers.  Racers volunteering for RC will receive their average score for the series for that day this may be done a maximum of two times.

 

4.     REGISTRATION

All competitors must register upon their first appearance of the year before racing. Community Sailing skippers shall also verify their sail number with the Race Committee each weekend.

Prior to racing each skipper shall check in with the race committee and shall make necessary changes to class of boat, and sail number prior to the start of the first race, each race day. 

Registration is available any day from the Race Committee on duty or located near the notice board. 

 

 

5.      SCHEDULE

  Three races are scheduled each race day unless otherwise noted:

                Racing days and start times are as follows:

                  Sunday, September 11th                                        1 pm

                  Sunday, September 18th     (Ritchie Regatta     11 am   5 races

                  Sunday, September 25th                                        1 pm

                  Sunday, October 2nd                                              1 pm

                  Sunday, October 9th                                               1 pm

                  Sunday, October 16th                                             1 pm

                  Sunday, October 23rd                                             1 pm

                              

       

8.    THE COURSES



                  1P:  1, 4, F                                                1S:  1, 4, F

                  2P:  4, 1, F                                                2S:  4, 1, F

                  3P:  3, 2, 4, F                                            3S:  2, 3, 4, F

                  4P:   4, 3, 2, F                                           4S:  4, 2, 3, F

                  5P:  3, 2, 4, 1, 4, F                                    5S:  2, 3, 4, 1, 4, F

                  6P:  4, 3,2, 4, 1, F                                     6S:  4, 2, 3, 4, 1, F

                 

All marks are to be taken to port on “P” courses and to starboard on “S” courses. The race committee will post the course on the course board on the roof.  A number following the course code indicates the number of laps.  For example, if the course is 2P2, a boat would round mark 4, then 1, then 4, then 1, all to port, then finish.

 

The starting line runs between the white pin mark on the north side of the river and the flagpole on the roof of the clubhouse with the dark blue race committee flag. The identical white mark on the south side of the river nearest the clubhouse will mark the inner limit of the starting line.  When approaching the line to start a boat shall pass between this mark and the pin mark. Please note the inner distance mark is not necessarily on the starting line.  This same line serves as the finish line; boats must cross the line between the inner mark and the pin. 

 

Other drop mark courses (orange ball) may be used at the discretion of the race committee; such courses will be defined at the skippers meeting, or orally on the water.

  

9.      SCORING

The scoring system shall be a Low-Point Averaged System, The series score for each boat will be the sum of her race scores divided by the number of races for which she is scored, excluding any throw outs which are earned by sailing more then the required races. The qualified boat with the lowest series score is the winner, and others are ranked accordingly. Boats that do not physically start will not be scored for that race. (Boats that start and do not finish will receive DNF but race would still count as races sailed towards qualifying)

A minimum of 11 races sailed shall constitute a series. 

 

10.      AWARDS

                  Only members qualify for trophies; Fleets with 5 or more qualifiers will have trophies for first, second, and third place.   Fleets with fewer than 5 participating boats will have a first place trophy, only.  Each Opti’s placement will be recognized with a trophy or a ribbon.

  

11.    DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

                  Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. The organizing authority, shall not accept any liability for property damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with, prior to, during, and/or after the racing.

 

12.    SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

                  Changes to this NOR or specific Sailing Instructions may be posted on the official bulletin board one hour prior to the start of the days racing where they take affect, or earlier via club email/webpage.

 

13.    CRYC CONTACT

                  Rear Commodore, Matt York Matthew.york@comcast.net

                  Score Keeper, Craig Priniski craigp@mac.com