Nyack Boat Club Sonar Fleet # Tappan Zee Challenge May15-16, 2010 Nyack, NY NOTICE OF RACE

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1 Tappan Zee 1. Rules: Challenge Nyack Boat Club Sonar Fleet # Tappan Zee Challenge May15-16, 2010 Nyack, NY NOTICE OF RACE 1.1. The Organizing Authorities and hosts are Nyack Boat Club and Sonar Fleet #23. ( The regatta is a Sonar Class Association sanctioned event The regatta will be governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing. 1.4 All boats shall be afloat on Saturday, May 15 by 1100 and shall not be hauled during the regatta except with the prior approval of the Organizing Authority. 2. Eligibility & Entry: 2.1. The event is open to all competitors who meet the Sonar Class Association eligibility requirements (Article 12.00) The entry form may be mailed or ed to Michael mrleinweber@hotmail.com Leinweber Ph: Address for form and check Michael Leinweber 27 East 10th Street Brooklyn, NY Fees: 3.1. The entry fee is $175 per boat. The entry fee covers trophies, two (2) days of racing, dinner/party social events on Saturday and Sunday for four (4) persons, t-shirts, and applicable taxes Entries received after April 30, 2010, will be charged a $25 late fee. 4. Schedule: Saturday May 15 Registration: Skippers Meeting: 1100 First Warning Signal: of 8

2 Sunday May 16 First Warning Signal: 1000 Trophy Presentation 1500 * See the Launching & Mooring section below for information on launch&haul times/tides. 5. Sailing Instructions: The Sailing Instructions will be available at Registration. 6. Measurement: Boats may be checked for compliance with Class Rules at random and without notice. All sails not previously measured at a Class sanctioned event may be measured. 7. Racing Area: The racing area will be the in the Hudson River, north of the Tappan Zee Bridge. 8. Series: 8.1 At all sanctioned events, the Low Point Scoring System shall apply. 8.2 The minimum number completed races for a sanctioned event shall be three. 8.3 The minimum number of races to be scored before a throw-out is awarded shall be six. 9. Scoring: The Low-Point scoring system, Appendix A of the RRS, will apply, as changed by the Sailing Instructions. 10. Radio Communications: The race committee will monitor VHF channel 72 for emergency transmissions. The race committee may also be using VHF channel 72 for working communications, and may employ an open mike policy. A boat shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor receive radio communications not available to all boats, except for emergencies. This restriction also applies to cellular telephones and other electronic devices. Boats may monitor VHF channel 72, but are advised that any race committee communications are unofficial, and made either for race management purposes or as a courtesy to the competitors. As such, the race committee s use, or lack thereof, of radio communications shall not be grounds for redress. 11. Awards: Trophies will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers. 12. Regatta Contacts: Michael Leinweber Ken Kolkebeck Cell: Ph: Cell: of 8

3 Supplemental/Additional Information: Arrival and Launching Information Social Event Schedule Entry Form 3 of 8

4 Tappan Zee Challenge 2010 Tappan Zee Challenge Launching & Mooring Information Launching & Mooring Launching/Tide Window: Friday May 14: , or after 1930 Saturday May 15: Sunday May 16: Once launched, contestant boats may not be hauled during the Regatta. All boats will be moored during the Regatta in the Nyack Boat Club mooring field. Competitors should bring line able to serve as a pennant(s). Arrangements can be made via the Regatta Chair to store boats at the Boat Club for the week prior to the regatta to facilitate launching on Friday. Trailers will be stored either on Club grounds or in a locked facility nearby. Contact Michael Leinweber at or Ken Kolkebeck at for additional information or assistance Michael Leinwebber 27 East 10th Street Brooklyn, NY Cell: ; mrleinweber@hotmail.com Ken Kolkebeck 78 Martha Road Harrington Park, NJ Ph: Cell: kkolkebeck@yahoo.com 4 of 8

5 Tappan Zee Challenge Social Committee Co-Chairs: 2010 Tappan Zee Challenge Social Event Schedule Holly Cullen & Colleen Winthrop Friday May 14 Adaptive Sailing Clinic & Dinner Time to be finalized Saturday May 15 Registration: Continental Breakfast: Skippers Meeting: 1100 Beer & Munchies: 1700 or shortly after racing finishes Dinner: 1800 Sunday May 16 Continental Breakfast Trophy Presentation: ~ of 8

6 Tappan Zee Challenge 2010 Tappan Zee Challenge Entry Form OWNER OR PERSON IN CHARGE of chartered boat Name: Address: Daytime Phone: Cell Phone: Address: Yacht Club or Fleet: US SAILING (or other National Authority) Number: SCA Number: Crew Names: Provide Quantity of Shirts in each size; 4 total. S M L XL HELMSMAN - If Not Owner or Person in Charge Name: Address Daytime Phone: Cell Phone: Address: Yacht Club or Fleet: US Sailing (or other National Authority) Number: SCA Number: Sail Number: Hull Color: Boat Name: Note: the Person in Charge and/or the Helmsman must be a current Active (Boat Owner) or Associate member of the Sonar Class Association per By Laws Article B of 8

7 2010 Tappan Zee Challenge Entry Form 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 Rule 4, Decision to Race. The race organizers (Nyack Boat Club, race committee, protest committee, sponsors, or any other organization or official) 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. By participating in this event, each competitor (owners, skippers and crews) 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. Owner or Person in Charge Signature: Date: ENTRY FEE (Includes four tickets for Dinner on Saturday & 4 Shirts ) $ LATE FEE Entries Received After April 30, $25. TOTAL Check Payable to and Janet Bissenger, Sonar Fleet 23 MAIL FORM AND CHECKS TO: Michael Leinwebber 27 East 10th Street Brooklyn, NY SONAR CLASS ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP If Owner and/or Helmsman are not 2008 Active or Associate Members at the time of this regatta, an International Sonar Class Dues Form must be completed prior to registration, or at the Registration Desk with a check ($50 or $25) submitted for Sonar Class dues payable to: SONAR CLASS ASSOCIATION. US SAILING MEMBERSHIP If Owner and/or Helmsman are not current a member of US SAILING (or the Member National Authorityof their country) at the time of this regatta, a US SAILING dues form must be completed at the Registration Desk and a check ($50) submitted for US SAILING dues made payable to: US SAILING. MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: Peter Brooks, Sonar Fleet 23 MAIL ENTRY FORM AND CHECK TO: Michael Leinwebber 27 East 10th Street 7 of 8

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