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OFFSHORE AND INSHORE PROGRAMMES INSHORE AND OFFSHORE Part 2 - The Races Photo: ROLEX/Kurt Arrigo INTRODUCTION Part 2 of this Notice of Race gives details of the rules which Note: The paragraph numbering in Part 2 has been done to apply to specific races and may change the rules of Part 1. achieve consistency through Part 2 so the numbering in an The rules of Parts 1 and 2 may be changed in the Sailing individual Race may not be sequential. Instructions. RORC Notice of Race 2021 19 Part 2 - The Races RORC Transatlantic Race For information only. See event Notice of Race at rorctransatlantic.rorc.org ORGANISING AUTHORITY Atlantic Ocean Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, The International Maxi Association and the Yacht Club de France. RACE DATE Lanzarote Start: Saturday 9 January 2021 Grenada COURSE Lanzarote, Canary Islands to Grenada, Caribbean. Approximately 2,995 nautical miles. WEBSITE rorctransatlantic.rorc.org RORC Caribbean 600 Anguilla For information only. See event Notice of Race. Tintamarre St Maarten ORGANISING AUTHORITY St Barths The Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Antigua Saba Barbuda Yacht Club. St Eustatius RACE DATE St Kitts Nevis Start: Monday 22 February 2021 Redonda Antigua Montserrat WEBSITE caribbean600.rorc.org Guadeloupe La Désirade Les Saintes Photo: RORC/Arthur Daniel 20 RORC Notice of Race 2021 OFFSHORE PROGRAMME OFFSHORE Photo: RORC/Hamo Thornycroft Cervantes Trophy Race 2.12 BERTHING Cowes Berthing will be available in the Le Havre marina for the Saturday and Sunday for boats competing in the race. 2.13 SCORING Points Factor: 1.00. See NoR 1.12 English Channel 2.14 RACE PRIZES AND TROPHIES 2.14.1 TROPHIES Trophy Awarded for Cervantes Trophy BCT IRC Le Havre Thalassa Cup IRC One Noryema VII Cup IRC Two Vashti Goblet IRC Three 2.1 ORGANISING AUTHORITY Kinross Trophy IRC Four Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Société des Régates du Havre and the Royal Yacht Squadron. SRH Cup Two-Handed Class 2.2 RACE DATE 2.14.2 PRIZES Start: Saturday 1 May 2021. First Warning Signal: 0850 from the IRC Zero, Class40, Multihull. RYS Cowes, to the East. HW: Portsmouth 1240 4.8m RORC Medallions. 2.3 CLASSES 2.15 PRIZE-GIVING IRC, IRC Two–Handed, Class40, Multihull. Sunday 2 May 2021 at 1200 (local time) at the Société des Régates du Havre. RORC medallions will be presented on Wednesday 30 2.4 ENTRY June 1800, at the Clubhouse, 20 St James’s Place, London SW1. Entry opens at 1200 on Monday 21 December 2020 All crews welcome. 2.5 CLOSING DATE/RATING DEADLINE NOTICES TO COMPETITORS Closing Date: Thursday 15 April 2021 (Notices are for information and do not rank as part of this Notice of Race) Rating Deadline: Thursday 22 April 2021 Race Office 2.6 WORLD SAILING OFFSHORE Finish: RORC Representative: c/o Société des Régates du Havre, SPECIAL REGULATIONS Port de Yachts, Quai Eric Tabarly, 76600 Le Havre. Category 3 plus Category 2 liferaft with RORC Prescriptions. Telephone: +33 2 35 42 41 21 See NoR 1.5.7 RORC Cowes Clubhouse 2.7 STABILITY AND SAFETY INDICES Dinner reservations can be made with the Cowes Clubhouse for See NoR 1.6 Stability and Safety Indices the evening of Friday 30 April 2021. Please contact the Cowes Clubhouse directly for further information. 2.11 COURSE Telephone : +44 1983 293581 Cowes - Le Havre via marks. Approximately 110-160 nautical miles. Email: [email protected] RORC Notice of Race 2021 21 Part 2 - The Races North Sea Race 2.14 RACE PRIZES AND TROPHIES 2.14.1 IRC TROPHIES Trophy Awarded for Goeree Challenge Cup BCT IRC Wylie Trophy IRC Zero Lutine Trophy IRC One Scheveningen Joannes Pompejus Memorial Cup IRC Two Harwich Carter Ruck Trophy IRC Three Jan Moreton Salver IRC Four Golden Dragon Trophy Two-Handed Class Smith’s Knoll Trophy First long course yacht at Smith’s Knoll Buoy City of the Hague Trophy Best yacht from Yacht 2.1 ORGANISING AUTHORITY Club Scheveningen Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, in association with C70 Trophy The Netherlands vs the Royal Harwich Yacht Club, the East Anglian Offshore Racing Great Britain Association, the Yacht Club Scheveningen and Foundation North Sea Regatta. 