NOTICE OF RACE

Entry fee

€ 80

Late entry fee

€ 100

Social events, etc

Pizza party each day, t-shirt, Europa Cup 2004 prizegiving, event prizegiving and party.

Accommodation

Residence

II Poggio ***Via Ginepro 4 (1.5 km from Marina) Tel: +39 0182 87 241

San Francesco ***Via Cavour (0.8km from Marina) Tel: +39 0182 87 391

Lungomare ***Via Capia 10 (1 km from Marina) Tel: +39 0182 85 185

Moresco ***Via Aurelia 96 (0.5 km from Marina) Tel: +39 0182 89 141

Gallicano **Via Fontana 12 (0.7 km from Marina) Tel: +39 0182 85 025

Local driving

From GENOVA to ANDORA (Distance 72 km) Take the A10 (E80) towards Ventimiglia, exit at Andora

Name

Address

Contact (+351 plus numbers below)

Stella Maris *

Rua Fresca 75
4450 Leça da Palmeira

Tel 229952756; Fax 229952756

0.5 Km

Residencial S.Bras **

Avª Fernando Aroso 168, 4450 Leça da Palmeira

Tel 229952255; Fax 229952230

1 Km

Residencial Leça Palmeira**

R. Albano As Lima 222, 4450 Leça da Palmeira

Tel 229997770; Fax 229997772;
Email r-leca-palmeira@netcabo.pt

1 Km

Hotel Melia Expo Porto-Tripp****

R.Veloso Salgado-Exponor, 4450 Leça Palmeira

Tel 22999000; Fax 229990099
hotelmeliaporto@mail.telepac.pt

2 Km

Hotel Porto Mar***

R.Brito Capelo 169, 4450 Matosinhos

Tel 229382104; Fax 229385171

4 Km

Residencial Del Rei **

R.Brito Capelo 843, 4450 Matosinhos

Tel 229372914; Fax 229382169

4.5 Km

Pensao Central **

R Brito Capelo 599, 4450 Matosinhos

Tel 229380664; Fax 229372230

4.5 Km

Pensao Sr Matosinhos **

R. Godinho 634, 4450 Matosinhos

Tel 229380548; Fax 229382436

4.5 Km

Hotel Boa Vista ***

Esplanada Castelo – Foz, 4100 Porto

Tel 225320020; Fax 226173818

6 Km

Residencial Aeroporto ****

R.Pedras Rubras 157, 4470 Pedras Rubras

Tel 229428081; Fax 229417715

6 Km

Hotel Amadeos ***

R Conde Alto Mearim 1229, 4450 Matosinhos

Tel 229399700; Fax 229399719;
hotelamadeos@mail.telepac.pt

6 Km

Ibis Hotel ***

Chas – Afurada AE 1, 4400 Vila Nova Gaia

Tel 227720772; Fax 227720788;
www.ibishotel.com

15 Km

Novotel ****

Chas – Afurada AE 1, 4400 Vila Nova Gaia

Tel 227724242; Fax 227722590;
41050@acos-hotels.com

15 Km

Camping Angeiras Orbitur

Praia Angeiras,4460 Lavra

Tel 229270571; Fax 229271778;
www.orbitur.pt

10 Km

Camping Prelada

Monte dos Burgos, 4250 Porto

Phone 228312616

15 Km

1.

RULES

1.1.

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

1.2.

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

1.3.

Sails shall have the full sail number and national letters of the competitor’s own Laser in accordance with the Class Rules and Racing Rules.

2.

ENTRY REGULATIONS

2.1.

Only current fully paid members of the International Laser Class Association may enter the regatta.
During registration each sailor will be required to show clear written evidence of current membership of his or her national Laser Association.
If a sailor is unable to present this, he / she will be charged a fee of € 70 (payable in local currency), € 10 of which will be retained by the collecting club and € 10 by ILCA, to cover administration.  € 50 will be passed on to the sailor's district, which may refund it to the sailor if he / she is already a current member, or may put it towards that sailor's membership fee if he / she is not a member.

2.2. 

Crew substitution of the registered sailor is not permitted.

2.3. 

AGE ELIGIBILITY

2.3.1.

The Laser Europa Cup (Standard Rig) is open to any sailor who is or will be at least 17 years old in the year in which the series is held; i.e., a competitor for the 2005 series must be born in 1988 or earlier.

2.3.2.

The Laser Radial Europa Cup is open to any sailor who is or will be at least 15 years old in the year in which the series is held; i.e., a competitor for the 2005 series must be born in 1990 or earlier.

2.3.3. 

The Laser Standard Youth Grand Prix is open to any sailor who is or will be 17 years old but not 21 years old in the calendar year in which the series is held; i.e., a competitor for the 2005 series must be born in 1985, 1986, 1987 or 1988.

2.3.4.

The Laser Radial Youth Grand Prix is open to any sailor who is or will be 15 years old but not 19 years old in the calendar year in which the series is held; i.e., a competitor for the 2005 series must be born in 1987, 1988, 1989 or 1990.

2.3.5.

The Laser 4.7 Youth Grand Prix is open to any sailor who is or will be 12 years old but not 18 years old in the calendar year in which the series is held; i.e., a competitor for the 2005 series must be born in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 or 1993.

2.3.6.

Proof of age will be required at registration.

3. 

