Sailing Calendar 2009
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Club Championship Cruiser Series General Handicap Series Sunday Series Wednesday Series
Regatta Events (All boats)
Commodores Cup - 27th & 28th June
6 races over 2 days (3 per day) –2 races sailed to qualify.
Charity Regatta – 12th & 13th September
6 races over 2 days (3 per day) –3 races sailed to qualify.
Boxing Day – Pursuit Race 12.00 noon start
Fleets & Starts
Start 1 – Fast/Asymmetric Fleet (PY 999 or less)
Start 2 – Sprint 15/Handicap Cats
Start 3 – Medium
Start 4 – Slow/Novice
Start 5 – Cruisers
Dinghy & Catamaran Wednesday Series - top
Wednesday Series 1 – 1st April – 17th June
Wednesday Series 2 – 24th June -19th Sept.
Fleets & Starts – Start times as described in Calendar.
For Wednesday Series 2
Start 1 – Fast/Asymmetric fleet (PY 999 or less)
Start 2 – Sprint 15/Handicap Cats
Start 3 – Medium (See Fleet handicap list)
Start 4 – Slow (See Fleet handicap list)
Dinghy & Catamaran Sunday Series - top
Frostbite – 1st Feb – 29th March (9 races am/ 18 races pm)
Spring – 12th April – 31st May (7 races am/14 races pm)
Summer – 14th June – 30th August (9 races am/18 races pm)
Autumn – 20th Sep – 1st Nov (7 races am/14 races pm)
Winter – 8th Nov – 20th Dec (7 races am/14 races pm)
Number of races per day as listed in calendar
To qualify for the series – 50% +1 race sailed
Fleets & Starts - Sunday Series
Starts as listed on calendar
Start 1 – Fast/Asymmetric Fleet (PY 999 or less)
Start 2 – Sprint 15/Handicap Cats
Start 3 – Medium (See Fleet handicap list)
Start 4 – Slow (See Fleet handicap list)
Dinghy & Catamaran Saturday General Handicap Series - top
VSSR1 - 4th April – 23rd May - 24 Races
VSSR2 - 30th May - 25th July - 27 Races
VSSR3 - 1st August - 19th September - 24 Races
Informal briefing 10:15am - No Qualification.
Start to follow 3 minutes after cruiser start
Results from VSSR1, 2 & 3 count towards VSSR Championship
Cruiser Saturday Series
Frostbite – 31st Jan – 28th March
Spring – 4th April – 29th June
Summer – 27th June –19th Sept.
Autumn – 26th Sept – 19th Dec
3 Races per day, start times as described in Calendar
Dinghy & Catamaran Club Championship - top
1st Sunday of April, May, June, July, August, September.
A series of 6 race days – 3 races per day run concurrent with normal series racing
To qualify on the day – 3 races sailed
To qualify for the series – 50%+1 race sailed
Series discards – 25% of races sailed & Starts – Winter 11.00, 13.30, back to back, then during BST – 11.00, 13.30, 15.30
Start 1 – Fast/Asymmetric Fleet (PY 999 or less)
Start 2 – Sprint 15/Handicap Cats
Start 3 – Medium (See Fleet handicap list)
Start 4 – Slow (See Fleet handicap list)
Issue C 15th December 2008