Blanes’08 Yngling Women European Championship
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30 March – |
club vela blanes
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NOTICE
OF RACE The 2008 Yngling
Women European Championship will be held from 30th March to 5th April 1. RULES The Championship will
be governed by:
The rules as defined
in the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS2005-2008)
The ISAF Regulations.
The International Yngling Class Championship Rules.
RRS Appendix P will aply.
Prescriptions of the
RFEV will not apply. If there is a conflict
between languages, the English text will prevail. 2. ADVERTISING The regatta is
designated as a Category “C” event. Competitors must comply with ISAF
regulation 20. All boats may be
required to display advertising under ISAF regulation 20.3 (d)(i). All Class rules in
contradiction with this rule are altered in consequence. 3. ELIGIBILITY All
competitors (helmswoman and crew) shall meet the eligibility requirements of
ISAF Regulation 19. There are
no limits on number of participants and no nation quotas. Teams from
all nations can participate. All
participants have to be IYA Active Members (Membership forms can be found at www.yngling.org) Yngling
Class Rule C.2.2 (women event) will apply. Substitution
of crew members is not permitted except by the International Jury permission in
case of proven accident or illness. 4. ENTRIES Entries have to be made
on the official entry form available from www.yngling.org
or the event website The Entry form should
be accompanied by copies of following documents: - A copy of the valid Measurement Certificate including boat corrector
and weight. - A copy of the Insurance certificate. The entry form and
documents have be collected by Race Office and forwarded to: CLUB VELA BLANES Esplanada
del Port s/n 17300 Blanes
(GIRONA) - Tel. 972.330552 / Fax. 972.331498 E-mail: esportiu@cvblanes.cat The closing date for
the entry is postmarked not later than 15th March The Entry Fee is 395
Euro, including a class fee of 45 Euro. This will be collected by your
National Yngling Association or National Authority
and forwarded to: Account Name: CLUB VELA BLANES Bank: BANCO
Bank Address: Passeig de Dintre 44, Blanes,
17300 GIRONA Account number: 0049
1573 58 2910013189 IBAN CODE: ES69 The payment
must be settled not later than 15th March 5. VENUE and
REGISTRATION Race
Headquarters are in the Club Vela Blanes Race
Office Each
skipper shall personally register and sign the registration form in the Race
Office. Only boats
that have completed registration, paid the entry fee and passed the
prescribed measurement check procedure are entitled to race. 6. SCHEDULE The Regatta will consist of an opening series of 8 races. For boats not
qualified for medal race, the opening series could be extended with one race.
Two races are scheduled each day. One extra race per day may be sailed if the
number of races is less the scheduled.
There will be no warning signal for any race after 1600 hrs on
Saturday 5th April. (*): Training Race
details will be described on the Sailing Instructions 7. LIABILITY
AND INSURANCE For every
participating boat, valid third-party liability insurance shall exist with a
minimum coverage of Euro 500.000 per event or the equivalent amount in
currency of the country registered boat. The
organizing Authority or any other party involved in the organization of the
event will accept no liability for any personal or material damage
(including, but not limited to death, injury consequential damage, etc.)
sustained prior to, during or alter the regatta.
In cases
of Force Major or on grounds of administrative orders or for safety reasons,
the organizer is entitled to make changes in the realisation of the event or
to cancel the event. In these cases there does not exist any liability for
compensation of the organizer to the participant. In case of
violation of obligations that do not constitute primary respectively material
contractual duties (cardinal obligations), the liability of organizer, no
matter because of which cause in law, for material and properly damages of
all kinds and their consequences that arise to the participant during or in
connection with the participation in the event resulting from a conduct of
the organizer, his representatives, servants or agents, is restricted to
damages that were caused wilfully or grossly negligent. When a violation of
cardinal obligations occurs, in case of simple negligent the liability of the
organizer is limited to foreseeable, typically occurring damage. To the
extent that the liability for damages of the organizer is excluded or
restricted, the participant also relieves the staff – employees and
representatives, agents, servants, sponsors and individuals who provide or
drive salvage, safety or rescue vessels or assist with their use – from the
individual liability for damages, as well as also all other individuals who
were instructed to act in connection with the realisation of the event. The
effective racing rules of the ISAF, the administrative regulations
regatta-sailing and the articles of the association of the DSV, the class
rules as well as the regulations of the invitation to the competition and the
mailing instructions are to be complied with and are expressly recognised. 8. MEASUREMENT All
legible boats will undergo measurement of hulls, spars and sails as well as
equipment checks in accordance with the International Yngling
Class Rules. Only measured equipment may be used for the championship. Each
boat shall possess a valid Measurement Certificate. All sails
should carry an event stamp (2 jibs, one main and one spinnaker) The
helmswoman and crew will be required to weigh in at registration each day
before racing (0800 – 1000hrs). 9.
