Name of Regatta
The International Friendship All Japan Junior Yacht Club Regatta 2023
Organizing Authorities
Japan Junior Yacht Club Union (hereafter as JJYU)
Wakayama Sailing FederationSponsoring Organization
Japan Sports Agency
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Wakayama Prefecture
Wakayama Prefecture Board of Education
Wakayama Sports Association
Wakayama City
Wakayama City Board of Education
Wakayama City Sports Association
Japan Sailing Federation (hereafter as JSAF, Approval No.2023-9)
Yamaha Motor Foundation for Sports (hereafter as YMFS)
Japan Optimist Dinghy Association
Japan Laser Class Association
Asahi Soft Drinks Co., LtdFortune Co., Ltd.
KAZI Co., Ltd.
Cooperation
Wakayama Sailing Club
Coaches and Parents of Junior Yacht Clubs who participated in The International
Friendship All Japan Junior Yacht Club Regatta 2023
DateJuly 21st(Friday), 22nd (Saturday) and 23rd (Sunday), 2023
Venue
Wakayama Sailing Center
Address: 1514 Kemi, Wakayama city, Wakayama Prefecture, 641-0014, Japan
Phone: +81-73-448-0251 (Wakayama Sailing Club)
Racing Area
The water adjacent to Wakayama Sailing Center (Wakaura Bay)Class of race
Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class
Optimist Dinghy Advanced ClassILCA4NOTICE of RACE
1. Rules1.1. The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing2021!2024 (hereafter as RRS)

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 byOrganizing Authorities.
3. Eligibility and Sailors’ age in each class
3.1. All Japanese sailors shall be a member of JSAF registered in 2023 year.
3.2. The sailors on the junior sailors list of Japanese Junior Yacht Club which is theregistered member club of JJYU.
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, 2023.
※ Optimist Dinghy Class From 6 to 15 years old※ ILCA4
From 12 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 declares thepolite refusal of the prizes under the clause 14. “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 is as follows.
※ Junior sailors of the registered member club of JJYU
: Yen 7,000 per each
※ Junior sailors of the non-registered member club of JJYU: Yen11,000 per each
※ Coaches and parents of the registered member club
: Yen 2,000 per each
※ Coaches and parents of the non-registered member club of JJYU: Yen 4,000 pereach)
The entry fee includes not only the race entry for the sailor, but also the participation
fee for the instructors and guardians who participate in this regatta with the support ofthe sailors. All accompanying persons should also participate.
The entry after the deadline of 23rd June may be still received until 3rd, July.
However, extra fee of the late entry will be charged at Yen 2,000.
" 4.2 Precautions※ In principle, if you cancel your participation after 3rd ,July, the entry fee will not berefunded.
※ Harbor fee will be charged for bringing yachts and support boats to Wakayama SailingCenter, but this year, Organizing Authorities will bear all these fees this year.
※ Please pay the parking fee directly to Wakayama Sailing Center individually.
※ If you are coming by car, please carpool as much as possible.
※ All participants of the regatta are requested to prepare their own lunch box
themselves.
4.3. Charter boat for the race
Organizing Authorities are prepared to charter out some numbers of boats for
Optimist Dinghy Class. The conditions and numbers of charter boat may not meetfully with the requirements for each sailor and therefore each club is requested tomake contact with the regatta secretariat before they complete the entry form.
The charter fee during the regatta period is as follows.
※Optimist Dinghy Class (FarEast): Yen 5,000 per boat

(Boats of Optimist Dinghy Class are all FarEast boats and these will be chartered out
for sailors of both Beginners’ Class and Advanced Class)
Each club who charters 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 time of the entry.
This deposit shall be refunded to the club soonest possible after the regatta if noproblem has happened. Therefore, each club is requested to write the bank accountnumber and the necessary information for the remittance of the refund.
5. The entry
Eligible boats may enter by completing the entry form and the name list of the sailors inthe same club (kana letters written at the side of each name) and sending it by E-mail tothe following regatta secretariat before the deadline of the entry.
The entry form can be downloaded from the website of JJYU. Please send the entry
application in Excel data in order to accurately reflect the details in the regatta program,etc.
The entry fee shall be remitted to the following bank account of JJYU at the same time ofthe entry. (Please bear the transfer fee.)※ Regatta Secretariat

