Charles River Open Team Race 2008
| Sat 28-Jun-2008 | 07:30-17:30 |
| Sun 29-Jun-2008 | 09:00-16:30 |
| Registration Start: | 30-November--0001 at 00:00 |
| Registration End: | 27-June-2008 at midnight |
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 thirty-two teams who submit three completed Entry Forms for each boat on their team and pay the full entry fee electronically. A team is not considered registered until all three boats have submitted their entry fee. Do not attempt to deliver entries to the MIT Sailing Pavilion, you must register online.
2.2 Team names are strongly encouraged to reflect a club,scholastic, traditional or geographic affiliation. This will greatly assist inmarketing team racing to potential sponsors.
2.3 ALL Competitors must comply with at least one of the following requirements:
A. Have been a full time undergraduate student in the 2007-08 academic year
B. Have been a full time high school student in the 2007-08 academic year
C. Have coached college or high school sailors during the 2007-08 academic year
D. Have volunteered as RC or judge for at least two high school or college regattas during the 2007-08 academic year
E. Promise and commit to assisting college or high school scheduled events in the 2008-09 academic year
3 FEES
3. 1 Entry fee for is $100/boat.
3.2 A damage deposit retainer of $100/ boat will be secured on your credit card. This damage deposit amount does not limit the liability of acompetitor for damages to the equipment.
3.3 Additional guest tickets for Red Bones Barbecue dinner on Saturday evening will be available on a limited basis, first come, first served until sold out for $15 each. Each competitor will receive a ticket with their entry.
4 SCHEDULE
Friday, June 27, 2008
1700-1800Check-in and regatta T shirt distribution for teams who are assigned to Friday.Captain or her designate only please.1830-SunsetRacing until dark. Additional check-in and T shirts for teams who are assigned to race on Saturday morning.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
0700-0730Check-in and regatta T shirt distribution for teams who did not race or checked-in on Friday.0800Racing commences promptly for all other teams.0930Teams which raced on Friday should report and be ready to start a race on the water.0930-1700Racing, racing and more racing all day.Social Activities1730-1900Redbones dinner on the roof deck.2100-2330Band and dancing at a site to be determined.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
0900-1500Racing, racing and more racing.1200-1500Leftover dinner and beverages available for all who watch the finals and help organizers put away and return borrowed fleets.1600Awards
5 MINIMUM CREW WEIGHT
5.1 The combined weight of the entire six person open team shall not be less than 900 - (# of female skippers)* 15 pounds. Thus, a team with 2 women skippers would have a weight minimum of 870 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-inprocedure by ingesting food or drink, showering, changing or adding clothing or any other means of changing their weight shall be requested to immediately leave the regatta and their race wins shall be forfeited.
5.5 Underweight teams shall be given losses in all races sailed between their previous official weigh-in and being found underweight. If they have not yet been weighed, 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.
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 the regatta website as well as posted on the notice board at the sailing pavilion.
7 VENUE
Racing will be conducted from the MIT Sailing Pavilion on theCharles 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 team races as possible between evenly matched teams, have lots of fun 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.
8.3 The Organizing Authority shall determine a fair method of allowing the team members of Team Silver Panda who are assisting in managing the event, an automatic position in the semifinals. This will be done in recognition of their cooperating team members exemplary service to the sport of team racing.
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.
Organizers
Questions about this event should be directed to the organizer(s): Fran Charles, Matthew Lindblad, Matthew Cohen, Alvar Saenz-Otero
