NOTICE OF RACE
SNIPE CLASS INTERNATIONAL RACING ASSOCIATION
2019 South European Championship and 2019 Portuguese National Championship Sergio Michel Trophy
7th to 10th June 2019

ORGANIZING AUTHORITY:
Clube Naval de Cascais and Portuguese Sailing Federation in co-operation with the Snipe Class
International Racing Association.

1. RULES:
The regatta will be governed by:
1 The rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing. (RRS);
2 The SCIRA Rules of Conduct for Conducting National and International Championship Regattas (RoC) available at http://www.snipe.org/images/2018Rules/SCIRA_2018_Rules-of-Conduct-final.pdf
3 The Deed of Gift, available at 3 http://www.snipe.org/class/deeds-of-gift;
4 The RRS as modified by the Rules for Conducting National and International Championship Regattas (RoC) as specified in the Sailing Instructions;
5 Part of National Authority (NA) prescriptions will apply as will be publish at the Official Notice Board (ONB). Prescriptions of the Portuguese Sailing Federation that will apply are the Prescriptions to the Rules 60.1, 63.4(d), 67(a) and (b), 86.3,88.2 and 91(b);
6 If there is a conflict between languages the English text will take precedence.

2. ADVERTISING:
2.1 Advertising is permitted in accordance with WS Regulation 20;
2.2 Boats may be requested to display advertising chosen and supplied by the organizing authority.

3. ENTRY AND ELIGIBILITY:
3.1 This regatta is open to SCIRA registered boats and Class Member skippers and crews who are in good standing with SCIRA for the current year, subject to any Deed of Gift restrictions;
3.2 No skipper or crew shall be eligible to enter any Class championship race unless:
⦁ they possess and present a current Class Membership Card, or
⦁ SCIRA-issued equivalent, or
⦁ shows as current member in the SCIRA Official Online Database;
1 All entrants shall be approved by the National Secretary affiliated with the skipper.

4. FEES:
4.1 The entry fee for the championship is 60€ and can be paid by Bank transfer through: Bank: Novo Banco
Account Number: 2460 0131 0004
NIB: 0007 0246 0000 1310 004 62
IBAN: PT50 0007 0246 0000 1310 004 62 SWIFT/BIC: BESCPTPL
4.2 Late entry fee, of 90€, will be charged after 15th of May.

5. SCHEDULE
5.1 Schedule:
Date Time Event Number of races planned
Friday, June 7th 09:00 to 18:00 Registration and Measurement
Saturday, June 8th 11:00 Warning signal
1st race of the day 2
Sunday, June 9th TBA Warning signal
1st race of the day TBA
Monday, June 10th TBA Warning signal
1st race of the day TBA

5.2 3 races constitute the series.
If 5 races are completed, the worst race shall be dropped, including a disqualification. If 7 races are completed, the 2 worst races shall be dropped, including a disqualification. If 4 or fewer races are completed, all shall be counted;
5.3 There are scheduled 7 races for the South European Championship;
5.4 On the last racing day no warning signal will be displayed after 15:30.

6. MEASUREMENT:
6.1 All boats shall be presented for inspection with the full equipment, including sails and personal flotation devices during the scheduled measurement. Boats and equipment shall be presented in a dry, clean and salt-free condition. The Race Committee may extend the measurement time;
6.2 Measurement will take place at the Club;
6.3 All boats shall produce a valid measurement certificate and are subject to measurement at any time at the reasonable discretion of the Class or Race Committee;
6.4 All boats are required to have a current Class decal properly displayed.

7. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS:
The Sailing Instructions will be available at 09:00 on June 07th.

8. VENUE.
Races will be sailed at:

Racing Area Distance Bearing Latitude Longitude
A 2,0 Nm 190º 38,40.000 N 009,26.000 W
B 2,0 Nm 140º 38,40.000 N 009,23.500 W

* Distances, bearings and positions are advisory only.

9. COURSES:
The courses to be sailed are the Class approved courses as published in the SCIRA Rulebook or web site.

10. SCORING:
The low Point Scoring System, RRS Appendix A, will apply.

11. SUPPORT BOATS:
Support boats shall register, within the limits specified in 5.1 above, to the Organizing Committee that will assign an identification to be shown visible on the boat throughout the event.

12. INSURANCE:
Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance with a minimum cover of 500 000,00€ per incident or the equivalent.

13 RADIO COMMUNICATIONS:
1 Except in an emergency, a boat shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor receive radio communications not available to all boats;
2 This restriction also applies to mobile telephones.

14 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See RRS Rule 4 - Decision to Race. The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with, prior to, during, or after the regatta.

15 PRIZES:
The prizes will be awarded as follow:
⦁ Top 3 overall;
⦁ 1st Under 23 Boat;
⦁ 1st Master Boat;
⦁ 1st Portuguese Boat – Portuguese National Champion Perpetual Trophy;
⦁ 1st overall – Sergio Michel Perpetual Trophy.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION (Not part of the Notice of Race)

MARINA CAR PARKING

Clube Naval de Cascais have negotiated with Marina de Cascais special Week Packages for just 8€/day at parking Marina Mar. 
Tickets must be requested until June 5th 18h00 and will be distributed at entry confirmation.

SOCIAL:
Date Time Event
Friday, June 7th 20:30 Welcome Dinner
Saturday, June 8th After Races Happy hour with food
Sunday, June 9th After Races Happy hour with food
Monday, June 10th After Races Prize Giving

SCIRA REPRESENTATIVE: Pedro Andrade

REGATTA CONTACT: Sebastião Osório de Castro – regatas@cncascais.com

REGATTA WEBSITE:
http://www.cncascais.com/index.php?option=com_rib&view=item&id=1153&catid=2&Itemid=157& lang=pt

PRINCIPAL RACE OFFICER: José Cancella – geral@cncascais.com

CHAIRMAN OF THE JURY: TBA

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