Name of Regatta
The International Friendship All Japan Junior Yacht Club Regatta 2012
Organizing Authorities
Japan Junior Yacht Club Union (hereafter as J.J.Y.U.)
Tokyo Metropolitan Yachting Federation
Japan Sailing Federation (hereafter as JSAF) (JSAF approval No.H23-51)
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Date
May 3rd (Thursday) ,4th (Friday) and 5th (Saturday), 2012
Venue
Tokyo Metropolitan Wakasu Yacht Training Center
3-1-1 Wakasu, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan 136-0083
Phone:81-3-5569-6703
http://www.tptc.co.jp/park/wakasukaihin/w_yacht.htm
Place of Opening Ceremony ＆ Reception Party
Tokyo Metropolitan Wakasu Yacht Training Center
Racing Area
The water adjacent to Tokyo Metropolitan Wakasu Yacht Training Center(Northern Part of Tokyo Bay)
Two areas (A & B) will be prepared for Advanced class and Beginners’class separately
Place of Closing Ceremony
Tokyo Metropolitan Wakasu Yacht Training Center
Classes to race
1. Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class
2. Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class
3. Laser 4.7
4. Sea Hopper-SR Class
5. Mini-Hopper Class
6. 420 Class
7. FJ Class
8. Sailingspirits ClassNOTICE OF RACE
1. Rules1. The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules ofSailing 2009‐2012, except any of these are altered by the Sailing Instructions.
2. Appendix P will apply.
3. If there is a conflict between the languages, the English text will take precedence.
2. Advertising
Boats are required to display the advertising materials chosen and supplied by
Organizing Authorities.
3. Eligibility and Sailors’ age in each class
1. All Japanese sailors shall be a member of JSAF at the time of registration.
2. The sailors on the junior sailors list of Japanese Junior Yacht Club which is theregistered member of J.J.Y.U. (The list should be submitted beforehand toJ.J.Y.U. secretary office at the beginning of April every year)
3. The sailors of the Overseas Teams whom Organizing Authorities have invited.
4. The sailors whom Organizing Authorities have accepted.
5. The sailors of each class shall fulfill the following age limitation.
Optimist Dinghy Class
From 8 to 15 years old
Mini-Hopper Class
From 10 to 15 years old
Laser 4.7, Sea Hopper-SR, 420,FJ and Sailingspirits Class
From 13 to 18 years old
6. The sailor who has won the prize above 10th Rank in any Beginners’ class ofeither the International Friendship All Japan Junior Yacht Club Regatta or All
Japan Open Junior Yacht Regatta in the previous years shall make entry in
Advanced class of the same class. However, in case the sailor declare the polite
refusal of the prizes under the clause 12. Prizes of NOR, Organizing Authorities
may allow the sailor to make entry in the same Beginners’ class.
4. Fees and Accommodation
1. The entry fee including Reception Party and Friendship Party fee is as follows;
Junior sailors・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Yen10,000 per each
(Junior sailors of the non-registered member club of J.J.Y.U.・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Yen15,000 per each)
Junior sailors of 420,FJ and Sailingspirits Class・ Yen20,000 per boat
Coaches and parents・・・・・・・・・・・・・Yen 5,000 per each
(Coaches and parents of the non-registered member club of J.J.Y.U.・・・・・・・・・・ Yen7,000 per each)
Children accompanied by parents・・・・・・・・Yen 2,000 per each
Lunch Box (Sailors,Coaches,Parents and Chirldren accompanied by parents)
・・・・Yen 700 per each box with drink
2. The entry
Eligible boats may enter by completing the entry form and the name list of thesailors in the same club (kana letters written at the side of each name) andsending it by E-mail or Facsimile to the following regatta secretariat, together

