Notice of Race
European DN Championship 2011
and
Euro Cup 2011
February
26th – March 04th 2011 at planned Site Siauliai - Lithuania
(Racing
days – Sunday, 27.02.2011 until Friday, 04.03.2011)
Dear
Friends ,
on behalf
of the IDNIYRA-Europe and the Lithuanian DN Fleet we invite all ice boaters to
Organising
authority and venue:
The
European DN Championship 2011 will be organised by Lithuanian DN Fleet under
the authority of IDNIYRA-Europe e.V. represented by the European Commodore.
The
Championship regatta will be sailed under the jurisdiction of International DN
Ice Yacht Racing Association (IDNIYRA) and provided by the PRC of IDNIYRA-Europe.
The primary regatta site is
Eligibility:
All
competitors shall be members of their National DN Fleet. In
All DN
ice-yachts shall meet the requirements of Official DN Class Specifications.
The
international ranking list will be used for fleet assignment.
Entry and
Registration:
“Online
Entry” will be primary method of registration via European web
www.icesailing.org
Opening
date for entry: 15. Dec. 2010 – 00:00 (CET)
Closing
date for entry: 15. Jan 2011 – 24:00 (CET).
Entry fee
has to arrive on the IDNIYRA
20. January 2011, otherwise Late-Entry fees
will apply
For Payment
details refer to payment process below
“Late-Entry”
period will start depending on what happens first,
at closing
date or after 220 sailors have registered.
Proof of
insurance has to be sent to the IDNIYRA Insurance Manager (Email:
insurancemgr(at)icesailing.org) first – he will check and sailors will get
their Insurance-ID to be able to register. This Insurance-ID sailors will find
in the public list upon opening “Online Entry” in the internet.
Personal
check-in will be mandatory on February 26th 2011 at race office
(opening hours below) in the headquarter. No telephone, fax or e-mail check-in
allowed. Only Force Majeure e.g. car accidents, ferry/aircraft delays and
significant illness may be accepted by the European Commodore as a reason for
telephone or representative check-in.
Registration
will be closed automatically at deadline. The “server-time-stamp” shown at
registration is the official time. All entries tried after will not be accepted
as regular entry.
“Late
Entry” can be done at online-registration or can be done at the regatta
check-in with double entry fee. These sailors have to show their proof of insurance
to the Insurance Manager at the site first.
European
Sailors: Entry fee of 150,-- ˆ
( + 45,-- ˆ for IDNIYRA-Europe fee ) = Total 195,-- ˆ.
US Sailors:
Total 150,-- ˆ (US sailors have to
register online as well, Payment at the site will be accepted)
Junior
sailors: (born latest 1989): Entry-fee 75,-- ˆ; no fee for
IDNIYRA
Payment
process:
Payment of
entry-fee has to be done by bank transfer directly to the IDNIYRA
Name of bank: Deutsche Bank Hamburg
Address of
bank: Adolphsplatz 7, 20457
Account
holder: IDNIYRA
Bank
account No: 040694200
Bank code:
20070024
IBAN:
DE0620070024004694200
BIC:
DEUTDEDBHAM
All bank
charges shall be paid by sender
Schedule of
events:
Final site
selection: no later than Friday, February 25th 2011-12:00 (CET) - announced on
official homepage of IDNIYRA-Europe – Championship Info (www.icesailing.org).
Regatta
check-in:
Saturday February
26th 2011
10:00 to
14:30 and 16:00 to 20:00.
Opening
ceremony: Saturday February 26th
2011 – 15:00
Scheduled
First Start: Sunday February 27th
2011 – 10:00
Scheduled
Last Start: Friday March 04th 2011 –
14:00
(all times
are local times)
For other
events see Sailing Instructions, Official Notice Board and/or announcements at
the daily skippers meeting.
5. Races,
scoring, advertising.
Races and
scoring will be managed according to IDNIYRA By-Laws and NIA sailing rules and
the Sailing Instructions. The Sailing Instructions may be modified at the
Skippers Meeting.
According
to the decision at the National Secretaries Conference in April 2008 for each
fleet 20 races are scheduled.
There must
not be more than 5 races per fleet per day. Every five races one throwout.
The
European Championship 2011 is finished:
Last
sailing day will be the day one fleet has 20 races.
or after
last race/start: Friday, March 04th 2011
– at/before 14:00
It was
further agreed that if time and conditions permitted the last 5 races, i.e.
Races 6 to 10 or i.e. 13 to 17, would count for the European Cup!
IDNIYRA
By-Laws B.12 will apply with the amendment that each participant may be
obligated to attach advertisement or other information from organisers to the
hull.
6.
Anti-Doping policy.
IDNIYRA-Europe
has implemented the Anti-Doping Programme of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Thus
during training and the regatta the misuses of alcohol or drugs will not be
tolerated.
See you
JoerG-737
European
Commodore