FCSL 2016 Season Planning Meeting

November 17, 2015
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Greenwich Academy

rsvp crussell@greenwichacademy.org

Gold Cup Results

Silver Cup Results

http://scores.hssailing.org/s15/fcsl-silver-cup/

SILVER AND GOLD SAILING INSTRUCTIONS, May 16 and 17, 2015

FCSL Silver and Gold Cups Championships

 2015 Team Race Sailing Instructions

1.         RULES

1.1                  The regatta will be governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix D, ISSA Procedural Rules, NESSA Procedural Rules, and the 2014 NESSA meeting minutes and these Sailing Instructions.

2.         ELIGIBILITY

2.1       All schools must be members in good standing in the FCSL or be invited to   compete.

3.         NOTICES TO COMPETITION

3.1            There is not an official notice board for our league. Notices  prior to Saturday, May 16 will be sent by email and posted at http://www.fairfieldcountysailingleague.blogspot.com/. On or after May 16, notices to competitors shall be given verbally in a skippers meeting or in a coaches meeting where after coaches will be responsible to convey information to their teams.

4          CHANGES IN THE SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

4.1            Any change in the SI’s will be given verbally in the competitor or coach’s meeting.

5.         BOATS & EQUIPMENT

5.1            420’s will be provided for all competitors, who shall not modify any yacht (with the exception of mainsheet purchase) or cause them to be modified in any way.

5.2            The standing rigging shall not be adjusted without notifying the Race Committee.

6.         SAFETY AND SUPPORT BOATS

6.1            Competitors shall wear USCG approved life vests.

6.2            Each team may bring afloat a full team race team (6 competitors) and 3 alternates.

6.3            Each coach is responsible for bringing their own VHF handheld radio.

6.4            Drysuits may be deemed mandatory based on conditions by the Race Committee. Competitors should come prepared.

7.         ROTATIONS

7.1            Notification of boat rotations will be given in the competitor or coach’s meeting.

8.         COMPETITOR'S MEETING

8.1            In the interest of saving time, a competitor’s meeting is deemed optional by the RC.

9.         BREAKDOWNS

9.1       After a breakdown, the boat’s crew shall make every effort to fix the damage and continue racing, unless that would result in further damage or risk to the crew.

9.2       Following a break down a competitor must notify the Race Committee as soon as possible, or immediately after finishing.

10      SERIOUS DAMAGE

10.1   A collision causing damage requiring more than normal maintenance is regarded as serious damage and considered a serious incident. When such damage occurs, the protest committee may hold a hearing to consider whether those involved exercised reasonable care in handling their boats. When the Protest Committee finds that either or both boats) did not, one or both shall be disqualified.

10.2   Boats involved in a collision, shall attempt to finish the race, and report damage to the Race Committee, as long as the boat and crew will not sustain any further damage.

11.     SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

11.1   The FCSL calendar is updated each year on Google calendar.

                                              

12      RACING AREA

12.1   The racing area will be identified at the Competitor or Coach’s meeting.

13      MARKS

13.1   All marks will be identified at a Competitor or Coach’s meeting.

14      START/FINISH

14.1   3 minute dinghy starts will apply. All signals will be sound signals.

14.2   The start lines will be between a staff and the course side of a mark.

14.3   Any hails of OCS boats will be from the starboard end of the starting line. Failure to hear a hail will not be grounds for redress. All signals will be sound signals. This replaces RRS rule 29.1.

14.4   The finish line will be between the course side of a finish mark and a staff on the finish boat.

15      THE COURSE

15.1   All courses will be a Digital N or a modified Digital N.

16      TIME LIMIT

16.1   RC will attempt to finish racing by 6:30 PM. The Race Committee may abandon the race at any time. There is no set time limit for a race.

16.2   Race Committee shall seek advisement from coaches that do not have teams racing.

17      COMPLETE SERIES

17.1   One completed round robin shall constitute a completed series. However, in the GOLD CUP round additional series may be attempted, but unless they are completed shall not be counted for the final scoring.

18      VALID PROTEST

18.1   For a Protest to be valid, a protesting yacht must:

                   A. Hail the word “Protest” at the first reasonable opportunity.

                   B. Conspicuously display a Protest Flag at the first reasonable

opportunity.

