NOTICE OF RACE

Portuguese SB20 National Championship

The Federação Portuguesa de Vela and the Clube Naval de Cascais establish this Notice of Race for the realization of Portuguese SB20 National Shampionship, with the support of the Portuguese SB20 Class Association, wich will be held from June 18th to 20th at the venue of Cascais
The Standard Sailing Instructions – v.6, published by the FPV Race Officials Committee will be applied and during the Event they shall be posted on the Official Notice Board.

1. RULES
The Event will be governed by the “rules” as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing.

2. ELEGIBILITY AND ENTRY
2.1. The Event is open to boats of the following Classe(s) SB20;
2.2. The elegible participants may sign up, filling in the attached Entry Form and sending it together with the Registration Fee to the regatas@cncascais.com up to 18h00 of June 13th ;
2.3. The Organizing Authority reserves the right to accept or not Entry Registrations out of time, and in case of acceptance, the Registration Fee maybe increase by 50%;
2.4. The deadlines for registration referred to in the previous numbers, shall not be less than 48 hours before the start of the first race of the Event (Article 6.4, Sporting Regulations);
2.5. Competitors must personally confirm their Registration by proving their Sporting Licenses, valid for the current year, at the Secretariat of the Event that will be placed club reception

3. REGISTRATION FEES
3.1. The following Registration Fees are required:
180€

4. PROGRAMA
4.1.
Date / Time Classe(s) Event
17/06 from 14h00 to 18h00 SB20 Registration confirmation and crew weighing
18/06 from 9h30 to 11h00 SB20 Registration confirmation and crew weighing
18/06 at 13:00 SB20 Warning signal - 1st race of the day
19/06 at 12:00 SB20 Warning signal - 1st race of the day
20/06 às 12:00 SB20 Warning signal - 1st race of the day

4.2. Number of scheduled races:
9 races
4.3. On the last scheduled day of racing, no warning signal will be made after 15:30;
4.4. _1_ races are required to be completed to constitute a series.

5. MEASUREMENT
Each boat shall produce a valid Measurement Certificate. Besides that, Inspections may occur at any time by an Official Measurer, to comply with the Class Rules or Sailing Instructions.

6. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
The Standard Sailing Instructions – v.6 published by the FPV Race Officials Committee will be applied and during the Event they shall be posted on the Official Notice Board.
The Sailing Instructions Supplement will be available from 14h00 of the June 17th at Race Office.

7. SUPPORT BOATS
Support persons boats should register at the Race Office and will have to use mandatorily the identification required in the Sailing Instructions.

8. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
A boat that is racing shall not make voice or data transmissions and shall not receive voice or data communication that is not available to all boats. This restriction it also applies to mobile phones.

9. PRIZES
Prizes will be given as follows:
Top 3 boats of the overall

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

11. SEGURO
Each participating boat shall be insured with valid Third Party Liability Insurance with a cover amount appropriate to the activity.

12. SPECICIFIC RULES

12.1. O The minimum number of participating boats (boats that start at least in one race) is (please remove any points not applicable):
⦁ 05 to the National Selection Events.
⦁ 10 to the Nationals Championships or National Championship Events.
⦁ 03 to the Events dedicated exclusively to the Olympic Classes.
12.2 Boats shall be splashed until 12h30 of June 18th
12.3 Boats shall be moored as listed on the berth list
12.3 A boat shall not be hauled out before the written permission of the Race Committee

13. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For further information please contact: regatas@cncascais.com