F18 Worlds 2021: NOR Published
Update:
Official Web & Registration: www.f18world2021.org/en/regatta/registration
Entry List: www.f18world2021.org/en/regatta/entries
The official Notice of Race for the 2021 F18 Worlds have been published. Also checking on our own legal and health recommendations & restrictions, we found along mate & US F18 / A-Car sailor Sam Carter, an Italian Health Ministry Exception to enter the country for authorized Sport events within the Italian territory.
There lies the green light for the Garda 2021 Opti Worlds and now for the 2021 Worlds at Gaeta.
Official Worlds web and registration form is not up yet still, but below you will fin in PDF format the official approved NOR published by the IF18CA.
Key points:
Venue:
The regatta will be held at, Yacht Club Gaeta EVS, Molo Vespucci, Formia, Golfo di Gaeta,
Lazio, Italy, and the courses will be placed in the Gulf of Gaeta.
Schedule: Friday 3rd to Friday 10th July , 2021. See below for more details.
F18 World Championship 2020
3rd July to 10th July 2020
Yacht Club Gaeta EVS
Formia/Golfo di Gaeta – Italy
NOTICE OF RACE
1 RULES
1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing.
1.2 FIV prescriptions, if any, will be posted at the official notice board.
1.3 Subject to the approval of the Race Committee, a boat chartered or loaned for the events may be declared at the time of entry or registration a sail number which may be different from the registered number of the hull provided that the number declared shall not be the sail number of any other boat competing in the regatta.
1.4 Chartered boats have to have the WS National letters of the crew in the sail instead of the national letters as prescribed in the class rules, as permitted by RRS G3.
1.5 If there is a conflict between languages the English text will take precedence.
2 ADVERTISING
2.1 Boats and competitors shall comply with World Sailing Regulation 20, Advertising Code.
2.2 [DP] Competing boatsmay be required to display advertising of the Event Sponsor as provided by the Organizing Authority. Boats may also be required to display identification numbers. If this rule is broken, World Sailing Regulation 20.9.2 applies.
2.3 Competitors aboard the boats ranked first, second and third in the series at the beginning of each day, may be required to respectively wear yellow, blue and red bibs while racing. The Organizing Authority will provide the bibs.
3 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
3.1 The event is open to eligible boats of the International Formula 18 Catamaran Association.
3.2 All competitors shall be members of their respective National or of the International F18 Class Association when there is no National Association in their country and shall have their entry endorsed by the International F18 Class Association.
3.3 No later than July 3rd 2020, a boat shall enter the regatta via Internet and pay the appropriate Entry Fee. Online entries via Internet (https://www.f18world2020.org/regatta/registration) shall be used. The official entry form must be used and filled in completely. The Organizing Authority shall be authorized to collect the Entry Fee electronically. No other forms will be accepted.
3.4 Entries will be official and confirmed after approval by the Organizing Authority received the payment.
3.5 Competitors under 18 years of age shall present a signed and completed parent (or guardian) consent and declaration form at registration. The forms are available for download on the event
website.
3.6 The following documents shall be provided at the time of registration:
3.6.1 A copy of a valid Measurement Certificate. Proof of Membership as per NoR 3.2.
3.6.2 Proof of age for Junior and Master Competitors as per NoR 16.2.
4 FEES
4.1 Entries received until 07/03/2020 will qualify for the early entry fee Euros 250.
4.2 Entries received from 08/03/2020 and not later than 07/05/2020 will qualify for the entry fee Euros 317,50.
4.3 Entries received from 08/05/2020 and not later than 07/06/2020 will qualify for the late entry fee Euros 367,50.
4.4 Entries received from 08/06/2020 and not later than 15/06/2020 will qualify for the last-minute entry fee Euros 417,50.
4.5 The Entry fee has to be paid via the entry form online.
5 QUALIFYING SERIES AND FINAL SERIES
5.1 With 80 or more boats the competitors may be divided in two fleets. In that case the regatta will consist of a qualifying series and a final series.
5.2 With less than 80 boats the competitors will run all together in one fleet. There will not be a qualifying series
6 SCHEDULE
6.2 Fifteen races are scheduled
6.3 There will be a maximum of four (4) races per day.
6.4 When more than one race will be held on the same day, the warning signal for each succeeding race will be made as soon as practicable, after the finish of the previous race.
6.5 On the last scheduled day of racing no warning signal will be made after 16:00, except as a consequence of a General Recall.
7 EQUIPMENT INSPECTION
7.1 Each boat shall present valid measurement certificates at time of Registration.
7.2 No fundamental measurement will be done on regatta site during registration days, unless this is agreed between a competitor and a measurer. In this case the Organizing Authorities is not a part of the agreement and cannot be hold responsible for anything regarding this agreement.
7.3 Boats may be subject to further inspections at any time during the regattas. Additional
measurement checks may be conducted during the regatta at the discretion of the technical
committee.
8 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
8.1 The sailing instructions will be available at registration.
9 VENUE
The regatta will be held at, Yacht Club Gaeta EVS, Molo Vespucci, Formia, Golfo di Gaeta,
Lazio, Italy, and the courses will be placed in the Gulf of Gaeta.
10 THE COURSES
The courses will be defined in the sailing instructions. Trapezoid courses or windward /leeward courses may be used.
11 PENALTY SYSTEM
11.1 RRS 44.1 and RRS P2.1 are changed so that the One Turn Penalty replaces the Two-Turn
Penalty.