with the remittance of the required fee to the following bank account by April
13th (Friday), 2012.
Regatta Secretariat
Secretary General ： Mitsuhiro Ochiai
Phone & Facsimile： +81(Japan)-3-3722-7745
Cellular phone：+81(Japan)-90-6037-1737
E-mail address： hiro-ochiai-1@k6.dion.ne.jp
Bank Account
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Shinbashi Branch Office
Saving account Number ： 1417976
Registered Name：Japan Junior Yacht Club Union
5. Schedules of the Races and Events
1. 1st Day：May 3rd (Thursday)
08:00~14:00 Registration, Distribution of Sailing Instructions andMeasurement/Inspection
Registration Desk at Tokyo Metropolitan Wakasu Yacht Training Center
15:00~16:00 Opening Ceremony
Tokyo Metropolitan Wakasu Yacht Training Center
16:00~16:30 Briefing about safety & health(Coaches, Parents and sailors should attend.)
Tokyo Metropolitan Wakasu Yacht Training Center
16:30~16:50 Briefing about race management(Coaches and Parents should attend.)
Tokyo Metropolitan Wakasu Yacht Training Center
17:00~19:00 Reception Party for Coaches, Parents, Sailors and RaceOfficers
Tokyo Metropolitan Wakasu Yacht Training Center
2. 2nd Day : May 4th (Friday)
Schedules of Races and Time of The Warning Signal
Racing area “A”
Racing area “B”◇Sailinspirits,420 and FJ Class◇Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class
st10:00
1 Race1st Race
10:00◇Laser 4.7, Sea Hopper-SR Class
and Mini-Hopper Class
10:05
1st Race◇Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class
1st Race
10:10
ndrdth2 , 3 and 4 Race to follow continuously.
But after 16:00, The Warning Signal will not be made.
When the following race is intended to be held, the race committee signal boat
will display orange flag with one sound to alert the boats at least 4 minutes
before the warning signal for the next race is displayed.
17:30~19:30 Friendship Party
Tokyo Metropolitan Wakasu Yacht Training Center3. 3rd Day : May 5th(Saturday)
Schedules of Races and Time of The Warning Signal
Racing area “A”
Racing area “A”◇Sailingspirits, 420 and FJ Class◇Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class
1st Race of the day 09:30
1st Race of the day 09:30◇Laser 4.7, Sea Hopper-SR Classand Mini-Hopper Class
1st Race of the day 09:35◇Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class
1st Race of the day 09:40
After 11:00, The Warning Signal will not be made.
16:00~17:00 Closing Ceremony
Tokyo Metropolitan Wakasu Yacht Training Center
Schedules of Races may be changed depending on the weather conditions orother reasons.
6. Sailing Instructions
The Sailing Instructions will be specified in the regatta program to be distributedat the time of the registration on May 3rd (Thursday), 2012.
Also, it will be available on the home page of J.J.Y.U. and Tokyo MetropolitanYachting Federation early in April 2012.
J.J.Y.U. URL
http://www.jjyu/net
Tokyo Metropolitan Yachting Federation URL http://www.tsaf.com
7. Measurement/Inspection
1. Each boat except chartered boat shall produce a valid measurement
certificate (Sailingspirits Class, Laser 4.7 and Mini-Hopper Class areexempted) at the time of registration.
2. Each boat shall satisfy the class rules. There will be no measurement
practiced in advance of the race, but however there will be the case to carry
the measurement and inspection at any time during the regatta.
8. Racing AreaAttachment Diagram-1 shows the location of racing areas.
9. Courses
The courses to be sailed are windward, leeward and triangle courses.
The detailed courses will be instructed by the Sailing Instructions.
10. Number of races
1. 5 races are planned during two days and at least one race is required to becompleted to constitute the series.
2. Each boat’s series score shall be the total of her race scores.
This changes Appendix A2.
11. Scoring
1. The Individual Competition of Race in each class(1) International Friendship Individual Competition of Race in each class
Each boat’s rank will be determined in accordance with the total sequenceresult including the sailors of the foreign club teams and Japanese sailors ofthe same class.
(2)Japanese Individual Competition of Race
The rank of Japanese Individual Competition will be determined based onJapanese sailor’s rank of the above (1) total sequence result.
2. The Team Race rank will be determined as follows, based on the total
sequence result of the individual sailor of each team or club of the above
2-(1).
(1)International Friendship Team Race
①Each club team’s series score will be the total of the best three boats’ rankof all classes where more than six boats participated.
②In case the number of boat participating this regatta is exceeding threeboats, minus 1 point per one boat will be added, but up to minus 5 points.
In case the number of boat is less than three boats, last rank point of theclass of the largest number of boats participated will be added in proportion
to the number of the shortage.
③The rank of the club team will be determined by the low point scoring
system in accordance with the total of the best three boats’ rank point andany minus or additional.
④In case of the tie score, the club team of the more number of boats
participated will be ranked higher. Even if it is still tie score, the club teamwhich participated in more number of classes will be ranked higher.
Thereafter the club team which has the higher rank boats among threeboats will be ranked higher and then the club team which has the higher
rank of the class where the largest number of boats participated will beranked higher.
(2)Japanese Club Team Race
The rank of Japanese Club Team Race will be determined among
Japanese Club Teams based on the rank of the above result (1)International Friendship Team Race.
12. Prizes
Prizes will be given as follows:
1. Special Prizes
The following Special Prize will be given to the 1st Rank of Japanese sailor ofeach class.
(１)1st Rank sailor of Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class・The Trophy and The Award from the Minister of Education,Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
・The Trophy of Mr. Sumio Okumura(The late Senior Managing
Director of J.J.Y.U.)st( 2 ) 1 Rank sailor of Optimist Dinghy Beginners‘ Class・ The Trophy and The Award from the Minister of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
・ The Trophy of Mr. Kichitaro Ozawa(The late President and theFounder of J.J.Y.U.)st( 3 ) 1 Rank sailor of Laser 4.7
・ The Trophy and The Award from The Governor of the Tokyo

