Navy Jacksonville Yacht Club

P.O. Box 29, Naval Air Station

Jacksonville, FL  32212-0029 

Wave Regatta

for 

WOMEN’S SAILING SERIES RACE #1 

Saturday, April 3, 2004

NOTICE OF RACE

 1. RULES             The regatta will be governed by the ‘rules’ as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), the prescriptions of US SAILING, the rules of PHRF (except as any of the foregoing are altered by the Sailing Instructions), by the Sailing Instructions and the Notice of Race.

 2. ELIGIBILITY     2.1        At least 50% of those on board each boat must be female and the boat must be helmed by a female from the preparatory signal of her class until she finishes.  No male shall touch the helm while racing.  

2.2           All boats are encouraged to have a valid PHRF rating, but may obtain an uncontestable temporary WSS rating for the Women’s Sailing Series.  

2.3           All boats shall have their sail numbers on the mainsail, spinnakers, and each headsail having a LP measurement exceeding 130% of the base of the foretriangle.  A boat’s sail number is the number allotted to her by US Sailing, by her class, or her hull number.   

2.4           Eligible boats may be entered by completing registration with Navy Jacksonville Yacht Club, the organizing authority.

 3. ADVANCED REGISTRATION           Participants are encouraged to register in advance by completing the registration form and sending it with the appropriate fee to:  NJYC Race Committee,  P.O. Box 29, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL  32212-0029.

 4. ENTRY FEE     The entry fee: Advance is $25 by March 27th .  $30 after March 27th. A differential entry fee for US Sailing members, with proof of current membership, is $5 off.  Checks should be made payable to Navy Jacksonville Yacht Club.

 5. CLASSES    5.1               The fleet will be divided into PHRF Spinnaker, PHRF Non-Spinnaker, and CRUISER classes.  These classes may be further divided if entries permit. Must have three boats or more to have a class.

5.2           All boats sailing with a co-ed crew will sail in the CRUISER class.   

5.3           Spinnakers are allowed in the PHRF-Spinnaker class only. 

6. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

7. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS          Sailing instructions will be available at Registration. 

8. COURSES        Courses will be signaled from the race committee signal boat. 

 9. SCORING    9.1              PHRF time allowances applied to the distance assigned to the race will be used to score the race.  

9.2           Results of this race will be forwarded to the Northeast Florida Women’s Sailing Network for inclusion in the computation for scoring the Women’s Sailing Series. 

 10. RACE PRIZES             First, second and third place prizes will be awarded in classes of  seven or more entered boats. First and second place prizes will be awarded in classes of five or six entered boats. First place prize will be awarded in classes of four or less boats entered. 

11. DOCKING & BASE ACCESS   11.1         Docking: Available on the outside of the F Pier.             

11.2         Base Access: Enter through the Main Gate (Yorktown Ave.) A  representative from NJYC will be at the gate from 09:30 am to 10:30 am  to sign in participants.  Park in the assigned space by the gate, walk to the vehicle  pass office. Be prepared to show a photo ID, registration, drivers license, and proof of insurance. All persons in the vehicle must have a photo ID. 

 12 NFORMATION             Contact Race Captain, George Alston (w) 317-1626 or NJYC at 778-0805  or e-mail at glaiii@yahoo.com 

 13. RACES IN THE WOMEN’S SAILING SERIES