11.2 Decisions of the International Jury will be final as provided in RRS 70.5.
11.3 Arbitration as described in RRS appendix T will be used.
12 SCORING
12.1 Six races are required to be completed to constitute a championship.
12.2 In case of no qualifying series
12.2.1 When fewer than six (6) races have been completed, a boat’s score will be the total
of her race scores.
12.2.2 When from six (6) to eleven (11) races have been completed, a boat’s score will be
the total of her race scores excluding her worst score.
12.2.3 When twelve (12) or more races have been completed, a boat’s score will be the total
of her race scores excluding her two worst scores.
12.3 In case of qualifying series.
The scoring system will include both qualification and final series results
12.3.1 To sail the qualification series, competitors will be seeded into two fleets of, as nearly
as possible, equal size and ability, by a seeding committee established by the
International Class Association based on the NCA rankings. Boats will be reassigned
to fleets after each day of racing, except if on the first day fewer than 2 races are
completed by all fleets.
12.3.2 A minimum of six (6) races are to be completed to constitute the Qualifying series. If
six races are not completed, the Qualifying series will be extended to complete them,
up to a maximum of eight (8) qualification races.
12.3.3 A minimum of six races are required to be completed to constitute the qualification
series. The final series starts the first day when six or more races have been
completed before the first race of the day.
12.3.3.1 When fewer than six qualification races have been completed, a boat’s
qualification series score will be the total of her race scores.
12.3.3.2 When six or more qualification races have been completed, a boat’s
qualification series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her
worst score.
12.3.4 After the qualification series is completed, competitors will be divided into two fleets,
the first half entering the Gold fleet and the second half entering the Silver fleet. In
case of odd entry numbers, Gold fleet will gather one more competitor than Silver
fleet.
12.3.4.1 When fewer than six (6) final races have been completed, a boat’s final
series score will be the total of her race scores.
12.3.4.2 When six (6) or more final races have been completed, a boat’s final series
score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score.
12.3.5 To establish the final results, the boat’s qualification series score (as per NoR 12.3.3)
will be added to the boat’s final series score (as per NoR 12.3.4). Gold fleet will be
scored higher than Silver fleet independent on the numbers of races in each fleet. In
case of minimum six completed qualification races and no final series races, the final
results will be based on the qualification series results alone.
13 SUPPORT BOATS [DP]
13.1 All support boats shall be registered by the Organizing Authority and will be required to comply with local legislation and event support boat regulations. The Organizing Authority may refuse registrations and accept later registrations at their sole discretion.
13.2 Support boats are required to monitor the safety VHF channel radio frequency which will be confirmed at registration at all times and shall be required to undertake safety duties at the direction of the Race Committee.
13.3 Support boats with support persons shall stay minimum 150 meters away of all boats racing and must only have boats racing on one side of the support boat.
13.4 On the water, all support persons shall bring personal flotation devices which are in good condition and are in accordance with the specifications issued or approved by the national authority affiliated to World Sailing, or a standards organization, a certification authority,
recognized for the purpose by its respective government. The driver shall connect all time to
the boat by the kill cord.
13.5 All support boats shall clearly display the three (3) letter national code of their World Sailing Member National Authority or the national flag at all times while afloat. The minimum height for the letters shall be 200 mm and visible from both sides of the boat.
14 BERTHING [DP]
Boats shall be kept in their assigned places while they are in the boat park.
15 RADIO COMMUNICATION [DP]
Except in an emergency, a boat that is racing shall not make voice or data transmissions and
shall not receive voice or data communication that is not available to all boats.
16 PRIZES
16.1 The regatta winners will obtain the title “2020 Formula 18 World Champions” and will be awarded the International Formula 18 World Champions Perpetual Trophy.
16.2 Prizes will be awarded in the following categories subject to entry numbers:
Overall
Female team – both helm and crew shall be female
Mixed team
Master – the helm and crew shall be aged 50 years or older (both crew members born
before 1st January 1970)
Youth – both helm and crew shall be under 23 years of age (both crew members born
from 1st January 1998 and beyond)
Family (father or mother & son or daughter)
Winner of the silver fleet
17 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See RRS 4, Decision to Race.
The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta.
18 INSURANCE
Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance with a minimum cover of € 2.000.000 per incident or the equivalent.
19 MEDIA RIGHTS, CAMERAS AND ELECTRIC EQUIPEMENT
19.1 By participating in the event automatically grant to the Organizing Authority, the IF18CA and their sponsors the right in perpetuity to make, use and show, from time to time at their discretion, any motion pictures and live, taped or filmed television and other reproductions of the athlete during the period of the competition without compensation.
19.2 [DP] Boats may be required to carry cameras, sound equipment or positioning equipment as
specified and provided by the Organizing Authority.
19.3 Cameras, if fitted, must be underneath the spinnaker pole and 600mm back from the end of the smooth, round and blunt spinnaker cap pole fitting.
19.4 The top three competitors as well as the individual race winners may be required to attend a media press conference each day.
19.5 Competitors may be required for interviews at the regatta.
20 ACCOMODATION INFO
20.1 Accommodation Info contact to
Travel Agency
KILROY’s Travels
Via Vittorio Veneto, 6
04024 Gaeta (LT) Italy
Telefono: +39 0771464560 Fax: +39 0771464557
Website: www.kilroy.it Email: [email protected]
21 FURTHER INFORMATION
21.1 For further information, please contact: Yacht Club Gaeta EVS
Lung.re Caboto
04024 Gaeta (LT) Italy
Costanzo Villa [email protected]
Email: [email protected] www.yachtclubgaeta.it
22 EVENT WEBSITE
Please visit www.f18world2020.org
