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Danmarks Idræts Forbunds Danmarksmesterskab for International Darge 2010
Royal Danish Yacht Club (KDY) has the honour of inviting you to
2010 Open Danish Dragon Championship
26-29 August 2010
The Organizing Authority for the 2010 Danish Championship is the Danish Dragon Association and Royal Danish Yacht Club (KDY)
Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub
Administrative address:
Tuborg Havnepark 15
DK-2900 Hellerup
Tel: +45 33 14 87 87
Email: kdy@kdy.dk
NOTICE OF RACE
1. RULES
1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing.
1.2 The applying prescriptions of the Scandinavian Sailing Association and the Danish Sailing Association will be incorporated into the sailing instructions.
1.3 Furthermore, the following rules apply:
- The Rules for Danish Championships.
- The crew weight restriction in Class Rule 13.30 shall apply.
1.4 The Rules are changed as follows:
· The preamble to Part 4 will be changed, to state that the obligation to wear personal buoyancy when signal flag Y is displayed not only applies while racing.
· Rules 35, A4 and A5 will be changed to state, that boats failing to finish within 30 minutes after the first boat sails the course and finishes will be scored Did Not Finish.
· Rules 44.1 will be changed so that the Two-Turns Penalty is replaced by the One-Turn Penalty.
· Rule 60.1(a) will be changed to state, that a competitor can not protest another boat or competitor for breaches of specific parts of the sailing instructions.
· Rules 61.3 and 62.2 will be changed to fix the protest time to 90 minutes for competitors, the protest committee as well as the race committee.
· Rule 61.1(b) will be changed so protests by race committee and protest committee will be posted on the official notice board.
· Rule 62.1(a) will be changed so failure to meet the target time will not be grounds for redress.
· Rule 62.2 will be changed to shorten the time limit for a request for redress from a protest committee decision on the last scheduled day racing.
· Rule 66 will be changed to shorten the time limit for reopening protest hearings.
· Rule A4 will be changed by stating, that a boat starting later than 4 minutes after her starting signal will be scored Did Not Start.
The changes will appear in full in the sailing instructions. The sailing instructions may also change other racing rules.
1.5 If there is a conflict between languages the English text will take precedence.
2. ADVERTISING
Boats may be required to display advertising chosen and supplied by the organizing authority.
3. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
3.1 The regatta is open for all International Dragon Class yachts which hold valid Registration / Measurement Certificates.
3.2 Participants must comply with the eligibility prescriptions in the Class Rules and in the Rules for Danish Championships, including:
· all participants must be members of a sailing club under an ISAF-MNA
· all skippers and boat owners must be up to date members of their national Dragon Class Association.
3.3 Eligible boats may enter online at www.kdy.dk together with the required fee to Royal Danish Yacht Club before the closing date for entries, which is August 10th 2010.
3.4 Late entries will be accepted until August 26th 2010 with an additional fee of 30% of the entry fee.
3.5 A boat is not registered until the regatta fee is paid.
4. FEES
4.1 Entry Fees: DKK 1.500,- Late entry: DKK 1.950,-
Fees cover the following per boat: (Reception at Opening Ceremony, After Sailing Beer, Drinks and Barbecue, launching, hauling, dock space and trailer storage).
4.2 Payments can be made by credit card on the online registration or by Bank transfer:
Bank account: IBAN DK48 3000 4140 1310 08
SWIFT-BIC: DABADKKK
Bank name: Danske Bank
Account holder: KDY
5. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
5.1 Date & Time(s) Activity
26 August
13:00 – 19:00 Registration in Race Office and Measurement
19:00 Opening Ceremony - Annual General Meeting after Opening Ceremony
27 August
07:30 – 10:00 Registration in Race Office and Measurement
11:00 - 1st Warning Signal Time – 2 Races are scheduled
19:00 – Barbecue
28 August
11:00 - 1st Warning Signal Time – 3 Races are scheduled
20:00 - Sailors Dinner
29 August
11:00 - 1st Warning Signal Time – 2 Races are scheduled
ASAP after sailing - Closing Ceremony and prize-giving
5.2 All boats shall be afloat before 11:00 hours August 27th .
6. MEASUREMENTS
6.1 Each boat shall produce a valid measurement certificate and present it at registration.
6.2 Yachts may not present any unmeasured sails for registration or for checks of measurements.
6.3 No more than eight sails per yacht may be submitted.A list of the sails to be used must be presented on registration.
