2013 NACRA North American Championships
Notice of Race
October 11 - 13
Pensacola Beach Yacht Club
1. RULES
1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of
Sailing, and class rules of the competing classes, except as any of these
rules are altered by the regatta sailing instructions.
2. ADVERTISING
2.1 Advertising will be restricted to Category A
3. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
3.1 The regatta will be open to all boats of the following classes: Nacra
Olympic17, Nacra F-16, Nacra F-17 (uni-original), Nacra F-18, Nacra
Open (Inter) 20, and Nacra Carbon20.
3.2 There will be an Open Portsmouth non-spinnaker class for Classic Nacra
and Prindle catamarans
3.3 Mail in early registration. (see below)
3.4 Entries will be taken on the day of the regatta
4. CLASSES
4.1 5 boats shall constitute a class
4.2 Multiple starts are planned, to be determined based on entries
5. FEES
5.1 Double handed boats $150
5.2 Single handed boats $120
5.3 $40 late fee for entries postmarked after September 12th, 2013
5.4 T-Shirts guaranteed to preregistered boats.
6. SCHEDULE
Thursday, Oct. 10th
1800-2000 Check-in, Late registration and welcome party at PBYC
Friday, Oct. 11th
0900-1000 Really late registration at Key Sailing
1030 Skippers’ meeting
1155 Warning signal for first race, more races to follow
Gathering and Party TBA Saturday, Oct. 12th
1025 Warning signal for first race, more races to follow
1900 Dinner, location TBA
Sunday, Oct. 13th
0955 Warning signal for first race, more races to follow.
No race will start after 1300
Awards to follow ASAP at PBYC
7. Races
There will be no limit on the number of races to be attempted.
8. Sailing Instruction
Sailing Instructions will be available at check in/registration.
9. Scoring
The low point scoring system of RRS Appendix A will be used.
When 5 or fewer races are scored a boat’s score shall be the total of all races.
If 6 or more races are completed a boat’s score shall be the total of all races
excluding the worst eligible finish.
10. Contacts
Kevin Rejda, Principal Race Officer, [email protected]
850-293-4143
Kirk Newkirk, [email protected] 1-866-keysail