FCSA 2016 Organization! www.sailjax.com

2016-Schedule,NoRs,Results

The First Coast Sailing Association task is to handicap sailboats (PHRF), organize the yearly schedule, sponsor the St. Augustine Race Week, 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
NFCC	North Florida Cruising Club	Website: WebMaster
RCoJ	Rudder Club of Jacksonville
SYC	Smyrna Yacht Club
SAYC	St. Augustine Yacht Club

2016 Board Members:		Handicapping Committee:
Chairman	Tom Davis RCoJ	Chief Rater	Adam Norwood
Vice Chairman	Allen Jones EFYC	EFYC	TBA
Treasurer	Dick Leatherman NFCC	FYC	TBA
Secretary	Denise Smith EFYC	HRYC	TBA
FYC	Susan Grich	NFCC	TBA
SAYC	Dana Hunter	RCoJ	TBA
HRYC	Dave Huff	SYC	TBA
SYC	David Smith	SAYC	TBA
Sub-Committee Chair	SARW Dan Floryan 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. The current list of rated boats will be posted here.

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: SJR Spring Series Trophy, SJR 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 competing boats must have a current PHRF rating from FCSA.

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.

Races abandoned will be scored DNF, DNS, DNC, etc. as appropriate.

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