CLOSING DAY REGATTA Event Notice
Saturday, November 7, 2020

NOTICE The event information below, used in conjunction with the General Offshore Notice of Race, comprises the complete NOTICE OF RACE for the event.

DESCRIPTION This event will consist of one race held on Saturday, November 7, 2020, for PHRF SPINNAKER, and PHRF NON-SPIN sailboats holding valid PHRF of the Chesapeake certificates, CRUISING Class sailboats having a handicap rating assigned by FBYC and J/70 one design. This race will be a staggered-start, pursuit race around government marks. J/70 class will use the current PHRF of the Chesapeake J/70 one design rating.

PHRF NON-SPIN will be sailed allowing only one (1) headsail downwind.

PROGRAM 

Join your FBYC Offshore friends in celebrating the last Offshore Racing Event at FBYC for 2020.  What a year it has been.

We will commence when the Offshore Fleet and Mr. Roberts return from racing this Saturday, November 7— (estimated 3-4PM) but know food and bev will not be served until after Mr. Roberts hits the dock from performing yet another outstanding Race Committee.

To ensure we have enough food to go around……please use this link to let us know you are planning to attend as well as fill a slot for bringing your best chili in a crockpot and an offer to help out. The weather looks fabulous!

SIGN UP HERE:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080c4fa5aa2ba4ff2-offshore

We hope to have a few Offshore Racers show their skill by bringing their individual chili in a crockpot to be served to attendees (via individual containers) as well as Oysters (some leftover from 10/24 event that returned to our own Fishing Bay to grow bigger) as well as Cornbread, Rum Cake as well as Hot Cider/Coffee.  Bring your oyster knives and dig in!  All are welcome to drop off their contributions before heading out for the race---main clubhouse. 

We do have some remaining beer and water reserves from this year but encourage you to BYOB your favorite libation.  Tables will be spaced to allow for socially distancing as well as food packaged for safe serving.  Please bring your masks to ensure safety for all.

Any questions…..reach out to Elizabeth Staas

SKIPPERS' MEETING There will be a Skippers’ Meeting at 0930 hours at the flagpole adjacent to the Jackson Creek parking lot.

WARNING SIGNAL The warning signal for the first boat will be at 1100 hours. The Race Committee will provide each boat with its starting time at the Skippers’ Meeting.

COURSES The Race Committee will describe the course at the Skippers’ Meeting.

TIME LIMITS The time limit for any race in the series shall be four hours calculated from the actual start time of the highest handicapped yacht participating on any race day. If one boat in a class or subclass finishes within the time limit, boats still racing that do not finish within 30 minutes of the first boat finishing in her class will be scored TLE (Time Limit Expired) which will be equal to the number of competitors plus one. 

SCORING The winner in each class shall be the boat that finishes first in that class. For yachts choosing to participate in the Winter Series races on November 17^th and December 1st, the score for this race will be combined with those races to determine the Winter Series Winner.

CBYRA SANCTION This race is sanctioned for CBYRA High Point awards but will not be used in scoring for FBYC annual perpetual trophies.

WINTER SERIES Event Notice
Saturdays, November 7, 21 and December 5

NOTICE The event information below, used in conjunction with the General Offshore Notice of Race comprises the complete NOTICE OF RACE for the event.

DESCRIPTION This series will consist of a single pursuit format race on three days for:

PHRF SPINNAKER A, B & C (holding valid PHRF of the Chesapeake certificates)
PHRF NON-SPIN (holding valid PHRF of the Chesapeake certificates)
CRUISING Class (sailboats having a handicap rating assigned by FBYC)
J/70 Offshore One Design

PHRF NON-SPIN will be sailed allowing only one (1) headsail downwind.

PROGRAM Awards will be presented for each day’s races and refreshments will be provided by FBYC after each day’s races except for Closing Day. Overall awards for the series will be presented during the social program following the last Winter Series Race on December 5, 2020.

WARNING The warning signal for the first race each day will be at 1100 hours.

STARTING AREA will be in the vicinity of FBYC “B”.

COURSE The course set in the skippers meeting for the Closing Day/Winter Series #1 race may apply to all races.

TIME LIMITS The time limit for any race in the series shall be four hours calculated from the actual start time of the highest handicapped yacht participating on any race day. If one boat in a class or subclass finishes within the time limit, boats still racing that do not finish within 30 minutes of the first boat finishing in her class will be scored TLE (Time Limit Expired) which will be equal to the number of competitors plus one. 

SCORING Daily awards are awarded based on the “Low-Point Scoring System”. The Winter Series winner in each class (PHRF Spinnaker, NS, Cruising) will be the qualified boat having the highest score for the series based on the “High-Point Percentage Scoring System”. There are no throw outs.