La Course de L'Alliance 2014

Organised by the Sint Maarten Yacht Club (SMYC)

28-30 November 2014

Sailing Instructions

incorporating the SMYC Standard Clauses for Sailing Instructions - Offshore

1.Contact:

1. 

Regatta Website

http://regattaguru.com/cdla

Organising Authority

Sint Maarten Yacht Club (SMYC)

Email: smycevents@gmail.com, Tel: +1 721 544 2079, +1 721 581 5017

2.Schedule of events:

Date
Time
Where
What

Thur 27 Nov

1500

Marina Fort Louis

Registration until start of Skippers Briefing

Thur 27 Nov

1800

Marina Fort Louis

Skippers Briefing

Fri 28 - Sun 30 Nov

Racing - See below

Racing

Fri 28 Nov

1730

SBYC St Barths

Daily Prize-giving followed by dinner

Sat 29 Nov

1630

Roy’s Bar and Grill

Drinks, followed by Daily Prize-giving, followed by dinner

Sun 30 Nov

1600

SMYC

Prize-giving

3.VHF Channel: 76.

4.Official Notice Board and Announcements:

Official notices will be posted on the Official Notices section of the Regatta Website. At the Daily Prize-giving, the intended start area for the next day’s racing will be announced.

5.Schedule of races, start area and finish area:

Date

Approximate Start area

1st Warning

Approximate Finish location

Time limit

Fri 28

Simpson Bay

~ 18°02N, 063°06.5W

not before 1015

South of Gros Islets near Gustavia

~17°53.9N, 062°51.5W

3 hours after first boat in class to finish

Sat 29

Near Gustavia

To be announced

not before 0925

Road Bay, Anguilla

~ 18°12N, 063°05.7W

5 hours after first boat in class to finish

Sun 30

Road Bay

~ 18°12N, 063°06W

not before 1025

Simpson Bay

~ 18°02.0'N 63°06.0’W

1 hour after first boat in class to finish

6.Finish line description:

The finish line will be between an orange or blue flag on a committee boat and a nearby orange or black and white chequered mark. The committee boat for finishing will not necessarily be the same as the committee boat for starting. The description of the finish line will be announced each day in the same way as a change to a Mark.

7.Classes, Class flags, Order of starts:

Start order

Class

Rating System
Class Flag
Additional Identification

1
CSA Racing
CSA
Numeral 1
none

2

Cruising

CSA
Numeral 2
none

3
Multihull
Multihull
Numeral 0
none

8.Other rules:

8.1.Starting time limit: 20 minutes.

8.2.Turns penalty: 2 turns.

8.3.Discards: None.

8.4.Prizes: Prizes for each day, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of the series in each Class.