2010
INTERNATIONAL 420 CLASS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
INTERNATIONAL 420 CLASS LADIES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
HAIFA SAILING CLUB
HAIFA – ISRAEL
22-31 JULY 2010
PRELIMINARY NOTICE OF RACE
1 THE EVENT
The 2010
International 420 World Championship, International 420 Ladies
World Championship will be held at Haifa,
ISRAEL
from the 22-31 July 2010
The races will be sailed
at Haifa
Bay.
2. ORGANISING COMMITTEE
The championship is organised by Haifa Municipality,
Haifa Sailing Club, and the Israeli Yachting Federation, in
conjunction with the International 420 Class Association.
3 RULES
The regatta will
be governed by:
n The
“Rules” as defined in the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing.
n The ISAF
Equipment Racing Rules of Sailing.
n The
Measurement Instructions.
If
there is conflict between languages the English text will take precedence.
4. ADVERTISING AND BOW NUMBER
The World Championship,
Ladies Word Championship are classified category C, in accordance with ISAF
Regulation 20.
Boats may be required to
display on each side of the hull:
n A bow
number (See Class rule. C.3).
n Advertising
of the event sponsor.
5. EVENTS FORMAT
5.1. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
The
Mens’ World Championship shall be competed with:
n Qualifying series to divide the fleet into two fleets (Gold
and Silver)
n Final series in two separate fleets (Gold and Silver).
5.2. LADIES WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP
The
Ladies World Championship shall be competed with:
n Qualifying series to divide the fleet into two fleets (Gold
and Silver)
n Final series in two separate fleets (Gold and Silver).
If
less than 50 entries the Championship will competed in one separated fleet with
12 final races.
If 50
to 56 entries it's up to the Organize Comm. to make the
decision
of the format
If 57
entries or more the format will be as 5.1, 5.2 (qualifying/ finals).
6. EVENTS SCHEDULE
|
Day
1 July 22nd
|
Registration
and measurement inspections
|
0900-1800
|
|
Day
1 July 22nd
|
Opening
ceremony
|
2000
|
|
Day
2 July 23rd
|
Registration
and measurement inspections
|
0900-1800
|
|
Day
3 July 24th
|
Registration
and measurement inspections
|
0900-1600
|
|
Day
3 July 24th
|
Practice
Race: warning signal
|
1500
|
|
Day
4 July 25th
|
Qualifying
series
|
1200
|
|
Day
5 July 26th
|
Qualifying
series
|
1200
|
|
Day
6 July 27th
|
Lay
day
|
|
|
Day
7 July 28th
|
Qualifying/Final
series
|
1200
|
|
Day
8 July 29th
|
Qualifying/Final
series
|
1200
|
|
Day
9 July 30th
|
Qualifying/Final
series
|
1200
|
|
Day 10 July 31th
|
Qualifying/Final
series
Prize
Giving and Closing Ceremony.
|
1200
2000
|
7. ELIGIBILITY
The championships are
only open to International 420 dinghies.
The ISAF
competitors eligibility code (ISAF Regulation 19) shall apply. Each
competitor shall be a member of his National Class Association and, if
relevant, of his National Authority. Each competitor shall be entered by his
National 420 Class Association or by his Federation/National Authority
if such an Association does not exist.
8. ENTRIES AND RESTRICTIONS
8.1. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Entries for the World
Championship shall be limited in accordance with the International 420
Class Association Guidelines: 7 boats
for each country and 14 boats for the host country in
each championship.
Each
entitled crew of the International 420 World Championship will be authorised to defend his title in addition to the
teams defined above. This shall apply only if the crew is still the same (crew
and helmsman).
Only
men and mixed crews are authorised to enter the World Championship
8.2. LADIES WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP
Entries for the Ladies
World Championship shall be limited in accordance with the International 420
Class Association Guidelines: 7 boats
for each country and 14 boats for the host country in
each championship.
Each
entitled crew of the International 420 Ladies World Championship
is authorised to defend her title in addition to the
teams defined above. This shall apply only if the crew is still the same (crew
and helmsman).
Only
ladies crews are authorised to enter the Ladies World Championship.
9. REGISTRATION
All entries shall be made on-line at the
International 420 Class Website before 21th June 2010:
www.420sailing.org
Please ensure that the on-line entry form is printed, the required
signatures obtained and the form brought to registration.
Entry fee per boat : 250.00
EUROS.
Entry
fees shall be paid in EUROS by swift to:
International 420 Class Association
Account
No : 210 - 0467 - 180 - 80
Fortis Banque, Agence du Fort Jaco,
Chaussee de Waterloo 1341 A,
1180 Bruxelles, BELGIUM
IBAN : BE47
2100 4671 8080
SWIFT CODE : GEBABEBB
before
21st. June 2010
ALL BANK TRANSFERS SHOULD BE CLEARLY
ANNOTATED WITH THE NAME OF THE COUNTRY,THE EVENT AND THE SAIL NUMBERS AND/OR
NAMES OF THE COMPETITORS.
Each
entry and fee not received by the
21st June 2010 may
not be accepted and shall be subject to a supplementary fee of 50 EURO.
10. DISCLAIMER
Competitors
participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4,
Decision to
race
The organizing authority 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.
11. MEASUREMENT /
INSPECTION
All boats shall be inspected before racing in the
days specified in this notice of race.
Each boat shall have a valid Measurement
certificate, which must be produced at registration. Only original or certified
true copies of the certificates shell be accepted. Event charter boats are
excluded from this obligation, but they must be accompanied by original or
certified true copies of their measurement form.
Sails shall be certified and marked by an official
measurer before being present for inspection. No sail shall be accepted for
inspection if it is not certified according to the class rules, and no member
of the event measurement team shall certify sails on the spot.
Random checks may be made at any time during
the championships
12. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS and
MEASUREMENT INSTRUCTIONS
The Sailing instructions will be available at the
race office for each competitor and Team Leader after the final country’s
registration has been completed, The Measurement Instructions will be available
for each competitor and Team Leader at the race office at registration.
13. LADIES CREWS
IDENTIFICATION
Each ladies crew shall
have a square 25 cm red diamond mark on the head of the main sail for
identification.
14. SAFETY REGULATIONS
Competitors shall wear a
life-jacket or other adequate personal buoyancy at all time when afloat (See
Class rule C.4).
Wet suits and dry suits
do not constitute adequate personal buoyancy.
15. COURSES
The format of the course shall be a trapezium.
The target time of a race shall be 50
minutes.
16. JURY, PROTESTS and
PENALTIES FOR BREAKING RULES OF PART 2
An International Jury
shall be appointed, in accordance to RRS Appendix N, and its
decisions shall be final and not subject to appeal (RRS 70.5).
17. SCORING WORLD AND LADIES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS :
The low point scoring system of RRS appendix
A shall apply
17.1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP/LADIES
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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Qualifying series :
a. There
will be 6 Qualifying series races with one discard.
b. The
qualifying series results shall be converted to race scores. These races scores
shall be treated in all aspects as a race score for the final series (race Q).
c. The
result of each round in the Qualifying series will be valid when all the boats
complete this round.
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Final series : There will be 11
races plus the Qualifying series result
(total 12 scores in the Results).
a.
Two (2) final series (3
results in the final series including the
Race Q), are
required to be completed to constitute a final series.
b.
When 3 races have been completed in the
final series, all
Races in both the
Qualifying and final series count towards a
boat’s score, excluding
that boat’s score.
c.
When 4
to 7 final series races have been completed (5-8,
Including Race Q)
a boat’s score shell be the total of her race
Score in the final
series excluding her worst score.
d. When 8
or more final series have been completed (9-12,
Including Race Q)
a boat’s scores shell be the total of her race score in the final series
excluding her two worst scores.
No more than three races can be competed
each day.
17.2 If less than 56 entries the Championship will competed in one
separated fleet as follow:
a. The
number of races will be 12.
b.
A minimum of 5 races completed is required to award the
Championship.
c.
If 5 to 8 races are sailed there will be one discard.
d.
If 9 to 12 races are sailed there will be two
discards.
No
more than three races can be competed each day.
18. PRIZES
The first three crews in the Gold and Silver
Fleets shall be given a trophy.
The first three crews in the World and the
Ladies World Championships shall receive a medal.
The first junior
crew in the World and Ladies World Championships shall receive a
medal.
At least, the first 20% of
crews in the Gold ranking lists shall be given a souvenir of the event.
The prizes are given to
both member of a crew.
19. TITLES
The title of International 420 Class World Champion
will be awarded to the first team in the ranking list of the World
Championship.
The title of International 420 Class Ladies World Champion
will be awarded to the first team in the ranking list of the Ladies World
Championship.
The title of International 420 Class Junior World
Champion will be awarded to the first junior team in the ranking list of
the World Championship.
The title of International 420 Class Junior Ladies
World Champion will be awarded to the first junior ladies team in the
ranking list of the Ladies World Championship.
A junior team is defined as a crew with his or her 19th
birthday on or before 31.12.2010 (i.e. born after 31st. December
1991) for both members of the crew.
20. ANTHEM
For the prize giving ceremony, each team is leader required to bring his
national anthem (short version) on compact disc (CD).
21. SUPPORT BOATS
Each coach boat of a national team shall fly a 20 x 30 cm flag
displaying their national letters (according to ISAF RRS) black on
white.
22. INSURANCE
Each competitor shall
produce on registration, an evidence of valid third party insurance with a
minimum cover of 500.000 EURO or the equivalent in other currencies.
Each participant
warrants the suitability of his or her boat for the event.
24. RIGHTS TO USE NAMES
& LIKENESSES
Competitors
automatically grant to the organizing authority without payment the right in
perpetuity to make, use and show any motion pictures, still pictures and live,
taped or filmed television of or relating to the event.
1. Charter Boats
The official supplier will be: Sport-Sail Center (Blueblue).
As boats has to be ship to Israel the dead
line order is: 1.04.2010
Please contact as soon as possible to centrum-baranowski@wp.pl
or office@blueblue.pl Contact person: Lucas
Formella
See more details about our boat at: www.blueblue.pl
2. Weather information :
Summer weather conditions
Weather conditions
during event period: Sunny
Wind speed during event period: 8-20
Kn.
Wind direction during event period: SW to NW
3. Racing area :
Tide: No
Currents: No
Depth: 20-30 m.
4. Accommodation :
The official Tour Operator
is: Progress Tour, www.progressport.com
Contact person: Nina
Locker
5. Chandlers and repairs
TBA
6. General Information
TBA
7. Organising committee
Name
of the contact of the organising committee: Shmulik
Zagagi
Address
of the organising committee: Haifa Municipality, P.O.Box 4811.
Haifa 31047, ISRAEL
Telephone
number of the organising committee: + 972 4 8356823
Fax
number of the organising committee: + 972 4 8356389
E-mail
address of the organising committee: shmulikz@haifa.mun.il
Appendix A
RACING AREA
Add the map of location
of the racing
