Notice of Race

Venue & Organizing Authority

South Port Sailing Club
210 Brighton Road
Tecumseh, Ontario N8N 2L3
(519) 979 SPSC
racing.southportsailingclub.com

SPSC Racing Director & Regatta Organizer ..... Brian Dawes

Rules

The series will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing.

The Harold Asselstine Memorial Trophy document details how overall placing in a spinnaker division applies to the awarding of the trophy.

Sailing Instructions

The Sailing Instructions ▼ and any additional documents will be available either in the clubhouse or downloadable from this web site. Any changes to the Notice of Race will be incorporated into this online version and posted as a notice to competitors..

The Official Notice Board

The official notice board is in the clubhouse's enclosed porch. Notices will be mirrored on the web site within 24 hours of being posted.

Times

In each division a warning signal will be no earlier than stated in the following table …

Classes to Race

PHRF Handicapped

Races will be sailed according to Essex County PHRF Rules except that there are no minimum crew limits.

Time-on-Time Handicapping

Corrected times will be calculated using time-on-time handicapping

Corrected Time ∝ Elapsed Time ÷ (PHRF Handicap + 557s/mi.)

JOG

There will be a single JOG class.

PHRF

The PHRF class will be divided into PHRF A, B & C. The RC will post a notice of splits before the race. The splits are as in the table above.

Class Flags

Coloured pennants matching the class flag are to be flown from the backstay.

Certificates

A boat must either:

1. have been rated by the Essex County PHRF Association (ECPA) or,
2. have been issued a rating certificate by a North American PHRF station and have an equivalent rating on file at ECPA or,
3. have been issued a one-design measurement certificate and have a one-desing rating on file at ECPA;
   • the Sharks' one-design rating is 225s/mi in PHRF and 227s/mi in JOG.

Despite rule RRS 78.1, a current valid measurement or rating certificate is not required

Insurance

Boats must carry liability insurance.

Registration & Facilities

The entry fee is $40 on or before Friday. On Saturday the late entry fee is $50 and no registrations will be taken after 1000.

Visiting boats may make use of the harbour, dry storage and facilities overnight Friday and Saturday for the cost of entry — the dry sail crane (attended and with proof of insurance) may be used to launch before the race on Saturday and haul-out after the race on Saturday or Sunday without additional charge. Use of the crane or for other purposes should be arranged with the RC or the harbourmaster spsc.harbourmaster@gmail.com.

Please complete the online registration form as early as possible.

Racing Area

The start and finish area shall be at Mark 4, 0.75 miles due magnetic north from outside the Pike Creek channel on Lake St. Clair.

Courses

The diagrammes in the Harvest Moon 2018 map above show all four of the available triangular courses. The longest is 22.9 nautical miles, the shortest 8.2 nautical miles. See the Sailing Instructions ▼ for details.

Prizes

SPSC Harvest Moon Regatta flags will be awarded for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place in each division.

Perpetual trophies will be awarded for Best Corrected, First to Finish and First Shark to Finish.