MIDDLE ATLANTIC MIDGETS 2010

GENERAL RULES

  1. The Middle Atlantic Midget Championship is open to amateurs. Members of each crew may be boys or girls who will not reach their fifteenth birthday during the calendar year in which they compete.
  2. All members of each crew must be themselves, or their parents or guardians must be, members of the same yacht club; the club must be a member in good standing in one of the following US SAILING Associations:
    • Eastern Connecticut Yacht Racing Association,
    • Hudson River Yacht Racing Association,
    • Great South Bay Yacht Racing Association,
    • Eastern Long Island Yacht Racing Association,
    • North Jersey Yacht Racing Association,
    • Barnegat Bay Yacht Racing Association,
    • South Jersey Yacht Racing Association,
    • Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association.
  3. No crew or helmsman after participating or being entered in the midget elimination for one US Sailing Association (including a yacht club elimination series) can be a member of the crew for another Association in any one year.
  4. A club can enter crews in only one Association or group elimination. Individuals who belong to more than one Club may represent only one yacht club in these races.

 

BBYRA Midget Eliminations - Notice of Race 2010

DATE: JULY 6, 2010

Organizing Authority: BBYRA

Hosted by:  OCC Sailing, Island Heights Yacht club

Island Heights, NJ

 

Location:          Island Heights Yacht Club

Island Heights, NJ

 

1.      RULES

          1.1            The event will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS)

 

2.       ALTERCATION OF CLASS RULES

         2.1            The Class rules will be used except that RRS 60.1 (a) is changed to prohibit a boat from protesting another boat for an alleged breach of a class rule requiring class membership or imposing a weight limit.

 

3.      CLASSES

          3.1            Optimist

            3.2            Club 420

 

4.      ELIGIBILITY

          4.1            The BBYRA Midget Elimination is open to amateurs. Members of each crew may be boys or girls who will not reach their fifteenth birthday during the calendar year in which they compete.

            4.2            All skippers and crew members must be members of the same yacht club and members of US Sailing; their club must be a member in good standing in US Sailing and BBYRA.

            4.3            No crew or helmsman after participating or being entered in the Midget Elimination for one US Sailing Association (including Yacht Club elimination series) can be a member of the crew for another Association in any one year.

 

5.      SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

            5.1            Competitor’s Meeting: 0900

            5.2            Warning Signal:            1000

          5.3            Multiple Races planned

 

6.      REGISTRATION and FEES

          6.1            $10.00 payable to BBYRA

 

7.      OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM LOCATION

          7.1            http://www.bbyra.org/midgetsReg.pdf

            7.2            Entry forms should be filled out completely and, along with an entry check made payable to BBYRA, delivered to Jim Walsh , 25 Wayside Drive Brick NJ 08724.   “You may also enter onsite the day of the event.”  The US Sailing membership number for all competitors must appear on the entry form.  If a membership cannot be confirmed in the current directory, membership cards or other proof of membership must be presented before racing.

 

8.      SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

            8.1            Sailing Instructions will be available at the competitor’s meeting.

 

9.      SAFETY

          10.1            All competitors shall wear, while on the water, other than brief periods while adding or removing clothing, an approved PFD (US Coast Guard or Canadian), except where ORC regulations apply.

            10.2            A boat retiring from a race shall notify a Race Committee vessel before leaving the course, or, when that it impossible, a Regatta Office immediately after arrival ashore.

 

12.      FURTHER INFORMATION

Jim Walsh

25 Wayside Drive

Brick, NJ 08724

732 295-1872   Home

732 995-9446   Cell

 
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