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2009 Byte CII World Championship
NOTICE OF RACE
At Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston, Ontario, August 22 – August 27
1.0 1. RULES
1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing, including Appendix P, the CYA Prescriptions, the rules of the BCIA and the Notice of Race.
1.2 If there is a conflict between languages the English language will take precedence.
1.3 The Organizing Authority is the Byte Class International Association (BCIA) in conjunction with Cork/Sail Kingston. The CYA prescriptions can be found at http://www.sailing.ca/racing/rules_and_regatta_management/racing_rules_of_sailing/
2.0 2. ADVERTISING
2.1 The regatta will be classified as Category “C”. The organising committee may ask competitors to display Event and/or Class sponsor advertising material and boats may be asked to carry stickers carrying sponsor advertising provided at registration. These should be attached to the boat in accordance with the instructions provided by the organizer and displayed in the following areas:
• Forward 25% of both sides of the hull for Venue Sponsor as per ISAF guidelines.
• Other advertising as per request from class and organising committee. This may be on the main sail.
3.0 3. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
3.1 Competitors shall comply with ISAF Eligibility Rules. The regatta is open to all Byte CII Dinghies.
All competitors must be members of their National Byte Class Association or members of the BCIA. 3.3 Eligible competitors must register online on the Byte Class permanent Championship Website: www.bytechamps.org and with CORK for payment of the regatta entry fees www.cork.org. Registration on the Class website does not automatically enter a competitor in the regatta as that does not happen until the entry fee is paid.
There is no entry deadline but a penalty for late registration applies. See Para 4. N.B. Overseas entries may be limited to the number of boats available for charter. 3.6
4.0 4. FEES
4.1 Entry Fee: If paid by July 31st CDN $250
Late entry fee entry fee CDN $300.00
A CDN $30.00 fee reduction will be given to those registering in both the Canadian Championship (being held as part of CORK International Regatta) and the World Championship.
A 4.The Entry fee covers racing, on-site facilities and a schedule of social events.
For non-competitors, including coaches, a small fee will be required for the social functions 5.0 5.SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
5.2 A final schedule of social events will be available at registration and will be posted on the Regatta Website. It will include the opening ceremony and reception, pasta after racing on 3 days, an Awards party and other events that may be scheduled.
5.3 A maximum of sixteen (16) World Championship races are scheduled, with a maximum of 4 races a day.
6.0 EQUIPMENT AND MEASUREMENT CHECKS
All boats may be inspected per the schedule of events before registering and at any time during the regatta. Only sails will be checked for compliance at Measurement and stamped for use in the event and no other sails may be used in the event, except by authorization of the International Jury prior to use.
7 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
The Sailing Instructions will be available at registration (times shown in the Schedule of Events) and may be available sooner on the Byte Class Championship Website.
8 VENUE
The 2009 Byte World Championships will be held sailed on the waters of Kingston Harbour
9.0
CTHE 9 COURSES
The courses to be sailed will be included in the sailing instructions.
10.0 10 PENALTY SYSTEM
10 .1 RRS 44.1 is amended so that the Two-Turns penalty is replaced by a One-Turn penalty when a boat may have broken a rule of Part 2 while racing.
10.2 The provisions of RRS, Appendix P 2.2 and 2.3 shall NOT apply. All protests in the same
race against a competitor, lodged under provisions of P1, shall be covered by the provisions of P2.1. 10.3 Decisions of the International Jury will be final as provided in rule 70.5.
11.0 11 SCORING AND FORMAT
11.1 Four (4) races are required to be completed to constitute a World Championship series.
11.2 (a) When fewer than 5 races have been completed, a boat’s series score with be the total of her race scores.
(b) When from 5 to 9 races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score.
(c) When 10 or more races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her two worst scores.
The courses and format of racing will be detailed in the Sailing Instructions.
12.0 12 SUPPORT BOATS
12.1 Coaches must register. On line registration is available at www.cork.org . Coaches will be issued a numbered flag which they must display while in the racing area and will be asked to monitor a CORK safety channel on their VHF radios, be available to assist in an emergency and attend the coaches meeting each morning. There is no coach fee but a $20.00 deposit for the flag is required.
13.0 13 BERTHING
Boats shall be kept in their assigned places on the grounds of the Olympic Harbour.
14.0 14 RADIO COMMUNICATION
A boat shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor receive radio communications. This restriction also applies to mobile telephones.
15.0 15 PRIZES
1. Permanent trophies for the Byte World Championship and the Byte Female World Champion.
2. Keeper prizes for the first six (6) places overall, the top three (3) women (who also qualify for the top six overall prizes) and the top three 16 and under sailors (shall not have turned 17 in 2009). 3. Other prizes may be awarded. 16.0 16 DISCLAIMER
16.1 A boat is entirely responsible for her own safety, whether afloat or ashore, and nothing, whether in the Notice of Race or Sailing Instructions or anywhere else, reduces this responsibility.
16.2 It is for the boat to decide whether she is fit to sail in the conditions in which she will find herself. By launching or going to sea, the boat confirms that she is fit for those conditions and her crew is competent to sail and compete in them.
16.3 Nothing done by the organizers can reduce the responsibility of the boat nor will it make the organizers responsible for any loss, damage, death or personal injury, however it may have occurred, as a result of the boat taking part in the racing. The organizers encompass everyone helping to run the race and the event, and include the organising authority, the race committee, the race officer, patrol boats and beach-masters.
16.4 The provision of patrol boats does not relieve the boat of her responsibilities.
16.5 The fact that the race committee conducts inspections of a boat does not reduce the responsibilities of the boat as set out in this paragraph.
18.0 17 SAFETY REGULATIONS
18.1 Life-jackets or other adequate personal buoyancy shall be worn by all competitors at all times whilst afloat. Wet-suits and dry-suits are not adequate personal buoyancy.
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19.0 18 CHARTER BOATS
Charter boats, with or without sails, will be available from PS2000 and the Charter Form, with costs for boats and insurance, is posted under Charters at www.bytechamps.org
Written contact is Peter Bjorn: peter@ps2000.ca
19.0 19 TELEVISION AND MEDIA
In entering for this event, competitors automatically grant the organising authority and Class Association(s) the right, in perpetuity, to make, use and show from time to time, at their discretion, any motion pictures, still pictures and live, taped or filmed television and any other reproduction of them taken during the event, for the said Championship as defined in the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions, in which he/she participates, without compensation.
20.0 20 ACCOMMODATION
Competitors can find contact information for accommodation on the Cork Website: www.cork.org/accommodations.html
or on the Class website where you will also find maps of the site, the surrounding area and location of the accommodations.
www.bytechamps.org/pages/accomodation.asp 21.0 21 FURTHER INFORMATION
If you require further information, please contact the Class class@ps2000.ca
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