FCSA 2017 Organization! www.sailjax.com

2017-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

2017 Board Members:		Handicapping Committee:
Chairman -	Tom Davis RCoJ	Chief Rater -	Adam Norwood
Vice Chairman -	Allen Jones EFYC	EFYC -	Keith Keller
Treasurer -	Dick Leatherman NFCC	FYC -	TBA
Secretary -	Denise Smith EFYC	HRYC -	David Huff
FYC -	Susan Grich	NFCC -	TBA
SAYC -	Reggie Maggs	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.

Offshore Trophy: xx races; x throw outs – TBA

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

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

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

Scoring:

Individual Race Scoring will be the low point system, 2017-2020 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 current Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix A8.