Name of Regatta
The International Friendship All Japan Junior Yacht Club Regatta 2018
Organizing Authorities
Japan Junior Yacht Club Union (hereafter as JJYU)
Oita Sailing Federation
B&G Beppu Kiayo Club
Sponsoring Organization
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Japan Sports Agency
Oita Prefecture
Beppu City
Japan Sailing Federation (Approval No.H30-15)

August 3rd (Friday) ,4th (Saturday) and 5th (Sunday), 2018

Venue Main Venue：Oita Prefecture Beppu Port Kitahama Yacht Harbor816-386, Kitahama 1-chome, Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan 870-0920
Phone:81-0977-85-7121
Beppu port Kitahama Yacht Harbor
Place of Opening Ceremony :Place of International Friendship Party : Beppu Kitahama Park
Racing Area :Water in front of Beppu Port Kitahama Yacht Harbor
Place of Closing Ceremony :Beppu Port Kitahama Yacht Harbor

Classes to race
1. Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class
2. Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class
3. Laser 4.7
4. Laser Radial
5. International 420 Class
6. FJ ClassNOTICE OF RACE
1. Rules
1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of
Sailing 2017‐2020(hereafter as RRS), except any of these are alteredby the Sailing Instructions.
1.2. If there is a conflict between the languages, the English text will take precedence.
2. Advertising
Boats may be required to display the advertising materials chosen and supplied by
Organizing Authorities.
3. Eligibility and Sailors’ age in each class
3.1. All Japanese sailors shall be a member of Japan Sailing Federation registered in2018 year.
3.2. The sailors on the junior sailors list of Japanese Junior Yacht Club which is theregistered member club of JJYU (The list should be submitted beforehand to
JJYU secretary office at the beginning of May, 2018)
3.3. The sailors of the Overseas Teams whom Organizing Authorities have invited.
3.4. The sailors whom Organizing Authorities have accepted.
3.5. The sailors of each class shall fulfill the following age limitation on 2nd April, 2018.
Optimist Dinghy Class
From 6 to 15 years old
Laser 4.7, Laser Radial
From 12 to 18 years oldInternational 420 Class
From 15 to 18 years old
FJ Class
From 15 to 18 years old
3.6. The sailor who has won the prize in any Beginners’ class of the International
Friendship All Japan Junior Yacht Club Regatta in the previous years shall makeentry 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. Entry fees and Entry procedure
4.1. The entry fee including International Friendship Party fee and lunch box is asfollows;
Junior sailors・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
Yen9,000 per each
(Junior sailors of the non-registered member club of JJYU・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・Yen13,000 per each)
Junior sailors of International 420 Class & FJ Class ・Yen16,000 per boat
(Junior sailors of International 420 Class & FJ Class of the non-registeredmember club of JJYU・・・・・・・・・・・・・・Yen18,000 per boat)
Coaches and parents・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Yen 3,000 per each
(Coaches and parents of the non-registered member club of JJYU.・・・・・・・・・・・・ Yen5,000 per each)
Children accompanied by parents・・・・・・・・・ Yen2,000 per each
The entry after the dead line of 29th June may be still received until 13th July,
however extra fee of late entry will be charged, which will be Yen 2,000 forone man boat and Yen 3,000 for two men boat.
4.2. Other fees
※Lunch box with one bottle of drink will be served for all junior sailors who
participate in this regatta during three days of the regatta period.(However,Curry and rice will be served instead of lunch box on the 3rd day.)Coaches, parents and children accompanied by parents who wish lunch box
at the price of yen600 per box with one bottle of drink may request lunch
box with one bottle of drink writing the number of lunch box of each day on
the entry form.
On the last day of the regatta, Curry and rice will be served for everyone
who participate the regatta free of charge.
4.3 Charter boat for the race
Organizing Authorities are prepared to charter out some numbers of boats
for Optimist Dinghy Class, Laser 4.7 and International 420 Class.
Conditions and numbers of charter boat may not meet fully with therequirements for each sailor and therefore each club is requested to makecontact with the regatta secretariat before they complete the entry form.
Charter rate during the regatta period is as follows.
Optimist Dinghy Class (Japanese Maker)
Yen 5, 000 per boat
Laser 4.7 or Laser Radial (Compete set) Yen 14, 000 per boat
International 420 Class (Complete set)
Yen 20, 000 per boat
(Boats of Optimist Dinghy Class are all Japanese Maker boats, but these will
be chartered out for sailors of both Beginners’ Class and Advanced Class.)
Each club who charter the boat is requested to pay deposit of Yen 20, 000 per
club for any possible damage or loss of the boat and/or equipment at the timeof the entry. This deposit shall be refunded to the club soonest possible after
the regatta if no problem has happened.
Therefore, each club is requested to write the bank account number and thenecessary information for the remittance of the refund.
4.4 The entry
Eligible boats may enter by completing the entry form and the name list of
the sailors in the same club (kana letters written at the side of each name)and sending it by E-mail or Facsimile to the following regatta secretariat.
Regatta Secretariat
Secretary General ： Eiji Shionozaki
E-mail address： e-shio@ozzio.jp

