FCSA 2008 Organization!

The First Coast Sailing Association task is to handicap sailboats (PHRF), make up the yearly schedule, sponsor the Interclub Regatta, and hold an Awards and General Meeting in January.

FCSA Partner Yacht Clubs:		FCSA Address:
NFCC	North Florida Cruising Club	Vicki Cross
RC	Rudder Club of Jacksonville	c/o Rogers, Towers, P.A.
EFYC	Epping Forest Yacht Club	1301 Riverplace Boulevard, # 1500
NJYC	Navy Jax Yacht Club	Jacksonville, FL 32207-9020
FYC	Florida Yacht Club

2008 Board Members:		Handicappers:
President	Hal Neill, EFYC	Chief	Bubba Futch Sub-committee Chair
Vice President (Webmaster)	Adam Norwood, NFCC	NFCC	Tom Davis
Treasurer	Hal Runnfeldt, RC	RC	Ron Gispanski
Secretary	Todd Tippin, FYC	EFYC	Hal Neill
Member	Brian Paul, NJYC	NJYC	Dick Allsopp
Admin Secretary	Vicki Cross	FYC	Ron Curtis

See your club handicapper to get a PHRF rating.

New rating certificate - $35. Annual renewals are $30 due by February 01 ($35 thereafter).

Club handicappers will help a skipper complete the rating questionnaire and send it to the chief handicapper for approval. The rating certificate will be mailed to the skipper. Skippers should have their rating certificate available at every race.

Rating Appeals: Skipper must write a letter to the Chief Handicapper explaining the reason for a rating appeal (mail letter to Vicki Cross). Chief Handicapper will meet with club handicappers to discuss and vote on the appeal.

Series Trophies:

FCSA offers three series of PHRF races this year: Spring Series Trophy, Fall Series Trophy, and Ocean Trophy. When a rated boat is entered in a club race, noted as a FCSA points race on the schedule, the boat is competing for a club trophy for that race and points toward the yearly trophy for the series. Trophies are awarded in three classes: Spinnaker, Non-Spinnaker, Cruiser.

All competitors must have a current PHRF rating and be a member of a club.

     Spring Series Trophy: 6 races; 1 throw out.

     Fall Series Trophy: 6 races; 1 throw out.

     Ocean Trophy: 5 races; 1 throw out.

Scoring:

Race Scoring will be the low point system, 2005-2008 Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix A4.

Series scoring will be in accordance with the following, with one throw-out per series.

     DNF = number that started the race

     DNS, RAF = number that entered and came to the race

     DNC, DSQ = 1 + number that entered and came to the race

     DNE = 1 + number entered in the series

     Ties will be decided using the 2005-2008 Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix A8.