FCSA  2012  Organization!            www.sailjax.com 

                                                                           2012-Schedule,NoRs,Results

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:

NJYC

Navy Jax Yacht Club

Vicki Cross

EFYC

Epping Forest Yacht Club

c/o  Rogers, Towers, P.A.

FYC

Florida Yacht Club

1301  Riverplace Boulevard, # 1500

NFCC

North Florida Cruising Club

Jacksonville, FL  32207-9020

SAYC

St. Augustine Yacht Club

 

GISC

Golden Isles Sailing Club

Website: Adam Norwood

RCoJ

Rudder Club of Jacksonville

 

2011 Board Members:

Handicapping Committee:

President

Graeme Nichol, NFCC

Chief

Jeff Knoll

Vice President

Bill Derr, FYC

NJYC

Dick Allsopp

Secretary

 

EFYC

Graeme Nichol

Treasurer

Allen Jones, EFYC

FYC

Bill Derr

Director

Jennifer Nouhalis, SAYC

NFCC

Tom Davis

Director

Brett Grover, GISC

SAYC

Dan Floryan

Director

 

GISC

Brett Grover

Sub-Committee Chair

FCOC  Guy Anderson

RCoJ

Bubba Futch

 

 

 

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 for sending it to the Chief Handicapper for review.  Once approved by the Handicapping Committee, a 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, Cruising.

Note that the Cruising class is a ‘Corinthian’ class for those new to racing and those less interested in the competition of it all.

All competitors must have a current PHRF rating from FCSA and be a member of a partner yacht club.

     Spring Series Trophy:  6 races; 1 throw out.

     Fall Series Trophy:  6 races; 1 throw out.

     Offshore Trophy:  7 races; 1 throw out.

 

Scoring: (As of Feb 08, the board is reviewing these series scoring rules and they will likely change.)

Individual Race Scoring will be the low point system, 2009-2012 Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix A4.

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

       DNF, RAF = number that started the race

       DNS, DSQ = number that came to the starting area

       DNC = number that registered and attempted to race

       DNE = number entered in the series

       Ties will be decided using the 2009-2012 Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix A8.