FCSA 2014 Organization! www.sailjax.com

2014-Schedule,NoRs,Results

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

FCSA Partner Yacht Clubs:		FCSA Address:
EFYC	Epping Forest Yacht Club	4446 Hendricks Avenue, # 227
FYC	Florida Yacht Club	Jacksonville FL 32207
HRYC	Halifax River Yacht Club
NJYC	Navy Jax Yacht Club
NFCC	North Florida Cruising Club
RCoJ	Rudder Club of Jacksonville	Website: WebMaster
SYC	Smyrna Yacht Club
SAYC	St. Augustine Yacht Club

2014 Board Members:		Handicapping Committee:
President	Tom Davis	Chief	Adam Norwood
EFYC Representative	Mike Barile	EFYC
FYC Representative	Lynn Ellis	FYC
HRYC Representative	Dave Huff	HRYC
NJYC Representative	Brian Paul	NJYC
NFCC Representative	John Spierre	NFCC
RCoJ Representative	Kim Brew	RCoJ
SYC Representative	Phil Cornett	SYC
SAYC Representative	Dave Patrick	SAYC
Sub-Committee Chair	FCOC Guy Anderson
Sub-Committee Chair	WSN Susan Grich

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 – keep a copy on board.

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.

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

St. Johns River Spring Series Trophy: 6 races; 1 throw out.

St. Johns River Fall Series Trophy: 6 races; 1 throw out.

Offshore Trophy: 14 races; 7 throw outs.

WSN - Women’s Series: 4 races; 0 throw outs.

Scoring:

Individual Race Scoring will be the low point system, 2013-2016 Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix A4.

FCSA Series scoring will be in accordance with the following.

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 + 1

Ties will be decided using the 2013-2016 Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix A8.