Facsimile： +81(Japan)-45-944-3522

Phone： +81(Japan)-45-944-3522

Cellular phone： +81(Japan)-90-2734-8611

Bank Account
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Shinbashi Branch Office
Saving account Number ： 1417976
Registered Name：Japan Junior Yacht Club Union

4.5 Entry should be received by the regatta secretariat together with the required
fee by June 29th (Friday), 2018.
5. Schedules of the Races and Events
5.1. 1st Day：August 3rd (Friday)
08:00~12:00 ※Registration & Distribution of Sailing Instructions
Registration Desk at Beppu Port Kitahama Yacht Harbor
12:30~14:00 Sailing Exercise (Details will be announced at the time ofRegistration)
The water in front of Beppu Port Kitahama Yacht Harbor
16:30~17:30 Opening Ceremony
Hotel New Tsuruta Banquet Hall
17:30~17:50 Meeting for briefing about safety & health(Coaches, Parents, sailors and race officers should attend.)
Hotel New Tsuruta Meeting Room
17:50~18:20 Meeting for briefing about race management(Coaches, Parents, sailors and race officers should attend.)
Hotel New Tsuruta Meeting Room
18:30~20:00 International Friendship Party(Coaches, Parents, sailors and race officers should attend.)
Hotel New Tsuruta Banquet Hall
※Any club who will not be able to arrive before the time of registration may obtain
the permission of late registration from the regatta secretariat beforehand.
5.2. 2nd Day：August 4th (Saturday)
Schedules of races and Time of the warning signal
Racing area A
Racing area B
International 420 & FJ Class
Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class
1st Race 09:30
1st Race
9:30
Laser 4.7 & Laser Radial 1st Race 09:35
Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class
1st Race 09:40
2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Races will follow
continuously.

2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Races will
follow continuously.

When the following race is intended to be held continuously, the race committee
signal boat will display orange color flag with one sound at least 5 minutes before
the warning signal to alert the attention of the boats.
When five(5) Races were not completed in Racing Area A or seven(7) Races were notcompleted in Racing Area B depending on the weather conditions or other reasons, thenext race will be performed on the following day.
19:00~20:00 Leaders workshop session Beppu Port Kitahama Yacht Harbor※Any one who wishes to obtain the registration of Authorized Instructor of JJYU

may apply to the secretariat of JJYU with the designated application form
beforehand and attend this Leaders workshop session and then he/she can obtain
the registration.
5.3. 3rd Day：August 5th(Sunday) Schedules of Races and Time of The warning signal
Racing area A
International 420 & FJ Class
1st Race of the day 09:30

Racing area B
Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class
1st Race of the day

9:30

Laser 4.7 & Laser Radial
1st Race of the day 09:35
Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class
1st Race of the day 09:40
Races will follow continuously. After 12:00, the warning signal will not be made.

