US SAILING BASIC RACE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Hosted by Barnegat Bay Yacht Racing Association
At Island Heights Yacht Club, River Avenue, Island Heights, NJ 08732
The Barnegat Bay Yacht Racing Association is sponsoring a one day race management seminar on May 31, 2008 from 08:15 to 17:00 at the Island Heights Yacht Club, River Ave, Island Heights, New Jersey. The US Sailing Basic Race Management seminar is designed for people who have some race committee experience or a strong desire to join the race committee. The seminar will cover race committee objectives, race committee responsibilities, sailing instructions, race committee jobs, race committee equipment, and race preparations including setting the line, setting the course, finishing, post-race responsibilities and the various penalties and scoring systems. At the conclusion of the seminar, an optional test will be given to participants wishing to apply to US SAILING to be recognized as a Club Race Officer.
Taran Teague jtteague@aol.com and Jim Walsh will be the instructors. Taran is a certified US Sailing Race Management instructor, a US Sailing National Race Officer, a U S Sailing certified Judge and the Area C Race Officer. She has been a PRO for Annapolis Yacht Club since 1998. She judges, umpires and is a PRO for the Naval Academy. Most recently she served as co PRO for the Rolex IWKC in Houston. Jim is a certified US Sailing Race Management instructor, a certified Regional Race Officer, US Sailing certified Judge and the Division head of the US SAILING Competition Division. Most recently Jim was the PRO for the U.S. Junior Singlehanded Championship , U.S. Junior Doublehanded Championship and the U.S. Singlehanded Championship.
The seminar fee is $35.00 for US SAILING members or $65.00 for non-members. The fee includes coffee/donuts and lunch. Pay at the door, and register on line at www.ussailing.org/racemgt/Seminars/index/ Advance registration is strongly recommended since the number of attendees will be limited to 25.
To prepare for the seminar you should review and answer the basic seminar study questions which are available on the US Sailing website at http://ussailing.org/racemgt/Race_Officer_Prog/course_materials.asp. Select the basic study questions under the seminar study questions tab. Please print and bring your completed study questions to the seminar.
The Club Race Officer Certification requirements are detailed on the website. To be certified as a US SAILING Club Race Officer, you are required to meet the criteria outlined on the web site, attend a Basic Seminar and to pass the test as well as have your own copy of the current (2005 edition) of the US SAILING Race Management Handbook and a copy of Join the Race Committee.
It is highly recommended that you own and bring a copy of the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) which you can order at http://store.ussailing.org. You will need the RRS to complete the study questions and you may use this book if you take the test following the seminar. It is also recommended that you have a current copy of US SAILING’s Race management Handbook which you also can order through the US SAILING store.
SCHEDULE:
08:15 Registration - Coffee and donuts
08:45 Seminar begins
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Seminar resumes
16:15 Break
16:30 Test
17:30 Review Test Answers