With the support of our generous sponsors including
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Bay Access, Inc.
proudly presents
20th Annual HARVEST MOON
REGATTA
Notice of Race
(As Modified Sept. 11, 2006 )
October 5 - 7, 2006
Location: Galveston, Texas
to Port Aransas, Texas
Organizing Authority:
Lakewood Yacht Club
Sponsor: Bay Access, Inc.
The
regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing
(RRS).
The regatta is a Category 3 (no life raft required) event as defined by International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Special Regulations found on the USSAILING.ORG Web site. Failure to meet a Category 3 requirement is not subject to protest by another boat; this modifies RRS 60.1.
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Category 3 requirement 3.14.6(a) is modified to allow vinyl or other coating on the lifelines provided any stained coating is removed to establish that the lifelines have not corroded. Competitors are advised to exercise special care to insure that any coated life lines have been tested prior to racing, as evidence of corrosion is not always visible.
RRS 60.1 will be modified to eliminate a boat’s ability to enforce “luffing” rights between sunset to sunrise.
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The
rules will be modified to allow immediate disqualification of any competitor
interfering with commercial traffic.
Competitors
are reminded that, under the preamble of Part 2, when a boat sailing under the
rules meets a vessel that is not, the rules require that she comply with the
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (IRPCAS) or government
right-of-way rules.
All
modifications to the rules will appear in full in the Sailing Instructions
(SI)
As a courtesy to our valued sponsors, no advertising may be displayed in the Port Aransas marinas without prior written permission of the Race Committee. Generic class flags or manufacturer’s flags, not personalized with a particular boat’s name or logo dominant, are considered advertising and shall not be displayed. This rule applies from the time a boat checks in to race until the boat leaves Port Aransas to return to her home port.
Unless
racing in the Short-handed Offshore Sailors of Texas class, mono-hulls shall
have a minimum crew of four capable sailors.
Entry
is not complete until the Organizing Authority receives a signed waiver and
release from each skipper and crew member. All waivers shall be turned in at registration at the Skipper’s Meeting. In the event of a crew member substitution
after the Skipper’s Meeting, the new crew member must provide a signed waiver
of liability prior to racing for that boat’s entry to remain valid.
Each
boat entering an ORC Club fleet shall provide a copy of her current ORC Club
certificate or current IMS certificate. Boats may obtain ORC Club ratings by contacting the ORC Club Fleet Administrator
at atodaro@sbcglobal.net. Each boat
entering the PHRF Spinnaker fleet shall provide a copy of her current PHRF-GB
certificate. Rating
certificates may be hand delivered to the Lakewood Yacht Club clubhouse office,
mailed to the attention of the HMR Race Committee at Lakewood Yacht Club, 2425
NASA Rd. One, Seabrook, Texas 77586, or sent via facsimile to
281-474-3502. Rating certificates must
be received prior to the entry deadline unless special arrangements are made
with the Race Committee Chair.
Multi-hulls
will be assigned ratings by the Texas Offshore Multihull Association.
Boats
entering a Cruising fleet, either
“Cruising Non-Spinnaker” or “Cruising with Spinnaker,” shall provide all required
handicapping information and will be assigned ratings by the Race Committee
based on the boat’s PHRF-GB handicap if any; or on information from PHRF-GB
sister ship ratings, IMS sister ship ratings and the latest National PHRF book. Boats who fail to provide all required data by the entry deadline will have
no grounds to question their assigned ratings.
Boats entering the Short-handed
Offshore Sailors of Texas (“SOS-TEX”) class must be skippered by a current
member of SOS-Tex whose offshore sailing experience meets all requirements set
by the SOS-Tex fleet captain.
The
Entry Fee is $110. US SAILING members
receive an $11 discount. After
September 17, a $50 late entry fee will be added
| Captains’ Roundtable | Saturday, Sept 9 | 9:00 AM | |
| Entry Deadline | Sunday, Sept 17 | 5:00 PM | |
| Late Entry Cutoff | Sunday, Sept 24 | 5:00 PM | |
| Skipper’s Meeting | Friday, Sept 29 | 7:00 PM | |
| First Start –Galveston | Thursday, Oct 5 | 2:00 PM | |
| Salty Sailor Party | Friday, Oct 6 | 7:00 PM | |
| Finish Deadline | Saturday, Oct 7 | 1:00 PM | |
| Welcome Sailor Rum Party | Saturday, Oct 7 | 4:30 PM | |
| Awards & Banquet | Saturday, Oct 7 | 5:30 PM | |
| Rum Mary Party | Sunday, Oct 8 | 9:00 AM | |
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The
Sailing Instructions and the Harvest Moon Regatta Web site at
www.harvestmoonregatta.com will contain additional information regarding the
marina facilities.
