FCSA 2010 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:
RCoJ	Rudder Club of Jacksonville	Vicki Cross
NJYC	Navy Jax Yacht Club	c/o Rogers, Towers, P.A.
EFYC	Epping Forest Yacht Club	1301 Riverplace Boulevard, # 1500
SAYC	St. Augustine Yacht Club	Jacksonville, FL 32207-9020
FYC	Florida Yacht Club
NFCC	North Florida Cruising Club	Website: Adam Norwood
GISC	Golden Isles Sailing Club

2010 Board Members:		Handicapping Sub-Committee:
President	Hal Runnfeldt, RCoJ	Chief	Tom Davis
Vice President	Brian Paul, NJYC	RCoJ	Bubba Futch
Treasurer	Graeme Nichol, EFYC	NJYC	Dick Allsopp
Secretary	Margo Geer, SAYC	EFYC	Graeme Nichol
Member	Bill Derr, FYC	SAYC	Margo Geer
Member	Allen Jones, NFCC	FYC	Bill Derr
Member	Brett Grover, GISC	NFCC	Jeff Knoll
Sub-Committee Chair	FCOC Guy Anderson	GISC	Brett Grover
Sub-Committee Chair

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 Offshore 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 from FCSA and be a member of an area yacht club.

     Spring Series Trophy: 6 races; 1 throw out.

     Fall Series Trophy: 7 races; 1 throw out.

     Offshore Trophy: 6 races; 1 throw out.

Scoring:

Race Scoring will be the low point system, 2009-2012 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 2009-2012 Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix A8.