Secretary General : Hirotoshi SatoE-mail address : h.sato@st-tech.jp
Cellular phone : +81(Japan)-90-3205-1172※ Bank Account
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Shinbashi Branch Office
Saving account Number: 1417976
Registered Name: Japan Junior Yacht Club Union
6. Deadline of Entry
Entry should be received by the regatta secretariat together with the required fee by 23rdJune, 2023. However, the change of the participant may be accepted by 3rd July, 2023
as the final deadline, if there is any avoidable reason.
7. Schedules of the Races and Events
7.1.1st Day: 21st July (Friday)
08:00~12:00
Registration & Distribution of Sailing Instructions
at Registration Desk of Wakayama Sailing Center
09:00~15:00
Sailing Exercise (Details will be announced at the time ofRegistration)
The water adjacent to Wakayama Sailing Center (Wakaura Bay,
Racing area A & B)※ 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.
7.2. 2nd Day: 22nd July (Saturday)
08:00~08:30
Meeting for briefing about race management in Wakayama SailingCenter (Coaches and race officers should attend)
Schedules of races and Time of the warning signal
ILCA4

Racing area A
1st race: 09:25

Racing area B
Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ ClassOptimist Dinghy Advanced Class
1st race: 09:35
2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th races will follow continuously.

1st race: 09:25

When the following race is intended to be held continuously in Racing Area A, therace committee signal boat will display orange color flag with one sound at least 4
minutes before the warning signal to alert the attention of the boats.
When five(5) races were not completed depending on the weather conditions orother reasons, the next race will be performed on the following day.
7.3. 3rd Day: 23rd July (Sunday)
Schedules of races and Time of The warning signal
Racing area A
Racing area BILCA4
1st race of the day: 09:25 Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class
1st race of the day: 09:25
Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class
1st race of the day: 09:35
Races will follow continuously. After 12:00, the warning signal will not be made.

