Regatta 2009

Lochcarron Sailing Club Annual Regatta.

Our Regatta this year will be on

the 29th and 30th August.

Briefing at 12 noon. Aim to start 1st Race at 1.00p.m. 

You are warmly invited to join our friendly regatta in beautiful Lochcarron. All racing will be held within the inner loch in full view of our now well-established clubhouse. Changing facilities with hot showers provided. Some form of evening entertainment will be provided -- the nature of this is yet to be confirmed. All meals and hot drinks included in the entry fee. Please bring your own drink to accompany your meal on Saturday night.

We plan to run six races with one discard. Two races early afternoon Saturday followed by "coffee/comfort  break", then two more races late afternoon. Evening meal and entertainment at our clubhouse and then two races on Sunday morning. Prize giving scheduled for 2.00p.m.

(There is some camping space next to the clubhouse. Details of local accomodation can be found by clicking on the "links" tab on the left side of this page.)

Notice of Race copied below. Sailing instructions available on the day.

NB Club members who wish to reserve a boat for the weekend should contact Jenny Baker to confirm this.

Lochcarron Sailing Club Annual Regatta.

August 29th& 30th 2009

Notice of Race.

1.GENERAL INFORMATION

The Regatta is open to entries from all dinghy classes. 6 races for are scheduled. It is planned to hold four races on Saturday afternoon with a break after the first  two, followed by two races on Sunday morning. If all six races are completed there should be one race result to discard.

Classes will Fast and Slow Handicap Dinghy (PY handicap with a probable class split at 1101).

There will be a briefing held at 12.00 noon on Saturday.

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 & 4 --16.00 on Saturday. Races 5 & 6 – 10:45 on Sunday.

Class splits and 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. ADVERTISING

All boats shall display on the Forward Part of the hull any advertising material provided by the event sponsor.

7. HAZARDS

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

8. PRIZES

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

9. CATERING & SOCIAL

Warm drinks are available throughout the regatta without charge. 

Saturday  Bacon rolls from 10am - 11am, homemade soup and rolls will be available at lunchtime, afternoon tea / coffee and home baking (for those who choose food included as detailed above). Sunday Bacon rolls from 09.45  soup and sandwich lunch, (for those who choose food included as detailed above)

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. 

10. HOW TO ENTER

Entries should be made by 12:00 on Saturday. Entry fees will be as follows:

Single handed dinghy £10.00, double handed dinghy £15.00. (Or £20.00 and £35.00 to include caterring over the weekend).

The Entry Form should be completed and returned with the Entry Fee to the race committee by 12 noon on Saturday 29^th August.   Sailing instructions will be issued on the day of the race..

11. BRIEFING

A briefing will be held at 12:00 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 Jenny Baker 01520 733491 or David Murray 01520 722221 for any enquiries. Email contact via www.lochcarronsailing.com