2006 LASER RADIAL EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Laser Radial Men’s & Women's European Championship
Laser Radial Women’s European Trophy
Laser Radial Youth European Championship
Riccione, Italy, 9 – 16 June 2006
Organising authority: Vela Club Marano
in conjunction with the Italian and International Laser Class Association.
Championship website: http://www.assolaser.org/2006/euroradial/er.htm
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. Sailors shall be physically capable of sailing in 25 knot winds.
2.3.
Entry to the 2006 Laser Radial Men’s & Women's European Championship and Women’s
European Trophy is restricted to competitors who are or will be at least 15
years old in the year in which the championship is held subject to the entry
limit of 120 for the Women’s championship; i.e., a competitor for the 2006
Championship must be born in 1991 or earlier. Proof of age will be required at
registration.
2.4.
Entry to the 2006 Laser Radial Youth European Championship is restricted to
competitors who are or will be 15 years old but not 19 years old in the
calendar year in which the championship is held; i.e., a competitor for the
2006 Championship must be born in 1988, 1989, 1990 or 1991. Proof of age will
be required at registration.
2.5.
For the 2006 Laser Radial Women’s European Championship the entry
is also restricted to a limited number of sailors from each country in Europe. Please see list here. For each European country the entry codes are
available from the national Laser association. For the 2006 Laser Radial Women’s European Trophy the entry
is restricted to the entries in the European Women’s Championship plus non-European
women. For non European women
the entry codes are available from ILCA (email request to office@laserinternational.org
together with full name a details of previous sailing results)
2.6.
Before 15 May each sailor
under 18 years old on 7 June 2006 shall fax to ILCA (+44 1326 318968) a
completed parent/guardian consent form provided by
the organizers (link to form).
2.7.
For the duration of the championship, each
sailor under 18 years old on 8 June 2006 shall be accompanied by a responsible
adult who is named on the parent/guardian consent form.
3.
ENTRIES AND ENTRY FEES
3.1.
2006 Laser Radial Open/Women’s Championships: £130 (English pounds)
3.2.
2006 Laser Radial Youth Championships: £ 130 (English pounds)
3.3.
Entries must be sent on the official Entry
Form, available online at www.laserinternational.org
3.4.
ALL entries and correspondence must be sent to:
International Laser Class Association, Box 26, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK TR11 3TN.
Telephone +44 1326 315064 Fax +44 1326 318968 Email:
office@laserinternational.org Website: www.laserinternational.org
3.5.
The methods of payment are shown on the Entry
Form.
3.6.
Entries, together with full payment of entry
fees shall be made by internet by the entry closing date, or shall arrive at
the address shown on the Entry Form by the entry closing date. NO ENTRY WILL BE
ACCEPTED UNLESS FULL PAYMENT IS MADE AT THE TIME OF ENTRY AND, WHERE
APPLICABLE, A PARENT GUARDIAN CONSENT FORM IS RECEIVED BEFORE 21 MAY.
3.7.
NO FEES ARE REFUNDABLE AFTER THE ENTRY CLOSING
DATE OF 5 May 2006. Before that date
entry fees may be refunded at the discretion of ILCA after deducting 20%
administration expenses.
4.
ENTRY CLOSING DATE
4.1.
Entry closing date: 2259 GMT
Friday 5 May.
4.2.
LATE ENTRIES FOR THE EVENT MAY BE ACCEPTED AFTER 5 MAY 2006 ONLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE ORGANISERS
UPON PAYMENT OF A LATE ENTRY FEE OF £50 (English pounds).
5.
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Copies of Sailing Instructions will be
available at the Race Office from 1400 on 8 June.
6.
RACE OFFICE
The Race Office is situated at Piazzale Roma, in Laser Championship village,
Riccione town city centre and will be open from 1400 to 1800 on 8 June and 0900
to 1800 daily from 9 June
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:
Thursday 8 June – 1400 to 1900
Friday 9 June – 0930 to 1230 and 1330 to 1900
Saturday 10 June – 0900 to 1230 and 1330 to 1700
Measurement outside these times may be allowed at the
discretion of the Regatta Measurer and will be charged €20 per boat (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 all of 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. 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 Jury or Race Committee and the written
permission of the 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 in
the Women’s and Youth Championship shall
place on their sails a red diamond back to back above the top batten
approximate size 240 x 180 mm.
