Notice of Race and Preliminary Instructions (rev. 03/05/2010)
Venue
Headquarters: Lake Geneva Yacht Club 1250 South Lake Shore Drive Fontana, WI 53125 262-275-2727 Map and Directions The Lake Geneva Yacht Club welcomes you to the 2010 ILYA Annual Championship Regatta for Class A. We’ll provide a Great Schedule, Championship Water, Loads of Racing, and Plenty of Partying!
Schedule
Registration: Measurement / weigh-in check and Registration will be at Regatta Headquarters. These operations will be available as follows.
Sun., August 15, 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Registration is not officially complete until measurement and weight requirements have been checked, and sailing instructions with waiver have been received and signed for.
Competitors' Briefings: Sunday, Aug. 15, at Regatta Headquarters and by VHF radio.
Class A: 1430 hours, VHF channel 72
Warning Signal for first race: Sunday, Aug. 15
Class A: 1600 hours
Six races are scheduled for class A. Except when races are sailed back-to-back, the time of the warning signal for subsequent races will be posted. If three races have been completed, no warning signal shall be made after 1200 hours on the last day of scheduled racing. In any case, no warning signal shall be made after 1300 hours on the last day of scheduled racing.
Eligibility
The regatta is open to boats of the A Scow Class. The skipper must be a family, regular, youth or life member of the ILYA at the time of registration. Crew members become members of the ILYA by virtue of the yacht’s completed registration. ILYA Member Club requirements apply. See ILYA By-laws 12.22 and 12.23.
Social
Lunches will be available daily at headquarters.
Daily, post racing: Free beer and non-alcoholic refreshments at headquarters.
Monday, August 16 is dinner at headquarters.
Fees
Class A early entry: $300.00 (after July 25 add $60 or on-site add $90). Entry includes no lunches. Lunches and dinner tickets can be purchased at registration.
Entry is free for skippers sailing their first ILYA Adult Class Regatta, and who contact the ILYA office and register prior to or on the early registration deadline (July 25).
A 50% youth-aged skipper discount is available to qualifying skippers who register prior to or on the early registration deadline (July 25).
Registration fee incentives do not apply to on-site registrations.
Trophies
ILYA perpetual trophies will be awarded to the winners of each completed race. Trophies for the top five skipper and crew will be awarded in Class A.
Risks
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 RRS 4, Decision to Race. The race organizers (organizing authority, race committee, protest committee, host club, 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, or in the case of minors, each competitor’s parent or guardian, 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.
Rules
1. Except as any of the following are altered by the Sailing Instructions, the regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing, the prescriptions of the United States Sailing Association, the Rules and Bylaws of the ILYA, and the following class scantlings:
The scantling rules of the National Class A Scow Sailing Association (NCASA).
2. ADVERTISING will be restricted to Category A.
3. BOATING REGULATIONS of the State of Wisconsin will apply. Wisconsin statutes require all boats to carry a Coast Guard approved PFD for each person on board plus a throwable at all times. All Wisconsin boats must have registration numbers and tags forward of the mast.
Courses
The courses to be sailed will be described in the Sailing Instructions. The racing area will be on the navigable waters of Geneva Lake.
Housing
Accommodations are a serious concern for many sailors, and while private housing will be available on a very limited basis (priority to Race Committee volunteers), we have a number of commercial housing opportunities that are appropriate for our guests.
The Designated Regatta Hotel will be The Abbey in Fontana. Just two or three miles from the Yacht Club, The Abbey has offered a full range of amenities for our guests during the regatta. This includes free shuttle service to and from the Club, both on a regular schedule and on call. Forget parking issues at the Yacht Club. Let The Abbey serve as your designated driver. The Abbey is scheduling special events for families during the regatta, and they are working on permits for some new slips that may be available for motorboat mooring by hotel guests. The whole place has been renovated, and the rooms are terrific, starting at $149 per night for ILYA participants. Make it your family vacation place in 2010.