The race will start at Galveston, Texas. Boats will race to Port Aransas, Texas,
leaving the Freeport outer buoy (RW “FP” Mo (A) WHIS), the Matagorda outer buoy
(RW “MB” Mo (A) WHIS), and the Aransas Pass Ship Channel buoy (R”6” Fl R 4s
BELL) to starboard. The race will
finish inside the jetties at Port Aransas, Texas. The approximate course length is 150 miles.
The
ORC Club spinnaker fleet will use performance line OFFSHORE scoring. The ORC Club non spinnaker fleet will use
performance line circular random scoring. Information on ORC Club handicapping, and performance line scoring, can
be found on the Offshore Racing Congress Web site at http://orc.org/index.php?id=85. All other fleets will be scored based on time-on-distance
scoring unless class rules require another method of scoring.
The Port Aransas
City Marina will be the primary regatta facility, with dockage on a first come,
first served basis. Boats docking at City Marina may be required to raft up.
Docking will also be available at Island Moorings Marina where slip
reservations will be taken. Docking
information will be updated when available on the regatta Web site: www.harvestmoonregatta.com.
VHF
radios will be required and will be used extensively. In addition, each boat will be required to carry a cell
phone.
Divisions: Trophies will be awarded to the first four places in each division with
at least eight boats.
Fleets: The Bacardi Cup will be awarded to the first place boat in the ORC Spinnaker
Fleet. The Cameron Cannon will be
awarded to the first place boat in the Cruising Non-Spinnaker Fleet. The
Commodore’s Trophy will be awarded to the first place boat in the Cruising with
Spinnaker Fleet.
First to finish: The Bill Hall Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the first
mono-hull to sail the course and finish the race. The Mayor’s Trophy will be awarded to the first multi-hull to
sail the course and finish the race.
Manufacturer’s Trophies: Trophies will be awarded, based on PHRF lowest corrected time for boats manufactured by
the following:
| Catalina | Pacific Seacraft | C&C | |
| Beneteau | Hunter | Caliber | |
| Tartan | Pearson | Corsair | |
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For purposes of comparing boats racing with spinnakers to boats racing without spinnakers, twelve seconds per mile (or 30 minutes over the course of the 150 mile race) will be added to the PHRF corrected time for each boat racing in a spinnaker fleet. Any ORC Club boat competing for a manufacturer’s trophy that does not have a current PHRF-GB rating will be assigned a rating using the same procedure used to handicap LYC cruising class boats.
All-Women Crew: The Luna Trophy will be awarded, based on lowest corrected
time, to an all-women crew in the Cruising Non-Spinnaker Fleet.
Sailing
is an activity that has an inherent risk of damage and injury. Competitors in
this event are participating entirely at their own risk. See RRS 4,
Decision to Race. The Race Organizers
(including Lakewood Yacht Club, Bay Access, Inc., the Race Committee, the Harvest
Moon Regatta Committee, the sponsors of the Harvest Moon Regatta, the Protest
Committee, and/or their respective members, officers, board of directors, staff
or representatives) will not be responsible for damage to any boat or other
property or the injury to any competitor, including death, sustained as a
result of participation in this event, regardless of the fact that such damage
may be, in whole or in part, due to negligence. By participating in this event, each competitor agrees to release the Race
Organizers from any and all liability associated with such competitor’s
participation in this event to the fullest extent permitted by law, whether
caused in whole or in part by negligence. Neither the adoption of
Category 3 requirements, their use and modification by the Organizing
Authority, nor the inspection of a boat in any way reduces the complete and
unlimited responsibility of the skipper. It is the sole and exclusive
responsibility of the skipper and crew of a boat to decide whether or not to
start or continue in a sailing event.
Each
participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance
with a minimum coverage of $300,000 per event or the equivalent.
For and in
consideration of participation in the regatta, each of the boat’s skipper(s),
owner(s), charterer(s), and crew extend to Lakewood Yacht Club and Bay Access,
Inc. and their personnel the right to reproduce and use for any purpose, in
their sole discretion, any photographs, drawings, and other pictorial
representation of any persons racing on that boat.
Until the start of the race, the Official Notice Board
will be online at www.harvestmoonregatta.com. Amendments
to the Notice of Race or to the Sailing Instructions will be posted there, and
will also be made available at the Lakewood Yacht Club office. After the race
start, the Official Notice Board will be located in the City Marina pavilion in
Port Aransas, Texas.
Race
Committee Chair
Andrea Todaro, (281) 658-3610
atodaro@sbcglobal.net
Harvest Moon
Regatta Co-Chairs
Joyce Maxwell (281) 658-5806
Darold Maxwell (281) 772-8347
Lakewood Yacht Club
(281) 474-2511
With sincere appreciation to our generous race
sponsors including:
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