                   C. Display the Flag until she is no longer racing.

                   D. Report the Protest to the RC at the first reasonable opportunity.

18.2   Protesting yacht must use FCSL approved protest flag.

                   A. Protest Flag must be of sailcloth material.

                   B. Protest Flag must be 25 square inches or larger.

                   C. Protest flag must be flown off of at least 1 shroud.

                   D. Protest Flag must be flown above shroud turnbuckles.

19.     PROTEST COMMITTEE AND HEARINGS

19.1   The protest committee will attempt to be comprised of 3 coaches.

                 A. All committee members agree to rule as non-“Interested Parties.”

                 B. If a Member feels they cannot rule fairly, they shall excuse themselves.

19.2   Committee members shall make decisions based on testimony only, and not what they may or may not have witnessed on the water.

20      PROTEST HEARING

20.1   Hearings will follow a modified “3 Minute Justice Format.”

                   A. Protesting boat has 1 minute to describe the incident to the PC.

                   B. Protested boat has 1 minute to describe the incident to the PC.

                   C. Protest Committee will make a decision ASAP.

20.2   Witnesses shall not be allowed unless requested by Protest Committee.

20.3   If protesting/protested parties agree, hearings may be held on the water.

20.4   Parties to the process may not request to reopen the hearing.

21      COACHING

21.1   Coaching is only permitted between races, and shall not hold up sequential races.

21.2   Competitors may not converse with their coach in any way before they report a protest to the RC after the completion of a race.

21.3   Communication during a race, from a coach, or teammate that is not racing, is considered coaching and a protestable offense

22      FORFEITING

22.1   Circumstances such as poor driving conditions (snow, sleet, icing, etc.), highway traffic, car trouble or other reasons outside of a team's control shall not be grounds for forfeit. A rescheduled race must take place within two weeks and before the NESSA cutoff date. If a team should miss the rescheduled event for whatever reason, they shall forfeit. A team’s forfeit shall be reported as a win for the team that is able to sail and a loss for the team that is not.

22.2   If a team is uncomfortable sailing in the weather conditions of the day, they may postpone the race/event. If they are not able to race in the re-sail race for whatever reason, they shall forfeit. The rescheduled race must take place within two weeks and before the NESSA cutoff date. A team’s forfeit shall be reported as a win for the team that is able to sail and a loss for the team that is not.

23      WATER BOTTLE BAN

23.1   The FCSL strives to be a leader in the reduction of disposable water bottles.

23.2   From the NESSA President: “… NESSA regatta hosts to provide a suitable water source to replace bottled water customarily purchased by each sailing team at each regatta throughout the sailing season. High School sailors are encouraged to bring reusable water bottles to events. The stated purpose of this initiative is to "eliminate the amount of single-use water bottles at NESSA events to the extent practicable."

FAIRFIELD COUNTY SAILING LEAGUE WOMEN'S CHAMPS RESULTS

2015 FCSL Women's Champs Results
A-Division		Boat	2	3	5	7	T
1	Fairfield Ludlowe	30	1	1	1	2	5
2	Greenwich Academy	29	2	2	3	1	8
3	Greenwich High School	27	3	3	4	5	15
4	Rye High School	24	7	4	2	3	16
5	Rye Country Day School	26	4	5	7	4	20
6	Rye Team	28	7	7	7	7	28
B-Division			1	4	6	8	T
1	Fairfield Ludlowe	19	1	1	1	1	4
2	Greenwich High School	22	2	2	2	3	9
3	Rye Country Day School	23	7	5	4	2	18
4	Greenwich Academy	20	3	4	6	6	19
5	Rye Team	21	7	3	5	5	20
6	Rye High School	25	7	7	3	4	21
FINAL A and B DIVISION		T
1	Fairfield Ludlowe	9
2	Greenwich High School	24
3	Greenwich Academy	27
4	Rye High School	37
5	Rye Country Day School	38
6	Rye Team	48
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Summary: Sunny, 76 degrees F. 13 knots SW, gusts to 24, waves 1-2 feet. Racing got underway by 4:30 PM. RC started with B division to allow extra time for a repair. The girls showed great skill in the big puffs and it was a great day of sailing. Congrats to all!

Congrats to the CHAMPS, FAIRFIELD!

