Classic Regatta week of July 12th to Sunday July 17th

1 ORGANISING AUTHORITY
1.1 The Glandore Classic Regatta 2011 is organised by Glandore Harbour Yacht Club.
1.2 The Regatta will be sailed in the waters of Glandore Bay between Galley Head and Toe Head, Co Cork, Ireland, from Tuesday 12th July to Sunday 17th July, 2011.

2 RULES & HANDICAP SYSTEMS
2.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing.
2.2 Handicapping will be under the KLR Formula (Klassiker Rennwert) for Classic Boats; ECHO for modern cruising boats and Portsmouth Yardstick for all dinghies and day sailing boats. Handicaps may be adjusted on a daily basis by the Race Committee as they deem necessary in the interests of all competitors.
2.3 For one design classes the respective class rules will apply.
2.4 The Irish Sailing Association Safety Regulations for day racing may apply.

3 ADVERTISING
3.1 The Regatta will be a Category C event.
3.2 Boats may be required to display advertising chosen and supplied by the organizing authority.

4 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
4.1 The regatta is open to all ‘classic’ sailing yachts and dinghies, and modern cruising yachts.
4.2 Eligible boats may enter by completing the Entry Form available online at: www.glandoreclassicregatta.com and sending it by post, together with the required fee, to Glandore Classic Regatta, Glandore Harbour Yacht Club, Glandore Co.Cork to be received by 1st July, 2011 or by email with payment at registration to Regatta Classic Secretary John Dowling dowling.johnj@gmail.com, or entries and Payment may be made at registration.
4.3 Yachts that are in possession of a Rating Certificate of any type are requested to submit these Certificates upon registration.
4.4 All competitors shall comply with the ISA or their own National Authority eligibility requirements.

5 FEES
5.1 Required fees are as follows:

Classic Yachts/Modern Cruising Yachts
40ft. LOA and above €100
30ft. to 39ft. LOA €80

Classic dayboats/keel boats
20ft. to 29ft. LOA €75

Dinghies dayboats
Up to 19ft. LOA €45

Workboats €45

Crane In/0ut €100

Non Racing Entry Fees
Parade of Sail only Entry €20

6 SCHEDULE
6.1 Registration: Tuesday, July 12th, 2011, from 17.00hrs to 20.00hrs
6.2 Skipper’s Briefing: Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 at 10.00hrs
6.3 Racing for all classes:

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Saturday, July 16th, 2011 plus Parade of Sail
Sunday, July 17th, 2011

6.4 There will be 2 races per day for all harbour classes, except Saturday July 16th, when there will be one race followed by the Parade of Sail.
6.5 The Warning Signal for the first race each day will be 12.30hrs.

7 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
7.1 The Sailing Instructions will be available to boats on completion of registration requirements on Tuesday, July 12th, 2011.

8 VENUE
8.1 The Regatta will be sailed in the waters of Glandore Bay approximately between Galley Head and Toe Head, Co Cork, Ireland.

9 THE COURSES
9.1 The courses to be sailed by classic yachts & modern cruising boats may include marks inside and outside Glandore Harbour.
9.2 The Sailing Instructions will include the details of courses to be sailed by all classes.

10 PARADE OF SAIL
10.1 The Parade of Sail will be at approximately 1500hrs hours on Saturday July 16th and will sailed around marks within the harbour.
10.2 Directions for the Parade of Sail will be attached to the Sailing Instructions.
10.3 The Parade of Sail is treated as a ‘race’ for scoring purposes. All boats participating will be scored point’s equivalent to 1st place. These points cannot be used in tie breaks and boats failing to participate shall be scored ‘Did Not Start’. The parade of sail cannot be used as a discard in scoring.

11 PENALTY SYSTEM
11.1 The Scoring Penalty, rule 44.3, will apply to all classes except dinghies. The penalty will be 20%, rounded up to next whole number, of the total entries for the boats class added to the boats finishing score.
11.2 All boats, except dinghies, shall carry a yellow flag to signal acceptance of a scoring penalty.
11.3 For the dinghy classes rule 44.1 is changed so that the Two-Turns Penalty is replaced by One-Turn Penalty.

12 SCORING
12.1 The Low Point System of Appendix A of the RRS will apply per Rule 90.3.
12.2 (a)When fewer than 5 races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores.
(b) When from 5 to 7 races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score.
(c) When 8 or more races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her two worst scores.

13 BERTHING
13.1 Visitor moorings are available in Glandore Harbour, a number of club mooring will be assigned to visiting fleets, cruising vessels should be prepared to lie to their own ground tackle.
13.2 A water taxi will available for the duration of the regatta before and after racing and to schedule at other times.

14 HAUL-OUT RESTRICTION
14.1 Keelboats shall not be hauled out during the regatta except with and according to the terms of prior written permission of the race committee.
14.2 Lift in and Lift out will take place at Union Hall Pier. Lift in Lift out time will be posted closer to the regatta date.
14.3 Cost of lift-in and lift-out is not included in entry fee.

15 PRIZES
15.1 Prizes will be awarded in all classes
15.2 The Regatta Committee may operate a system which restricts the number of prizes awarded to any one competitor

16 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
16.1 Glandore Harbour Yacht Club, Members thereof, and any event Sponsor, are providing this series of races only on the understanding that the Club, its members, or the Sponsor, or its representatives, bear no responsibility whatsoever for any loss, damage or injury to any yacht or person howsoever arising, directly or indirectly by any accident or wrongful or negligent act, default or omission of any person during the event.
16.2 It is the sole and exclusive responsibility of each owner or owners’ representative to decide whether or not to start or continue to race.
16.3 Owners shall acknowledge their responsibility on the Official Entry Form and draw the attention of their crew and associates to this disclaimer Yacht owners, helms and crew shall ensure that they are adequately insured against loss, damage or injury to persons, yachts or equipment at all times and however occurring

17 FURTHER INFORMATION
17.1 For further information and updates check the Glandore Classic Regatta website at: www.glandoreclassicregatta.com or www.glandoreyc.com