STUDENT YACHTING WORLD CUP 2015

NOTICE OF RACEOCTOBER 13th– OCTOBER 19th
LA BAULE-LE POULIGUEN-PORNICHET, FRANCE

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The Organizing Authority (OA) of the Student Yachting World Cup is the Association Sportive de l’École
Polytechnique (ASEP)(Sports Association of Polytechnic School, Paris, France), under the auspices of the French SailingFederation (FFVoile) and the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), in conjunction with the club ”Cercle Nautique de laBaule-Le Pouliguen-Pornichet” (CNBPP). The competition is a grade 4 event.
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RULESThe regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS).
The prescriptions of the Fédération Française de Voile (FFVoile) will apply (see Appendix).
Race after sunset: chapter 2 of RRS will not apply after sunset: from 19:15 to 08:30 on Tuesday 13th to Tuesday
19th (local French time). During this period, RIPAM (IRPCAS) will apply.
The J80 class association’s rules will apply.
The official language of the event is English.

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Advertising Code Rule 20.3.1 will not apply: according to the Rule 20.3.2 of Advertising Code the sails being
provided by the OA, no advertising will be allowed on them. Moreover, the OA is the only one to have the ability
to introduce a license system for individual advertisement, in order to authorize the country’s competitor to wear
publicity on their boat. For that matter, competitors must contact the OA one month before the race.
The crews have the right to make advertisements if they want (if they comply with the “generally accepted ethicaland moral principles”) only on the boom, on the rear of the hull (maximum 0.35m x 1.5m), as well as on theirown clothes. All team sponsors’ stickers must be removed from the boat before Tuesday 20th at 18:00. The crewis responsible for any damage occurred to those stickers.

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ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
Teams can be composed of a maximum of 8 members including officials and substitute (except specialauthorization).
The sailing crew will be composed of 4 to 5 students with at least one women and one men on board.
The number of crew number must remain the same throughout the competition.
Changes of crew members (only once a day) with the registered substitutes are the responsibility of the skipper.
The skipper shall give to the Race Committee, at each morning briefing, the list of the crew members for the day.
The maximum crew weight in swimming apparel is 350kg. Weighting will be done during registration.
All team members shall be born after November 1st 1988.
The absolute majority of the sailing crew shall be students of the same University or College (or equivalent)during the second semester of the year 2014-2015 or the year 2015-16. The other members of the crew shall bestudents in another University or College (or equivalent) of the same country. If such a crew cannot be gathered,
the OA reserves the right to allow students from a university of the same country or older students to complete thecrew. The team will be associated with the University from which most of the members come.
The followings teams are already eligible:-Southampton University (England) winner of SYWoC 2014
- École Polytechnique (France).
Except for the country mentioned above, only two teams from each country may enter the competition, provided
that it complies with the conditions of selection chosen for its country by the OA. Those entries must be send tothe OA before May 19 th 2015. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are regarded as different countries.
The number one team of each country will be selected by the OA before May 30 th 2015. After this date, the OA
will publish the first list of the selected teams N°1.
Teams N° 2 will be selected and published before June 30th 2015.
The maximum number of teams is 20, according to the number of available boats. This number is subject tochange.
Each team will provide the OA with nautical curriculum vitae that will serve as a selection basis in case no
qualifying race can be organized.
Competitors must be members of their National Authority or one of its affiliated organizations, and send a copy of
their membership card before September 30th.

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ISAF Eligibility shall apply. Each skipper shall be registered as an ISAF Sailor on the ISAF website:

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www.sailing.org/isafsailor
Competitors under 18 years of age at registration shall present a signed and completed parent (or guardian)consent.
All the members of the teams shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance with a minimum cover of€1,5 million per event or the equivalent.
The OA could provide for foreign competitors a sailing French license including the individual insurance (cost€51 per person).

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Each competitor shall present at registration before Tuesday 13th at 09:00.
 Student card, parent consent, Personal identity
 valid third-party liability insurance The FFVoile license required for French citizens

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FEES
Only teams selected in accordance with SI 3 may register.
The participation fee for the event is €4100 (euro) per team. The organizing team can change until 5 percent of theprice.
The OA provides to the team : food, accommodation and boat. Additional people (no more than two) will have topay €380 per person.
The damage deposit for boats is €2000(euro).The damage deposit is the limit of liability skipper for each incident.
If a deduction were to be made for the deposit, the skipper will be required to restore the deposit to the originalvalue to maintain eligibility at the end of every day.
An additional caution of €200 (euro) for lodging and another one of €200 (euro) for the others fees – as missing
dodgers or missing flags – are asked. They will be cashed if a problem is to be found.
Every team must have completed and returned the entry form and paid at least €1400 before June 15th 2015, to:Coupe du Monde de Voile des Étudiants
École Polytechnique
Route de Saclay
91128 Palaiseau Cedex , FRANCE
e-mail: crews@sywoc.org
Web Site: www.sywoc.org
This payment can be made by Internet transfer, contact the e-mail above.
The rest of the fees have to be paid before September 30th at 12:00.
If those deadlines are not respected, for example if the first payment is late, the OA reserves the right tochoose a substitute for the late team or to withdraw the late team from the event.

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SCHEDULE
Local French time is UT+2.

Monday, October 12th 2015

10:00 to 20:00

Tuesday, 13th

09:00
12:00
14:00
19:00

Arrival for all delegations,registration and drawing for boats
General Briefing
Free training
Practice race
Opening Ceremony

Wednesday, 14th to Monday, 19th

9:0010:30

Skippers’ briefing
Warning signal

Monday, 19thThursday, 20thEvening
All day long

Closing ceremony
Departure of the delegations

No warning signal will be made after 13:00 on the last scheduled day of racing.

