Saturday 3rd August 2024 & Sunday 4th August 2024

*NOTE: Sailing Instructions Updated 25/07/2024 – changes in RED.

NOTICE OF RACE

1. ORGANISING AUTHORITY

Carlingford Lough Yacht Club (CLYC) will be the Organising Authority for this regatta.

2. RULES 

Racing will be governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS).

3. ELIGIBILITY

Racing will be open to all pre-Registered boats. Please note that all boats must have:

1. a current ECHO Certificate, available from: racing@sailing.ie to be eligible for ECHO entry

and

2. a current YTC Certificate, available free of charge from: https://www.swytc.org.uk/applications.asp to be eligible for YTC entry.

4. REGISTRATION

The Entry Form is available on the CLYC website.

The Registration Fee is £26/€30 for Local boats and £40/€46 for Visiting boats. Eligible skippers shall have pre-Registered at least 3 days in advance.

By Registering, they will have agreed:

a. to be bound by the Racing Rules of Sailing, and the Sailing Instructions, and declared

b. that they have valid insurance to participate in the racing of not less than ϵ3,000,000 or the sterling equivalent.

5. SCHEDULE

The Warning Signal for the first race will be at 1255 on Saturday and Sunday.

There will be up to 4 races back to back on Saturday, and up to 2 races back-to-back on Sunday. The discard pattern will be 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2.

6. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

The Moneley Oyster Pearl Sailing Instructions 2024, which have been published on the CLYC web site, change the following rules of the RRS:

RRS 26. Starting Races;

RRS 35. Time limit and scores;

RRS 61.3. Protest time limit;

RRS 62.2. Redress;

A4. Low point system.

7. COURSES

Racing course details will be announced by the Race Officer before each race.

8. SCORING

The Dual Scoring system featuring ECHO and RYA YTC will be used. Boats are required to have either current ECHO or current YTC certificates.

9. PRIZES

The Moneley Oyster Pearl Trophy will be awarded to the winner on RYA YTC.

There will also be a prize for the winner on ECHO. If the same boat ranks first in both YTC and ECHO, the ECHO prize will go to the runner up.

10. RISK STATEMENT & RESPONSIBILITY 

RRS 4 states: “The responsibility for a boat’s decision to participate in a race or to continue racing is hers alone.” Sailing is by its nature an unpredictable sport and therefore involves an element of risk. By Registering in any of the events covered by this notice of race, each competitor agrees and acknowledges that:

a. They are aware of the inherent element of risk involved in the sport and accept responsibility for the exposure of themselves, their crew and their boat to such inherent risk whilst taking part in the events;

b. They are responsible for the safety of themselves, their crew, their boat and their other property whether afloat or ashore;

c. They accept responsibility for any injury, damage or loss to the extent caused by their own actions or omissions;

d. Their boat is in good order, equipped to sail in the event and they are fit to participate;

e. The provision of a race management team, patrol boats, umpires and other officials and volunteers by the organiser does not relieve them of their own responsibilities;

f. The provision of patrol boat cover, if any, is limited to such assistance, particularly in extreme weather conditions, as can be practically provided in the circumstances;

g. It is the skippers’ responsibility to ensure that their equipment is in compliance with their rating certificates.

11. DOCUMENTS

The above mentioned documents and other relevant information can be found on via the links below: