Registration/Check-in:
Fri., June 27: 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Sat., June 28: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Competitors' Briefing: Saturday, June 28 at 9:00 a.m. at Regatta Headquarters.
Race Schedule: The Warning Signal for the first of seven scheduled races
will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 28. Three races shall constitute
a regatta. If three races are completed, no race shall start after 1:00
p.m. on Sunday, June 29. In any case, no race shall start after 3:00
p.m. on Sunday, June 29.
Eligibility
No competitor shall reach or have reached the age of 26 during calendar
year 2008. All skippers must be Family, Regular, Youth, or Life members
of the ILYA. A single-event, no-publications ILYA membership ($20) is
available for this event. Crew members become members of the
Association by virtue of the yacht’s completed registration. For
detailed information, please contact the ILYA office at (262) 203-7721
or email ScowSlants@aol.com or find membership information at
www.ilya.org. Memberships will be available on-site.
Social
Fri., June 27: Included dinner with competitors and club members
Fees
Fees: Lasers - $30.00, and 420s - $60 ($30 per person!) A late
fee of $10 will be assessed if postmarked or otherwise received after
June 17.
Trophies
Trophies will be awarded to the top three finishers in each division.
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
The regatta will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing; the
prescriptions of the United States Sailing Association; the rules of
the Inland Lake Yachting Association, the rules of the International
Laser Class, and the rules of the Club 420 Association; except as any
of these are altered by the sailing instructions or by eligibility or
other requirements indicated in this Notice of Race.
Advertising: In accordance with ISAF Regulation 20, this regatta is classified as an “invitational” Category A event.
Each single-handed participant shall declare at registration the
category he or she is entering, and shall use only that rig throughout
the regatta. No boat ownership rules apply to this regatta. The host
club will not supply boats for this regatta. Measurement is not
required at this event.
Courses
The sailing area will be the navigable waters of Lake Mendota near the Hoofers Sailing Club site. Courses will be described in the Sailing instructions which will be distributed at Check-in.
Housing
This year, we will be offering lodging at the Lakeshore dormitories on Saturday night for $15/person. Adult supervision will be included. This is an excellent way for any sailor to spend the night safely in Madison. The Lasers will be launching from just outside these dorms. Please contact the regatta chair to reserve your beds in the dorms.
Commercial lodging is also available throughout the Madison area including many options within walking distance of the sailing site.
Miscellaneous
All Club 420s will launch from the club at the Union. Different this year however, all Lasers will launch from the grounds surrounding the crew boathouse down the lakefront. Lasers sailors will also have ability to store their boats there safely overnight. This will ease congestion at Hoofers. Directions and maps will can be found at www.uwsailinteam.org.
To register for the regatta print out the entry form and send it to Hoofers Sailing Club, Attn. Matt Schmidt, 800 E. Langdon, Madison, WI 53703 with your check made out to Wisconsin Union. ENTRY FORM