6.4 All crews must be weighed on registration in accordance with Class Rule 13.30.
6.5 Organisers reserve the right to conduct measurement checks before, during or after any race.
7. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Preliminary sailing instructions will be available by August 15th 2010 on line at http://www.kdy.dk/
Final sailing instructions will be available at registration.
8. VENUE
8.1 The regatta harbour will be Skovshoved Havn.
8.2 The racing area will be on the waters of Øresund. There will be approximately 2 to 3 nautical miles to the racing area.
9. THE COURSE
The courses to be sailed will be as follows: a windward – leeward configuration with an attemped race duration of 90 minutes.
11. PENALTY SYSTEM
11.1 Rule 44.1 is changed so that the Two-Turns Penalty is replaced by the One-Turn Penalty.
11.2 The Protest Committee will be on the water. Any deviations from this shall not be grounds for a request for redress.
12. SCORING
12.1 There will be up to 7 races sailed, of which 4 are required to be completed to constitute the Danish Championship.
12.2 (a) When fewer than 5 races have been completed, a boat's series score will be the total of her race scores.
(b) When 5 or more races have been completed, at boat's series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score.
13. SUPPORT BOATS
13.1 Support boats, coaches and other support personnel shall be registered at the Race Office within the registration time (see schedule).
13.2 Support boats shall display their national flag or a white flag with their national letters as described in appendix G. Minimum size of the flags is 40 cm x 50 cm. The flags shall be clearly visible on both sides of the boats.
14. BERTHING
Boats shall be kept in their assigned places in the harbour.
15. HAUL-OUT RESTRICTIONS
Keelboats shall not be hauled out during the regatta except with the written permission of the protest committee.
16. DIVING EQUIPMENT AND PLASTIC POOLS
Underwater breathing apparatus and plastic pools or their equivalent shall not be used around keelboats between the preparatory signal of the first race and the end of the regatta.
17. SAFETY
Danish legislation requires every boat to be equipped with personal buoyancy for the number of persons on board at any time.
18 RADIO COMMUNICATION
Except in an emergency, a boat shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor receive radio communications not available to all boats. This restriction also applies to mobile telephones.
19. PRIZES
19.1 The best Danish crew will become the Danish Champion.The championship medals will be awarded to the best three Danish boats.
19.2 Prizes will be awarded on a ratio of one per each five boats.
19.3 If a suitable candidate is found by the board of the Danish Dragon Association, the best preserved Danish Dragon will be awarded "The Ship’s Bell".
19.4 Prize giving will take place soonest possible after racing on the Sunday.
20. MEDIA RIGHTS
The Organizing Authority holds all media rights to any motion pictures, still photographs, live or taped film or video on television and/or other media showing any competitor during the regatta as well as content use in any media for either editorial, press or advertising purposes without compensation.
21. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta.
22. INSURANCE
Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance.
23. FURTHER INFORMATION
For regatta information please visit the following website (www.kdy.dk) or contact :
KDY Managing Director: Morten Lorenzen, cell. +45 20260138 or by e-mail: mlo@kdy.dk
24. CHANGES TO THE NOTICE OF RACE
Any changes to this notice of race will be posted on the official regatta website www.kdy.dk no later than June 1st 2010.
Regatta Chairman: Jan Schlüter
Principal Race Officer: Søren Kristensen
Protest Committee:
Leif Rolsted, Chairman, Lynetten Sejlklub
Niels Chemnitz, KDY
Svend Solgaard Andersen, KDY |