FCSA 2015 Organization! www.sailjax.com

2015-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	Website: WebMaster
NFCC	North Florida Cruising Club
RCoJ	Rudder Club of Jacksonville
SYC	Smyrna Yacht Club
SAYC	St. Augustine Yacht Club

2014 Board Members:		Handicapping Committee:
Chairman	Tom Davis RCoJ	Chief Rater	Adam Norwood
Vice Chairman	Mike Barile EFYC	FYC
Treasurer	Allen Jones NFCC	EFYC
Secretary	Denise Smith EFYC	NJYC
FYC	Lynn Ellis FYC	RCoJ
NJYC	Brian Paul NJYC	NFCC
RCoJ	Kim Brew RCoJ	SAYC
NFCC	Bill Weinbecker NFCC	HRYC
SAYC	Dave Patrick SAYC	SYC
HRYC	Dave Huff HRYC
SYC	Phil Cornett SYC
Sub-Committee Chair	SARW 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 Rater explaining the reason for a rating appeal (mail letter to the address above). Chief Rater 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: 13 races; 5 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, OCS, DSQ = number that came to the starting area.

DNC = number that registered and attempted to race.

DNE = number entered in the series + 1.

Abandoned races will be scored DNF, DNS, DNC, etc. as appropriate.

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