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ATTENTION : maximum number of boats 500
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NOTICE OF RACE 2008
1. ORGANISATION
La Société Nautique de la Trinité-sur-mer, in partnership with the OUEST-France newspaper, is organising the racing of the Spi Ouest-France from 20th to 24th March 2008, under the aegis of the Fédération Française de Voile.
2 RULES
1. The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the Racing of Sailing 2005-2008 (RRS)
2. FFVoile (Fédération Française de Voile) prescriptions shall apply.
3. Class rules shall apply to all one design series competing.
4. IRC measurement rules shall apply to all other boats.
5. Category C of the Advertising Code (Rule 20 of the ISAF Regulation) shall apply to the Spi Ouest France (except where Category A is made compulsory under class rules).
6. In compliance with Rule 20.3.1.d of the ISAF Advertising Code, the organisation shall provide each boat with a set of signs (stickers, numbered dodger) which must remain visible on the boat throughout racing.
3 ENTRY
1. All boats entering the Spi Ouest-France must be monohulls (minimum LOA " overall length " 23 ft for IRC boats or 21 ft 4 in for one designs). Concerning portable equipment, except the equipment imposed by class rules, or measurement, the equipment of sections 4 and 5 of the RSO for races of category 4 will have to be on board (text RSO on www.ffvoile.net).
2. 6.50m one designs (Open or Mach) wishing to compete shall provide a certificate issued by the organising club confirming their participation in winter training sessions.
3. Boats must belong to a one design class officially recognised by the ISAF and/or the FFVoile (minimum 12 entered) or being rated IRC (minimum TCC score of 0.850).
4. Each boat shall have a crew of at least three members. Crews shall comply with class rules or rating rules. In the IRC category, a boat's crew, including her skipper, must comply with the numbers indicated on the rating certificate.
5. A sail number complying with each measurement rule is compulsory for each boat.
6. All competitors taking part must hold a valid annual sailing permit (2008 bearing medical stamp, or certificate, and with parental consent for minors), RRS 75.
7. Foreign nationals competing on French or foreign boats must hold a document equivalent to the French sailing permit. The amount of third liability insurance cover must be equal to at least 1 ½ million euros. If not, third liability insurance cover may be taken out at a small cost through the club organising the event.
8. The Organising Committee reserves the right to approve or refuse an entry. (RRS 76.1).
4. DISTRIBTUION OF THE FLEET AND THE COURSE
1. The number of boats entered in each category will determine how boats will be divided up over the 3 race areas of the 2008 event (see position and size of race areas on the extract of the chart of Quiberon Bay). Boats may be divided up as follows - subject to amendment :
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Race area A
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Race area B
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Race area C
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One designs LOA
< 26 ft 3 in
(except Open 7.50) ;
IRC 5 and Sport class boats
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One designs LOA
> 26 ft 3 in
(and Open 7.50)
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IRC 1, 2, 3, 4
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Attention : no rankings for series (one design or measurement) where fewer than 12 boats entered.
2. Races will be sailed on windward-leeward, super windward-leeward or coastal courses. Recommended SHOM chart : 7033 (+ 7032 for the Offshore Race)
Racing programme is attached in appendix hereto and forms an integral part of the Notice of Race. A maximum of 10 races have been scheduled. The regatta will be validated if at least two races are sailed and completed.
5. ENTRIES
1.Applications for entry (paragraphs 5 and 6 below)
must be returned to the SNT before 8th March. The SNT will then send a numbered acknowledgement of receipt to each applicant (maximum n° of entries : 500 ).
2. Applications for entries (above the 500 limit) will be put on a waiting list. Skippers will be informed by paper mail that they have been put onto a waiting list and if appropriate, of any withdrawals enabling their boat to be entered.
3. Except in the case of act of God, the sum of 40 euros shall be required for any change in boat compared with the original registration.
4. Until 8th March, a cancellation fee of 40 euros shall be retained by the organisation to cover administration costs (apart from those on the waiting list). Entry fees will not be reimbursed where a cancellation is made after 31st March.
6. CONTENTS OF AN APPLICATION FOR ENTRY
a) minimum in order for your entry to be registered :
- original entry form (no fax or photocopy) duly completed on both sides, (except for the crew list which must be filled in as soon as possible and no later than Thursday 20th March).
- Entry fee in euros (bank account number and direct debit authorisation or cheque drawn on a French bank account only). Applications received without the entry fee shall be rejected de facto.
- 2 postage stamps (standard letter rate) or, for overseas entries, an international payment order for the same amount.
b) to be attached to the application or to be sent as soon as possible and no later than 8th March
- Class membership certificate 2008 for all one designs (a recognised FFVoile and/or ISAF class)
6.50m one designs (Open or Mach) wishing to compete shall provide a certificate confirming their participation in winter training sessions issued by the organising club, failing which they cannot enter.
- IRC rating certificate 2008 for any other boat (and for any one design where fewer than 12 boats are entered). Note - the Organisation Committee will not accept the IRC rating certificates modified after the 8th March 2008 except exemption obtained of its.
- Insurance certificate for the boat
c) No entry will be complete without the following information which must be provided as soon as possible, and in any case, no later than Thursday 20th March :
- 2008 advertising card for sponsored boats
- Cheque in the sum of 50 euros made out to Ouest-France, representing the deposit for the signs (dodger, pennant) displayed by the sail boat throughout the duration of the race.
d) d) Formalities - Thursday 20th March :
- If you have provided us with all of the documents set out above, you greatly facilitate what has to be done on Thursday. The secretary's office will be able to issue you with your sailing instructions, race pennant, stickers, dodger and registration card all the more quickly.
- Otherwise, you will have to complete all the formalities and have all of the information set out in paragraph (c) checked before you can collect all of the items set out above.
7. CONTRIBUTION TO ORGANISATIONAL COSTS
Levels of contribution depend upon boat size (8 euros will be donated to the SNSM lifeboat association)
| under 8 m |
210 € |
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from 11 m to 11.99 m |
345 € |
| from 8 m to 8.99 m |
225 € |
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from 12 m to 12.99 m |
395 € |
| from 9 m to 9.99 m |
265 € |
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13 m and over |
450 € |
| from 10 m to 10.99 m |
300 € |
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8. COMPETITOR LIABILITY
1. The responsibility for a boat's decision to participate in a race or to continue racinq is hers alone (RRS 4).
2. Skippers are personally liable for all damage to property or personal injury affecting their boat or her crew.
3. By participating in a race conducted under these racing rules, each competitor and boat owner agrees to be governed by the rules, to accept the penalties imposed and other action taken under the rules, subject to the appeal and review procedure provided in them, as the final determination of any matter arising under the rules, and with respect to such determination, not to resort to any court or other tribunal not providet in the rules (RRS 3).
4. Further in the event of a harbour Authority so deciding, competitors will be given 24 hours notice by the Race Organisation that they are required to drive out to sea and head for another harbour in the Bay. Once such notice has been received, sufficient crew for the manoeuvre shall remain on board permanently. Once the Race Organisation has required that the manoeuvre has to be carried out, the boats concerned shall get underway and sail to the specific harbour. Any boat failing to comply with such request shall be excluded from the race, without prejudice to any criminal and civil legal action in the event of an accident.
9. SCORING SYSTEM (Appendix A of the RRS)
1. The low-point scoring system set out in article 4 of Appendix 1 shall apply.
2. Overall rankings (article 2 of Appendix 1) shall be worked out by deducting the worst score if 5 races or more are sailed and completed. If no more than 4 races are sailed and completed, all of the races shall be taken into account. |
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