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NOTICE OF RACE - WANDERER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND RALLY

AND MIRROR OPEN - WHITSTABLE YACHT CLUB, 14TH & 15TH JULY 2007

 

VENUE AND ORGANISING AUTHORITY

The event will be at Whitstable Yacht Club, 3-4 Sea Wall, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 1BX, Tel: 01227 272942, email office@wyc.org.uk.   The organising authority is Whitstable Yacht Club (WYC) in conjunction with the Wanderer Class Owners Association (WCOA) and the Mirror Class Association (MCA).   N.B.   In addition to the racing, The Mirror Class intends to have a training day on Sunday, details to be provided separately.   Also, cruises in company are planned for Wanderers on both Saturday and Sunday.   See separate General Information.

 

RULES

Racing will be governed by the 2005-2008 Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS); the prescriptions of the RYA, the WCOA  Rules, the MCA Rules and the Sailing Instructions for the event.

 

ELIGIBILITY

Each helm must be registered as a member of the relevant Class Association.

 

PROGRAMME . 

Saturday 14th July 2007.       High Tide 1328.  

0900        Registration opens.    Participants in both racing and cruising shall register with the WYC.

1030        Briefing for Wanderers and Mirrors.

1125        The warning signal for the first race on Saturday will not be before this time.   Three races are scheduled for Saturday.

 

Sunday  15th July 2007.        High Tide 1415.

0930        Briefing.   N.B.   Classes will have separate briefings.

1025        The Warning signal for the first race on Sunday will not be before this time.   Two races are scheduled for Sunday.     

 

SCORING SYSTEM

One race shall be completed to constitute a series.   The “Low Points” Scoring system of Appendix A of the RRS will apply.   The worst score will be discarded when 3 races have been completed in the series.

 

ADVERTISING

The racing event is designated RRS Category A.

 

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

The Sailing Instructions will be available on registration at Whitstable Yacht Club.

 

ENTRY and REGISTRATION

Competitors may register for the weekend at Whitstable Yacht Club on Saturday 14th July from 0900.   Entry may be made on application to The Whitstable Yacht Club, 3-4 Sea Wall, Whitstable, Kent CT5 1BX, Tel: 01227 272942, or competitors may enter on registration.   The entry fee for the weekend is  £25 per boat.   Further information and entry forms may also be downloaded from class websites.   www.wanderer.org.uk, or www.ukmirrorsailing.com.

 

SOCIAL

Saturday night evening meal.   After the meal there will be a talk on dinghy cruising by Anne and Dennis Kell.  

 

COURSES

On Saturday 14th July courses will be set in Whitstable Bay.   Weather permitting, the races scheduled for Sunday 15th July will be “passage” type races, from Whitstable to the Swale and back.   If, in the opinion of the Race Officer, the conditions are not suitable for passage races, courses may be set in Whitstable Bay.   Competitors are advised to allow sufficient time to sail out to the start.   For the passage races, competitors are advised to carry an anchor, or a stake, for mooring in Faversham Creek over lunch.

 

PRIZES

Prizes to be awarded according to the number of entries, at the discretion of the Race Committee.   In addition to the main championship prizes there will be some special prizes.

 

Gavin Barr, WYC event organiser.                                                                                                                                    1st May 2007.