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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.