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Northern California Winter Opti Series

 Northern California Winter Opti Series

2008-2009

Notice of Series

 

 

1. Regatta Dates and Hosts: 

 

#1  October 4-5, 2008 @ SFYC

#2  December 13-14, 2008 @ StFYC

#3  February 21-22, 2009 @ EYC

#4  April 18-19, 2009 @ SFYC

 

2. Eligibility, Entry & Entry Fee

 

2.1 Each participant shall be under 16 years of age during the entire series and must be a member or participant in a California Youth Sailing Program. 

2.2 Entries for the 2008-2009 Series must be filed with the Series Chairman along with entry fee for the series.  An entry with each individual host club must also be completed for each individual Regatta in accordance with the Notice of Race for each event.

2.2.1 A participant may enter the 2008-2009 Series at the first or second scheduled

Regatta but no later than the start of the first race of the second Regatta.  Participants may enter any Regatta after the first two but will not be scored for the Series.  There will be a $10.00 Series entry fee payable to BAYS.

 

3. Rules

 

3.1 Each Regatta will be governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing, the prescriptions of US Sailing, the USODA Class Rules, this Notice of Series and Sailing Instructions issued by each Host venue. 

3.2 Decisions of the jury or protest committee are final.

 

4. Scoring

 

4.1 The Low Point Scoring System, rule A2, will apply with 20 or more races scheduled. A “Did Not Compete” (DNC) is defined as not registering for a Regatta and shall be scored the number of entries in the Series plus one.  A “Did Not Finish” (DNF), “Disqualified” (DSQ) and “Did Not Start” (DNS) will be based on the total number of Series starters in each individual Regatta.

4.1.1 Series scoring shall be based on the official results of each race tabulated only against other Series entrants.

4.2 Throwout races will be incorporated into the Series scoring with the following formulas:

If 16-20 races are completed, there will be 1 throwout.

If 21-25 races are completed, there will be 2 throwouts.

If 26-30 races are completed, there will be 3 throwouts.

If 30 or more races are completed, there will be 4 throwouts.

4.3 Sail number changes in any regatta must be reported to and approved by the Series Chairman (or representative) and reported to the race committee prior to the skippers meeting for that Regatta for those races to be scored in the Series.

 

5. Information:

 

For more information contact each Regatta Host:

SFYC – youth@sfyc.org

StFYC - junior@stfyc.com

EYC - juniors@encinal.org

 

 

Or the Series Chair:

Doug Cefali - cefali@gmail.com

 

 