9.
PROGRAMME
9.1.
Date Item
Thursday 8 June Registration, Measurement 1400 to 1800
Friday 9 June Registration,
Measurement
Saturday 10 June Registration, Measurement &
Practice Race (1st warning signal 1430)
Sunday 11 June 1st Racing Day - 2 qualifier races (1st
warning signal 1300)
Monday 12 June 2nd Racing Day - 2 qualifier races
Tuesday 13 June 3rd Racing Day - 2 qualifier races
Wednesday 14 June 4th Racing Day - 2 qualifier races
Thursday 15 June Finals - 2 races
Friday 16 June Finals - 2 races (1 medal race only, if
sailed, for the top ten women)
Prizegiving and closing
ceremony
9.2.
Any race whose warning signal is not given by 1600 on the last day of the
regatta will be abandoned and not re-sailed.
10.
RACING FORMAT
10.1.
There will be a separate scoring and start(s)
for men, women and youth. The youth
female and youth male will sail in separate fleets if there are more than 40
youth females and 40 youth males entered.
Two race areas may be used if there is
a high entry. Any fleet category that has more than 76 entries may be
split into smaller fleets (subject to the youth female/male numbers) and sail a
pool fleet system followed by finals (gold, silver, bronze etc.)
10.2.
In the women’s fleet a final medal race may be
sailed to determine the top 10 overall positions. If sailed the score in the medal will be doubled and may not be
excluded. In addition there will be
penalty points for not crossing the line in the medal race and the penalties
for an infringement of rule 42 in the medal race may be modified.
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 re-sailed. 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 Low Point Scoring System of Appendix A will
apply.
12.2.
A total of 5 races are required to be completed
to constitute a championship.
12.3.
A qualifier race will not count until all
qualifier fleets have completed that race.
12.4.
A boat’s worst score will be excluded when calculating the division into the finals
fleets.
12.5.
The qualifier 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 except the women’s medal race
(instruction 10.2) if sailed.
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.
For the Women’s Championship there will be a
daily overall result list for The Women’s European Championship open only to
sailors from European Nations and a Women’s European Trophy open to all women
sailors.
13.
INTERNATIONAL JURY
An international jury will be appointed in
accordance with rule 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
The first overall of the Laser Radial Radial
Men’s, Women’s and Youth (Male and Female) European Championship will be
awarded the title European Champion. Male and female prizes in the Youth
European Championship will be awarded on the final position in the overall
result list without extracting the male or female results if the combined youth
fleet is race as one fleet.
Prizes will be awarded in accordance with the
ILCA Honour Award By Law for the following events:
Laser Radial Men’s European Championship
Laser Radial Women’s
European Championship
Laser Radial Youth
European Championship (male and female)
Separate prizes will
be awarded for the Laser Radial Women’s European Trophy
17.
COURSES
Trapezoid courses will be used with an upwind
finish.
18.
LIABILITY
The
Vela Club Marano and the International and Italian
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 2006 Laser Radial European Championships, and competitors
take part in the championships 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, and where applicable the nominated responsible adult, 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.
For third party liability insurance the minimum amount of cover recommended by
the Italian Sailing Federation is one million euros.
SOCIAL
PROGRAMME
Friday
June 9th 12,00 Press Conference
19,00 Opening Ceremony, Opening Party
with BBQ, music and fireworks
Sunday 11 June 18.00 Press conference
Monday 12 June 18.00 Press conference
Tuesday 13 June 18.00 Press conference, Beach Party
Wednesday 14 June 18.00 Press conference
Thursday 15 June 18.00 Press conference, Beach Party
Friday 16 June 18.00 Press conference, Prizegiving,
Closing ceremony