2009 HOST CLUBS & DATES

Harken Challenge #1
California Yacht Club
4469 Admiralty Way
Marina del Ray, CA 90292
Phone: 310-823-4567
Fax: 310-822-3658
March 7th and 8th

Harken Challenge #2
San Francisco Yacht Club
98 Beach Road
Belvedere, CA 94920
Phone: 415-435-9133 Main Clubhouse
April 18th and 19th

Harken Challenge #3
Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club
211 West 22nd Street
San Pedro, CA 90731
May 23th and 24th

Harken Challenge #4
St. Francis Yacht Club
On the Marina
San Francisco, CA 94123
Phone: 415-563-6363
Fax: 415-563-8670
June 20th and 21th

ELIGIBILITY, ENTRY, ENTRY FEE & AWARDS
Each participant shall not have turned 16 years of age during the year of competition and shall be a member of the United States Optimist Dinghy Association.


Trophies for first, second, third, and overall (series), as well as, first, second and third in Red, Blue and White Fleet, will be donated by Harken and presented upon completion of the series.


CLASS MEMBERSHIP
Skippers must be a member in good standing of USODA.  Membership can be obtained on the USODA website at www.USODA.ORG .  Click on “Membership”.  Class membership is $29 if completed on-line, $35 if done by standard US Mail.  Send or present proof of Class membership with your entry form such as a copy of the on-line USODA Class Membership payment receipt, or the e-mail USODA Class membership confirmation.

RULES
Each regatta will be governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing, the prescriptions of US SAILING, the USODA Class Rules; this Notice of Race and the Sailing Instructions issued by each club, except in the event that any of these are modified by Sailing Instructions and the appendices to the Sailing Instructions.

SCORING
The Low-Point Scoring System will apply with 15 or more races scheduled. A DNC will be based on the total number of entries in the series. A DNF, DSQ and DNS will be based on the total number of Harken Series starters in each individual regatta.

Throw out races will be incorporated into the series scoring with the following formulas:

There will be one throw out for every six races scored.

Sail number changes must be reported to the Harken series chairman, Doug Cefali, or Co-Chairs Carrie Dair, and Alfonso Sosa Cordero, and reported to the race committee before the first race each day.

more INFORMATION
For more information regarding the Harken Series contact:

Doug Cefali, Harken Series Chairman.  E-mail:  Cefali@gmail.com
Carrie Dair, So-Cal Series Co-Chair. E-mail: Carrydair@aol.com
Alfonso Sosa Cordero, Nor-Cal Co-Chair. E-mail: corsomarine@sbcglobal.net

For more information contact each host club sailing:

California Yacht Club: Carry Dair (310) 822-1908 carrydair@aol.com
San Francisco Yacht Club: Forrest Gay (415) 435-9525 youth@sfyc.org
St. Francis Yacht Club: John Craig (415) 820-3729 junior@stfyc.com