VALCOUR SAILING CLUB
PO BOX
1362
PLATTSBURGH ,
NEW YORK 12901
Officers, Committees, Liaisons 2007
Officers Name Tel # e-mail
address
Commodore: Ed Trombley 563-7128 usa833@yahoo.com
Vice-Commodore: Ty Kretser 561-4152 tdkretser@yahoo.com
Rear Commodore: Amy Kretser 561-4152 akretser@yahoo.com
Secretary: Shirley Tedford 563-8175 satuge@localnet.com
Treasurer: Gwenael Queguiner 562-2982 gqueguiner@plattscsd.org
Member-at-Large: Dave Bashaw 834-5201 easymotion@hotmail.com
LCPHRF
Rater: Brian Dowlilng 566-0868 bmdeapp@westelcom.com
Committees Chair Tel # Members
Committee
Boat: Dave Bashaw 834-5201 T. Kretser
Finance:
Gwenael Queguiner 561-2983
Membership: volunteer needed
Protest: Ed Trombley 563-7128 C. Lanigan, J.
Trombley, B. Dowling, K. Dahlen, P. Gorman
Race: Ty Kretser 561-4152 J. Trombley, D. Inhelder, C. Meyerson, M. Parsons
Rating: Brian Dowling 420-5415 D. Bashaw, C. Duley
Liaisons Name Tel # e-mail address
Cumberland Bay Community Boating Center
Clinton Community
College
Display Boards:
Kristen
Otap 562-1054 klotap@saranac.edu
Press Liaison:
volunteer
needed
Soling Fleet
Spokesperson: Brian
White 563-7128 brianewhite@yahoo.com
Sponsorship: volunteer needed
Webmaster: Brian
White 561-2983 brianewhite@yahoo.com
2007
Schedule of Events
Introduction
In the
spring of 1966, Valcour Sailing Club was launched out of the desire for
organized racing on a regularly scheduled basis. At that time, racing was limited to
weekends, one week the race was on Saturday, the second week, the race was on
Sunday. As the years passed, so has the
scope of organized racing. VSC now
provides organized racing for two weekday series; Tuesday evening Soling races
and Wednesday evening PHRF races as well as weekend Soling and PHRF Races.
The
PHRF Sunday Series consists of nine-cup
races.
1. COMMODORE'S CUP
First scheduled for the 1976 sailing season during the administration
of Commodore Wayne Twining and has been scheduled each sailing season
since. It is dedicated to the office of
the Commodore of VSC. Its precursor was
the Lighthouse Cup race, established by Peter Hornby and his crew in 1974, as
the first race of the season. The
Commodore’s Cup was built and donated by Commodore Twining. Due to a schedule conflict, this season the
Commodore will host an after race reception/BBQ after the Kent Delord Race.
2. ISLE ST. MICHEL Race
Named after
3.
First
run on
4. CRACKED POT
VSC
has held a Fourth of July race since 1967, known alternatively as the 4th
of July Race (1967), Independence Day Race (1968), Special Race (1969),
Skippers Race (1971-1974), and the Standing Start Race (1975). For many years the Cracked Pot race started
with all boats at anchor and sails lowered.
Each boat would be given a different starting time based on its handicap
rating with the slowest boat starting first, then the next slowest and so on
until the entire fleet had started. The
winner would be the crew of the first boat to cross the finish line. The winner would be required to drink beer
from a full cracked bedpan (the original Cup).
Over the years, the
5. VALCOUR RACE
Named after
6. EISENGER CUP
Initiated in 1980 as a memorial to Dr. Peter
Eisenger, a dedicated sailboat racer and beloved member of VSC, the Eisenger
Cup first ran as one of three special events in the race schedule. It evolved into a regatta, for a time
consisting of three races in one day and now consisting of two races.
7. McDOWELL CUP
Dedicated to Dr. David McDowell, the first honorary
lifetime member of VSC. First scheduled
in 1991, the McDowell Race would traditionally start and finish within view of
Dr. McDowell’s residence located in Valcour.
After the race a “raft-up” of participating boats would be held. In recent years interest in the raft-up has
declined, and after race festivities are alternatively planned
8. NAKED TURTLE RACE
Established
in 2003, this race is a thank you to the Naked Turtle Restaurant, which has
unselfishly supported VSC and provided VSC with an unofficial point of after
race debriefing.
9. FALL CLASSIC
Established
in 2002, this final race of the VSC season is dedicated to the coming of fall
on
In addition to the nine PHRF
series races, the VSC is proud to work with the Clinton Community College Foundation by organizing the
The second annual Lake
Champlain Race Week is also featured.
The regatta is comprised of the Eisenger Cup, the Mayor's Cup, the
Valcour Race, and a Friday evening race.
Join the LCRW regatta and enjoy prizes, parties, and great racing.