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The OA reserves the right to modify the above program according to the weather conditions or other unforeseenreasons. This modification will be done the day before no later than 20:00.

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SAILING INSTRUCTIONSThe Sailing Instructions will be available on October 1st 2015 on the official website.

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COURSES AND VENUE
The event will include coastal and windward-leeward courses.
The regatta harbour will be: the Pornichet harbour
The racing area will be in the bay of La Baule-Le Pouliguen (see Appendix 1)

8BOATS AND SERIESThe regatta is a fleet racing event.
The 2015 edition of the competition will be sailed on one-design boats “J 80”.
The OA puts a boat at the disposal of fully registered teams, for the whole duration of the event. In case ofdamage arising to the boat, the OA will try to repair or replace the damaged equipment. Depending on the gravityof the damage and on material resources available, the OA might not be able to keep the boat in working order. In
that case, the crew will continue to race with the damaged equipment or retire from the competition.
Inventories: the distribution of boats between crews will be made by draw. After having signed the inventories,skippers can lodge written requests about the boat’s condition until Sunday, Tuesday 13th at 19:00.
No equipment will be taken in or out of the boats without the written authorization of the Technical Committee.
Personal sails are not allowed without authorization of the OA.
Mast tuning: competitors will not change the tension of the stays.
The use of personal GPS, radio VHF, compass, tool box, computers, movie camera, binoculars or buoyancy ispermitted.

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9INTERNATIONAL JURYAn International Jury will be appointed in accordance with RRS 91(b).Decisions of the international jury will befinal as provided in rule 70.5.

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SCORINGThe event will be valid if at least 3 races are completed.

10.2(a) When fewer than 5 races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores.
(b) When from 5 to 8 races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scoresexcluding her worst score.
(c) When 9 or more races have been completed, a boat’s series score will b e t h e t o t a l o f h e r r a c e s c o r e s
excluding her two worst scores.

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PENALTY SYSTEM:
A semi-direct umpiring may be implemented whose terms will be specified in the Sailing Instructions.
The penalty for any infringement of the class rules or a rule of RRS (except chap 2 and rule 28) is to be at the sole
discretion of the International Jury.

12SUPPORT BOATS
Support boats shall be marked with country flag or national letters.

13BERTHINGBoats shall be kept in their assigned places in the harbour.

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HAUL-OUT RESTRICTIONS
Keelboats shall not be hauled out during the regatta except with and according to the terms of prior written
permission of the technical committee.
Cleaning activities are permitted.

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RADIO COMMUNICATION
Except in an emergency, a boat shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor receive radiocommunications not available to all boats. This restriction also applies to mobile telephones.

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PRIZES
The winner of the competition shall return the Student Yachting World Cup for presentation on the followingyear.

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DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. The OA 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.

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FURTHER INFORMATION
Chairman
MENIGAUX Lola
TreasurerTARDIVEAU Thomas
Crews
INIZAN Martin
RaceBELLOUARD Théophile

Postal address:

chairman@sywoc.org
treasurerywoc.org
crews@sywoc.org
race@sywoc.org

Coupe du Monde de Voile des Étudiants
École Polytechnique
Route de Saclay
91128 Palaiseau Cedex FRANCE

Web site: www.sywoc.org

APPENDIX 1 :RACING AREA
The centre of the racing area is: 47°15.44 N and 002°22.26 W (1 mille from the harbour of Pornichet)

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APPENDIX (ANNEXE PRESCRIPTIONS FEDERALES)

FFVoile Prescriptions to RRS 2013-2016
Applying to foreign competitorsRRS 64.3FFVoile Prescription (*):
The jury may ask the parties to the protest, prior to checking procedures, a deposit covering the cost of checking arisingfrom a protest concerning class rules.
RRS 67
FFVoile Prescription (*):
Any question about or request of damages arising from an incident involving a boat bound by the Racing Rules of Sailingor International Regulation to Prevent Collision at Sea depends on the appropriate courts and will not be dealt by the jury.
RRS 70. 5
FFVoile Prescription (*):
In such circumstances, the written approval of the Fédération Française de Voile shall be received before publishing thenotice of race and shall be posted on the official notice board during the event.
RRS 78
FFVoile Prescription (*):
The boat’s owner or other person in charge shall, under his sole responsibility, make sure moreover that his boat comply
with the equipment and security rules required by the laws, by-laws and regulations of the Administration.
RRS 86.3
FFVoile Prescription (*):
An organizing authority wishing to change a rule listed in RRS 86.1 in order to develop or test new rules shall first submit
the changes to the FFVoile, in order to obtain its written approval and shall report the results to FFVoile after the event.
Such authorization shall be mentioned in the notice of race and in the sailing instructions and shall be posted on theofficial notice board during the event.
RRS 88
FFVoile Prescription (*):
Prescriptions of the FFVoile shall be neither changed nor deleted in the notice of race and sailing instructions, except forevents for which an international jury has been appointed.
In such case, the prescriptions marked with an asterisk (*) shall be neither changed nor deleted in the notice of race andsailing instructions. (The official translation of the prescriptions, downloadable on the FFVoile website www.ffvoile.fr ,shall be the only translation used to comply with RRS 90.2(b)).
RRS 91
FFVoile Prescription (*):
The appointment of an international jury meeting the requirements of Appendix N is subject to prior written approval ofthe Fédération Française de Voile. Such notice of approval shall be posted on the official notice board during the event.

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