When the following race is intended to be held continuously, the race committee
signal boat will display orange color flag with one sound at least 5 minutes before
the warning signal to alert the attention of the boats.
Schedules of Races may be changed depending on the weather conditions orother reasons.
16:00~17:00 Closing Ceremony

Beppu Port Kitahama Yacht Harbor

5.4 Number of races
7 races are planned for all classes other than Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class and
11 races are planned for Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class for two days, however at
least one race is required to be completed to constitute the series.
6. Measurement/Inspection
6.1. Each boat except chartered boat shall produce a valid measurement certificate
at the time of registration.
However, any boat who is not able to produce a valid measurement certificate
may consult with the regatta secretariat.
6.2. There will be no measurement practice prior to the regatta, however there willbe the case to carry the measurement and inspection at any time during theregatta.
7. Sailing Instructions
The Sailing Instructions will be specified in the regatta program to be distributedat the time of the registration on August 3rd (Friday), 2018.
Also, it will be available on the home page of JJYU by the middle of July 2018.
JJYU URL
http://www.jjyu/net
8. Venue of the regatta
Attachment Diagram-1 shows the location of the regatta harbor and Racing area
A and B.

Racing area A：all classes other than Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class
Racing area B：Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class’9. Courses
Triangle courses for Racing area A and windward/leeward courses for Racing area B
are planned and the details will be instructed in the Sailing Instructions.
10. Penalty System
10.1. Appendix P will apply for breaching RRS 42.
10.2. Appendix P2.3 will not apply and Appendix P2.2 will be changed as a second
time and subsequent penalties instead.
11. Scoring
11.1. In all classes other than Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class, each boat’s series
score shall be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score if more than
6 races are completed.
If less than 6 races are completed, each boat’s series score shall be the total ofher all scores completed. This changes Appendix A2.
11.2. In Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class, each boat’s series score shall be the totalof her all scores completed in case less than 5 races are competed and in case
5 to 9 races are completed, each boat’s series score shall be the total of herscores excluding her worst score and further in case more than 10 races arecompleted, each boat’s series score shall be the total of her scores excluding her
two scores from the worst score.
This changes Appendix A2.
11.3. The Individual Competition of Race in each class① 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 clubteams of the same class.
②Japanese Individual Competition of Race
The rank of Japanese Individual Competition will be determined basedon Japanese sailor’s rank of the above ① total sequence result.
11.4. 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 theabove11.2①.
① Each club team’s series score will be the total of the best three boats’ rankof all classes where, more than two clubs participated and more than six
boats participated.
②In case the number of boat participating this regatta is exceeding three boats,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.
③In case the place of the club activity is more than 500km far from the regatta
place, minus 2 points per club will be added.
However, such club who participate the regatta with the chartered boats will

be added only minus 1 point.
The distance is determined by the shortest railway distance between the JRstation nearest to the government office of the prefecture where the place ofthe club activity is located and JR Beppu station④The rank of the club team will be determined by the low point scoring system.
⑤In 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 boat among three boats
will be ranked higher and then the club team which has the higher rank of theclass where the largest number of boats participated will be ranked higher.
⑥The rank of International Club Team Race will be determined among
Japanese Club Teams and Foreign Club Teams in accordance with thecalculation based on only above 11.3 ①, ④ and ⑤.
Foreign Club Teams participate with limited numbers of boats and very far
away from abroad with chartered boats and therefore above 11.2 ② and ③
will not apply for both Japanese Club Teams and Foreign Club Teams in thecalculation of the rank points.
⑦The rank of Japanese Club Team Race will be determined among JapaneseClub Teams in accordance with the calculation based on above 11.3 ①～⑤.
12. Prizes
Prizes will be given as follows:
12.1 JJYU Special Prizes①Mr. Kichitaro Ozawa Special PrizeJJYU will commend the sailor, the leader of the club or junior yacht club whowill be most appreciated as the one with full seamanship.
②Extra Special Prize from JJYU for Japanese Club Team Race Winners
JJYU will arrange to send each one junior sailor selected among each 1st, 2nd
and 3rd Rank Japanese Club Team for the sailing training abroad and willbear a part of their transportation expense.
The clubs of Japanese Club Team Race Winners are requested to take into
the consideration the item No.15(1)②of the regatta summary when they
select the sailor among their club for the sailing training abroad.
※These Special Prizes will be given only to the sailors of the registered clubs of
JJYU and the registered clubs of JJYU.
12.2. Special Prizes
The following Special Prizes will be given to the 1st Rank of Japanese sailor ofeach class.
①1st 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
JJYU)②1st 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 the Founder of
JJYU)③1st Rank sailor of Laser 4.7
・The Trophy and The Award from The Governor of the Oita Prefecture
Government④1st Rank sailor of Laser Radial
・The Trophy and The Award from President of Oita Sailing Federation(※)⑤1st Rank sailor of International 420 Class・The Trophy and The Award from The Mayor of Beppu City(※)⑥1st Rank sailor of FJ Class・The Trophy and The Award from President of Oita Sailing Federation(※)※These Special Prizes will be given only to the sailors of the registered clubs of
JJYU.
12.3. JJYU Prize for Individual sailor① The Medal of Gold, Silver and Bronze will be given to 1st , 2nd and 3rd Rank
sailors of each class.
② The Award from President of JJYU will be given to the following high ranking
sailors of each class.
・Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class
from 1st to 8th Rank
・Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class

