The Chatterley’s Catering

VON KLEMPERER SERIES 2004

NOTICE OF RACE

Notice is hereby given that the above sailing event is scheduled to take place as detailed in this Notice of Race. Entries are invited in

terms of this Notice.

DATES

The sailing event is structured as a Series with the dates starting in MAY 2004 and ending in JUNE 2004, as detailed in Race Schedule.

VENUE

Midmar Dam, Howick, KZN

ORGANISING AUTHORITY

Henley Midmar Yacht Club.

CLASSES

This sailing event is open to all Keelboat Classes.

RULES

The series will be governed by;

The “rules” as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) for 2001 – 2004 of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), subject to the changes made in terms of this notice.

The class rules of the competing classes, subject to the changes made in terms of this notice.

This Notice of Race

The Sailing Instructions for this series, and any amendments thereof.

ADVERTISING

Category C will apply in terms of the ISAF advertising code RRS Section II Appendix 1 Regulation 20.

ELIGIBILITY

The Helm shall be a member in good standing of any SAS affiliated Club.

CLASS CATEGORIES & AWARDS

The following categories will be applied to yachts where helm and/or crew comply with the stated category criteria before the close of entries.

Categories	Criteria	Award
Youth	Both Helm and Crew under age 18 on 1^st Dec 2004	To be announced
Adult & Youth	Where Adult is over 25 years on 1^st Dec 2004, and Youth under 18 on 1^st Dec 2004	To be announced
Female	Both Helm and Crew are female, of any age.	To be announced
Husband & Wife Team	Where Helm and Crew are married to each other, or have been in a relationship for more than 12 months as of 31 Dec 2003.	To be announced
Top Skipper	That Skipper who, in the judgement of the Race Committee, has achieved the most with his or her boat, crew and available resources.	To be announced
Top Crew	That Crew who, in the judgement of the Race Committee, has progressed the most during the Series	To be announced
Most Improved	The Boat (helm and crew) who have shown the best improvement through the Series	To be announced
Veteran	Best placed Veteran Team where both helm and crew are over the age of 60 years as of 31 Dec 2003	To be announced
Cruising Class	Best Placed Cruising Class Yacht	To be announced
1^st Hunter	1^st Placed Hunter on Scratch	Wall Plaque
1^st Open Class	1^st placed Yacht based on Boat Handicap only, in the Open Class, where the Open Class consists of any class fielding less than 4 yachts of one design type.	To be announced
1^st to 3^rd Handicap	1^st, 2^nd , 3^rd positions based on Skipper and Boat Handicaps.	To be announced
Line Honours	1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd positions based on scratch results.	To be announced

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ENTRIES

Entry forms shall be completed for each respective sailing day/date, as provided by the Class. Entry fees shall apply, being a total of R10.00 per entry per day’s sailing.

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

Sailing Instructions shall be provided and shall apply.

SCHEDULE OF RACES

Each sailing day shall consist of one scheduled race.

The Warning Signal for the first race each day, shall not be sounded before 13h00 .

A maximum of 30 races are scheduled for the Series.

Where a Race is abandoned on any race day, this race may be sailed later on the same date, at the discretion of the Race Chairman, or rescheduled to be sailed on the next scheduled sailing day, with the warning signal for such a race being sounded not before 11h00.

DATE	Start Not Before	Event
SAT 15	13H00	VON KLEMPERER RACE 1
SAT 22	13H00	VON KLEMPERER RACE 2
SAT 29	13H00	VON KLEMPERER RACE 3
SAT 5 June	13H00	VON KLEMPERER RACE 4
SAT 12 June	13H00	VON KLEMPERER RACE 5

RACING AREA & COURSES

Racing is Midmar Dam. Howick.

The courses to be sailed, shall be medium distance around fixed HMYC marks, and will be explained at each Briefing.

BRIEFINGS

There shall be a compulsory briefing each sailing day, scheduled for 12h00, except in the case of a previously abandoned race being resailed at a later date in which case the briefing shall be scheduled for 10h00. All entries shall be present at the Briefing and shall sign the attendance register. Failure to attend or/ and sign the attendance register, shall result in an immediate time penalty of 5% being applied to that entry’s finishing time for the first race sailed thereafter.

