miki HOUSE CUP Osaka 2023
No.10th Junior Yacht International Goodwill Osaka Regatta! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Organizing Authority
Japan Junior Yacht Club Union (hereafter as JJYU)
Sponsors
Japan Sports Agency
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Osaka Prefecture Port Authority
Oska Sports Association
Japan Sailing Federation (hereafter as JSAF Approval No.2023-19)
Special Supporting Company
Miki House (Miki Shoko Co., Ltd.)
Supporting Company
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Fortune Co., Ltd.
Cooperation Group
Osaka Yacht Sailing Federation (hereafter as OSAF)
Osaka Junior Yacht ClubDate! September 3rd, 2023 (Sunday)

Regatta will take place in case of a little rain.

Venue
Osaka Yacht Sailing Federation Nishiki Harbor and the adjacent water (Appendix A)
1, Nishiki Minato-machi, Kaizuka, Osaka, Japan 597-0063
Phone: 072-423-0064
Racing area: (A) Outside water of Nishiki Harbor(B) Outside water of Nishiki Harbor
Place of Opening Ceremony: Osaka Yacht Sailing Federation Nishiki Harbor
Place of Closing Ceremony：Osaka Yacht Sailing Federation Nishiki Harbor
Classes to race
1. Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class
2. Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class
3. ILCA4
4. ILCA6NoteThe regatta may be cancelled depending on the situation of COVID19 infection.
In case of cancellation of the regatta, the entry fee will be refunded.
Contact: Executive Committee Chairman Tamaki Jun
Mail address: j-tamaki@zeus.eonet.ne.jp Mobile Phone:070-2305-2038

NOTICE of RACE
1"Rules
1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing
2021#2024.
1.2 If there is a conflict between the languages, the English text will take precedence.
2. Sailing Instructions
The sailing instructions will be available on the JJYU and OSAF website and LINE OpenChat after 9:00 a.m. on August 30th.
Website URL JJYU:http://www.jjyu.net/Website URL OSAF: http://oysf.blue.coocan.jp/
3.Communication
3.1 The official notice board will be the white board in front of the club house.
3.2 [DP] During a race, from the first warning signal until the last race of the day, except incase of emergency, boats shall not make transmissions of voice or data and shall notreceive voice or data transmissions that are not available to all boats.
4. Eligibility and Sailors’ age in each class4.1 All Japanese sailors shall be a member of JSAF in 2023 year.
(The application for the membership will be accepted at the time of registration)
4.2 The sailors whom Organizing Authority have accepted.
4.3 The sailors of each class shall fulfill the following age limitation on 2nd April, 2023
! ! ! ! $Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class
From 8 years old to Junior High School student%Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class! ! ! ! &ILCA4

From 6 years old to Junior High School student! ! ! !
From 12 years old to High School student'ILCA6
From 12 years old to High School student
4.4 Sailor who has won the prize in Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ class of this regattain the previous years shall make entry in Optimist Dinghy Advanced
class. However, in case the sailor declares the polite refusal of the prizes under
the clause 15. “Prizes” of NoR, Organizing Authority may allow the sailor to makeentry in the same Beginners’ class.
5. Entry fee and Application procedure
5.1 The entry fee for the sailor is as follows;
Sailors of JJYU registered Club
Yen4,000 per each sailor(Goodwill party fee included)
Sailors of JJYU on-registered Club Yen 5,000 per each sailor(Goodwill party fee included)
Coaches and parents of JJYU registered Club Yen 2,000 per person(Goodwill party fee)
Coaches and parents of JJYU non-registered Club Yen 3,000 per person(Goddwill part fee)
5.2 The following fee will be charged for bringing yachts and support boats into Nishiki Harbor.
The fee for yacht is Yen 1,400 per day and the fee for support boat is Yen 3,300 per day
as the fee for usage of the harbor slope.
If you bring in those yacht or support boat from the day before the regatta, please pay
Yen 1,000 per boat (same amount for both yacht and support boat)
Please make bank transfer in advance along with the entry fee.

5.3 Application procedure for the entry
The entry shall be made with the official forms to the following regatta committee officeby E-mail not later than August 21st (Monday), 2023.
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Regatta Committee Office
No.10th Junior Yacht International Friendship Osaka Regatta(Miki House Osaka Regatta 2023)!
Regatta Secretariat :Jun Tamaki, Director of JJYU
Cellular phone:070-2305-2047
E-mail address:j-tamaki@zeus.sonet.ne.jp
5.4 Transfer procedure of entry fee
Entry fee of each club will be totaled and confirmed after the entry deadline and will benotified to each club.
When each club received our notification, please transfer the amount to the following bankaccount within one week.
Transfer bank account:
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Shimbashi Branch
Ordinary Deposit account No.0744610(Account name) Junior Yacht International Friendship Regatta()*+,-./012345467-89:;<8<=>
6. Advertising
Boats are maybe required to display the advertising materials chosen and suppliedby Organizing Authority.
7. Schedules of the Races and Events!
7.1 September 3rd (Sunday)
07:30
Harbor Gate Open
08:00~09:00 Registration(Desk will be located in front of the clubhouse)
Distribution of Sailing Instructions (Program)
09:00~09:15 Opening Ceremony & Skippers Meeting with social distances
Schedules of Races and Time of The Warning Signal are as follows.
Racing Area AClass

Racing Area BTimeClass

1st RaceTime
1st Race

ILCA 4 & ILCA8

10:00

Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class

10:10

Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class

Races will follow continuously.
But after 14:30, The Warning Signal will not be made.

10:00

When the following race is intended to be held, the race committee signal boat
will display orange flag with one sound at least 4 minutes before the warning signal
for the next race is displayed in order to alert the boats.
16:00~16:30

Closing Ceremony (Prize Giving Ceremony)
We will hold Goodwill Party avoiding close contacts with each other.

!! Schedules of Races may be changed depending on the weather conditions orother reasons.
7.2 Number of races
Maximum 5 races will be scheduled for Racing Area A and as many as possible races
will be scheduled for Racing Area B.
At least one race will be required to be completed to constitute the series.
8. Equipment Inspection
Boats will be carried the measurement and inspection of equipment at any time of theregatta.
9. The location of the venue
The location of the venue is shown in Appendix A of the NoR.
10"The courses
The courses to be sailed will be specified in the Sailing Instructions.
11.

Penalty Method
Appendix P will apply for breaching RRS42.

12. Scoring Method
Each boat’s series score will be the total of her all-race scores.
This changes Appendix A2.
13. Risk Statement
RRS 3 states, ‘The responsibility for a boat’s decision to participate in a race or tocontinue racing is hers alone.’
By participating in the regatta, each sailor agrees and acknowledges that sailing isan activity with inherent risks and potential danger. These risks include high winds,rough seas, sudden changes in weather conditions, equipment failure, mishandlingin boat maneuvering, inexperienced maneuvering of other boats, unbalanced andunstable footing in a boat and increased risk of injury due to fatigue.
Unique to the sport of sailing is the risk of serious disability that never disappears
and death from drowning, psychological trauma, hypothermia and other causes.
14. Insurance
Every participant of the regatta should insure his /her Sports Insurance.

15. Prizes
15.1 The Crystal Glass Trophy will be presented to the winner of OP Advanced Class.
(This Trophy is Carrying-about Trophy for the next year regatta.)
15.2 The JJYU Medal of Gold, Silver and Bronze will be presented to 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Rank sailors of each class.
15.3 The Award from The President of JJYU will be presented to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5thand 6th Rank sailors of each class.
However, in case that the number of the boats participated in the same class isless than 6, The Award will be only to 1st, 2nd and 3rd Rank sailors of each class.
15.4 There will be the team race, the details of which will be as per the following clause 15.6.
The Special Prize will be given for the winner of the team race and The Special Prize willbe the entitlement of the participation to the sailing training abroad which will beorganized by JJYU.
The part cost of the transportation cost for the sailing training abroad will be borne
by JJYU.
15.5 Special Prizes from Miki House (Miki Shoko Co., Ltd.), Special Supporting Company
will be presented to many sailors participated.
15.6 The Team Race rank will be determined as follows,①The rank and the point will be determined based on the total sequence resultof the individual sailor of each club of all classes where more than two clubs
and more than six boats participated in accordance with the above 12 of NoR.
②Each club team’s series score will be the total of the best three boats’ rank of
all classes where more than two clubs and more than six boats participated.
In case the number of boats of each club is less than three boats, last rank
point of the class of the largest number of boats participated will be addedin proportion to the number of the shortage.
③In case the number of boat participating this regatta is exceeding three boats
and less than six, minus 1 point per club will be added and the number ofboat is exceeding six and less than 10, minus 2 points per club will be added
and then the number of boats is exceeding 10, minus 3 points per club will
be added.
④In case the place of the club activity is located in Chugoku, Shikoku and Chubu
Area (including Hokuriku and Tokai Area), minus 1 point per club will be added.
In case the place of the club activity is located in other far distant Area(Kyushu,Kanto, Koshinetu, Tohoku and Hokkaido), minus 2 points will be added.
⑤However, such club who participate the regatta with the chartered boats will
be added 1 point in case of less than four chartered boats, 2 points in caseof more than four but less than six chartered boats and 3 points in case of
more than six chartered boats.
⑥The 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 and any minusor additional of above ②, ③, ④ and ⑤.
In case of the tie score, the club team with the highest rank in OP Advanced
Class will be ranked higher.
⑦This Special Prize of the entitlement to participate the sailing training abroad will begiven only to the registered club of JJYU.
16. Correspondence to person with a disability
16.1 There are no toilets for wheelchair-compatible toilet, a wheelchair-compatible pier for
person who wishes to get on board sailing boats or any other boats in Osaka Yacht
Sailing Federation Nishiki Harbor.
16.2 We will arrange two response operators to be at the race office (the registrationdesk) and give guidance for persons with a disability.

17. Portrait Rights
All participants for this regatta may give to the Organizing Authority the rightwhich the Organizing Authority utilize at its own discretion the photography
pictures, animation and these plate-making of the sailors, the participants
and the equipment of the sailors without requiring value.
18. Measures to prevent the spread of COVID19 infection
18.1 If the participant falls under any of the following items, please voluntarily refrain fromparticipating the regatta.
$If you are not feeling well on the day of the regatta(if you have fever, cough, sorethroat, etc.)%When there is a person who is suspected of being infected in your family member
living together or in your close acquaintances.
&Within the past 14 days If you travelled to countries, regions, etc. that require entry
restrictions or require observation periods after entry from the government
regulations or if you have close contact with such persons above mentioned.
18.2 Please bring a mask. (Please be sure to wear a mask when you are at the reception,change clothes, etc. or when you have a conversation.)18.3 Please be sure to carry out frequent hand washing and disinfection with alcohol, etc.
18.4 Please be sure to secure a distance from other participants, operating staff, etc.
(2 meters or more as much as possible)18.5 Please do not speak loudly or cheer during the regatta.
18.6 Please observe other measures decided by the organizing authorities to prevent thespread of infection and follow the instructions of the organizing authorities.
18.7 If you develop COVID-19 infection within 2 weeks after the end of the regatta, please
report immediately the presence or absence of close contacts with you.
18.8 One doctor and one nurse will be standby as operating staff of the regatta during theregatta.! !
19. Measures against marine pollution by microplastic waste
We, as yachtsmen acting mainly based on the ocean, must cooperate to reduce
microplastic waste that cause marine pollution and therefore we decided to limit thedistribution of the plastic bottle beverage for hydration during the regatta.
Therefore, the participants are requested to prepare their own water bottles and we will
supply enough water and another beverage for refill.
20. Application for the qualification to participate in OP Class All Japan ChampionshipIn 2024
Osaka Junior Yacht Club made application for the qualification to participate in OP ClassAll Japan Championship in 2024 to Japan Optimist Dinghy Association for OP Advancedclass race of this regatta.
Last year, we had the granting of two(2) slots.
21. Others
All participants of regatta are requested to prepare their own lunch box themselves.

Appendix A Diagram-1 RACING AREA