September 2008 thru August 2009 BAYS, NORCAL & PCISA Sailing Calendar
Date Regatta Boats Location Link(s)
September, 2008
1 Holiday - Labor Day
6-7 West Marine Fun Regatta Opti/FJ/420/29er/Laser Santa Cruz Yacht Club www.scyc.org
13-14 NorCal #1 / Tuleburg Regatta cFJ Stockton Sailing Club www.stocktonsc.org
20-21 Richmond Totally Dinghy Regatta
& BAYS Winter Laser Series #1)
All classes with 5+ boats (Laser/Radial/4.7) Richmond YC www.richmondyc.org
27-28 Cressy Elims Laser Full/Radial Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club www.cbyc.org
October, 2008
4-5 BAYS Winter Opti Series #1 Opti R/B/W San Francisco Yacht Club www.sfyc.org
11-12 PCISA #1 / Sea Otter Regata cFJ Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club www.pcisa.org
13 Holiday - Columbus Day
17-19 Cressy Championship Laser Full/Radial Ithaca, NY www.highschoolsailingusa.org
18 open      
19 NorCal #2 / Pumpkin Regatta cFJ Encinal Yacht Club www.encinal.org
25-26 StFYC Fall Dinghy Regatta Laser(all), Finn,v15,29er St Francis Yacht Club www.stfyc.com
BAYS Winter c420 Series #1 c420 San Francisco Yacht Club www.sfyc.org
Cressy Championship Laser Full/Radial Ithaca, NY www.highschoolsailingusa.org
November, 2008
1 open      
2 NorCal Team Race #1 cFJ Sequoia Yacht Club www.pysf.us
8 open      
9 NorCal #3 / Appleton Regatta cFJ San Francisco Yacht Club www.sfyc.org
10 Holiday - Veterans Day
15-16 NorCal#4 / Big Game Regatta cFJ Sequoia Yacht Club www.pysf.us
22-23 BAYS Winter Laser Series #2 Laser/Radial/4.7 Treasure Island Sailing Center www.tisailing.org
27 Holiday - Thanksgiving
29-30 open      
December, 2008
6-7        
7 Richmond Winter Dinghy Series #1 All Major Classes Richmond YC www.richmondyc.org
13-14 PCISA #2 / Anteater Regatta cFJ Newport Harbor YC www.pcisa.org
BAYS Winter Opti Series #2 Opti R/B/W St Francis Yacht Club www.stfyc.com
20-21 BAYS Winter c420 Series #2 c420 San Francisco Yacht Club www.sfyc.org
25 Holiday - Christmas
27-28        
27-30 Orange Bowl International Youth Regatta All Major Classes Coral Reef YC (FLA) www.coralreefyachtclub.org
January, 2009
3-4 PCISA #3/Rose Bowl FJ Alamitos Bay Yacht Club www.abyc.org
4 Richmond Winter Dinghy Series #1 All Major Classes Richmond YC www.richmondyc.org
10-11 open      
17 NorCal #5 / Little Daddy Regatta cFJ Richmond YC www.richmondyc.org
24-25 open      
31-1 NorCal #6 / Keelhauler Regatta cFJ Cal Maritime www.csum.edu
February, 2009
31-1 NorCal #6, continued… FJ Cal Maritime www.csum.edu
7-8 BAYS Winter c420 Series #3 c420 Richmond YC www.richmondyc.org
8 Richmond Winter Dinghy Series #3 All Major Classes Richmond YC www.richmondyc.org
14 open      
15 NorCal Team Race #2 FJ Encinal Yacht Club www.encinal.org
16 President's Day
21-22 PCISA #4 / Cardinal Regatta FJ Stanford University www.pcisa.org
BAYS Winter Opti Series #3 Opti R/B/W Encinal Yacht Club www.encinal.org
28-1        
March, 2009
7 NorCal Team Race #3 FJ Sequoia Yacht Club www.pysf.us
8 Richmond Winter Dinghy Series #4 All Major Classes Richmond YC www.richmondyc.org
7-8 Harken Series #1 Opti California YC  
14-15 StFYC Spring Dinghy Regatta
(& BAYS Winter Laser Series #3)
Laser(all), Finn,v15,29er St Francis Yacht Club www.stfyc.com
21-22 PCISA #5 Gaucho Regatta FJ Santa Barbara Yacht Club www.pcisa.org
28-29 NorCal #7/NorCal Championships cFJ StFYC www.stfyc.com
April, 2009
4-7 CISA Clinic Laser, FJ, 420 Alamitos Bay Yacht Club www.abyc.org
11 BAYS Winter c420 Series #4 (1 day) c420 San Francisco Yacht Club www.sfyc.org
18-19 Gold PCC's cFJ SoCal  
Silver PCC's cFJ RYC www.richmondyc.org
Harken Series #2 (& BAYS Winter Opti Series #4) Opti San Francisco Yacht Club www.sfyc.org
25-26 Baker Eliminations cFJ Sequoia Yacht Club www.pcisa.org
30-3 USODA Team Trials Opti Noroton YC, Darien CT  
May, 2009
30-3 USODA Team Trials Opti Noroton YC, Darien CT  
2-3 Elvstrom Zellerbach 29er,Finn, Lsr (F/R),Formula StFYC www.stfyc.com
9-10 Mallory Trophy c420 South Atlantic District  
16-17 BAYS #1 All Major Classes Sequoia Yacht Club www.pysf.us
22-24 Baker Trophy 420 Sequoia YC, Redwood City www.pcisa.org
23-24 Harken Series #3 Opti    
25 Holiday - Memorial Day
30-31 open      
June, 2009
4-5 open      
13-14 open      
20-21 BAYS #2 (& Junior Olympics) All Major Classes Treasure Island Sailing Center www.tisailing.org
20-21 Harken Series #4 Opti    
27-28 StFYC Opti Heavy Weather Regatta Opti StFYC  
July, 2009
4 Holiday - Independence Day
5-10 Ida Lewis Trophy c420 Hampton YC (VA)  
11-12        
18-19 BAYS #3 (Bemis/Smythe Qualifiers) All Major Classes Encinal Yacht Club www.encinal.org
19-24 Leiter Cup Laser Radial Westhampton YV (NY)  
23-26 USODA Nationals Opti Cabrillo Beach YC  
25-26 Junior Olympics All Major Classes PYSF  
August, 2009
1-2        
8-9 Leiter Cup Laser Radial Mactawa Yacht Club  
8-12 Sears/Bemis/Smythe Championships Lightning/420/Laser Marblehead, Mass.  
15-16 BAYS #4 All Major Classes San Francisco Yacht Club www.sfyc.org
22-23        
29-30        
September, 2009
5-6 BAYS #5 All Major Classes Richmond YC www.richmondyc.org
7 Holiday - Labor Day
12-13 West Marine Fun Regatta Opti/FJ/420/29er/Laser Santa Cruz Yacht Club  
"Event" Color Coding
  • High School Regattas (NorCal & PCISA)
  • Bay Area Jr. Regattas (BAYS, JOs, etc)
  • National & Regional Junior Regattas