Northeast Sailing Association


2009 Bemis Event


NORTHEAST SAILING ASSOCIATION

2009 BEMIS SCHEDULE
Double Handed with alternate

Eastern Regional               July 13            Castine YC & MMA                                     Colligate 420
                                                              Event Chairperson: Debbie Rogers                (207) 326-4521
   
Central Regional                July 9              Southport Yacht Club                                  Club 420
                                                              Event Chairperson: Will Jacobs                    (207) 633-5767

Southern Regional             July 14            Portland Yacht Club                                    Club 420
                                                              Event Chairperson:  Kelly Franklin                (207) 781-9820 x17

Western Regional              July 10            North Lake George Yacht Club                     FJ
                                                              Event Chairperson:  Donna Wotten               (518) 543-6782

Championship                   July 17            Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club                        Club 420
                                                              Event Chairperson:  Craig Nale                     (207) 633-5750

The NSA Bemis Championship is a stand alone regatta.  The NSA Regionals and the NSA Championship are no longer the first and second rungs in the US Sailing Junior Doublehanded Championship (Bemis) ladder.  The Notice of Race for the US Sailing Junior Doublehanded Championship can be found at http://championships.ussailing.org/Youth.htm

AREA A BEMIS  (Open)    Jul 20-22          Pleon YC, Marblehead, MA                         BYO Club 420
    (Street Trophy)                                     Marblehead Junior Race Week                   
info@pleon.org

BEMIS NATIONALS          Aug 9-13          Pleon, Eastern YC's                                   Club 420
                                                              Contact:  Peter McManus                          
pbmcmanus@comcast.net

NSA REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION
Failure of a team to meet ALL of these requirements will result in that team not being allowed to race.

1. Clubs sending a team to a regional event, MUST notify the appropriate Event Chairperson NO LATER THAN ONE
    WEEK (7days) PRIOR TO THE EVENT of their intention.  A club may send only one team to a regional
    event.  Individuals may participate in ONLY ONE NSA sponsored event.  Failure to comply may result in loss of
    competition privileges. The first and second place finishers at each regional advance to the Championship.  It is the
    responsibility of the continuing teams to notify the Championship Event Chairperson of continuation within 24 hours of
    completion of the regional.

2. Age - men and women 13-18 years of age in the calendar year.

3. Each team participant MUST be a member of the NSA yacht club or sialing association sponsoring them.  That YC or
   SA must be a member and in good standing in the NSA.

4. Each participant MUST bring to the regatta the following:
      (a)  a NSA Junior Race Entry Form, legibly completed and including all necessary information for all team members
            (including alternate), and SIGNED BY A FLAG OFFICER OR AN ADULT RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE TEAM. 
      (b)  a completed Medical Form for EACH participant (including alternate) attached to the Entry Form and submitted
            to the Event Chairman no later than the skippers’ meeting.
      (c)  a US Coast Guard approved life jacket with a whistle attached, which they MUST wear.
Failure to comply with any or all of the above may result in the team not being allowed to race.

5. Attendance at the Skippers’ Meeting is mandatory.

NSA is waiving entry fees for its 2009 Bemis regional and championship events.