NOTICE OF RACE

Lochcarron Sailing Club Annual Regatta.... 23rd and 24th June 2007

(Incorporating the North of Scotland Schools Championship and The North of Scotland Dinghy Championship)

 1. GENERAL INFORMATION

 The North of Scotland Schools (NoSS) Championship is open to dinghies whose helm and crew are pupils attending schools in Highland, Moray, Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute, Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles Council areas.

The North of Scotland Dinghy Championship is open to dinghies helmed by members of sailing clubs domiciled in the areas mentioned above.

The LSC Club regatta will be run concurrently with the above events

The Schools, North of Scotland Championship and the Lochcarron Regatta Champions will be extracted from the overall results.

The handicap classes for each event may be split dependant on the level of entries on the day

 2. RULES

 The event will be governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), the prescriptions of the RYA, the rules of the classes participating, except as any of these are changed by the sailing instructions and this Notice of Race.

 3. ELIGIBILITY

 a) All competing Helmsmen shall be members of an RYA affiliated Club, or be full Personal Members of the RYA.

b) All visiting entrants will be temporary members of Lochcarron Sailing Club for the duration of the event.

c) Competitors (or parent/guardians as applicable) shall complete and sign the entry form and pay the necessary dues in order to be eligible to race.

 4. START TIMES & HIGH WATER TIMES

 Saturday, First Race 13.00, High water 14.40. Sunday, First race 11.00, High Water 15.43.

Races are scheduled as follows:

Four races Saturday and Two on Sunday, but this may be altered or shortened according to the prevailing conditions.

 5. BRIEFINGS

 12.00 noon on Saturday and 10.00 on Sunday (if required).

  6. START AREA AND COURSES

 Races will be started in the vicinity of Lochcarron Sailing Club within Inner Loch Carron. Courses will be described in the sailing instructions.

 7. ADVERTISING

 This event will be sponsored by Caley Marina. Entrants may be required to display appropriate advertising material as indicated in the sailing directions issued on the day.

 8. HAZARDS

 Local hazards will be described at the briefing on Saturday

 9. PRIZES

 Prizes will be awarded after racing on Sunday at the Clubhouse to those classes listed in the Sailing Instructions.

Trophies will be awarded for the following categories:

A. Individual School Champion, School Team Champion, School Endeavour Trophy. (Where the helm and or crew may attend different schools or if both or individual competitors attend schools feeding one senior secondary the entry shall be taken under the name of the senior secondary)

B. North of Scotland dinghy Champion

C. LSC regatta champion

  10. CATERING & SOCIAL

 Lunches/snacks available before and after sailing.

The New Lochcarron Sailing Clubhouse will be officially opened by Jane Scott (RYA Development Officer Scotland) at approximately 12.00 noon.

Soup and filled rolls will be available during the day and an evening barbeque is planned on Saturday at our new Clubhouse.

If you can play a musical instrument please bring it along -- we may have an evening ceilidh following the barbeque -- with luck a breeze will keep the midges at bay!.

 11. HOW TO ENTER

 Entries for the North of Scotland Schools Championships should be made by 12.00 on Saturday. Entry fees for the Schools Championships will be as follows:

Multi-man dinghy £15.00

Single handed dinghy £ 10.00

The Entry Form should be completed in BLOCK LETTERS and returned with the Entry Fee to: Mr Doug Angus, Acarsaid, Church Street, Lochcarron. IV54 8YD.

Sailing instructions will be issued on the day of the race.

Early entries are encouraged by post and as early as possible on Saturday.

 12. RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMPETITORS

 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 elsewhere, 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 these conditions and her crew is competent to sail and compete in them.

The boat is required to hold adequate insurance and in particular to hold insurance against third party claims in the sum of at least £2,000,000.

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 races 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. CONTACT

 For more details please contact: Steve Patch 01520 733491 or David Murray 01520 722221.