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS The
Sailing Instructions will be available at Race Office and on the internet at www.yngling.org or the event website. 10. RACING
AREA The racing
area will be located in front of Blanes harbour. 11. COURSES The
courses will be described in the sailing instructions and will be windward / leeward
type. 12. SCORING The low
Point Scoring System of Appendix A will apply. The worst score will be discarded
if five or more races are sailed. Rule A 4.2
is changed so that the scores are based on the number of boats assigned to
compete in the medal race. For the
medal race rule A 4.1 is changed so that the points are doubled. Four races
are required to be completed to constitute an opening series. If four races
are not completed as scheduled, the opening series will be extended to
complete them. 3 races
are required to be completed to constitute a Championship. The ten
boats ranked highest in the opening series will be assigned to compete in the
medal race. The ten
boats assigned to compete in the medal race will be ranked highest in the
regatta. A boat
assigned to compete in the medal race shall make a genuine effort to start,
sail the course and finish. A breach of this paragraph will not be a reason
for a protest by another boat. This change rule 60.1(a). The penalty for this
breach will be ranking the boat tenth in the regatta. If there are two such
boats, there will be ranked ninth and their, in order of there opening series
ranks, etc. For boats
not participating in the Medal Race the opening series may be extended with 1
race. 13. INTERNATIONAL
JURY The
decisions of the International Jury shall be final in accordance with RRS
70.4 14. PRIZES The helmswoman
and crew of the winning boat will be the Women’s European Championship in
2008 and will receive the Women’s European Trophy and official IYA medals. Special
prizes can be awarded according the Sailing Instructions. 15.
SUPPORT AND COACH BOATS The use of
all vessels used as support and coaching boats will be strictly controlled.
Team leaders and coaches shall register at the Regatta Office. Only
accredited coaches will be allowed to go afloat. These
coaching or support boats shall conspicuously display the national flag of
the competitor’s nation they are coaching or supporting. There
shall not be any communication between the competitor from the warning signal
until the competitor finishes or retires from the race. A competitor shall
neither make radio transmissions with afloat not receive radio
communications. This restriction includes mobile phones. Accredited
coaches will be obliged if asked by the Race Committee to take a coach with
equipment from another country if that country does not have a boat
available. Team
leaders, coaches and other support personnel shall never be closer than 16.HAULING
OUT AND MOORING RESTRICTION All boats
participating shall be afloat by Tuesday 1st April at 0900 hrs and
shall not be hauled out until the completion of the last race, unless
permission to haul out was granted by the Race Committee or International Jury.
This permission will only be granted in the event of damage. When not
sailing, all boats shall be moored in the Harbour of the Club Vela Blanes, at the club designated places. Underwater
breathing apparatus and plastic pools or their equivalent shall not be used
around keelboats between the starting signal of the first race and the end of
the Regatta. 17
INFORMATION More information is available at IYA (iya-execsecretary@yngling.org)
or Club Vela Blanes office (juanmi@cvblanes.cat) OTHER
INFORMATION (not part of this Notice of Race) ACCOMMODATIONS ·
HOTEL BLAUCEL **** and HOTEL BLAUMAR **** Phone: (+) 34
972 35 85 50 / Fax: (+) 34 972 35 18 76 Avda. Villa de Madrid, 27 P.O. Box 136
E-17300 Blanes (Girona) E-mail: info@blaucelblanes.com / Web site: www.blaucelblanes.com ·
APARTMENTS BLANES (FINQUES GIRONÉS) Raval 31,
street 17300 Blanes www.finques-girones.com Telephone
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