HIYC - Waterfield March Winds Regatta NOR, Results, Articles & Pictures

HARBOR ISLAND YACHT CLUB

Old Hickory, Tennessee

Waterfield March Winds

The Warterfield March Winds Regatta, held on the first full weekend in March, bears the name of Charley Warterfield who died unexpectedly in mid-December, 1998.

This remarkably talented architect and sailor served as our Commodore in 1983.

Bob Cotton followed Charley as Commodore in 1984. Together, they reflected on the fact that our club had no organized sailing event during the very month of the year most noted for wind.

The Board of Governors responded favorably to their proposal to establish the March Winds Regatta as a permanent cruising class sailing event to be held as a two-day regatta early in March.

Charley and Bob served as regatta chairmen for the event with Jack Caldwell and Bob Wolery serving as the race committee.

Since the inaugural March Winds Regatta (won by Chuck Konesky), the tradition has continued that the retiring commodore take responsibility for serving as regatta chairman for the event.

Notice of Race

Race Chairman: RearCommodore@hiyc.org

1. INVITATION - Harbor Island Yacht Club cordially invites you and your crew to attend the 2008 Warterfield March Winds Regatta, March 1st and 2nd on Old Hickory Lake in Old Hickory, TN.

2. RULES

2.1. The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined by The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS).

2.2. Changes to the following RRS sections will be made for this regatta: 29.1 (Individual Recall), 32.2 (Shortening of Course after the Start), 35 (Time Limit and Scores), 62.1(a) (Redress), A2 (Series Scores), A4.2 (Low Point Scoring System), Race Signal AP (Postponement).

3. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS - The Sailing Instructions will be available at registration. A draft is available at www.hiyc.org .

4. CLASSES - The following classes are anticipated for this event.

4.1. Heavy handicap class A: displacement above 5500+ PHRF ratings of 150 or less.

4.2. Heavy handicap class B: displacement above 5500+ PHRF ratings of 151 to 228,

4.3. Handicap C having PHRF >228

4.4. Light handicap class: displacement below 5500 and PHRF of 185 or less.

4.5. Separate starts will be attempted for any class of keel boat having four or more entries (e.g., Catalina 22, J22, others)

4.6. The Regatta PRO may combine or split boats into classes per its sole discretion.

5. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY

5.1. The regatta will be open to all cruiser or racer/cruiser boats properly registered with HIYC. Participants may enter the race by completing registration at the table in the HIYC clubhouse before the skippers' meeting.

5.2. Each boat sailing in a handicap class must have an established PHRF rating that has been assigned by the HIYC-PHRF Committee. If your boat is not listed on the HIYC Ratings List, please submit a HIYC Rating Application prior to the regatta. To obtain a PHRF rating, please contact Paul Latour, PHRF Chairman, at (615) 336-7900 or email: paullat@comcast.net or Ken Todd 615-292-1581.

6. FEES - The Regatta registration fee is $25.00

7. SCHEDULE

7.1. SATURDAY MARCH 1, 2008

8:00 am: Registration, Coffee and Donuts
9:30 am: Skippers’ Meeting
10:55 am: Warning Signal for the first start

7.2. SUNDAY MARCH 2, 2008

8:00 am: Coffee and Donuts
9:50 am: Warning Signal for First Distance Race
3:00 pm: Trophy Presentation

8. LAUNCHING & ACCESS - Launching, docking and hauling may be done at Harbor Island Yacht Club free of charge. Access to the club is through a security gate. Non-HIYC members may scroll down to and dial CLUB on the gate control panel and ask that it be opened.

9. RACING

9.1. The racing will consist of Cumberland River distance courses for all classes, except approximate windward - leeward buoy courses will be considered for any one-design of 4 or more boats.

9.2. One race will constitute a series, but two or more are planned for the first day.

9.3. No races will be started in less than three (3) knots of sustained wind as determined by the Race Committee.

9.4. No races will be started after 1:00 on Sunday.

9.5. A boat starting later than 15 minutes after her starting signal will be scored as DNS. This changes RRS A4.1.

10. THE SITE, RACING AREA AND COURSE

10.1. Harbor Island Yacht Club will be the site of all shore-side activities.

10.2. The racing area is between mile Cumberland River 216.5 and mile 227 on Old Hickory Lake. The Distance Course will begin at a starting line between mile 220 and mile 225. The course will be further described in the Sailing Instructions.

10.3. The course, set on Old Hickory Lake, may intersect the navigational channel. Commercial traffic (barges) and deep-draft craft in the channel have right-of-way over sailboats and must be treated with utmost respect. When a boat sailing under these rules meets a vessel that is not, the rules of Part 2 (When Boats Meet) are replaced by the Inland Navigation Rules. Any boat impeding, or threatening to impede, the passage of a right-of-way vessel is subject to disqualification from the Regatta by the race committee and disqualification is not subject to protest by the competitor.

11. ON-THE-WATER COMMUNICATIONS – VHF radio channel 68 will be used by the Race Committee for warnings and communications to the competitors while on the water.

12. SCORING

12.1. Each boat's total score will be the sum of her scores for all races. This changes rule A2.

12.2. Wind dependent HIYC-PHRF handicaps and Time-on-Time adjustment factors will be used for handicap classes. Time Correction Formula (TCF) = 700/(f+PHRF) where f = 650 for light air, 550 for moderate air, and 450 for heavy air as assessed by the Race Committee.

12.3. A boat that did not start (DNC, DNS and OCS), did not finish (DNF), or retires after finishing (RAF) will be scored points for the finishing place equal to one more than the number of boats in the class that entered the regatta.

12.4. A boat that was disqualified (BFD, DSQ, DNE and DGM) will be scored points for the finishing place equal to two more than the number of boats in the class that entered the regatta. This changes RRS A4.2.

12.5. All other boats will be scored in accordance with RRS A4.1 and A4.2.

13. PRIZES - Trophies will be awarded for all classes to the top three (3) finishers.

14. WAIVER - Competitors in this event are participating entirely at their own risk. See RRS 4, Decision to Race. Competitors agree that the race organizers (organizing authority, race committee, protest committee, host club, sponsors, or any other organization or official) will not be responsible for damage to any boat or other property or the injury to any competitor, including death, sustained as a result of participation in this event. As an inducement to the race organizers to produce the regatta, each competitor agrees that by participating in this event each competitor is deemed to have waived all claims against and released the race organizers from any and all liability associated with such competitor’s participation in this event to the fullest extent permitted by law and is deemed to have warranted that he has obtained this same release of the race organizers by each crew member.

15. INSURANCE - Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance.

2008 Race Results

Day 1 - Results
Day 2 - Results