Preferred hotels also include the Lodge at Geneva Ridge, located just east of Highway 67 on Hwy 50. Geneva Ridge, formerly Interlaken, near Williams Bay, is just a few mile from the Yacht Club. The facilities have been elegantly renovated, and they have a special rate for us during the event for $129 per night. You will see how great the Lodge at Geneva Ridge is when you attend the Winter Inland, Feb. 13-14.
The South Shore of Delavan Lake is closer than you think to the Lake Geneva Yacht Club, and our special friends at the Delavan Lake Resort are offering 15% off their weekday rates and applying the same rate to weekend days. All their rooms are suites with kitchen and living room facilities. The one bedroom suites accommodate up to four people for the ILYA rate of $156 per night. And the two bedroom suites are able to accommodate up to 6 people (some 8) for $183 per night.
Looking for fewer amenities? The Fontana Village Inn is a modern, clean motel close to the Club, just up the road from The Abbey. Special rates for weekdays are $73.50 per night, and the normal $128 per night on Fridays and Saturdays.
The Comfort Suites chain has newer hotels conveniently located in Delavan and Lake Geneva. We have rooms for $70 on weekdays, $120 Friday and Saturday nights in both locations.
Hotel/Motel information:
Designated Regatta Hotel* The Abbey* 269 Fontana Blvd. Fontana, Wis 800-772-1000 www.theabbeyresort.com From $149
Recommended Hotels* The Lodge at Geneva Ridge* W4240 State Road 50 Lake Geneva, Wis. 800-225-5558 www.genevaridge.com From $129
Delavan Lake Resort* 1505 South Shore Drive Delavan, Wis 262-728-2200 www.lakedelavanresort.com From $156
Fontana Village Inn* 100 Dewey Ave. Fontana, Wis. 262-275-6700 www.fontanavillageinn.com $73.50 Weekdays $128 Fridays and Saturdays
Lake Geneva Comfort Suites* 300 East Main Street Lake Geneva, Wis. 262-248-2300 lakegenevacomfortsuites.com $70 Weekdays $120 Fridays and Saturdays
Geneva Inn Lake Geneva, Wis. 866-920-1368 www.genevainn.com
Grand Geneva Resort Lake Geneva, Wis. 800-558-3417 www.grandgeneva.com
Timber Ridge Lodge and Waterpark Lake Geneva, Wis. 866-636-4502 www.timberridgeresort.com
Fontana Country Inn Suites Fontana, Wis. 262-275-2878 www.wisvacations.com/fontanasuites
French Country Inn Lake Geneva, Wis. 262-245-5520 www.frenchcountryinn.com
Diplomat Motel Lake Geneva, Wis. 262-248-1809 www.budgethost-lakegeneva.com
AmericInn of Elkhorn Elkhorn, Wis. 262-723-7799 www.americinn.com
Campgrounds:
Big Foot Beach State Park Lake Geneva, Wis. 262-248-2528 www.wiparks.net
Miscellaneous
Mooring: The regatta will be dry sailed. All competitors dry sailing out of headquarters must provide an adequate lifting bridle.
Parking: Parking at the headquarters will be at a premium. Guests of The Abbey will be provided with regular and on-call transprtation via the hotel.
South Shore Drive by the Yacht Club has a posted speed limit of 25 m.p.h. Honor the speed limit to avoid municipal problems.
Regatta contacts
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262-203-7721
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Registration
Eligible boats may enter by three means:
1) Registering on the ILYA website (www.ilya.org). To register for the regatta click HERE.
2) Completing an official ILYA Regatta Entry Application and sending it, together with the required fee, to the ILYA at PO Box 311, Fontana, WI 53125.
3) Faxing to ILYA at 262-203-7722.
All entries must be postmarked or otherwise received by July 25 to avoid late penalties per ILYA By-law 12.18.3.d. Fax and Internet registrations require MasterCard or VISA credit card information.