BRIDGE DUTIES

Where a boat can not sail a race due to it’s helm or crew having to be on Bridge duty as per Calendar, then that entry shall be awarded points equal to their BEST result over the course of the Series. Therefore, the points allocated at the time of Duty, may change by the end of the series, if a better result is subsequently achieved.

Where applicable, if a boat’s representative fails to serve their Bridge Duty as defined in the Grand Slam Calendar, that entry shall score a DSQ for each respective race sailed on the Race Day the Boat’s representative was elected to stand Bridge Duty, to a maximum of two DSQ’s. [a DSQ score is not discardable].

SCORING SYSTEM

The low point scoring system, RRS A4 will apply for LINE HONOURS, and the Von Klemperer Series Handicap System shall apply for HANDICAP RESULTS.

1. When 4 races or fewer have been completed, a boats series score will be the total of her race scores.
2. When 5 races have been completed, a boats series score will be the total of her race.

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HANDICAP SYSTEM

The Von Klemperer Series Handicap System is based on;

Ø Hunter’s being rated as the Scratch Boat rating [rated 0]

Ø Skipper’s ability, based on previous results and updated every race completed.

Ø Ratings – Skippers are awarded rating factors from 0 to a maximum of 20. With 0 being scratch, and 20 being the maximum. The rating signifies the minutes, based on 100 minutes of sailing, a skipper is afforded in handicap, over a scratch skipper.

Handicaps will be posted on the NOTICE BOARD prior to each race event. Skippers who feel their Handicaps are inaccurate, may apply to the Race Committee for a re-evaluation, subject to them applying in writing and giving meaningful motivation, and subject to such being lodged with the Race Committee no later than the end of each respective Protest Period after each race event. The Race Committee’s decision shall be final and no correspondence thereafter shall be entered into.

PRIZES & AWARDS

Prizes and awards will be presented at the prize giving which will follow as soon as possible after the last race in the SERIES.

Categories	Criteria	Award
Youth	Both Helm and Crew under age 18 on 1^st Dec 2004	To be announced
Adult & Youth	Where Adult is over 25 years on 1^st Dec 2004, and Youth under 18 on 1^st Dec 2004	To be announced
Female	Both Helm and Crew are female, of any age.	To be announced
Husband & Wife Team	Where Helm and Crew are married to each other, or have been in a relationship for more than 12 months as of 31 Dec 2003.	To be announced
Top Skipper	That Skipper who, in the judgement of the Race Committee, has achieved the most with his or her boat, crew and available resources.	To be announced
Top Crew	That Crew who, in the judgement of the Race Committee, has progressed the most during the Series	To be announced
Most Improved	The Boat (helm and crew) who have shown the best improvement through the Series	To be announced
Veteran	Best placed Veteran Team where both helm and crew are over the age of 60 years as of 31 Dec 2003	To be announced
Cruising Class	Best Placed Cruising Class Yacht	To be announced
1^st Hunter	1^st Placed Hunter on Scratch	Wall Plaque
1^st Open Class	1^st placed Yacht based on Boat Handicap only, in the Open Class, where the Open Class consists of any class fielding less than 4 yachts of one design type.	To be announced
1^st to 3^rd Handicap	1^st, 2^nd , 3^rd positions based on Skipper and Boat Handicaps.	To be announced
Line Honours	1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd positions based on scratch results.	To be announced

Other awards will be awarded as follows in accordance with the stated criteria,

Other prizes may be awarded at the discretion of the Race Committee.

DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

Competitors participate in this regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to race.

The Organising Authority including all persons, organisations and their agents concerned with conduct of the regatta 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.

GENERAL INFORMATION – not included in the Notice of Race

After each Race, participants and their families are encouraged to gather at the Club Pub where the Sponsors shall provide a Hot Snack or Meal, details of which will be advertised prior to each Race Day.

Also, RESULTS shall be computed directly after every Race, and therefore we encourage participants to be present when these are announced.

Further, Race Entry fees have been increased to R10 per Boat Entry, per Boat. R5 of this goes, as usual, to the Club’s costs such as fuel etc. The balance shall be paid to the Bridge Officer on duty to cover their personal Fuel and Gate entry costs.