Just as Kinsale's Spring league ends the McWilliam Sailmakers May League takes place at the Royal Cork Yacht Club (RCYC), Crosshaven, County Cork starting next Friday. All the details are here:
1 RULES
1.1 The Regatta will be sailed under the current RRS (2009 – 2012), the ISA prescriptions, the IRC Rules, part 1, 2 and 3, the ECHO handicapping System, Class rules where applicable, by this Notice of Race and by the General Conditions and Sailing Instructions of the Royal Cork Yacht Club (RCYC) except as amended by this program. Amendments to this program and RCYC General Sailing Instructions will be posted on the RCYC notice board.
1.2 IRC Crew limitation shall not apply.
2 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
2.1 A completed signed Race Entry Declaration 2010 and current valid ECHO and /or IRC certificates must be submitted before 18:00hrs on Friday 7th May 2010 in order for a boat to be eligible for a result. Boats that have not submitted a valid Race Entry Declaration and Certificate(s) may not be given a result.
2.2 Classes will be divided on the basis of their IRC TCF and the anticipated Class Divisions are as follows:
Class Rule type Parameters Class Flag
1 IRC/ECHO TCF 0.980 and above Numeral Pennant 1
2 IRC/ECHO TCF 0.920 to 0.979. Numeral Pennant 2
3 IRC/ECHO TCF 0.919 and below. Numeral Pennant 3
White IRC/ECHO No Spinnakers, Gennakers White Pennant
Sail Spinnaker poles, or
Whisker Poles
2.3 Results will only be issued to boats that have valid sail numbers clearly legible on both sides of its mainsail.
3 CLASSIFICATION
3.1 Entries must comply with ISAF Special Regulations Governing Offshore Racing for Category 4 Races.
3.2 Entries in all classes are required to fly the correct pennant. Any boat not flying the correct pennant may not be scored.
3.3 The OA reserves the right to combine Classes if the number of entries does not justify separate Classes.
3.4 Boats shall show their correct Sail Numbers. Permission to race using any other Sail Number must be sought from the Race Office prior to going afloat. Any boat not showing its correct Sail Numbers may not be scored.
3.5 The Race Committee reserve the right to place any boat in any Class they deem appropriate.
4 SCHEDULE
4.1 Dates of Racing: First Gun each day:
Friday May 7th 2010 1850
Sunday May 9th 2010 1155
Sunday May 9th 2010 as soon as possible after the finish of Race 2
Thursday May 13th 2010 1850
Thursday May 20th 2010 1850
Thursday May 27th 2010 1850
4.2 6 races are scheduled.
5 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
The event will be sailed under the General Sailing Instructions of the RCYC.
6 VENUE
The League will be hosted by the RCYC and will be sailed in the waters of Cork Harbour and its approaches.
7 SCORING
7.1 The Low Point System of Appendix A will apply, with the following amendments:
