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| 08/25/2010 - Club 420 Association Mid-Atlantics - Noroton YC - Oct 9,10 |
2010 CLUB 420 ASSOCIATIONMID-ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIPNOTICE OF RACE October 9, 10, 2010NOROTON YACHT CLUBThe Noroton Yacht Club is proud to host the 2010 Club 420 Association Mid-Atlantic Championship. 1. Date and VenueThe 2010 Club 420 Association Mid-Atlantic Championship will be held with racing on Saturday, October 9 and Sunday, October 10, 2010. The venue will be the Noroton Yacht Club, 23 Baywater Drive, Darien, CT 06820 – www.norotonyc.org.
2.1 The regatta will be organized by the Noroton Yacht Club in conjunction with the Club 420 Association and will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). The Class Rules are the Club 420 Association class rules. 2.2 Rule 61.1 will be changed in the sailing instructions such that boats are required to display a red flag when protesting2.3 Appendix P will apply.2.3 No contestant shall use, either on or off the water, alcoholic beverages (beer, wine or distilled spirits) or use any controlled substance (marijuana, cocaine, etc) the possession of which is unlawful. This prohibition is in effect during the entire event, from date and time of arrival through date and time of departure from the Noroton Yacht Club. Penalties for a violation of the prohibition may range from a reprimand to dismissal from the regatta. A hearing will be held generally in accordance with the recommendations of Appendix M of the Racing Rules. The hearing officers may also recommend further action under Rule 69. The officers for a hearing regarding a violation of this prohibition will consist of the Chief Judge, acting as chairperson of the hearing and the Jury. The Event Chairperson shall serve ex-officio as a non-voting member of the panel and will have a right to express his or her views during the course of the hearing process. 3. Eligibility and Entry Fee3.1 Competitors are required to be current members of the Club 420 Association. 3.2 Competitors must have completed all parts of the registration form together with all fees, postmarked by September 24, 2010 (or with applicable late fee, received by the Noroton Yacht Club by 8 PM, Friday, October 8, 2010.) 3.3 Entry fee: The entry fee will be 0 per boat if registration and payment are postmarked on or before September 24, 2010. Registrations postmarked after September 24, 2010 and by October 1, 2010 must pay 0 per boat for the registration fee. Registrations postmarked after October 1, 2010 or otherwise delivered prior to 8 PM Friday, October 8, 2010 must pay 5 per boat for registration. No registration will be accepted if not received by the Noroton Yacht Club by 8 PM on Friday, October 8, 2010. 4. Format of the Regatta If there are more than 80 boats registered, the championship fleet may be divided into two divisions. 5. Schedule Friday October 8 1500 – 2000 Check in 0845 Coaches and Support Boat meeting 0900 Skippers’ meeting 1000 First Warning Signal Racing to follow Sunday October 10 08:30 Skippers’ Meeting 1000 First Warning Signal Racing to follow 14:00 No warning signal after this time After racing Awards Ceremony 6. Racing The racing area will be approximately 1.5 miles south of Noroton Yacht Club. 7. Course The courses will be published in the Sailing Instructions that will be available at check-in. 8. Scoring8.1 The Low-Point Scoring System, RRS Appendix A, will apply. 8.2 One race is required to complete the regatta. If divisions are established, a race shall consist of all divisions completing a scored race. 8.3 When less than 6 races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores. When 6 to 10 races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score. When 11 or more races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst two scores. 9. Sailing InstructionsSailing Instructions will be available at the onsite check-in. 10. Safety10.1 Parents/guardians/or competitors 18 or over at the time of the start of the event are responsible for the safety of the competitors. It is the responsibility solely of the parent(s) of the competitors, or in the instance of the competitor who is 18 or over, the competitor, to decide if the competitor should sail in the weather and sea conditions that might arise during the event. Parents of competitors under 18 not personally attending any part of the event must ensure that another adult is authorized and designated to make these decisions for their child. 10.2 Competitors who are US citizens or US residents must wear a US Coast Guard approved personal flotation device (PFD), properly secured at all times, from dock to dock except when temporarily adding or removing clothing. Competitors who are citizens or residents of another country shall wear either a US Coast Guard approved PFD or a PFD approved by the country of their citizenship or residence, properly secured at all times, from dock to dock except when temporarily adding or removing clothing. Wet suits, dry suits and inflatable PFD’s do not constitute adequate personal buoyancy. 10.3 A whistle shall be attached by a lanyard to the PFD. The lanyard shall be long enough to permit the sailor to use the whistle while wearing the PFD. Competitors not complying with this instruction may be given a scoring penalty of five (5) points for each race in which they have failed to observe this instruction, at the discretion of the protest committee. 10.4 All boats may be subject to a safety/inspection check, See Exhibit A. 12. Coach and support boatsAll coach and support boats shall register and shall prominently fly a designated flag from a staff, supplied by the Race Committee, at all times while in the water. 13. LiabilityParticipants compete entirely at their own risk. A waiver must be signed by all competitors and their parent/guardian if the competitor is under 18. 14. Hauling and StorageAll boats shall be dry sailed and stored overnight in the NYC dry-sail area. 15. TrophiesChampionship Fleet Overall: 1st through 3rd Top girls: 1st (both skipper and crew are female) Top junior: 1st (both skipper and crew under 17 throughout 2010). 16. Designated Adult16.1 Each competitor under 18 shall identify in writing a parent or adult representative that shall responsible for the competitor throughout the event. 16.2 For each competitor under 18, it is the competitor's parents’ (or designated adult) decision to enter the regatta and to start or continue any race. The adults supervising the competitors are ultimately responsible for the risks. 16.3 The designated adult will accept full responsibility for all actions of the competitor during any activity related to the event. This includes on-shore activities before, during, and after the regatta. 17. Additional informationFor additional information contact: William Crane - wscrane@gmail.com Website of the Noroton Yacht Club – www.norotonyc.org 17. Effective Date. This Notice of Race is effective August 17, 2010. |
| 08/20/2010 - CJ Buckley Team Race |
Goon Squad crushes the CJ Buckley Team Race to win the Club 420 National Team Race Championship. Early last week, event organizer Justin Assad, was hoping to match last year’s total of 24 entries at the Club 420 Junior Team Race Championship. But, come race day, 32 teams from all over greater New England, as well as Minnesota, Texas, and the US Virgin Islands were ready to embark on three days of exciting racing at the CJ Buckley Team Race. For all those involved, it was an exciting sight to behold; almost 200 competitors were putting their boats together on the beach at Goddard Park in East Greenwich, RI. In a summer already overloaded with big regattas in the area, this huge turnout shows that team racing is really growing on the junior level and there is now a bridge between 4 v 4 Optimist team racing and the organized efforts seen in high school and college. CJ Buckley was a junior sailor at Greenwich Bay Sailing Association and Tabor Academy, who lost a valiant battle with cancer in 2002 at the age of 17. CJ was passionate about sailing, and most enjoyed team racing, where he was a spirited and fierce competitor. The CJ Buckley Regatta began in 2003, and became a team race in 2004. In 2009 and 2010, the event has also crowned the Club 420 National Junior Team Race Champions. Parents and sailors from GBSA, Tabor, and elsewhere come out to celebrate the life of an individual who touched so many people, and to remember him by playing the game he loved. Thirty-two teams were randomly split into four groups of eight and sent out on to two courses to complete a round robin. From there the groups were reshuffled into Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron, and 3 more rounds were completed. At the conclusion of each round the teams with the best record moved up and the teams with the worst record moved down. For an event of this scope, the modified Swiss-league system is super because it allows teams of similar skill and knowledge to continually race each other, the result is close, action-packed racing fun for all. Over the three days, conditions were ideal for team racing – sunny and warm with light to medium breeze and flat water. Over 391 races were sailed, giving each team 31 races. Races on the Gold and Silver line had limited umpiring and on the Bronze and Iron course some competitors got a quick education on the expedited protest procedure often used in College Sailing where the protestor get about 1 minute to make their case, the protestee gets about 1 minute to make their case and the two umpires get about 1 minute to make a decision. As Chief Umpire, Amanda Callahan had front row seats to the action. On the final day of racing, fireworks were expected, and the first race of the finals between the Goon Squad and Pleon did not disappoint. Off the line the teams were fairly even, but half way up the beat the Good Squad looked to be in a 2,3,4 with the pair who went right coming in hot. But Pleon was able to get a piece of Goon Squad when they tacked back to the mark, and Goon Squad was forced to tack back and then held out past layline. At Mark 1, Pleon had moved into a 1,3,4 and shortly after the offset had a commanding 1,2,5. With a 1,2,6 around the leeward offset, Pleon looked as though they were going to start off the finals with a “W”. Three-quarters of the way up the beat, the pair on the left took a hitch back to the middle then back out to the edge; meanwhile, the next Hotchkiss boat close ducked the Pleon second boat and tacked on his windward hip. Soon enough the solid 1, 2 wasn’t looking so solid anymore. And the Goon Squad went on to lock it up just before the line. Goon Squad, of the Hotckiss School, would go on to win the next race, and in doing so they won the 2010 CJ Buckley Team Race and became this year’s Club 420 National Team Race Champions. Pleon brought home second place, FAST-Zim Sailing claimed third, and Gnartic Circle rounded out the top 4. Full results will be available soon at www.cjbuckleyregatta.net. Thank you goes out to the fantastic team of volunteers from East Greenwich Yacht Club, and to the Buckley family. Parent leaders Ned and Karen Murtha, Doe Baeder, and the rest of the GBSA families, who came together to provide three meals each day, including “world-famous flying lunches,” and helped organize check-in and housing for the teams at this event. Former GBSA coach Kyle Assad led the registration and scoring team, and masterfully orchestrated the complicated swiss-league format. PRO Justin Assad led a huge group of volunteers, most of whom had either sailed with or coached CJ at GBSA, in running nearly 400 races on two full digital N race courses. Finally, Chief Umpire Amanda Callahan led a dedicated umpire team, who performed fantastically while meting out justice on the gold and silver race courses. Sponsors for this event included Doyle Sails, Harken, LaserPerformance, Vineyard Vines, Gill North America, Team1Newport, and others, all of whom donated the awards for the top three finishers of every division and the sportsmanship awards. Thank you again to all volunteers, and we hope to see you here again next year! Written by Justin Assad and Amanda Callahan |
| 08/04/2010 - 2010 Club 420 Mid Atantics - October 9th and 10th - Noroton YC |
With enormous gratitude to Noroton Yacht Club we are pleased to announce that the 2010 Club 420 Assn Mid-Atlantic Championship will be hosted by Noroton YC in Darien, CT with racing on Saturday October 9th and Sunday October 10th ; Columbus Day weekend. We hope to have the Notice of Race shortly, thanks! |
| 07/20/2010 - 2010 North Americans Final Update | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The RC completed their goal of 14 races for the regatta with 2 races on the final day in a steady seabreeze. Thanks to the Brant Beach YC for hosting this 111 boat event. Congratulations to all; here is the top 10:
All results: http://www.bbyc.net/Results/show.php?rgtID=193
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| 07/10/2010 - Final Results Nationals at California YC Posted |
Great 3 days of racing ... will try to get a more better write up tomorrow, but there are the results! Thanks to our hosts at the California Yacht Club! Winners: Overall 1st Kieran Chung NHYC Ryan Davidson BYC 2nd Jack Ortel AYC Kelly Ortel AYC 3rd Lilly Katz Bellport Bay YC Spencer McDonough 4th Shone Bowman SDYC Tyler MacDonald BYC 5th Holly Tullo LYC Haley Fox http://www.calyachtclub.com/files/10_C420%20NC_Series1thru9Final.pdf |
| 02/16/2010 - 2010 Club 420 Mid-Winters Results |
The US Sailing Center of Martin County, Jensen Beach, Florida, once again were gracious hosts for the Club 420 class for the 2010 Club 420 Mid-Winter Championship Saturday - Monday this past weekend (Feb 13-15). The regatta brought very competitive teams from all around the United States and Canada. Saturday brought 20 Knots+ winds with temperatures in the high 40's and low 50's with three races sailed in the 85 boat fleet. Although temperatures only climbed into the mid 50's on Sunday, it was more comfortable sailing during the 5 races run as the winds were between 8 - 12 knots. Monday’s warm temperatures were ideal for sailing, and although 1 race was started, the winds shifted and then subsided, causing the RC to send in the sailors for the day. Declan Whitmyer & Ian Storck with 23 points took the top honors, with Kieran Chung & Ryan Davidson (39), Jordan Factor & Matthew Wefer (42), Deirdre Lambert & Tracy Doherty (44 and top female), and Luke Lawrence & Nic Muller (44) rounding out the top 5. See final results on our Regatta Info and Results section of the website. |
| 02/03/2010 - New Class Rules |
Effective February 1st there are new class rules now in effect. In our "LIBRARY" section of the home page, under Class Rules, you will find the current class rules. For you convenience, look in the upper right and you can click on a version of the rules with the "red-lined" changes that were made. The process was that we had several discussions over the past year at the board level on possible changes, we brought our manufacturers into the discussions for input, and finally we solicited the membership for their input. Of particular note, you can’t use line to extend the length of forestay. These must be removed or replaced before the Mid-Winters Regatta. Here is how the new rule reads: 4.7 The length of the forestay, including any extensions, which must be metal,, shall prevent one-half of the major dimension fore/aft of the mast from going aft of the mast partners when the jib halyard is released. There are many other changes, so please ensure you read through the changes. Thank you. |
| 01/02/2010 - 2009 Orange Bowl Results Online! | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2009 Orange Bowl was a wonderful event with 180 of our Club 420 Association sailors arriving at Coral Reef YC on Biscayne Bay. Our sailors were again located at the Biscayne Bay YC next door where we are always welcome. Thank you to all the able volunteers who time and time again make this one of the best run, most enjoyable regattas of the year. Weather was friendly to our sailors with race days brining us 2,4,4 and 2 races during the 4 days. Winds showed us light and variable to strong and steady, testing our sailors in all conditions. Congratulations to all our sailors and results are available in the Regatta Info & Results: http://www.club420.org/PAGES/resultsProcess/results.php section of our web site. Below is the top 5 from the regatta - great job everyone!
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| 10/11/2009 - 2009 Club 420 Association Mid-Atlantic Championship Results - Link to Pictures Inside | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sayville Yacht Club on the south shore of Long Island were the gracious hosts of the 2009 Club 420 Association Mid-Atlantic Championships. The Club 420 Association would like to thank all the volunteers for the oustanding job they did in organizing and running the regatta! Saturday brought 5 races that were challenging at all levels as the wind steadily grew throughout the day with the last race steady around 20mph with gusts well above that. Even the most experience racers had their moments as the strong and frequent puffs on the downwind leg and broad reaches toppled a good portion of the fleet. We would like to thank all the coaches and spectators who helped all the sailors in need. We even saw Andy Goetting diving in several times to help his kids get their masts unplugged from the mud! Sunday was a gorgeous, sunny day with winds steady at 8-12 for the 3 races. Click the link below for the entire results, but here is the top 5. Congratulations to Jordan Factor and Matt Wefer for the very consistent and outstanding results. And thanks to all our sailors who sailed this weekend. http://www.club420.org/results/09UL2009MidAtlantics420Championship.htm Link to pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25472030@N03/sets/72157622433573849/
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| 04/07/2009 - Looking for Charters for Events? Sturgis Boatworks and Sail Laser Miami - see inside |
Sturgis Boat Works -Charters available at most major 420 events. -New or like-new condition boats, full service and support. Reservations by Phone, email or Web. 508-778-9187 john@sturgisboatworks.com _____________________________________________________________________ SailLaser Miami Located at the US Sailing Center in Miami featuring a fleet of 12 new 420’s - offering spring and fall training on site. Charters available for the Orange Bowl regatta and other regional events. Contact information: Phone: 305-285-3442 Email: barry.wickre@sail-laser.com |