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2021-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 annually.

FCSA Partner Yacht Clubs:		FCSA Mailing 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
QHYC	Queens Harbor Yacht Club
RCoJ	Rudder Club of Jacksonville	Chief Rater Address for Rating Applications
SAS	St. Augustine Sailing	4446 Hendricks Ave, # 227
SAYC	St. Augustine Yacht Club	Jacksonville FL 32207
SYC	Smyrna Yacht Club

2021 Board Members:		Handicapping Committee:
Chairman -	Tom Davis RCoJ	Chief Rater -	Adam Norwood / Tom Davis
Vice Chairman -	Justin Muller SAYC	EFYC -	Keith Keller
Treasurer -	Dick Leatherman NFCC	FYC -	Bill Weinbecker
Secretary -	Adam Norwood NFCC	HRYC -	TBA
		NFCC -	Adam Norwood
Club Representatives:		QHYC -	TBA
FYC -	Susan Grich	RCoJ -	Tom Davis
EFYC -	Allen Jones	SAS -	TBA
SAYC -	Brianne Muller	SAYC -	TBA
NFCC -	Laura Peirano	SYC -	TBA
HRYC -	Dave Huff	Sub-Committees:
SYC -	David Smith	Chair -	SARW Dan Floryan
QHYC -	Gilbert Wright	Chair -	WSN Susan Grich
SAS -	Rose Ann Points	Chair -	SASS TBA

See your club handicapper to get a PHRF rating.

New rating certificate - $35. Annual renewals are $30 due by March 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 published online. Skippers should confirm that their rating certificate is available for review by each Race Committee. Keep a copy on board or at least have access to the internet for proof using the online current list of rated boats.

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. This is covered in the FCSA PHRF Rules.

Series Trophies:

FCSA offers the overall Circuit Trophy, as well as a Spring and Fall St. Johns River trophies. When a rated boat is entered in a club race, noted as a FCSA series 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 Performance and Cruising classes (and Sport and Multihull classes if and when sufficiently populated).

All competing boats must have a current PHRF rating from FCSA.

Details are TBD for 2021, but here is what they have been in the past.

Circuit Trophy: 8 best scores – one must be out of Region, refer to Scoring Grid.

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.

SASS - Women’s Series, St. Augustine: 3 races; 0 throw outs.

Scoring:

Individual Race Scoring will be the low point system, 2021-2024 RRS, Appendix A4.

FCSA Series scoring will be in accordance with the following – “Different than Appendix A4”.

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 (applies to SJR Series only).

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

Ties will be decided using the current Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix A8.