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.
