BIFFA

NOTICE OF RACE

Cardiff Open Flying Fifteen Regatta
20th and 21st June 2009

VENUE and DATES
The Cardiff Flying Fifteen Open will be held at the Cardiff Bay Yacht Club, Cardiff on the 20th & 21st June 2009.

ORGANISING AUTHORITY

The organising authority is the Cardiff Bay Yacht Club

RULES

The event shall be governed by the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing 2009 the prescriptions of the RYA, the International Flying Fifteen Class Rules and this Notice of Race, except as modified by the Sailing Instructions and any amendment thereto. The advertising category is according to Class Rules.

ENTRIES

Entries will be accepted at registration or in advance by sending a completed entry form and remittance to:

Ian Horton
19 Douglas Close
Danescourt
Cardiff  CF5 2QT

ian.horton@uk.imptob.com

Tel: 07967 467031/ 02920 560540

ENTRY FEE

The entry fee will be £20.

REGISTRATION

Registration will be from 10am on Saturday 20th June at the Cardiff Bay Yacht Club.  Sailing Instructions will be available at Registration.

SCHEDULE

Saturday 20th June
 Briefing
 12:30

 Race 1
 13:30
  
 Race 2
 back to back
 
 Short break
 
 Race 3

16:00
 
 Race 4
 back to back
 
Sunday 3rd June
 Race 5
 10:00
 
 Race 6
 back to back
 
 Prize giving
 14:00

There is a winch system for launching at the slipway

SCORING SYSTEM

The low points scoring system of the RRS Appendix A will apply

There will be 1 discard if 3 or more races are sailed

PRIZES

Prizes will be given as follows:

Classic Fleet     Sail Numbers up to 2700          1st, 2nd and 3rd Overall

Silver boats                                                                   1st if 3 or more sailed

Gold boats                                                                     1st if 3 or more sailed

CATERING

There will be a meal option for everyone on the Saturday night, details at registration. Bar meals and snacks are readily available at the Cardiff Bay Yacht Club.  If you would like to book Sunday lunch or evening meals please call the bar on 02920 226575.

ACCOMMODATION

Camper vans are allowed in the club car park please ask the office or site staff where to park on arrival, generally this will be through th gate turn right and down the end.

Showers/ toilets available 24 hours with visitor’s card.

You can arrange accommodation through the local tourist offices at Penarth (02920 708849), or Cardiff (02920 227281), or look on the web http://www.visitcardiff.com/Accommodation-in-Cardiff.html

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

The Race Organisers shall not be liable for any loss, damage, death or personal injury howsoever caused to the owner/competitor, his skipper or crew as a result of their taking part in the race or races. Moreover every competitor warrants the suitability of his boat for the race or races. A boat is entirely responsible for its own safety, whether afloat or ashore, and nothing, whether in the Notice of Race or Sailing Instructions or anywhere else, reduces this responsibility. It is for the boat to decide whether it is fit to sail in the conditions in which it will find itself. By launching or going to sea, the boat confirms that it is fit for those conditions and that its crew is competent to sail and compete in them. The boat is required to hold adequate insurance and in particular to hold insurance against third party claims in the sum of at least £2m.

Nothing done by the organisers can reduce the responsibility of the boat nor will it make the organisers responsible for any loss, damage, death or personal injury, however it may have occurred, as a result of the boat taking part in the racing.

The provision of patrol boats does not relieve the boat of its responsibilities.