from 1st to 6th Rank

・Laser 4.7

from 1st to 3rd Rank

・Laser Radialfrom 1st to 3rd Rank

・International 420 Class

from 1st to 3rd Rank

・FJ Classfrom 1st to 3rd Rnak
※ 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 each class.
③The International Friendship Prize for The Individual Race.
・The Medal of Gold, Silver and Bronze and also The Award from President of
JJYU will be given to 1st , 2nd, and 3rd Rank sailors of the class where thesailors of the foreign teams and Japanese sailors compete together.
・The Special Trophy ( ※ ) and The Award from President of JJYU will begiven to 1st Rank sailors of Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class and Laser 4.7
among the sailors of Foreign Club Teams.
12.4. The Team Race Prize.
① The Team Race Prize for Japanese Club Team Race
・The Trophy and The Award from President of JJYU will be given to 1st Rank
Japanese Club Team.
・The Shield and The Award from President of JJYU will be given to 2nd and3rd Rank Japanese Club Teams respectively.

※These Team Race Prizes will be given only to the registered clubs of JJYU.
② The Team Race Prize for International Friendship Team Race
・ The Special Trophy ( ※ ) and The Award from President of JJYU will begiven to 1st Rank Foreign Club Team among Foreign Club Teams.
・The Award from President of JJYU will be given to 2nd and 3rd Rank
Foreign Club Teams.
12.5 The above Trophies except with the mark ( ※ ) should be returned at thenext year regatta and the replicas will be given in return.
13. Support boat
Any club wishes to bring in the support boat for the regatta shall apply, writing
the necessary matters on the item No.5 of the designated application form forthe entry.
<Conditions for the permission of the support boat>(1) The support boat is required to have the effective official certificate of boat
inspection and to be insured with the appropriate Insurance.
(2) The support boat shall hoist the pink color flag which will be lent from theregatta secretariat and the club shall prepare the suitable pole to hoist theflag.
(3) The support boat shall be brought up ashore after the races every day.
14. Disclaimer of Liability
14.1. Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk
(See RRS 4 Decision to Race), Organizing Authorities and/or any person
involved in this organization of the regatta will accept no liability whatsoever
for any material damage and/or personal injury and/or death sustainedin conjunction with, prior to, during or after the regatta.
14.2. Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk.
However, the representative person of each club shall confirm the decisionof the junior sailors in the club and grasp the intention of each junior sailor
in the club.
15. Regatta secretariat
Secretary General: Eiji Shionozaki
E-mail address: e-shio@ozzio.jp
Phone & Facsimile : +81(Japan)-45-944-3522
Cellular phone: +81(Japan)-90-2734-8611
International Friendship Secretary:
Director:Hirotoshi SatoE-mail address: h.sato@st-tech.jp
Phone & Facsimile :+81(Japan)-3-3390-9156
Cellular phone:+81(Japan)-90-3205-1172