ESPERGAERDE SNIPE CUP 2022

 The Unofficial Danish Championship 2022 of the SNIPE CLASS

 May June 4th - June 5th 2022

 Espergærde Sejlklub announces the regatta Espergaerde Snipe Cup Trophy 2022 and The Unofficial Danish Championship 2022 of the SNIPE CLASS.

Registration at normal fee due May 20th. After May 20th late entry fee (+50%).


Please see details in NOR below
or in this link NOR 2022:

NOTICE OF RACE

Espergærde Sejlklub announces the regatta Espergaerde Snipe Cup Trophy 2022 and The Unofficial Danish Championship 2022 of the SNIPE CLASS.

1 RULES

1.1

The regatta will be governed by the RRS as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) World Sailing (WS).

1.2

The applying prescriptions of the Scandinavian Sailing Association and the Danish Sailing Association will be incorporated into the sailing instructions.

1.3

Furthermore, the following Rules will apply:

The SCIRA Rules of Conduct for Conducting National Championship Regattas will be incorporated into the sailing instructions.

In case of conflict between the Notice of Race and the Sailing Instruction the Sailing Instructions shall prevail.

1.4

The RRS are changed as follows:

RRS 30.2 and RRS 30.3 will be changed by a prescription of the Scandinavian Sailing Association. The base of the triangle in these RRSs includes the extensions of the starting line to the starting vessel and to a control vessel in the opposite end.

The preamble to Part 4 (RRS 40) will be changed, to state that the obligation to wear personal buoyancy when flag Y is displayed not only applies while racing.

RRS 44.1 will be changed so that the Two-Turns Penalty is replaced by the One-Turn Penalty.

Rules 35, A4 and A5 will be changed to state, that boats failing to finish within 20 minutes after the first boat sails the course and finishes or fail-ing to finish within 1 hour, 50 minutes from the start, whichever is shorter, shall be scored Did Not Finish without a hearing.

RRS 61.3 will be changed to fix the protest time to 60 minutes for competitors, protest committee as well as race committee.

RRS A4 will be changed by stating, that at boat starting later than 10 minutes after her starting signal will be scored Did Not Start.

The Sailing Instructions may change other Racing RRS as provided by RRS 86.

If there is a conflict between languages the English text will take precedence.

2 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY

2.1

 The regatta is open to SCIRA registered boats and CLASS Member skippers who are in good standing with SCIRA for the current year.

2.2

Each competitor must be a member of an approved yacht club affiliated with World Sailing/National Authority.

2.3

Eligible boats must enter the regatta by using the online ENTRY FORM via "NemTilmeld", link available at www.snipe.dk.

2.4

Registration of participating boats must be made before 4th June 2022. There will be a late entry fee for entries after 20th May.

2.5

Advertising is permitted in accordance with WS Regulation 20.

Boats may be requested to display advertising chosen and supplied by the organizing authority.

3 FEES

3.1

Entry fees are: 

DKK 1.125,00

EUR     150,00

From May 21th

Late entry fee:  DKK 1.680,00

EUR     225,00

To be paid at online registration.

Entry fee includes social events and regatta dinner.

4 SCHEDULE

4.1

Registration:

Saturday June 4th

08:00

The regatta office at Espergærde Sejlklub opens,

Check in and registration.

4.2

Dates of racing:

Saturday June 4th

11:55 Warning signal of the first of races.

4 races in continuation.

Sunday June 5th

10:55 Warning signal of the first race of the day

4 races in continuation.

8 races are scheduled.

If less than 4 races are completed Saturday, the race committee will try to complete the scheduled series of 8 races on Sunday.

4.3

The attention signals for the following races will be made as soon as practicable.

4.4

No warning signal will be made after 16:00 Sunday June 5th.

5 MEASUREMENTS

All boats shall produce a valid measurement certificate and are required to properly display the current Class decal.

Boats are subject to measurement at any time at the reasonable discretion of the Class Measurer or the Race Committee.

The Measurement Certificate shall be presented by control measurement.

6 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

The sailing instructions will be available at registration and primary sailing instructions will be published on www.snipe.dk

7 VENUES

7.1

The regatta harbour will be:

Espergærde Havn

Ved Havnen 3

3060 Espergærde

Denmark

7.2

The course will be located in Øresund off Espergærde Havn, Danish Chart No. 131.

7.3
Espergærde Yacht Club:

Espergærde Sejlklub

Strandvejen 167 C

3060 Espergærde

Denmark

8 THE COURSES

The courses to be sailed will be published in the sailing instructions.

9 SCORING

9.1

The Low Point System of Appendix A will apply.

9.2

8 races are scheduled of which 4 races are required to constitute the Open Danish Championship.

9.3

When 4 (four) or more races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score. (Only one race will be discounted).

10 SAFETY

Danish legislation requires every boat to be equipped with personal buoyancy for the number of persons on board at any time.

11 SUPPORT BOATS

Support boats must be registered by contacting the regatta office or the Organizing Committee.

12 PRIZES

Prizes will be given as follows:

Espergaerde Snipe Cup 2022:

There will be prizes for every 5th competing boat.

The overall winning team irrespective of nationality will be awarded with The PERSSON CHALLENGE TROPHY.

Birger Jansen Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the best Norwegian boat (Both skipper and crew must meet Norwegian requirements for participation in national championships)

Unofficial Danish Championship 2022:

"The Danish Champion" will be awarded with the challenge trophy for the Danish Championship. (Both skipper and crew must meet Danish requirements for participation in national championships)

13 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. (See RRS 4, Decision to Race.) The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta.

In case of cancellation of the regatta, paid entry fees will be refund-ed, but the organizers assume no responsibility for any other expenses incurred by participants in connection with the regatta.

14 INSURANCE

Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance with a minimum cover of DKK 5.0 mill. per event for personal damage and DKK 2.0 mill. per event for material damage or equivalent.

15 FURTHER INFORMATION

For further information please contact Christian Skjoldvang Andersen

Phone: +45 26 80 56 50.

E-mail: cskjoldvang@gmail.com

16 Social event

Information will be given on www.snipe.dk and at the time of registration, at the club and at the notice board.

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Agreement of terms:

Registration implies that you confirm that the crew meets the stated conditions and requirements. The crew is a member of an approved yacht club associated with the World Sailing / National Authority.

The participating boat has a valid liability insurance with a minimum coverage of DKK 5.0 million (EUR 671,000) per event for personal injury and DKK 2.0 million (EUR 268.400) per event of material injury or equivalent.