FAIRFIELD CUP 2015 RESULTS

Fairfield Cup - 2015
Overall	Laser	Laser	420	420
Standings	Radial	Standard	Div. A	Divi. B	Total	Position
Darien HS	14	10	15	28	67	1
Greenwich HS	24	11	29	12	76	3
Staples HS	16	25	21	20	82	2
Stamford	7	21	29	34	91	4
Fairfield Prep	29	27	22	36	114	5
Fairfield High	36	32	26	21	115	6
Greens Farms	DNS (42)	DNS (42)	29	17	130	7
	Race	Race	Race	Race	Race	Race
Laser Radial	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Position
Stamford	1	1	2	1	1	1	7	1
Darien	2	3	1	2	3	3	14	2
Staples HS	3	2	3	4	2	2	16	3
Greenwich HS	5	4	4	3	4	4	24	4
Fairfield Prep	4	5	5	5	5	5	29	5
Fairfield High	6	6	6	6	6	6	36	6
Greens Farms	DNS (7)	DNS (7)	DNS (7)	DNS (7)	DNS (7)	DNS (7)	42	7
	Race	Race	Race	Race	Race	Race
Laser Standard	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Position
Darien	1	2	1	2	2	2	10	1
Greenwich HS	5	1	2	1	1	1	11	2
Stamford	2	3	4	5	3	4	21	3
Staples HS	3	6	3	3	5	5	25	4
Fairfield Prep	4	4	5	4	4	6	27	5
Fairfield High	6	5	6	6	6	3	32	6
Greens Farms	DNS (7)	DNS (7)	DNS (7)	DNS (7)	DNS (7)	DNS (7)	42	7
420	Race	Race	Race	Race	Race	Race
Division A	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Position
Darien	1	2	1	5	3	3	15	1
Staples HS	3	5	2	2	4	5	21	2
Fairfield Prep	5	6	7	1	2	1	22	3
Fairfield High	2	4	4	3	7	6	26	4
Greenwich HS	4	3	3	4	OCS (8)	7	29	5
Stamford	7	7	6	6	1	2	29	6
Greens Farms	6	1	5	OCS (8)	5	4	29	7
420	Race	Race	Race	Race	Race	Race
Division B	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Position
Greenwich HS	3	4	1	1	1	2	12	1
Greens Farms	1	3	2	5	3	3	17	2
Staples HS	2	1	3	4	6	4	20	3
Fairfield High	5	5	6	2	2	1	21	4
Darien	6	2	5	6	4	5	28	5
Stamford	4	7	4	7	5	7	34	6
Fairfield Prep	7	6	7	3	7	6	36	7

FCSL kicks off the 2015 season with Dave Perry and his outstanding rules presentation.

Thanks to all for coming to GA for Dave Perry's rules presentation last night!
Links from Dave's presentation are in the right side bar under "useful links."

Dave Perry tomorrow and Thursday!

We are looking forward to the FCSL Rules Talk for Sailors and Coaches tomorrow and the coaches' discussion on Thursday (details for both below). PLEASE let me know if you plan on attending one or both and approx numbers.

And, for tomorrow, some drop-ff and parking notes. 

Enter GA's main circle, it will be GA dismissal time so please travel slowly around the circle and park in the parking lot.

Buses may drop off and park at our Ridgeview Campus (From GA: Left out of the driveway, first right onto Hillside. At the stop sign, make a right, parking lot is on right. 5 minutes)

The Dave Perry Clinic will be at 

Massey Theater at Greenwich Academy

200 North Maple Ave 

Greenwich, CT

Contact: Carolyn Russell 203.625.8933 or 203.962.5939

Cost: $10/per sailor **Coaches, please collect money and bring one check or envelope of cash, clearly labeled with school name and number of sailors.** 

Checks can be made out to Dave Perry.

Students and coaches may want to bring extra money in case they want to purchase Dave's books, which he will gladly sign. 

The Dave Perry Coaches' Discussion with pizza dinner

Noroton Yacht Club

23 Baywater Drive

Darien, CT 06830

Contact: Britt Hall

Cost: $35 cash per coach (includes clinic and dinner)

And the Coach's Discussion with Dave on Thursday. 

Lots of information posted in pages >>

View and click on pages on the right banner to access the calendar, sailing instructions, COI club listing and more.

2015 Calendar is LIVE

View 2015 FCSL Calendar- Approved calendar

Planning Meeting

The next Fairfield County Sailing League planning meeting is on JANUARY 22 at 7:00 PM at Greenwich Academy. Please email Carolyn at crussell@greenwichacademy.org if you are attending.