13-20 de December 2014 Olympic Classes 2014 Brazilian National Championship 49er / 49erFX ORGANISING AUTHORITY: Confederação Brasileira de Vela Prefeitura Municipal de Niterói 1
NOTICE OF RACE 1 RULES 1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). 1.2 RSS Appendix P, Special Procedures for Rule 42, will apply. 1.3 For Medal Races, ISAF Addendum Q, Umpired Fleet Racing, available on the ISAF website (http://www.sailing.org), will apply and changes a number of racing rules. The version that is current when the regatta begins will appear in full in the Sailing Instructions. 1.4 The National Authority prescriptions will apply. 2 ADVERTISING Boats may be required to display bow numbers and / or advertising chosen and supplied by the Organizing Authority (OA). 3 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY 3.1 ISAF Eligibility according to ISAF Regulation 19 is required of all athletes. 3.2 Each athlete shall be registered as an ISAF Sailor on the ISAF website (www.sailing.org/isafsailor) and affiliated to a Regional Sailing Federation or club in Brazil and in its Association Class. 3.3 The II Copa Brasil de Vela 2014 is open to boats competing in these events: RS:X (Men), RS:X (Women), Laser Standard (Men), Laser Radial (Women), Finn (Men), 470 (Open), 470 (Women), 49er (Men), 49er FX (Open) e Nacra 17 (Mixed). 3.4 The eligibility rules of each class will apply. The membership fee of each Brazilian Association Class can be made at registration. 3.5 There is no limit or quota of entries to each event. 3.6 Eligible boats must be registered by email (cbvela@cbvela.org.br) or at Race Office filling the attached Registration Form until 10:00h of 16 December 2014. 4 FEES The entry fee paid until 30 November 2014 will be R$ 100.00 (one hundred reais) per sailor; and from 01 until 16 December 2014 will be R$ 150.00 (one hundred and fifty reais) per sailor. 5 FORMAT 5.1 For all classes, the event will consist of an initial series followed by Medal Race, subject to item 5.2. 5.2 Medal Race: 5.2.1 A Medal Race will be disputed if four or more races have been completed the initial series before the day scheduled for the Medal Race. If fewer than four races in the initial series have been completed prior to this, the initial series will continue in this day until complete the number of four races 5.2.2 There will be qualified to the Medal Race in each event, the best competitors ranked in the initial series, as follows: a) classes with 10 or more entries, the top 10; b) classes with 9 or fewer entries, the top 5. 5.2.3 The designation of the competitors qualified for the Medal Race will be made based on available results at 08: 00h of the day scheduled for this regatta. The Protest Committee may extend this limit. 2
5.3 For all races in the series and also to the criteria for the "Medal Race" will have the same start signal and courses the events as follows: a) 49er Men and 49er FX Open. b) 470 Open and 470 Women. 5.4 There will be also a single score, with a single general classification the following grouped classes: a) 49er Men and 49er FX Open. b) 470 Open and 470 Women. 5.5 Other formats may be used as duly authorized by CBVela and published in the Sailing Instructions. 6 SCHEDULE 6.1 The schedule is as follows: Day of Week Date Time Activity Saturday 13/12/2014 09:00 às 18:00 Registration and measurement Sunday 14/12/2014 09:00 às 18:00 Registration and measurement Monday 15/12/2014 09:00 às 18:00 Registration and measurement 10:00 Time limit for entry confirmation Tuesday 16/12/2014 10:30 Participants Meeting 13:00 Racing Wednesday 17/12/2014 13:00 Racing Thursday 18/12/2014 13:00 Racing Friday 19/12/2014 13:00 Racing Saturday 20/12/2014 13:00 Medal Races 18:00 Time limit for signaling starting Medal Races 19:00 Awards Ceremony 6.2 The scheduled time of the warning signal for the first race each day is at 13:00h. The time limit signaling starting Medal Races on 20 December 2014 will be at 18:00h. 6.3 Number of races scheduled for class: Classes Initial Series Discards Medal Races Laser Standard, Laser Radial, 470 Open, 470 Women and Finn 10 1 1 RS:X Men, RS:X Women., 49er, 49er FX and Nacra 17 12 1 1 6.4 Three races are scheduled per day for each class, and if necessary, an extra race may be sailed if it s not advance the planned program. 7 EQUIPMENT INSPECTION 7.1 All boats and their equipment must be presented for inspection at the venue from 09:00h of 13 December 2014 until 18:00h of 15 December 2014. 7.2 The boats must have your proof of regularity or certificates submitted to the Race Office before the entry deadline. 7.3 Any boat or equipment may be inspected at any time during the event. 8 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS Will be available in the Race Office at registration on 13 December 2014. 3
