NORTHEAST SAILING ASSOCIATION
2009 NSA SMYTHE TROPHY CHAMPIONSHIP
Double Handed with alternate
CHAMPIONSHIP July 9 KBIA, Kennebunk, ME Laser - BYO
Event Chairperson: Debbie Rogers (207) 829-5172
The NSA Smythe Championship is a stand alone regatta and is no longer the first rung 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 9-11 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.
