July 14-18,
2008
Royal St.
Lawrence Yacht Club
Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
Lightning
Fleet 215
International
Lightning Class Association (ILCA)
1.1 The
regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of
Sailing.
1.2 No
national authority prescriptions will apply.
1.3 Racing
rules 42.3(c), 44.2 and 61.1(c) will be changed. The change to rule 42.3(c)
restricts
pumping, the change to rule 44.2 includes a penalty involving spinnaker
handling,
and the change to rule 61.1(c) sets a time limit. The changes will appear in
full in the
sailing instructions.
1.4 Article
VIII, paragraphs 4 and 5, of the class rules will not apply.
Advertising
chosen by the organizing authority may be required. According to Arti-
cle VIII,
paragraph 2, of the class rules, advertising on sails is not permitted.
3.1 The
regatta is open to boats of the Lightning class whose crew members are all
under
20 years of
age on 31 December 2008. Every national authority is entitled to two
entries;
the host nation Canada is entitled to two additional entries. Additional
entries
will be
accepted on an equal basis up to a total fleet size of 20.
3.2 Each
national class association or national authority shall inform the ILCA office
by
1 May 2008
of the number of boats it intends to enter. The contact data are
International
Lightning Class Association
7625 South
Yampa Street
Centennial,
Colorado 80016
USA
phone +1
303-325-5886, fax +1 303 699 2178, e-mail office@lightningclass.org
Entry forms
are available from the office. The completed form must be returned with
the entry
fee and damage deposit (see below) by 1 June 2008.
Required
fees are as follows:
Entry fee
$100USD (for late entry $130USD)
Damage
deposit $500USD, refundable
Boats will
be provided by the organizing authority. A system of draw will provide
for fair
boat rotation. Competitors shall bring their own sails and personal buoyancy.
6.1
Registration and sail measurement
Monday 14
July, 1000–1700
6.2 Racing
Practice
race
Monday 14
July, warning signal at 1455
Six races
are scheduled, with no more than three races a day. The racing days are
Tuesday 15
July
Wednesday
16 July
Thursday 17
July
Friday 18
July (Reserve Day)
6.3 The
scheduled time of the warning signal for the first race each day is 1055.
Sails will
be measured. A maximum of one mainsail, two jibs and two spinnakers
will be
measured and approved for the regatta.
The sailing
instructions will be available at registration.
Attachment
1 shows the location of the Yacht club and racing area. The Royal St.
Lawrence
Yacht Club is located only minutes away from Pierre Trudeau Interna-
tional
Airport. Lodging will be provided upon request, as well as pick-ups from the
airport. http://www.rstlyc.qc.ca/
The courses
to be sailed will be of the windward-leeward type.
11.1 One
race is required to be completed to constitute a regatta.
11.2 (a)
When fewer than six races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be
the total
of her race scores.
(b) When
six races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of
her race
scores excluding her worst score.
Team leaders, coaches, and other support
personnel shall stay outside the racing area
(defined as
100 meters outside the lay lines of the course including the start area)
from the
start of the first race to the finish of the last race of the regatta unless
otherwise
designated in the Sailing Instructions. Individual competitors may not use
support
boats at any time during the regatta unless such support is available to all
competitors
or is authorized by the organizing authority. The penalty for failure to
comply with
any of these requirements may be disqualification of all yachts
associated
with the infringing support personnel. The organizing authority may des-
ignate a
coach or coaches who will be present during the event including on-water.
Equal
support to all competitors will be provided during non-racing times. Coach-
ing on an
equal basis to all competitors shall be limited to dry land whether before,
during or
after the days racing.
Prizes will
be given as follows: perpetual trophy for the International Lightning Class
Youth World
Champion, championship medals for the first three places, trophies for
the first
five places, prizes to winners of each race.
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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.
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FURTHER INFORMATION
For further
information please contact
Jamie Allan
allanjamie@hotmail.com
(001)
514-258-2849
or ILCA
(see paragraph 3.2).