9 VENUE 9.1 The regatta will be at San Francisco Beach, located at Quintino Bocaiuva Avenue - São Francisco - Niterói/RJ. 9.2 The race areas will be in Guanabara Bay and its proximity. There will be race areas rotation for all classes. 10 THE COURSES The courses will be Windward/Leeward or Trapezoid. 11 PENALTY SYSTEM 11.1 RSS Appendix P, Special Procedures for Rule 42, will apply. 11.2 The decisions of the Jury appointed by the Organizing Authority will be final in accordance with rule 70.5 (b). 11.3 For the Nacra 17, 49er e 49er FX events, RRS 44.1 and RRS P2.1 are changed so that the Two-Turns Penalty is replaced by the One-Turn Penalty. 12 SCORING 12.1 RRS Appendix A will apply. RRS B8 is deleted. 12.2 A minimum of 04 (four) races is required to be completed to constitute a regatta. 12.3 When 05 (five) races have been completed, there will be no discard. When 06 (six) or more races have been completed, a boat's series score will be the total of her race scores, excluding her worst score. 12.4 In medal races, a boat s score shall be double the number of points specified in RRS Appendix A4.1, and the score for that race shall not be excluded from the series score. 12.5 Ties in the series score between boats with different medal race point scores shall be broken in favour of the boat that scored better in the medal race. This changes RRS Appendix A8. 12.6 The boats assigned to compete in the medal race will be ranked highest in the regatta except for a boat disqualified from the medal race under rule RRS 5 or 69. 12.7 A boat assigned to compete in the medal race shall make a genuine effort to start, sail the course and finish. A breach of this paragraph will not be grounds for a protest by a boat. This changes rule RRS 60.1(a). The penalty for a breach of this paragraph will be ranking the boat as the last boat in his Medal Race. 13 COACH BOATS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL The support boats must be registered with the Race Office of the Event. 14 BERTHING Boats shall be kept in their assigned places in the boat park. 15 RADIO COMMUNICATIONS Except in an emergency or using equipment provided by the Organising Authority, a boat shall not make or receive radio transmissions including text messages or cellular phone calls while Racing. 16 PRIZES Medals will be awarded to the top 3 boats in each event. 17 MEDIA RIGHTS By participating in the event competitors automatically grant to the Organizing Authority, their sponsors and ISAF the right in perpetuity to make, use and show, from time to time at their discretion, any motion pictures and live, taped or filmed television and other reproductions of the athlete during the period of the competition 4
without compensation. 18 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. Neither the Organizing Authority nor ISAF will accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta. 19 MORE INFORMATION Brazilian Sailing Federation Mahatma Gandhi Square, 02 Grup 1210 20018-900 - Rio de Janeiro/RJ - Brasil Tel.: +55 21 2240-8919 / 3178-6992 E-mail: cbvela@cbvela.org.br Site: www.cbvela.org.br 5
ATTACHMENT I II COPA BRASIL DE VELA 2014 CONFEDERAÇÃO BRASILEIRA DE VELA PREFEITURA MUNICIPAL DE NITERÓI REGISTRATION FORM CLASS: CATEGORY: NUMERAL AFFILIATED CLUB: REGIONAL FEDERATION: HELM: DATE OF BIRTH: ADDRESS: NEIGHBORHOOD: CITY: STATE ZIP: MOBILE: PHONES: ISAF ID: E-MAIL: CREW: DATE OF BIRTH: ADDRESS: NEIGHBORHOOD: CITY: STATE: ZIP: MOBILE: PHONES: ISAF ID: E-MAIL: DECLARATION I declare to know and respect the International Rules of Sailing (International Sailing Federation) 2013/2016, the provisions of CBVela, the Class Rules, Sailing Instructions, including changes made by the Race Committee or the Protest Committee; being me and my crew, and the boat mentioned, strictly according to the statement now given. PLACE AND DATE: SIGNATURE: 6