1.

RULES

1.1

The regatta will be governed by the “rules” as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). The prescriptions of the National Authority will not apply.

1.2

Add to RRS A11: ARB means scoring penalty after arbitration, PTS scoring penalty for a yellow flag after finish

1.3

Advertising - The organising authority may require competing boats to carry event sponsor advertising on the hull.

1.4

Sails shall have the full sail number and National Letters in accordance with the Class Rules and RRS.

2.

ENTRY REGULATIONS

2.1

Only current fully paid members of the International Laser Class Association may enter the regatta.

2.2

Crew substitution of the registered sailor is not permitted.

2.3

Age limit:

Entry is open to competitors who are or will be 12 years old but not 18 years old in the calendar year in which the championship is held; i.e., a competitor for the 2005 Championship must be born in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 or 1993.  Proof of age will be required at registration.

3.

ENTRY FEE

3.1

The entry fee is Ł130 (English pounds).

3.2

The methods of payment are shown on the Entry Form. Only entries using the official entry form will be accepted.

3.3

Entries, together with full payment of entry fees, shall arrive at the address shown on the Entry Form by the entry closing date.

3.4

NO FEES ARE REFUNDABLE AFTER THE ENTRY CLOSING DATE OF 27 JUNE. Before that date entry fees may be refunded at the discretion of ILCA after deducting 50% administration expenses.

4.

ENTRY CLOSING DATE

4.1

The entry closing date: 27 June 2005

4.2

Late entry closing date: 5 July 2005 upon payment of Ł50

5.

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

Copies of Sailing Instructions will be available at the Race Office from 09:00 on 15 July

6.

RACE OFFICE

The Race Office is situated at Yacht Club Burja and will be open from 09:00 daily.

7.

MEASUREMENT

7.1

All competitors shall present their boats for scrutiny by the Regatta Measurer before the start of the first race.  Boats shall be presented fully rigged with all control lines in position.

Measurement will take place at the boat park between the following times:

15 July 10:00 – 18:00

16 July 09:00 – 12:00

Measurement outside these times may be allowed at the discretion of the Regatta Measurer and will be charged €20 per boat, payable in local currency (except in the event of damage).

7.2

Wet clothing, measurement and equipment checks may be made throughout the Regatta at the discretion of the Class Representative, Race Committee or the International Jury.

8.

BOATS AND EQUIPMENT

8.1

All competitors shall use only one hull, sail, mast, boom, centreboard and rudder, which shall be identified during measurement.

8.2

In the event of damage, boats and equipment may only be substituted with the written permission of the Regatta Measurer, Jury or Race Committee. If the damage occurs later than 90 minutes before the first scheduled start on a racing day and before the start of the last race of the day, provisional verbal permission shall be obtained from the Regatta Measurer, Jury or Race Committee and the written permission of the Regatta Measurer, Jury or Race Committee shall be applied for before the end of Protest Time at the end of the day in which the substitution takes place.

8.3

WOMEN competitors shall place on their sails a red diamond.

9.

PROGRAMME

9.1

Date

Item

Friday 15 July

Registration, Boat Allocation, Measurement 10:00 – 18:00

Saturday 16 July

Registration, Boat Allocation, Measurement 09:00 – 12:00, Practice Race; warning signal: 1300 hrs

Sunday 17 – Friday 22 July

Race Days (2 races scheduled per day); 1^st warning signal: 1300hrs

Friday 22 July

Prize giving

9.2

Any race for which a warning signal is not given by 15:00 hrs on the last day of the regatta will be abandoned and not resailed.

10.

RACING FORMAT

10.1

If there are more than 35 male and 35 female entries the fleet will be split into male and female fleets.

10.2

In each fleet, if there are more than 70 entries, a modified qualifying series will be sailed followed by a Finals series.  All races (less discard) will count for overall points.

11.

IMMEDIATE PENALTIES FOR BREAKING RULE 42

11.1

Appendix P will apply with the following changes:

On the first protest, if protested after she has finished, she will be given a scoring penalty of 8 points without a hearing.

11.2

RRS P 3 is modified as to read, “If a boat has been protested for the first time under RRS P1 and the race committee signals a postponement, general recall or abandonment, the penalty from her first protest is cancelled, but the protest is counted to determine the number of times she has been protested during the series.  If a boat has been protested for the second time under RRS P1 and the race committee signals a postponement, general recall or abandonment, the boat shall not sail in this race, if it is restarted or resailed.  If the race is abandoned the boat shall not sail in the next race.  If she fails to do so, she shall be disqualified without a hearing and her score shall not be excluded.  If a boat has been protested for the third time under RRS P1 and the race committee signals a postponement, general recall or abandonment, RRS P 2.3 applies”.

11.3

Action taken by the jury under Appendix P will not be grounds for redress by a competitor.

12.

SCORING

12.1

The regatta will be scored as provided in RRS Appendix A using the Low Point System.

12.2

A total of 5 races are required to be completed to constitute a championship. 

12.3

A qualifying race will not count until all qualifying fleets have completed that race.

12.4

One race score will be excluded when calculating the division into the finals fleets.

12.5

The qualifying races and final races will count for total points in the championship.

12.6

When 5 or more races are completed 1 race score will be excluded; when 10 or more races are completed 2 races scores will be excluded.

12.7

If a points scoring penalty for a breach of RRS 42 or under the Arbitration System would result in a score worse than DSQ, the penalty will be that corresponding to DSQ. The scores of other boats will not be changed.

12.8

Competitors in each of the prize categories will be identified in the overall results with no re-scoring.

13.

INTERNATIONAL JURY

An international jury will be appointed in accordance with RRS Appendix N and perform the duties listed in RRS N2.

14.

WHISTLE SYSTEM

To encourage boats to take penalties afloat, jury members may blow a whistle when they see what they believe to be a breach of a rule.

15.

APPEALS

There shall be no appeal from the decisions of protests.

16.

PRIZES

Individual prizes will be awarded in accordance with ILCA Honour Award By Law for the following events:

Overall Male

Overall Female

Under 15 Male/Female (born in 1991 or later)

17.

COURSES

Trapezoid courses will be used with inner and outer loops and an upwind finish.

18.

LIABILITY

The Yacht Club Burja, the International Laser Class Association and their officers, members and volunteers do not accept liability for loss of life or property, or personal injury or damage caused by or arising out of the 2005 Laser 4.7 European Championships, and competitors take part in the championship entirely at their own risk.

The establishment of the Notice of Race and the Sailing Instructions in no way limits or reduces the complete and unlimited responsibilities of a competitor being solely and entirely responsible for the management of a boat he or she is sailing.

A competitor must be of good health and a competent sailor capable of sailing a Laser in strong winds.

It is the responsibility of each sailor to decide to participate in a race or to continue racing.

A competitor is wholly and exclusively responsible for third party liability insurance on the boat that he or she is sailing and for his or her personal accident and health insurance.