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East Coast 12-Meter Class National Championship
Fleet Races — Match Races
November 2 – 5, 2005
Registered owners or captains of East Coast 12 Meter Class yachts
who are members of American Model Yacht Association (or their appropriate
national authority) are eligible and may participate in this National
Championship Regatta. Eligible competitors may enter the regatta
by completing and returning the official entry form together with
payment for all fees to the address shown on the form.
The regatta is limited to frequency availability, as an exception
to the entry form pages.
The regatta will be held at Walt Disney World, Orlando Florida.
Racing will be on the "World on Hourglass Lake" in the
"Pop Century" Resort.
This National Championship regatta will be conducted under this
Notice of Race, the entry form, the current Racing Rules of Sailing
(RRS), Appendix E of the RRS, the prescriptions of US Sailing, the
rules of AMYA and the EC12 class. In addition the Match racing shall
be conducted using appendix C of the RRS. Specific rule changes
or modifications will be identified in the respective Sailing Instructions.
This notice, Sailing Instructions, specific travel, meal and lodging
information will be mailed to all registered competitors at the
end of the registration period. This information will, in part,
be posted at Race Central on the event website at http://www.floridaec12.com/nationals.html
and revised as needed by the Race Committee. Otherwise, communications
with registered competitors will be by Internet Email.
Registration and measurement of competitor’s hulls and sails
will begin at 9:30 AM, November 2 at Race Central beside the lake.
Practice racing may be available, as permitted by the Race Committee
and Disney property policies at noon on November 2. The regatta
officially begins with match races on November 2. Fleet racing begins
immediately after the skipper's meeting at 8:30 AM November 3.
Courses to be sailed will be announced to the competitors and displayed
on a board located near the starting location.
Fleet racing will utilize the Equal Opportunity Racing System (EORS)
for four (4) heats per race or as deemed necessary by the Race Director.
The scoring will be in accordance with RRS Appendix A using a modified
low point system to recognize the peculiarities of EORS. Specific
details will be in the Sailing Instructions.
Match racing will utilize the elimination system detailed in the
Sailing Instructions. Qualified shore based observers will be utilized
in lieu of on the water umpires for match races.
The protest committees will consist of personnel who are not involved
in the protest. Protests will heard as soon a possible after each
heat is completed.
Suitable trophies and AMYA championship (ACCR) chevrons for both
the fleet and match racing events will be awarded at the conclusion
of the regatta.
The members of the EC 12 Class association, The Florida EC12 Association
and the race committee look forward to your participation.
Notice by:
Rick West, Class Secretary
Dr. Jarl Wathne, Fleet Race Director
David Brawner, Match Race Director
Frank Angel, Scoring and Frequency Manager
Joe Walter, Chairman, Florida EC-12 Association
Kent Farndell, Accommodations Manager
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