The 42nd BLUENOSE
REGATTA
For LIGHTNINGS
1.
INVITATION – Harbor Island Yacht Club and
Lightning Fleet #262 cordially invite you and your crew to attend the 42nd
Bluenose Regatta, November 2-4, 2007 on Old Hickory Lake in Nashville, Tennessee.
2.
RULES
2.1.
The regatta will be governed by
the Rules as defined in The Racing
Rules of Sailing (RRS).
2.2.
Changes to the following RRS
sections will be made for this regatta: 29 (Recalls), 33 (Course Change), 42.3(c)
(Propulsion Exceptions), 44.2 (Two Turns Penalty), 61.3 (Protest Time Limit),
62.1(a) (Redress), A4.1, A4.2, A7 and A8 (Scoring).
3.
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS - The Sailing
Instructions will be available at registration. A draft is available at the
Bluenose Website .
4.
CLASSES, ELIGIBILITY
4.1. The regatta will be open to all Lightnings as defined by the ILCA.
4.2. Skippers must meet all class membership requirements and their boats must meet all measurement requirements.
4.3.
Participants must enter by
completing registration at the table in the HIYC clubhouse before the skippers'
meeting.
5.
FEES
5.1.
The Regatta registration fee is
$45.00.
5.2.
Lunches will be available for
purchase. The cost is $6.75 per person per day.
5.3.
A steak dinner will be served
on Saturday evening at the HIYC Clubhouse. The cost is $17.00 per person
6.
SCHEDULE - The official time will be
kept by the Race Committee Clock above the coffee maker in the clubhouse ashore
and by the PRO's watch (synchronized to the RC Clock)
on the race committee boat on the water
5:00-8:00 p.m.: Registration
Subsequent
races follow. Lunch on the water.
Subsequent
races to follow.
TBD: Trophy
Presentation
7.
LAUNCHING & ACCESS - Launching,
docking and hauling may be done at Harbor Island Yacht Club free of charge. A boat
hoist and ramp are available for trailer launching.
8.
THE
8.1. Harbor Island Yacht Club will be the site of all shore-side activities.
8.2. Race courses will be set outside the harbor on Old Hickory Lake and may intersect the navigational channel. Commercial traffic (barges) and deep-draft craft in the channel have right-of-way over sailboats and must be treated with utmost respect. When a boat sailing under these rules meets a vessel that is not, the rules of Part 2 (When Boats Meet) are replaced by the Inland Navigational Rules. Any boat impeding the passage of a right-of-way vessel is subject to protest and disqualification by the race committee or protest committee.
8.3. The location of the course will depend on the wind direction and velocity. The "Upper Course" is upstream of the harbor entrance (northeast, or to the right as you sail out of the harbor, avoiding the shoal near Duck Island). The "Lower Course" is west of the harbor entrance (to the left as you leave the harbor, staying in the channel marked by red nuns and green buoys).
9.
RACING
9.1.
The racing will consist of buoy
courses.
9.2.
One race will constitute a
series.
9.3.
No races will start after
10.
SCORING
10.1. Each boat finishing in a race and not thereafter retiring or being disqualified will be scored points equal to her finishing place. DNC, DNS, DNF and RAF score point equal to one more than the number of boats entered in the series. OCS, DNE, DGM and DSQ score points equal to two more than the number of boats entered in the series. RDG scores the number of points equal to the finishing position awarded her after a hearing of request for redress.
10.2. Each boat's series score will be the sum of her scores for all races, excluding her worst score if six races are completed.
10.3. Boats which tie in a single race shall score points equal to the best position involved. The position(s) immediately following that shall remain vacant. (This modifies RRS A7).
10.4.
When there is a tie on total
points between two or more boats at the end of a series, the tie will be broken
in favor of the boat or boats with the most first
places...and when a tie remains, the most second places...and so on. When a tie still remains, it shall be broken
in favor of the boat which beats the other(s) in the
last untied race of the series. (All
races, including those excluded in calculating total scores in accordance with
10.2 above, will be considered for the purpose of
breaking ties). (This modifies RRS A8).
11.
PRIZES - Trophies will be awarded for the
top ten (10) finishers.
12. DIRECTIONS - Exit #221 The Hermitage / Hwy 45 North. Continue on ramp down to stop lights. Pass Andrew Jackson WAY and the Exxon Station. Turn right on Andrew Jackson PARKWAY by the BP Station. (The next turn you make will be Harbor Drive [a little over 6 miles].) Cross Lebanon Road (major intersection with BP and Texaco.). The road name will change to Saundersville Road. When you see the lake, you are close. After passing Shutes Branch Recreational Area, look for the next road on left. Turn left onto Harbor Island. HIYC located on the right after the gate and causeway.
The code to open the causeway gate is #6230 (be sure to begin by entering the pound sign, #).
13.
LODGING
14.
DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY - Competitors in this event are
participating entirely at their own risk. See RRS 4, Decision to Race.
Competitors agree that the race organizers (organizing authority, race
committee, protest committee, host club, sponsors, or any other organization or
official) shall not be responsible for damage to any boat or other property or
the injury to any competitor, including death, sustained as a result of
participation in this event. As an inducement to the race organizers to produce
the regatta, each competitor agrees that by participating in this event each
competitor is deemed to have waived all claims against and released the race
organizers from any and all liability associated with such competitor’s
participation in this event to the fullest extent permitted by law and is
deemed to have warranted that he has obtained this same release of the race
organizers by each crew member.
15.
FURTHER INFORMATION - For further
information please contact Regatta Chairman, Rob Hempel,
622 Hunters Lane Brentwood, TN 37027-5735 Phone
E-mail to: Hempel