The FCSA task is to handicap sailboats (PHRF), make up the yearly schedule, sponsor the Interclub Regatta and Wednesday Beer C

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Updated 12:14, 11/14/2024 2024-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. US Sailing # 152166Q.

FCSA Partner Yacht Clubs:		FCSA Mailing Address:
AISC	Amelia Island Sailing Club	4446 Hendricks Avenue, # 227
EFYC	Epping Forest Yacht & Country Club	Jacksonville FL 32207
FYC	Florida Yacht Club
HRYC	Halifax River Yacht Club	Website: WebMaster
HSC	Harbour Sailing Club
NFCC	North Florida Cruising Club
RCoJ	Rudder Club of Jacksonville	Chief Rater Address for Rating Applications
SAS	St. Augustine Sailing	4446 Hendricks Ave, # 227
SASS	St. Augustine Sailing Sisters	Jacksonville FL 32207
SAYC	St. Augustine Yacht Club
SYC	Smyrna Yacht Club	For description of duties of Officers, Handicapping Committee Members, et al, refer to the *FCSA By-Laws*.

2024 Officers’ e-mails: (elected at Annual Meeting)

Handicapping Committee:

Rose Ann Points SAS or

Chairman

AISC -

Wilby Whitt

Tom Davis RCoJ or

Vice Chairman

EFYC -

Keith Keller

Allen Jones EFYC or

Treasurer

FYC -

Bill Weinbecker

Dale Edgar SAS or

Secretary

HRYC -

TBA

Adam Norwood NFCC or

Chief Rater

HSA -

TBA

HSC -

TBA

Club Representatives:

NFCC -

AISC -

RCoJ -

EFYC -

SAS -

TBA

FYC -

Dustin Domer

SASS -

TBA

HRYC -

Todd Stebleton

SAYC -

TBA

HSC -

Jack Feeney

SYC -

TBA

NFCC -

Jerry Holt

RCoJ -

Tom Davis

Youth Sailing Contacts:

SAS -

EFYC -

SASS -

FYC -

SAYC -

HRYC -

SYC -

HSC -

Brooklyn Neu

NFCC -

TBA

Sub-Committees:

RCoJ -

Stephanie Dudley

Chair -

SARW Dan Floryan

SAS -

TBA

Chair -

Women’s Sailing Iris Nazco

SASS -

TBA

Local SASS TBA

SAYC -

Marissa Burrier

Local WSN TBA

SYC -

TBA

Chair -

Youth Sailing Dave Montgomery

See your club handicapper to get a PHRF rating. Non-certificate holders may apply for Associate Membership.

New rating certificate - $35. Annual renewals are $30 due before March 01 ($35 thereafter). Renewals will be accepted any time after December 1 – just mark up your certificate and mail it in with payment.

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 annual series trophies for St. Johns River Series, Offshore Series, and Women’s Racing Series. When a rated boat is entered in a club race, noted as a FCSA series race on the schedule as designated by text colors, the boat is competing for a club trophy for that race and accumulates points toward the yearly trophies for the series. Trophies are awarded in Performance and Cruising classes (and Sport and Multihull classes in the future if and when sufficiently populated). Annual trophies for Performance and Cruiser will be calculated as combined totals for each boat regardless of whether a boat races a particular race with a Spinnaker or Non-Spinnaker rating. There are no throw-outs in the Annual Trophy totals for each boat. The more races in the series that you participate in, the more potential total points that you will accrue.

SCORING RULES FOR FCSA ANNUAL TROPHIES

There are four race series that are included in the FCSA Schedule. These are:

St. Johns River Series

• Nine (9) races are scheduled at St. Johns River area clubs throughout the year.

• To be eligible for a FCSA St. Johns River Series Annual Trophy you must register and be scored in at least four (4) events during the year.

• Two FCSA Annual Trophies will be awarded based on the highest total of accumulated points:

First Place Overall Performance Class

First Place Overall Cruiser Class

Offshore Series

• There are twenty three (23) events that each constitutes a day of offshore racing on the FCSA Schedule. A “day of offshore racing” means the overall score for that day in the event there are multiple races on a given day. For example, Day 1 of St. Augustine Race Week, multiple races will be scored as the combined score of races sailed that day. A three-day event such as St. Augustine Race Week will count as three daily scores. A two-day event such as the Lipton Cup will count as two daily scores. A single race with sprint race included within the same event such as the Gulfstreamer or Mac Smith Starlight Regatta will be scored based on the overall race only.

• To be eligible for a FCSA Annual Trophy you must register and be scored in at least four (4) Offshore Series events during the year.

• Six FCSA Annual Trophies will be awarded based on the highest total of accumulated points:

First Place Overall Performance Class First Place Overall Cruiser Class

Second Place Overall Performance Class Second Place Overall Cruiser Class

Third Place Overall Performance Class Third Place Overall Cruiser Class

Women’s Series – St. Augustine (SASS)

• Three (3) races are scheduled at St. Augustine area clubs throughout the year.

