Regatta 2010

Lochcarron Sailing Club Annual Regatta.

 21st and 22nd August.

Briefing at 11.30 am. Aim to start 1st Race at 1.00p.m. 

Lochcarron Sailing Club Annual Regatta.

August 21st & 22nd 2010

Notice of Race.

1.GENERAL INFORMATION

The Regatta is open to entries from all dinghy classes. 5 races are scheduled. It is planned to hold three races on Saturday afternoon with a break after the first two, followed by two races on Sunday morning. If all five races are completed there should be one race result to discard.

There will be one Handicap Class with results calulated on an average lap basis.

There will be briefings held at 11.30am on Saturday and 10.30 on Sunday

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 Helms 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 shall complete the entry form and pay the necessary dues in order to be eligible to race.

4. START TIMES & HIGH WATER TIMES

Races will be sailed back-to-back with a scheduled break after the Race 2 on Saturday.

Provisional times: Races 1, 2 – 13:00, Races 3 - 16.00 on Saturday. Races 4 & 5 – 11.15 on Sunday.

Starting sequence will be notified in the Sailing Instructions and confirmed at the briefing.

5. START AREA AND COURSES

Races will be started in the vicinity of Inner Lochcarron. Courses will be described in the sailing instructions.

6. HAZARDS

A drying shingle spit is marked by two yellow/black buoys immediately in front of the sailing clubhouse.

7. PRIZES

Open and Junior prizes will be awarded after racing on Sunday at the Clubhouse. Junior sailors are 15 years old or younger on the day.

8. CATERING & SOCIAL

Warm drinks are available throughout the regatta without charge. 

Saturday:  Tea and Coffee from 10am - 11am, homemade soup and rolls will be available at lunchtime, afternoon tea / coffee and home baking. Sunday:  Bacon rolls from 09.45,  soup and sandwich lunch. Tea and baking after prize giving.

An optional Saturday an evening meal will be provided (charged at £8 for adults and £4 for children P7 and under) please book this on registration. Please bring your own drinks for Saturday evening in the clubhouse.

Musical entertainment is planned for after the evening meal.

9. HOW TO ENTER

Entries should be made by 11:30 on Saturday. Entry fees will be as follows:

Single handed dinghy £20.00, double handed dinghy £35.00. this includes all catering EXCEPT the evening meal on Saturday.

The Entry Form should be completed and returned with the Entry Fee to the race committee in the Office ine the Clubhouse by 11.30 on Saturday 21st August.   Sailing instructions will be issued on the day of the race.

10. BRIEFING

Breifings will be held at 11.30 on Saturday and 10.30 on Sunday.

11. 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.

12. CONTACTS Cathy Kitson-Jones 01599 544272  Jenny Baker 01520 733491 or David Murray 01520 722221 for any enquiries. Email contact via www.lochcarronsailing.com