Notice of Race

Notice of race

For The

Club Series Racing

2011

1.0 THE EVENT

The organising authority is Cardiff Bay Yacht Club.

2.0 RESPONSIBILITY

2.1 Yacht racing can be dangerous. The attention of owners, skippers and crew is drawn to RRS Fundamental Rule 4: "A yacht is solely responsible for deciding whether or not to start or to continue racing". The safety of a yacht and her crew is the sole and inescapable responsibility of the owner or owner's representative who must do their best to ensure that the yacht is fully found, thoroughly seaworthy and manned by an experienced crew who are physically fit to face bad weather. They must be satisfied as to the soundness of the hull, spars, rigging, sails and all gear. They must ensure that the safety equipment is properly maintained and stowed and that the crew know where it is kept and how it is to be used.

2.2 Cardiff Bay Yacht Club and other organising clubs accept no responsibility or liability for loss of life or injury to members or others, or for the loss of, or damage to, any vessel or property.

2.3 Yachts must hold a valid and current boat insurance covering them for third party claims of up to £3,000,000 for the entire duration of the series.

3.0 RULES & REGULATIONS

3.1 The race will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) of the ISAF, the prescriptions and safety regulations of the Offshore Racing Council, the International Rule (Club), the rules of the Club Portsmouth Yardstick based system, the Cardiff Bay Yacht Club Sportsboat Handicap Rule, the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (where applicable), and this Notice of Race, all as modified by the Sailing Instructions. Races will be to ORC category 4.

4.0 ELIGIBILITY

4.1 Racing is for self-righting, single hull vessels racing under the Club Portsmouth Yardstick based system, the Cardiff Bay Yacht Club Sportsboat Handicap Rule or for boats with valid IRC certificates.

4.2 For any series, boats will be allocated to fleets based on the number of entries received by the Friday before the start of any series as the committee see fit. The preference will be for a sportsboat fleet, an IRC fleet and a PY fleet. If there are insufficient sportsboats entered for a series then a single IRC fleet will race. The IRC fleet may be split into two fleets based on boat performance. There will be a PY fleet if three or more boats enter.

4.3 Boats competing in three or fewer races in the PY fleet will not be scored in the final results.

5.0 ENTRIES/CLOSING DATES etc.

5.1 Entries will be accepted at any time before or during a series.

5.2 Entry fees are as follows;

Earlybird Series £20
SWOG/SWIG Series £10
Spring Series £25
Tuesday Evening Spring Series £15
Tuesday Evening Summer Series £15
Frostbite Series £20

To enter all the series the cost is £105, but if you pay before 6th February 2011 the cost is a mere £90

If you want to enter a series after it has started then the cost increases by £15. Boats may enter individual races at £5 a go by prior arrangement with the Race Officer. If a boat appears to start three or more races in a series, but does not pay an entry fee, then the fee for that series plus the £15 penalty will be required before they can pay for a subsequent series. Pay by PayPal online, cheque, payable to ‘Cardiff Bay Yacht Club’, Credit Card or Cash direct to the Club Office by post, phone or in person.

Failure to pay the Race Fee within two weeks of a yacht’s first start shall result in previous races being discounted.

6.0 REGISTRATION & SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

6.1 Registration should be made at http://www.cbyc.co.uk/raceentry.html Sailing Instructions will be posted on the CBYC web site.

7.0 ADVERTISING

7.1 If a series is sponsored then yachts shall carry the sponsor’s logo stickers or flags as provided.

8.0 SCORING SYSTEM

8.1 The low point scoring system, in accordance with RRS 88.3, will be used.

8.3 Yachts scoring DNF will score points for the number of starters in the race + 1. All other yachts not classified (ie DSQ, OCS etc) will score points for the number of entries + 2.

8.4 Yachts still racing at a race time limit will be awarded an equal share of the available points had they all completed the course. If there are no finishers then no points will be awarded.

8.5 Discards. 3 races sailed – all to count,4-7 races sailed – 1 discard, 8 races sailed – 2 discards.

10.0 PRIZES

10.1 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place prizes will we awarded in each series for each fleet or as the race committee sees fit

11.0 SCHEDULE OF RACING

Earlybird Series	6^th February - 27^th March	8 Races outside the barrage on Sundays (See Note 1)
SWOG	29^th April/1^st May 27^th/29^th May 1^st/3^rd July 26/28^th August	Overnight race Fleet starts Friday evening, Day race Fleet starts Saturday morning all to arrive at same destination. Eg Bristol, Swansea, Portishead, Watchet. Combined fleet then races back to Cardiff on the Sunday.
Spring Series	3^rd April - 26^th June	11 Races outside the barrage on Sundays (See Note 1)
Tuesday Evening Spring Series	3^rd May – 21^st June	8 Races on laid courses in the Bay
Tuesday Evening Summer Series	28^th June - 16^th August	8 Races on laid courses in the Bay
Frostbite Series	2^nd October - 4^th December	10 Races outside the barrage on Sundays (See Note 1)

Note 1. In these series, one race a month up to two races a series may be held in the Bay.