Venue
The Cascadia Regatta 2007 will be held at the Jericho Sailing
Centre on English Bay in Vancouver, British Columbia. The event
is organized by the Disabled Sailing Association, Vancouver Chapter,
and the Jericho Sailing Centre.
Rules
The races will be governed in accordance with the International
Sailing Federation, herein referred to as the “ISAF”,
including CYA prescriptions as sailing instructions and the Martin
16 class rules.
Eligibility
Entry is open to all sailors who register by noon July 20th, 2007.
Visiting sailors will be provided storage space on the Jericho
compound for boats and equipment. Jericho Sailing Centre will
not assume liability for any boats or equipment on site.
Schedule
Saturday,
July 21st
9:00 am
Skippers Meeting for all
sailors
Morning sailors on water by 10:00 or 10:30 am
Afternoon sailors on water by 1:00 or 1:30 pm
Sunday,
July 22nd
9:00 am
Skippers meeting for all
sailors
Morning sailors on water by 10:00 or 10:30 am
Afternoon sailors on water by 1:00 or 1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Awards Dinner for all sailors
Classes
All races will be sailed in Martin 16 sloops.
Scoring
The low point scoring system will be used as published in ISAF
appendix A2.2.
Safety
All participants are required to wear an approved PFD when on
the water.
Boat Allocations
Boat allocation will be made by draw.
Course outline will be given out at the skippers
meeting and will then be posted on the notice board.
The Award Ceremony will take place on Sunday,
July 22nd, 2007, at 5:00 pm, at the Jericho Sailing Centre.
Radio Communications
A boat shall neither make nor receive radio transmissions (including
cellular telephone) while racing, except in an emergency to summon
assistance.
Team and Private Support Boats
Team and private support boats are allowed to be in the racing
area until the warming signal for each race. Thereafter, they
shall not be closer than 100 meters to any boat that is racing
(except a boat in distress requiring assistance), mark or rhumb
line of the course, inside the course triangle, or on the right
side of the weather leg lay line.
Should there be a postponement, team and private
support boats may re-enter the racing area and resume communications
until the next warning signal is given.
The penalty for breaking this requirement may
be disqualification of all boats associated with the team or private
support boat or another penalty at the discretion of the international
jury.