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NOTE 2006-JUN-13: Regatta registration is now closed. Team limit has been reached.

The Charles River Open Team Race

Massachusetts

Institute of Technology

June 24 and 25, 2006

NOTICE OF RACE


1 RULES

1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing and Appendix D- Team Racing Rules.

1.2 The prescriptions of the US national authority will apply.

1.3 The class rules of the intercollegiate dinghy class as described in The Procedural Rules for Intercollegiate Sailing Competition Fall 2005- Spring 2008 will apply.



2 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY

2.1 The regatta is open to the first eighteen teams who submit a completed Entry Form and mail their full entry fee to Charles River Open Team Race, c/o Kyle Welch, 73 Gorham Street, Chelmsford, MA 01824. Checks should be made payable to MIT Sailing Pavilion. A team is not considered registered until all three boats have submitted their entry fee. Accepted entries will be updated as they are received and may be viewed at: Teams attending. Do not attempt to deliver entries to the MIT Sailing Pavilion.


2.2 Six additional late team entries may be accepted by qualifications on June 16, 2006 if their application and entry fee has also been received.


3 FEES

3.1 Entry fee for a boat with only current college undergraduate or high school students is $ 60/ boat.

3.2 Entry fee for any boat with a competitor who has voluntarily judged at MIT sailing events during the 2005-2006 intercollegiate season is $1 /boat.

3.3 Entry fee for all others is $80/ boat.


3.4 A damage deposit check of $100/ boat in the form of a check made payable to MIT Sailing or cash and enclosed in a separate, self addressed, stamped, unsealed envelope will be required at registration prior to racing. There will be no exceptions to this. Damage deposits shall be returned once all boats have been inspected for damage. This damage deposit amount does not limit the liability of a competitor for damages to the equipment.

3.5 Fifty additional tickets to the band party on Saturday evening will be available on a limited basis, first come, first served until sold out for $10 each. Each competitor will receive a ticket with their entry fee.

3.6 Twenty additional tickets for dinner and the dance party on Saturday evening will be available on a limited basis, first come, first served until sold out for $25 each. Each competitor will receive a ticket with their entry fee.




4 SCHEDULE

Saturday, June 24, 2006

0800- 0830 Check in and regatta T shirt distribution. First come, first served on sizes.

0900 Racing all day long

1830 Catered Redbones dinner on the dock.

2100- 2330 Band and dancing at the pavilion by Ryan Costello and the Broken Tiles.

Sunday, June 25, 2006

0900-1700 Racing, Awards ASAP after sailing.

5 MINIMUM CREW WEIGHT

5.1 The combined weight of the entire six person team shall not be less than 870 - (# of female skippers)* 15 pounds. Thus, a team with 2 women skippers would have a weight minimum of 840 lbs. The team shall carry penalty weight if the combined weight fails to meet the minimum. Penalty weight will be one pound of corrector for each pound of weight less than their minimum.

5.2 Providing penalty corrector weights shall be the responsibility of the competitors. Only water in sealed jugs shall be acceptable. Competitors shall carry the penalty corrector weights in every race, from yacht to yacht, and shall secure them in the cockpit of each yacht with their own tie off lines.

5.3 Competitors shall have access to the official scale to determine combined weight throughout the event. Competitors will be weighed in a light shirt, shorts and no socks or shoes.

5.4 Teams shall be subject to weigh-ins and reweighs. The weigh-ins shall be at the discretion of the OA, RC, umpires and or jury if any. Teams requested to weigh-in shall report immediately and directly to the weigh-in area in the clothing used to sail their last race. Teams not reporting immediately to the weigh-in or teams attempting to circumvent the weigh-in procedure by ingesting food or drink, changing or adding clothing or any other means of changing their weight shall be requested to immediately leave the regatta, their races shall be forfeited and a Rule 69 protest may be filed.

5.5 Underweight teams shall be given losses in all races sailed between their previous weigh-in and being found underweight. If they have not yet been weighed then they shall be given losses in all races up to that point. In the event there are two teams who have been given losses under this SI in the same race there shall be no win given for that race for any reason.

5.6 Team weights shall not be subject to a competitor protest. This changes RRS 60.1.


6 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

The sailing instructions will be available at registration


7 VENUE

Racing will be conducted from the MIT sailing pavilion on the Charles River lower basin.


8 SCORING and FORMAT

8.1 The format will be a Modified Swiss League. The goal for this event is to provide as many quality races as possible between evenly matched teams, and to end with a Match Bracket Sunday afternoon, consisting of at least a Semi-final and Finals.

8.2 Scoring will be in accordance with Appendix D, except as modified by the Sailing Instructions.


9 SAFETY

All competitors shall wear a U.S. Coast Guard approved PFD at all times while on the water.

10 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.


11 FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information please contact event chair, Kyle Welch

kwelch@alum.mit.edu


Frequently Asked Questions

This list of Q&A's will be appended as questions arise after the NOR release.

Q: What boats can/will be used?
A: This race will be sailed on boats supplied by the organzing authority as per the rules referenced in section 1.3.


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