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Sunday, August 7, 2011

29th Annual Sag Harbor Cup is Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011

The 29th Annual Sag Harbor Cup is Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011. The Notice Of Race (NOR) is available on the ELIYA website: www.elisailing.org.

BYC hopes to raise money for it's Youth Sailing Program, but has lowered the entry cost from last year to encourage more racing entrants.

If you hope to race, but are waiting 'til the last minute to decide (hard getting crew - maybe deciding between spinnaker or cruising canvas), then email or fax the completed ELIYA race entry form to me (my info in signature below) by Wednesday and then get it into the mail with your check and 2011 PHRF Certificate to Carol Morse (address in the NOR) by Wednesday night. If you want to enter later than I just described, then you should call Carol at 631-283-6613 or me at 631-287-3205. If you have already turned in a 2011 PHRF Certificate to me for BYC racing, then there is no need to send it again.

Upcoming races are easy to see on the ELIYA website (www.elisailing.org), so take a look.

It has been suggested that I mention a rule that is sometimes overlooked by some sailors: Some sailors like to push out and/or hold their sails by hand or by using a boat pole, but Rule 50.2 makes it clear that a pole must be attached to the mast. Another rule that is often overlooked is 49.2. It says: "When lifelines are required by the class rules or the sailing instructions they shall be taut, and competitors shall not position any part of their torsos outside them, except briefly to perform a necessary task. On boats equipped with upper and lower lifelines of wire, a competitor sitting on the deck facing outboard with his waist inside the lower lifeline may have the upper part of his body outside the upper lifeline." So a crew member can't hold onto the shrouds, and lean out over the lifelines holding out the clew of a sail for more than a short period of time.

The ELIYA website has been updated to include a US Sailing Protest form (in the "Forms" section). You might want to print one out and keep it on the boat. Just like one might take along an umbrella to keep away the rain, maybe this will keep away the need to use a protest form.

Yours in Sailing,

Joan Worthing

ELIYA Secretary and BYC Scorer

631-287-3205 H&W

631-283-2649 H&W

posted by Breakwater  # 5:51 PM

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