Metropolitan Government( 4 ) 1st Rank sailor of Sea Hopper-SR Class・ The Trophy of “Kaio Maru” (Japanese Sailing Ship for theseafarer training)( 5 ) 1st Rank Sailor of Mini-Hopper Class・ The Trophy of Chairman of YMFS
( 6 ) 1st Rank Sailor of 420 Class・The Trophy and The Award from The President of Tokyo
Metropolitan Yachting Federationst( 7 ) 1 Rank Sailor of FJ Class・The Trophy and The Award from The Mayor of Koto City( 8 ) 1st Rank Sailor of Sailingspirits Class・ The Trophy and The Award from The President of TokyoMetropolitan Yachting Federation※ In case that the number of the boats participated in Sea Hopper-SR Class
exceeds over the number of the boats participated in Laser 4.7, The
Trophy of The Governor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will begiven to 1st Rank sailor of Sea Hopper-SR Class and The Trophy of “KaioMaru” will be given to 1st Rank sailor of Laser 4.7.
※ In case that the number of the boats participated in 420 and Sailingspirits
Class is less than 6, The Trophy of The President of Tokyo Metropolitan
Yachting Federation will not be given and only J.J.Y.U. Prize will be given.
2. J.J.Y.U. Prize( 1 ) The Medal of Gold, Silver and Bronze will be given to 1st , 2nd and 3rdRank sailors of each class.
( 2 ) The Award from President of J.J.Y.U. will be given to the following highranking sailors of each class.
・Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Classfrom 1st to 10th Rank
・Optimist Dinghy Advanced Classfrom 1st to 8th Rank・Laser 4.7, Sea Hopper-SR and Mini-Hopper Class
from 1st to 6th Rank
・420, FJ and Sailingspirits Classfrom 1st to 3rd Rank
※ In case that the number of the boats participated in the same class is lessthan 6, The Award will be only to 1st ,2nd and 3rd Rank sailors of eachclass( 3 ) The International Friendship Prize for The Individual Race.
・The Medal of Gold, Silver and Bronze and also The Award fromPresident of J.J.Y.U. will be given to 1st , 2nd , and 3rd Rank sailorsof the class where the sailors of the foreign teams and Japanesesailors compete together.

3. The Team Race Prize.
( 1 )The Team Race Prize for Japanese Club Team Race
・ The Trophy and The Award from President of J.J.Y.U. will begiven to 1st Rank Japanese Club Team.
・ The Shield and The Award from President of J.J.Y.U. will begiven to 2nd and 3rd Rank Japanese Club Teams respectively.

( 2 ) The Team Race Prize for International Friendship Team Race
・ The Shield and The Award from President of J.J.Y.U. will begiven to 1st, 2nd and 3rd Rank Club Team.
4. Extra Special Prize from J.J.Y.U. for Japanese Club Team Race Winners
J.J.Y.U. will arrange to send each one junior sailor selected among
each 1st, 2nd and 3rd Rank Japanese Club Team for the purpose of thesailing training abroad and will bear the cost of their transportation.
* The above Trophies should be returned at the next year regatta and thereplicas will be given in return.
13. Support Boat
Any club wishes to bring in the support boat for the regatta shall apply in
writing the necessary matters on the item No.5 of the designated application
form for the entry.
However, each club shall pay the fee Yen2, 000 per boat together with entry fee.
The support boat is required to have the effective official certificate of boat
inspection and also to be insured with Yacht Motorboat Insurance.

14. Disclaimer of Liability
1. Organizing Authorities and any other parties involved in the organization of theregatta accept no liability whatsoever for any injury, damage, loss or claim
whether personal or material, incurred by or inflicted to participants before,
during or after the regatta.
2. Junior sailors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk.
However, the representative person of each club shall confirm the decision ofthe junior sailors in the club and grasp the intention of each junior sailor in theclub.

15. Regatta secretariat
Secretary General: Mitsuhiro Ochiai
Phone & Facsimile: +81(Japan)-3-3722-7745
Cellular phone: +81(Japan)-90-6037-1737
E-mail address : hiro-ochiai-1@k6.dion.ne.jp
International Friendship Secretary: Hidemichi Onozawa
Phone & Facsimile :+81(Japan)-87-868-3077
Cellular phone:+81(Japan)-90-2538-2433
E-mail address: onozawah@mg.pikara.ne.jp