Notice
of Race |
Wanderer Class Owners’ Association National
Championships |
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The WCOA
National Championships will be held as part of the WPNSA REGATTA 7 – 8 June
2008. The races will be sailed in |
WPNSA
REGATTA
Incorporating the Wanderer, Devon Yawl,
7 – 8 June 2008
The Event
This Regatta will be held at
1.0 RULES
The Regatta will be goverend by the
rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2005-2008, the Sailing
Instructions and the appropriate class rules.The Organising Authority is
2.0 ELIGABILITY
The entry is open to all registered boats of the classes that have
entered. At registration competitors may be required to show a
valid measurment certificate for their boat
and evidence of their affiliated
organisation, ie, Wanderer/ Devon Yawl/ Europe/ ISO/ Buzz/ Laser 4000/ Int 14/ Int Moth as appropriate.
3.0 ADVERTISING
Advertising will be restricted to
Category C.
4.0 ENTRIES
Entries shall be made using
the event entry form, and accompanied by the entry fee with credit card details
or a cheque payable to Sailforce LTD. Alternatively you can call the office and
make credit card payments over the phone if you would prefer.
Fees will be £28 (single hander) and £32
(double hander)
All Helms and Crews who are under 18 years of age must submit
declarations signed by their Parent or Guardian
5.0 EVENT
SCHEDULE
Competitors shall register with the Race
Office at
The Warning Signal for the first race on
Saturday will not be before 11.25 Three races are scheduled for Saturday.
Two races are scheduled for the
Wanderers and Devon Yawls on Sunday, the warning signal for Sunday will not
before 10:55. Three races are scheduled for all other Classes on Sunday., for
which the warning signal will not be before 10.25. Briefing for competitors
will be at 10.00am on Saturday on the ramp leading to the main building. In the
event of foul weather, this will be moved into the main Event Hall (any change
of location will be written on the Official Notice Board, which is in a glass
house in the event hall).
6.0 SAILING
INSTRUCTIONS
Sailing Instructions will be issued at
the event Registration. A draft version may be available for download from the
WPNSA (www.wpnsa.org.uk) website in advance of the event
7.0 VENUE
Attachment A shows the location of
8.0 COURSES
The courses to be sailed will be as
per the Sailing Instructions (there will be two courses, with each Class having
a separate start time). Classes may share start times if entries in a class are
low.
9.0 PENALTY SYSTEM
Penalties shall be in accordance with
RRS 44 excluding 44.3
10.0 PRIVATE SUPPORT BOATS
Support boats shall register at the Race Office during
registration period. During racing, support boats shall remain more than 100
metres from the course area, except when asked to assist by the Race Committee
11.0 PRIZES
Prizes will be awarded in the Club House Cafeteria as soon as
possible after racing on Sunday 8th
June. Prizes for the WPNSA Regatta will be awarded for 1st to 3rd
place in each Class.
There may be additional prizes from the Classes for their specific events.
12.0 DISCLAIMER OF
LIABILITY
A
boat is entirely responsible for her own safety, whether afloat or ashore, and
nothing, whether in the Notice of Race or Sailing Instructions or anywhere
else, reduces this responsibility.
It is
for the boat to decide whether she is fit to sail in the conditions in which
she will find herself. By launching or going to sea, the boat confirms that she
is fit for those conditions and her crew is competent to sail and compete in
them.
Nothing
done by the organisers can reduce the responsibility of the boat nor will it
make the organisers responsible for any loss, damage, death or personal injury,
however it may have occurred, as a result of the boat taking part in the
racing. The organisers encompass everyone helping to run the race and the
event, and include the organising authority, the race committee, the race
officer, patrol boats and beachmasters
The
provision of patrol boats does not relieve the boat of her responsibilities
13.0 INSURANCE
Boats are required to be
adeqately insured including insurance against third party claims of at least £2,000,000
14.0 SAFTEY REGULATIONS
Life-jackets or other
adequate personal buoyancy shall be worn by all competitors at all times whilst
afloat. Wet suits and dry suits are not adequate personal buoyancy.
A compulsory tally system will be in operation. All competitors must tally off
before going afloat, and tally in again as soon as they return to shore.
Faliure to tally in or out may result in exclusion from race reults for the
race sin question.
15.0 TELEVISION AND MEDIA
In entering for this event, competitors automatically
grant the organising authority and Class Association(s) the right, in
perpetuity, to make, use and show from time to time, at their discretion, any
motion pictures, still pictures and live, taped or filmed television and any
other reproduction of them taken during the event, for the said Championship as
defined in the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions, in which he/she
participates, without compensation.
16.0 FURTHER INFORMATION
For further
information please contact George Denny at WPNSA
Email: george.denny@wpnsa.org.uk or phone
01305 866000
Attachment A
Contact Details and Directions to The
(These can also be found
with a link to Multimap on the WPNSA website- http://www.wpnsa.org.uk/contact.htm
Address
WPNSA
Osprey Quay
DT5 1SA
T: 01305 866000
F: 01305 866001
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