When the following race is intended to be held continuously in Racing Area A, therace committee signal boat will display orange color flag with one sound at least 4
minutes before the warning signal to alert the attention of the boats.
Schedules of races may be changed depending on the weather conditions or otherreasons.
The result of the regatta will be distributed via “Regatta LINE Open Chat”.
7.4. Number of races
7 races are planned during two days for all classes and at least one race is required
to be completed to constitute the series.
8. Measurement/Inspection
8.1. Each boat except chartered boat shall produce a valid measurement certificate at thetime of registration. However, any boat who is not able to produce a valid
measurement certificate may consult with the regatta secretariat.
8.2. There will be no measurement practice prior to the regatta, however there will be thecase to carry the measurement and inspection at any time during the regatta.
9. Sailing Instructions
The sailing Instructions will be specified in the regatta program to be distributed at thetime of the registration on 21st July (Friday), 2023.
Also, it will be available on the home page of JJYU towards the end of June 2023.
JJYU URL: http://www.jjyu/net
10. Venue of the regatta
The sailing Instruction shows the location of the regatta harbor and Racing area A and B.
Racing area A: Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class and ILCA4
Racing area B: Optimist Dinghy Beginners’ Class
11. Courses
Trapezoid courses for Racing area A and triangle courses or windward/leeward courses
for Racing area B are planned and the details will be instructed in the sailing Instructions.
12. Penalty System
Appendix P will apply for breaching RRS 42.
Appendix P2.3 will not apply and Appendix P2.2 will be changed as a second time andsubsequent penalties instead.
13. Scoring
13.1. In all classes, each boat’s series score shall be the total of her race scoresexcluding 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 of her all scorescompleted.
This changes Appendix A2.
13.2. 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 thesailors of the foreign club teams and Japanese club teams of the 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 13.2 ① total sequence result.
13.3. The Team Race
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 above13.2①.
① Each club team’s series score will be the total of the best three boats’ rank of allclasses where more than two clubs participated, and more than six boats
participated.
② In case the number of boats participating in this regatta is exceeding three boats,minus 1 point per one boat will be added, but up to minus 5 points. In case thenumber of boats is less than three boats, last rank point of the class of the largest
number of boats participated will be added in proportion to the number of theshortage.
③ In 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 theregatta with the chartered boats will be added only minus 1 point. The distance isdetermined by the shortest railway distance between the JR station nearest to thegovernment office of the prefecture where the place of the club activity is locatedand JR Kainan station④ The rank of the club team will be determined by the low point scoring system.
⑤ In case of the tie score, the club team which has greater number of boats will beranked higher. Even if it is still tie score, the club team which participated withgreater 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 clubteam which has the higher rank of the class where the largest number of boats
participated will be ranked higher.
⑥ The rank of International Club Team Race will be determined among Japanese ClubTeams and Foreign Club Teams in accordance with the calculation based on only
above 13.3 ①, ④ and ⑤. Foreign Club Teams participate with limited numbers ofboats and very far away from abroad with chartered boats and therefore above 13.3
② and ③ will not apply for both Japanese Club Teams and Foreign Club Teams in
the calculation of the rank points. However, foreign club teams who do notparticipate in ILCA4 have to adopt the rank of the last rank of ILCA4 as their thirdrank boat instead of the third rank of OP Class boat,⑦ The rank of Japanese Club Team Race will be determined among Japanese Club
Teams in accordance with the calculation based on above 13.3 ①～⑤.