Valcour Sailing Club
2007
Notice of Race
1 Organizing
Authority
The
organizing authority is the Valcour Sailing Club, Inc. (VSC). This publication shall serve as Notice of
Race for all VSC sponsored events, unless otherwise notified.
2 Rules
All events will be governed
by the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2006-2008.
This Notice of Race will stand except as amended or altered by the
Sailing Instructions, or properly posted amendments on the VSC website at
valcoursailingclub.org.
3 Advertising
All events will be category
C events in accordance with RRS 79 and ISAF Advertising Code Regulation 20.
4 Eligibility
and Entry
A boat
must be sponsored by a regular member of the VSC. A regular or associate member of the VSC must
be on the boat while racing. VSC guests
are allowed to compete in individual races without a VSC member aboard. All boats must be in compliance with
appropriate Federal and State safety laws, rules and regulations, and sign a
VSC entry form. Boats must have a valid
PHRF certificate issued by Lake Champlain PHRF prior to competing.
5 Classes
Any
boat with a PHRF rating from LCPHRF is eligible to participate in VSC PHRF
races.
6 Safety
6.1 A boat that retires from a race must notify the Race
Committee as soon as possible.
6.2 The skipper is ultimately responsible for the safety of
his boat and crew.
6.3 All boats must carry equipment required by the US Coast
Guard and any applicable Federal, State, and local authorities.
7 Remedies Not Specified
Any situation or event, for which a specific remedy
cannot be found in these Sailing Instructions or the 2006 - 2008 Racing Rules
of Sailing as adopted by the United States Sailing Association, shall be
referred to a committee appointed by the Commodore and shall consist of three
or more VSC members none of which shall be affected by the outcome of the
remedy.
8 Liability
The owner of a boat, by his
entry into an event, agrees to hold harmless and indemnify the VSC, its
officers, and any person involved in running the regatta, for any claim arising
out of participation in a VSC event, by any and all people on his boat.
9 Racing
Area
All VSC events shall
start on
10 Scoring
10.1 Handicap
System. The Time-On-Time method of PHRF
corrected time calculation will be used for all PHRF races except the Cracked
Pot race, which shall be Time-On-Distance.
Time-On-Time correction factors will be used in accordance with the
average wind strength for each race.
Correction factors are as
follows.
WIND TIME CORRECTION
FACTOR
0 - 6 knots 672
600
+ Your PHRF
6.1 – 15 knots 622
550
+ Your PHRF
15.1 + knots 552
480
+ Your PHRF
The average wind strength of the race shall be the
average of the wind readings taken by the O.D. and recorded on the O.D. race
form from the start of the race and at every fifteen minute interval thereafter
until the last boat finishes the race.
10.2 Race
Scoring. The
Low Point Scoring System, Appendix A2 of the RRS, will be used.
10.3 Series Scoring.
10.3.1 PHRF Wednesday Night A & B Series
The A series will have 7 races with one throw
out. The B series will have 8 races with one throw out.
10.3.2 PHRF Sunday Series
This series will consist
of nine events with two throw outs.
11. AWARDS
11.1 PHRF
Wednesday Night A & B Series
Trophies will be awarded (when they become
available) to first, second, and third place finishes in each series at the
fall banquet.
11.2 PHRF
Sunday Races
A perpetual trophy will
be awarded to the boat with the lowest corrected time after the race at the
Naked Turtle.
11.3 PHRF Sunday Series
Trophies
will be awarded to first, second, and third place finishes in each series at
the fall banquet.
11.4. BROACH OF THE YEAR: This
award is presented to the boat that has the most spectacular broach of the
season.
11.5. MOST IMPROVED BOAT: This award is presented to the boat that has
demonstrated the greatest degree of improvement from the previous season.
11.6 PHRF
BOAT OF THE YEAR: This award is presented to the
boat with the lowest overall score of all PHRF series races combined (no
throw-outs).
11.7 CREWMEMBER
OF THE YEAR: This award is presented to the crew member
that had consistent participation throughout the season on weekdays and
weekends, was an integral part of his or her crew and boat, showed a high
degree of camaraderie with his or her own crew as well as other boats in the
spirit of fun and fair sportsmanship, and showed interest and participated in
the club’s activities such as, race committee, executive meetings, and club
social events.
12.
Schedule
of Events:
Wednesday Series
Sunday Series
LCPHRF Series
Other PHRF Races
Valcour
Sailing Club
2007 Sailing Instructions
1.
Courses
The Committee boat shall
display the course number. When courses
1 and 2 are selected the marks to be rounded for the first lap shall be
displayed after the course number.
1.1 PHRF
Wednesday Series Courses shall be
selected from course numbers 1 - 2.
1.2 PHRF Sunday Series Courses shall be selected from racecourse numbers 5 – 26 except
The Eisinger Cup Regatta which shall be two races of course 1 or 2.