2.14.2 ORC TROPHIES Trophies will be allocated to ORC classes once the class splits for 2.2 RACE DATE the race have been decided. Start: Friday 14 May 2021. First Warning Signal: 1130, near the entrance of Harwich Harbour. HW: Harwich 1408 4.0m Trophy Zwerver Cup 2.3 CLASSES Lora Challenge Cup IRC, IRC Two–Handed, ORC, ORC Two-Handed, Class40, Multihull Veerhaven Trophy 2.4 ENTRY 2.14.3 RORC PRIZES Entry opens at 1200 on Monday 21 December 2020. Even if a boat Class40, Multihull, RORC Medallions. is entered into the Vuurschepen Race (North Sea Regatta) it must enter the North Sea Race through RORC’s online entry system 2.15 PRIZE-GIVING Sailgate. See NoR 1.8. Sunday 16 May 2021 at 1600 (local time) in Scheveningen. All 2.4.1 ENTRY DISPENSATION FOR BOATS COMPETING crews welcome. IN THE VUURSCHEPENRACE Boats entered into the North Sea Race are not required to lodge a 2.16 TRACKING World Sailing Offshore Special Regulations checklist if they have It will be mandatory for boats to carry an Offshore Tracker unit for competed in the Vuurschepen Race and have been inspected. the North Sea Race. The units are standalone and will be provided by the RORC. The entry fee includes tracking however in the event 2.5 CLOSING DATE/RATING DEADLINE of loss or failure to return the tracker Competitors will be liable Closing Date: Thursday 29 April 2021 for the rental or replacement costs (£800). Rating Deadline: Thursday 6 May 2021 NOTICES TO COMPETITORS 2.6 WORLD SAILING OFFSHORE (Notices are for information and do not rank as part of this Notice of Race). SPECIAL REGULATIONS Race Office Category 3 plus Category 2 liferaft with RORC Prescriptions. See NoR 1.5.7 Start: Royal Harwich Yacht Club, Woolverstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 1AT. Telephone: +44 1473 780 319 2.7 STABILITY AND SAFETY INDICES Finish: RORC Representative: c/o Yacht Club Scheveningen, See NoR 1.6 Stability and Safety Indices. Hellingweg98, 2583 WH, Scheveningen, The Netherlands. Telephone: +31 6 53 24 44 95 2.11 COURSE North Sea Regatta 2020: IRC and ORC Regatta Harwich to Scheveningen via Smith’s Knoll Buoy. The full • 11 May: Vuurschepen Race, Scheveningen – Harwich course including all other marks will be detailed in the Sailing Instructions. Approximately 180 nautical miles. • 14 May: North Sea Race (RORC), Harwich – Scheveningen • 21 – 24 May: Inshore Races Scheveningen 2.13 SCORING Competitors in the Vuurschepen/Harwich Race and/or the North Points Factor: 1.2. See NoR 1.12 Sea Race and/or North Sea Regatta inshore races will be entitled to a discount of 25% of the regular mooring fees in the Yacht Club 22 RORC Notice of Race 2021 OFFSHORE PROGRAMME OFFSHORE Scheveningen marina during their total stay in Scheveningen in Telephone: +31 6 53 24 44 95 connection with the regattas. Email: [email protected] For more information about the North Sea Regatta contact: Foundation Website: www.nsr.nl North Sea Regatta, Hellingweg98, 2583 WH, Scheveningen, The Netherlands Myth of Malham Race 2.5 CLOSING DATE/RATING DEADLINE Closing Date: Thursday 13 May 2021 Rating Deadline: Thursday 20 May 2021 Portsmouth Poole 2.6 WORLD SAILING OFFSHORE Cowes SPECIAL REGULATIONS Category 3 plus Category 2 liferaft with RORC Prescriptions. See NoR 1.5.7 English Channel 2.7 STABILITY AND SAFETY INDICES Eddystone See NoR 1.6 Stability and Safety Indices. Lighthouse 2.11 COURSE Solent to Eddystone Lighthouse then return to Solent. Approximately 235 nautical miles. 2.1 ORGANISING AUTHORITY 2.13 SCORING Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Points Factor: 1.20. See NoR 1.12 Royal Yacht Squadron. 2.14 RACE PRIZES AND TROPHIES 2.2 RACE DATE 2.14.1 TROPHIES Start: Saturday 29 May 2021. First Warning Signal: 1250, RYS Trophy Awarded for Cowes, to the West. HW: Portsmouth 1427 4.7m Myth of Malham Cup BCT IRC 2.3 CLASSES Loujaine Cup IRC One IRC, IRC Two–Handed, Class40, Multihull. Jamarella Trophy IRC Two 2.4 ENTRY Maid of Malham Cup IRC Three Entry opens at 1200 on Monday 21 December 2020 Ernest Moore Plate IRC Four Ville D’Hyeres Trophy Two-Handed Class 2.14.2 RORC PRIZES IRC Zero, Class40, Multihull; RORC Medallions. 2.15 PRIZE-GIVING Trophies and RORC Medallions will be presented on Wednesday 30 June 2021 at 1800 at the Clubhouse, 20 St James’s Place, London SW1. All crews welcome. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS (Notices are for information and do not rank as part of this Notice of Race). Race Office The Race Office will be the RORC Cowes Race Office, 82 High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7AJ RORC Cowes Clubhouse Dinner reservations can be made with the Cowes Clubhouse for the evening of Friday 22nd May 2021, and breakfast orders for the morning of the start on Saturday 23rd May 2021. Please contact the Cowes Clubhouse directly for further information. Telephone : +44 1983 293581 Email : [email protected] Photo: RORC/Paul Wyeth/www.pwpictures.com RORC Notice of Race 2021 23 Part 2 - The Races East Coast Race For information only. See event Notice of Race at www.eaora.org.uk ORGANISING AUTHORITY East Anglian Offshore Racing Association in association with the Royal Burnham Yacht Club and the Royal Ocean Racing Club. RACE DATE Start: Friday 4 June 2021 COURSE Burnham-on-Crouch Burnham on Crouch to Breskens.
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