14. Prizes
Prizes will be given as follows.
14.1. JJYU Special Prize (Only the registered member club of JJYU is entitled)
Mr. Kichitaro Ozawa Special PrizeJJYU will commend the sailor, the leader of the club or junior yacht club who will bemost appreciated as the one with full seamanship.
The Special Trophy (!) of Mr. Kichitaro Ozawa#The first president and founder ofJJYU) and the president award of JJYU will be given to such qualified sailor, leader
and/or club.
14.2. Club Team Race Commendation" $Japanese Club Team Race Competition(Only the registered member club of JJYU is entitled)
1st rank team: The Special Trophy(!) of JJYU President and the president awardof JJYU will be given together with above Extra Special Prize.
2nd rank team: The shield of JJYU will be given together with above Extra SpecialPrize.
3rd rank team: The shield of JJYU will be given together with above Extra Special
Prize.
% Extra Special Prize from JJYU for Japanese Club Team Race Winners
JJYU will arrange to send junior sailors selected among each 1st, 2nd and 3rd rankof Japanese Club Team for the overseas sailing training and will bear a part of theirtransportation expense.
(These Special Prizes shall be given to only the sailors and clubs of the registeredclubs of JJYU.)
From the purpose of the overseas sailing training of JJYU, each club of JapaneseClub Team Race winners are requested to take into the consideration the followings
when they select the sailor among their club for the overseas sailing training.
※ The sailor must be a sailor who participated in this regatta.
※ The sailor must be a sailor who has never experienced overseas sailing(Competitions, sailing clinics, etc.)※ The sailor must be able to do basic things (living, practicing, etc.) on his/her own,
although JJYU instructors will help him/her.
※ The sailor must be able to communicate positively with the other persons.
(It does not mean that he/she is good at foreign language.)※ The sailor must be able to greet properly and be courteous.
&The Special Trophy and president award of JJYU will be given to 1st rank Foreign
Club Team among Foreign Club Teams.
14.3. Prizes for the Individual sailors
Japanese sailors who belong to the registered clubs of JJYU will be given following
prizes.
$ Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class
1st rank sailor: The Trophy (!) and award from the Minister of Education, Culture,Sports, Science & Technology as the special prize and also thepresident award of JJYU will be given together with the Medal ofGold.
2nd rank sailor: The president award of JJYU and the Medal of Silver will be given.
3rd rank sailor: The president award of JJYU and the Medal of Bronze will begiven.
4th'6th rank sailor: The president award of JJYU will be given.
% Optimist Dinghy Beginners‘ Class
1st rank sailor: The Trophy (!) and award from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport & Tourism as the special prize and also the president
award of JJYU will be given together with the Medal of Gold.
2nd rank sailor: The president award of JJYU and the Medal of Silver will be given.
3rd rank sailor: The president award of JJYU and the Medal of Bronze will begiven.
4th'6th rank sailor: The president award of JJYU will be given.
& ILCA4
1st rank sailor: The Special Trophy and president award of JJYU with the Medal ofGold.
2nd rank sailor: The president award of JJYU and the Medal of Silver will be given.
3rd rank sailor: The president award of JJYU and the Medal of Bronze will begiven.
14.4. The International Friendship Prizes for the individual sailors" " #All sailors of Japanese clubs and foreign clubs are entitled to have these prizes.($ The Medal of Gold and president award of JJYU will be given to 1st Rank sailor andthe Medal of Silver and Bronze will be given to 2nd and 3rd Rank sailors among theforeign and Japanese sailors in both of Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class.
% The Special Trophy and president award of JJYU will be given to 1st Rank sailors
among the foreign sailors of Optimist Dinghy Advanced Class.
14.5. The above four trophies with the mark (※) should be returned at the next year’s
regatta and the replicas will be given in return.
15. Support boat
Any club who wishes to bring in the support boat for the regatta shall apply by writing thenecessary matters on the item No.5 of the designated application form in the entry.
The conditions for the permission of the support boat are as follows.
$ The support boat is required to have the effective official certificate of boat’s
inspection and to be insured with the appropriate Insurance.
% The support boat shall hoist the pink color flag which will be lent from the regatta
secretariat and the club shall prepare the suitable pole to hoist the flag.
& The support boat shall be brought up ashore after the races every day.
16. Disclaimer of Liability
16.1. Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk (See RRS 4 Decisionto Race), Organizing Authorities and/or any person involved in this organization of
the regatta will accept no liability whatsoever for any material damage and/orpersonal injury and/or death sustained in conjunction with, prior to, during or after
the regatta.
16.2. Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk.

However, the representative person of each club shall confirm the decision of thejunior sailors in the club and grasp the intention of each junior sailor in the club.
17. Correspondence to person with a disability
There is a toilet for wheelchair-compatible toilet, a wheelchair-compatible pier for
person who wishes to get on sailing boats or any other boats and slope to theobservation deck for watching the race in Wakayama Sailing Center.
We will arrange two operators in charge who are at the race office (the registrationdesk) and give guidance.
18. Portrait Right
All participants for this regatta may give to the Organizing Authorities the right which theOrganizing Authorities utilize at their own discretion the photography pictures, animationand this platemaking of the sailors, the participants and the equipment of the sailors
without requiring value.
19. Measures against marine pollution caused by marine plastic waste
As a yachtsman based on the ocean, we have decided to limit the pet-bottled
beverages which we used to distribute for hydration every year in order to help
control microplastics, which are the cause of pollution of the marine environment.
20.Regatta secretariat※ Regatta Secretariat
Secretary General: Hirotoshi SatoE-mail address: h.sato@st-tech.jp
Cellular phone:+81(Japan)-90-3205-1172※ International Friendship Secretary
Director:
Hirotoshi SatoE-mail address: h.sato@st-tech.jp
Cellular phone:+81(Japan)-90-3205-1172
Assistant Director: Hidemichi Onozawa
E-mail address: onozawa02220@gmail.com
Cellular phone:+81(Japan)-90-2538-2433