ENTRY FEES & MAILING ADDRESSES FOR ENTRIES

See details given for each venue above.
Entry must be made by the date specified. Payment of entry fee for international participation can be made onsite, provided the competitor has entered and sent the completed entry form to be received by the entry closing date. International competitors who enter on site without having forwarded a completed entry form by the entry closing date will be charged the late entry fee.

4. 

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

Copies of Sailing Instructions will be available from the Race Offices on the day before the regatta/s.

5.

MEASUREMENT

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

6.

BOATS AND EQUIPMENT

6.1.

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

6.2.

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.

6.3.

WOMEN competitors shall place on their sails a red diamond.

7.

PROGRAMME

See details given for each venue above.
The Race Committee may decide to sail races on a ‘split fleet’ basis, in which case the competitors will sail in the same ‘split fleet’ for all races.
There are a maximum of 2 races sailed per day.

8.

 IMMEDIATE PENALTIES FOR BREAKING RULE 42

8.1.

Appendix P will apply with the following changes:

8.2.  

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

8.3.  

RRS P 3 is modified to read: “If a boat has been protested for the first time under RRS P 1 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 P 1 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 P 1 and the race committee signals a postponement, general recall or abandonment, RRS P 2.3 applies”.

8.4.

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

 9. 

SCORING

9.1.

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

9.2. 

In the Laser 4.7 category there must be a minimum of 3 competitors at an event for scoring to be included in the Overall Series.

9.3.

A minimum of two races is required to validate an individual regatta for inclusion in the overall series ranking.

9.4.

If a points scoring penalty for a breach of rule 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.

9.5.

Overall Series
The overall series will consist of 9 events (10 events for the Laser 4.7 Youth Grand Prix).  A minimum of 2 races must be sailed by a competitor to be included in the 2005 ranking.  For the Europa Cup Series (Standard Rig and Laser Radial Rig), the Laser Standard Youth Grand Prix and the Laser Radial Youth Grand Prix a competitor’s best 3 results will be scored in each Overall Series. For the Laser 4.7 Youth Grand Prix a competitor’s best 2 results PLUS the Laser 4.7 European Championship will be scored for the Overall series.
The winner shall be the boat with the lowest total score. When there is a tie on total points between two or more boats, the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat with the most first places, and when any such boats remain tied, the most second places and so on if necessary, for such races as count for total points. When the tie still remains, it shall stand as part of the final series results.

10.

INTERNATIONAL JURY

An international jury may be appointed in accordance with RRS Appendix N and perform the duties listed in RRS N 2, in which case the decision of the Jury will be final.

WHISTLE SYSTEM

12.

PRIZES

12.1. 

Prizes for each Regatta will be awarded in the following categories subject to entry numbers.
Laser Standard Rig: Overall, Youth Under 21, Youth Under 19
Laser Radial Rig: Overall, Women, Youth Under 19, Youth Under 17
Laser 4.7 Rig (under 18): Overall, Women, Under 15

12.2. 

The winner in the Standard Rig regattas in Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, France and the Netherlands will be awarded a personal entry for the 2005 Laser European Championship. The winner in the Standard Rig regattas in Germany, Austria, Portugal and Croatia will be awarded a personal entry for the 2006 Laser European Championship.

12.3. 

OVERALL SERIES PRIZES

12.3.1.

ILCA cubes will be awarded for the first 3 places in each category noted in 11.1 subject to ILCA Honour Awards By Law.

12.3.2.

In the Standard Rig Europa Cup the first and second placed European competitors in the series ranking will each received a new Standard sail. In the Standard Rig the 6 highest placed sailors in the series ranking will be awarded a personal entry to the 2006 Laser European Championship.

12.3.3. 

In the Laser Radial Rig Europa Cup the first placed European competitor in the series ranking will have his/her entry fee paid for the 2006 Laser Radial Open World Championship and receive a new Laser Radial sail. The second placed European competitor in the series ranking will receive a new Laser Radial sail. The first placed European competitor in the Women's Laser Radial Europa Cup will receive a new Laser Radial sail.

12.3.4. 

In the Laser Standard Youth Grand Prix the first placed European competitor in the series ranking will receive a new Standard sail. In the event that the overall winner of the Laser Standard Youth Grand Prix series is also the winner of the Laser Standard Europa Cup series only one prize will be awarded. The first placed European competitor under 19 in the series ranking will receive a new Standard sail, and again only one prize will be given if he is also the winner of the Laser Standard Youth Grand Prix series.

12.3.5.

In the Laser Radial Youth Grand Prix the first placed European competitor will have his/her entry fee paid for the 2006 Laser Radial World Championship (Open or Youth, depending upon his/her age at the time of the Championship) and receive a new Laser Radial sail. In the event that the overall winner of the Laser Radial Europa Cup series is also the winner of the Laser Radial Youth Grand Prix only one prize will be awarded. The first placed European competitor under 17 will receive a new Laser Radial sail, and again only one prize will be given if he/she is also the winner of the Laser Radial Youth Grand Prix series.   

13. 

COURSES

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

14. 

LIABILITY

The Sailing Clubs, the National Authorities and the International Laser Class Association, their officers, members and volunteers do not accept liability for loss of life or property, personal injury or damage caused by or arising out of the Europa Cup and Laser Standard, Laser Radial & Laser 4.7 Youth Grand Prix Regattas, and competitors take part in the Regattas 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.

15. 

SOCIAL EVENTS

See details given for each venue above.

16. 

ACCOMMODATION

See details given for each venue above.

17.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Additional information will be notified either from the International Office or from individual organising clubs.