Cabrillo Series PHRF Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, & J/120 San Diego, California Winter 2015

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1 Cabrillo Series PHRF Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, & J/120 San Diego, California Winter 2015 Hosted by Southwestern Yacht Club (SWYC) N O T I C E O F R A C E 1. RULES 1.1. The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) for will govern the series, including US SAILING Prescriptions, PHRF Southern California and San Diego, Class Rules and By-Laws, and the individual race Sailing Instructions The PHRF MIR rule is not in effect for this series. 2. ELIGIBILITY 2.1. To be eligible, yachts must have a current Rating Certificate from PHRF San Diego or PHRF Southern California Rating Certificate before the Cabrillo II entry deadline Failure to comply with 2.1 above will result in disqualification from the Cabrillo Series as well as forfeiture of any entries fees Those who hold a current PHRF San Diego Rating Certificate much race under that certificate Those who race with their PHRF Southern California Certificate will not be scored for the PHRF San Diego Annual Championship Series. 3. ENTRY 3.1. Entry for entire series shall be made on-line via the SWYC website no later than 1700 hours Thursday, January 22 nd, Entry for an individual race shall be made on-line via the SWYC website no later than 1700 hours on the Thursday before that race For Cabrillo I, J/120s shall be members of Southern California J/120 Fleet 4, as defined by Class Rules. 4. CLASSES 4.1. All Classes will use PHRF San Diego 2015 Class Breaks, based on RLC ratings, as follows PHRF 1 +6 and below PHRF 2 Sprit Boats -9 through +120, with BPL 1.2 * J or greater PHRF 3 +9 through +84 & +87 through +135 w/ LOA 42 or greater PHRF through +135 w/ LOA less than PHRF and above PHRF 8 Multihull J/ FEES Judd Lather, SWYC Race Management Chair Page 1

2 5.1. Entry for the entire series is $ Entry for an individual race is $ SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 6.1. Cabrillo I: Staying Out of Mexico Attachment A Saturday, January 24 th 6.2. Cabrillo II: Flights of Fancy Attachment B Saturday, February 7 th 6.3. Cabrillo III: Over the Line Attachment C Saturday, March 7 th 6.4. Cabrillo IV: Coronado Roads Attachment D Saturday, March 21 st 7. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS 7.1. Sailing Instructions will be available via the SWYC website Notices to competitors will be posted on the RC bulletin board adjacent to the SWYC office no later than 0900 hours on the day of the event. 8. SCORING 8.1. This is a PHRF San Diego Annual Championship Series event PHRF San Diego Random Leg ratings will be used to score each series race Ratings used to score this regatta will be the PHRF Southern California Area G ratings as determined and supplied by PHRF San Diego. Yachts may not change PHRF rating or Fleet/Class during the series PHRF Class 2 will be split into two Fleets for scoring purposes Fleet A PHRF -9 through Fleet B PHRF 60 through The series races will be scored with the High-Point System as described below To qualify for inclusion in the final series results a boat shall compete in at least 66% of the races completed N being the number of boats in a particular race, scoring for each race will be as follows. The series score will be the sum of the individual race scores. FINISHING PLACE SCORE First N Second N 1 Third N 2 Fourth N 3 Each Place Thereafter Subtract One (1) Point BFD, DNC, DNF, DNS, DSQ, OCS, RET 0 9. SAFETY 9.1. International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea or government right-of-way rules shall replace Section 2 of RRS between sunset and sunrise. Attention is called to RRS 48 concerning fog signals and lights Owner's responsibility for safety: not withstanding any above safety requirements, the safety of a yacht and her crew is the sole inescapable responsibility of the owner or charterer, who must do his or her best to ensure that the yacht is fully sound, thoroughly seaworthy, and manned by an experienced crew who are physically fit to face bad weather. He or she must be satisfied as to the soundness of hull, spars, rigging, sails, and all gear. He or she must ensure that all safety equipment is properly maintained and stowed and that the crew knows where it is kept and how it is used NAVAL PROTECTION ZONE: The Naval Protection Zone is a 500 yard regulated area of water surrounding all US Naval Vessels. All vessels within 500 yards of a US Naval Vessel shall operate at the minimum speed necessary to maintain safe course and speed and shall proceed as directed by any official Judd Lather, SWYC Race Management Chair Page 2

3 patrol. NO VESSEL IS ALLOWED WITHIN 100 YARDS OF A US NAVAL VESSEL. These zones are permanently in effect. 10. POST-RACE ACTIVITIES The membership invites all racers to enjoy the hospitality of the SWYC clubhouse after each day s racing. 11. PRIZES Trophies will be awarded at SWYC on Saturday, March 21 st, 2015 after Cabrillo IV. 12. FURTHER INFORMATION Event Chair Cabrillo Series Ryan Hunter (619) Judd Lather, SWYC Race Management Chair Page 3

4 Attachment A Judd Lather, SWYC Race Management Chair Page 4

5 Attachment B Judd Lather, SWYC Race Management Chair Page 5

6 Attachment C Judd Lather, SWYC Race Management Chair Page 6

7 Attachment D Judd Lather, SWYC Race Management Chair Page 7