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Entries Close:
48 hours prior to the scheduled First
Warning Signal of the first race of each series.
Start:
In or near Duck Island Roads,
Westbrook, CT. The scheduled First Warning Signal is 1830
for weekday races, 1100 for Saturday Races and 1200 on
Sunday for Commissioning Day and 1300 on Sundays for the
Fagan Series.
Rules:
These races will be governed by The
Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012, the 2009 DIYC
Fleet Series Sailing Instructions, and this
Notice of Race.
Rules Changes:
The Sailing Instructions
change the following rules: Rule 32-Course may be
shortened by class, Rule33-Course may be changed by
class, Rule 35- Time limit is by boat, Rule
62.1(a)-Restriction on redress, Rule 77-Appendix G
sail numbers are not required, Race Signals-Postponement
signaled ashore, Rule 52 – Manual Power
Courses:
Will be selected immediately prior
to each race by the Race Committee, and signaled in
accordance with the Sailing Instructions. The Race
Committee may conduct multiple races for some classes,
weather and time permitting.
Sailing
Instructions: Will be
available at least 24 hours before the first Warning Signal
of the first race of each series at Duck Island Yacht Club,
Hammock Road South, Westbrook, CT, in the box to the left of
the Race Committee bulletin board located below the deck in
the front of the clubhouse building, and online at
www.diyc.com.
Hall Series:
For the Hall Series, a majority of the persons on board must
be female and a female shall steer.
Classes:
Several spinnaker and non-spinnaker classes using PHRF-ECSA
ratings determined by the Race Committee prior to each
Series. Five or more paid entries of a one-design class may
request to be a separate class. Each entrant must have a
current, valid PHRF-ECSA certificate available in the
PHRF-ECSA online database before the Close of Entries,
or submitted to the Race Committee with entry form.
Entry Fees:
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Series: |
Wednesday: Spring OR Summer |
Wednesday: Spring AND
Summer |
Commissioning Day |
Shirley
Hall
Series |
Fleet Captain’s Series |
Single/Double & Commodore’s
Invitational |
Fagan Series |
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Member |
$125
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$205
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$21
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$84
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$60
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$20/$20
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$105
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Non-member |
$200
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$300 |
$38
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$126
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$84
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$30/No
Charge |
$135
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Additional
Fee: $5.00 additional per series for entrants who are not
USSA members
Mail Entries To:
DIYC Race Committee
c/o R M Lee
18 Cinnamon Ridge
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
Scoring:
PHRF-based time-on-time scoring for
each race, and the low-point scoring system for series
overall results in each class. If more than five races are
scored in a series one race will be excluded.
Results and Prizes:
Traditional token prizes
for the first three places in each class in each race will
be presented at the end of each day’s racing when results
are announced at the Clubhouse post-race party. Series
prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers in each
class at the DIYC annual awards banquet at the conclusion of
the racing season. |
