|
Regatta | Hyland
Challenge Trophy |
|
Dates | 29
& 30 November, 2008 |
|
Rules |
Racing Rules of Sailing (2005-2008) Current
Class Rules of Participating Yachts RVYC
Sailing Instructions for Special Club Races Notice
of Race Race Category C (Regulation
20) |
| Eligibility
& Entry | Members
of the RVYC and their invited guests. |
|
Classes | All
Classes recognised by the RVYC. A one design class with 5 or more entrants can
have a separate start. The Open class catamarans can be divided in doublehanded
boats and singlehanded boats, each with their own start, provided both entities
have at least 5 boats.. All monohulls will race in the Monohull Class, but the
Laser 4.7 group can have its own start, provided there is a minimum of 5 boats.
The Opties start in their own class. |
|
Starting
Times |
Briefing |
First
Class of the Day |
Race Officer |
|
Saturday Sunday |
13:00 10:00 |
14:00 11:00 |
Sukit
/ Visanu Sukit /
Visanu |
| Sailing
Instructions | Will
be available on the RVYC Web Site and on the Notice Board. |
| Course | On
Saturday there will be 2 round the cans races back-to-back. On Sunday there will
be a long distance race for catamarans. For Lasers there will be 2 round the cans
races back-to-back or a medium distance race. |
|
Time Limit | For
round the cans 80 minutes for the first boat. 20 minutes between first and last
boat of each class. For long distance race 4 hours. |
| Penalty
System | For
the multi-hull classes, rules 44.1 and 44.2 are changed so that one turn including
one tack and one gybe is required. |
|
Scoring | Low
point scoring system |
|
Handicap | RVYC
Handicap System for the Open Classes as published on the Notice Board. |
| Prizes | To
be announced |
| History | The
original Trophy was donated by Charles Keith Hyland in 1980. Since then the race
has been sailed regularly with attendance in the early years of some 15 catamarans. |