• Series races will be conducted in accordance with rules and guidelines established by the St. Augustine Sailing Sisters (SASS).

• Two FCSA Annual Trophies will be awarded based on the highest total of accumulated points and in accordance with SASS scoring rules:

First Place Overall All Female Class First Place Overall Mixed Crew Class

Women’s Series – St. Johns River (WSN)

• Four (4) races are scheduled at St. Johns River area clubs throughout the year.

• Series races will be conducted in accordance with rules and guidelines established by the Women’s Sailing Network (WSN).

• Two FCSA Annual Trophies will be awarded based on the highest total of accumulated points and in accordance with WSN scoring rules:

First Place Overall All Female Class First Place Overall Mixed Crew Class

Please note:

1. Please refer to the following tables showing which races will be scored for which trophy.

2. All of the designated races count toward the FCSA annual awards regardless of venue. For example, the scoring system promotes a boat racing in Daytona on a given weekend to score points by racing in a local event the same day that a boat in Jacksonville or a boat in St. Augustine races at a local event.

3. Overall trophies will not be subdivided into Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker categories.

4. The Scoring Matrix Description contains the scoring matrix adopted by FCSA in 2020 and how it is used to assign scores based on the individual race results.

RACES SELECTED FOR SCORING
*(Races are color coded by category on the FCSA Schedule)*
ST. JOHNS RIVER SERIES	OFFSHORE SERIES
River City Regatta - Rudder Club	SARW Day 1 Offshore Series - FCSA
Spring River Race - NFCC	SARW Day 2 Offshore Series - FCSA
St Johns Regatta - FYC	SARW Day 3 Offshore Series - FCSA
Dupont Cup Regatta – EFY&CC	Lipton Cup Day 1 - SYC
Labor Day Race - Rudder Club	Lipton Cup Day 2 - SYC
Crab Trap Race - FYC	St. Augustine Race - NFCC
Fall River Race - NFCC	Commodore’s Cup Race Day (May) – HRYC
Kings Day Regatta - EFY&CC	Monkey's Uncle Race - SAYC
Gator Bowl Regatta - Rudder Club	Compass Rose Challenge - SAYC
	Commodore’s Cup (June) – HRYC
WOMEN'S SERIES – St. Augustine SASS	Father’s Day Race – SAYC
SASS Event #1 Spring Forward Race	Liberty Race – SAYC
SASS Event #2 Wendy Thomson Mem’l	Old Timers Race – HRYC
SASS Event #3 Bikini Race	Race of the Century – SAYC
	Mac Smith Starlight Regatta – HRYC
WOMEN'S SERIES – St. Johns River WSN	Herb Elphick Race - NFCC
Wave Race - FYC	John Meehan Race - SAYC
Jessie Ball Race - EFY&CC	Tommy Hall Race - NFCC
Hands on the Helm Race - NFCC	Commodore’s Cup (September) – HRYC
Women on Water Race – Rudder Club	Commodore’s Cup (October) – HRYC

SCORING MATRIX DESCRIPTION

The Scoring Matrix is a table that assigns points to the results of each boat in a designated race for FCSA Annual Trophies. The scoring matrix is a “high point” matrix. The higher your position in a given fleet of boats gives you a higher score. The larger the fleet the higher the potential score will be. Even if you retire from a race or become disqualified you will still earn points.

The Scoring Matrix is used as follows:

1. Using the Scoring Matrix, the place in class is read vertically within the column under ‘number of boats that started’ in each class. For example, if you score Second Place in a class of seven boats (that all started properly) you will be given 935 points for that race.

2. 750 points are awarded to the last place boat that finished in each class. This includes DNF and RET.

3. Second lowest score in each class is awarded to boats that registered and were scored RAF, DSQ, DNS, and OCS as defined by RRS A10. For example, if you were registered in a class of seven boats and you are scored DSQ you will receive 713 points.

4. Lowest number in class is scored for boats in the Series that are DNC in the race. For example, if you were registered in a class of seven boats and you are scored DNC, you will receive 664 points (because only six boats started; the other six boats would be scored using the 6 boats column.)

5. In the event you register for a class at a series race that has no other participants, you will accrue 750 points towards the class trophy for which you registered regardless of what other class a club may assign you provided you finish without disqualification. You will receive 492 points if you register as the only boat in a class and are scored RET, DSQ, DNS, or OCS as defined by RRS A10. You will receive 234 points as the only boat in a class if you register and are scored DNC.

6. The Results Worksheet is provided for both Performance and Cruiser divisions. Boats in each division may be scored based on their registration as either Spinnaker or Non-Spinnaker. The Results Worksheet has columns for Spinnaker/Non-Spinnaker and whether a boat has a valid PHRF rating. Race Committees may use the Results Worksheet to calculate results for the Club’s race event as well as calculation of position and points toward the FCSA Annual Trophies. It is intended that the Race Committee will perform the scoring and that the Club Handicapper will check the results prior to submitting results to the FCSA Website Manager.