ICSA Team Race Conditions

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SCHEDULING:

This event shall be scheduled by the assigned Conference for the period between May 15 and June 30. Whenever possible, this regatta shall be scheduled at the site of the Dinghy Championship, or at a site less than a day's travel by car. The event shall be three (3) days in length. The morning of the first day may be used for a Skippers' Meeting and practice. The first race of the event shall be scheduled not later than 10 a.m. on the first day. No race shall be started after 5: 00 p .m. on the last day unless the Judges have made special arrangements for a reduced number of teams to stay, if that is necessary and practical to declare a wInner.

ENTRANTS:

The number of entrants awarded to each Regular Member Conference shall be based on the number of eligible schools reported by each Member Conference in its Annual Report to the Secretary. The number of berths per Confernce shall be calculated using the following formula, rounding off the answer to the nearest whole number (.5 shall be rounded up):

Should the application of the formula result in the awarding of more than 14 berths, the President shall reallocate the berths. In the event of reallocation, each Regular Member Conference shall receive at least one berth. However, no Conference may receive more than three (3) berths.

ELIGIBILITY:

(Refer to the General Conditions for National Intercollegiate Championships).

PARTICIPANTS:

Each contesting college is required to have a minimum of six(6) team members--three skippers and three crews.

BOATS:

The event shall be sailed in two-person dinghies of not less than 11 feet, nor more than 15 feet in length. The boats may be either sloop or cat rigged.

Regatta Format:

Each team shall sail three boats in each race.

The eligible teams shall be seeded* into two groups of seven. A “Qualification” round robin of each group of seven shall be sailed. The overall records for the teams in these rounds will not be carried forward. However, records from matches that will be duplicated in the first “Winner’s” or the “Consolation” round shall carryover for those duplicated races, and those duplicated races shall not be sailed. The top four teams of the seven teams in each group shall qualify for the “Winner’s” double round robin of eight teams. The remaining six teams shall sail in a “Consolation” single round robin.

The top four teams of the “Winner’s” round robin shall sail a single “final four” round robin to determine the overall champion of the event and the winner of the Walter C. Wood Trophy.

• Seedings will be reviewed each year after the number of berths for each Conference has been determined.

Race Courses:

The Race courses shall be an "N" with an offset mark at the first mark, and/or port right triangle with an upwind finish.

Special Conditions:

Racing Rules of Sailing Appendix D, shall be used (as changed by the ICSA Procedural Rules {PR} and Collegiate Dinghy Class Rules), and ICSA Procedural Rules, Collegiate Dinghy Class Rules, and PR Appendix 8 shall be used. Any ties involving qualification for the next round will be resolved by using PR 25(b)(1) {Sail off}. If the number of teams tied exceeds the number of remaining qualifying places, a round robin of those teams will be held. The tied teams will be ranked in order using all their wins under PR 25(b)(2) {Who beat whom}. If necessary a second sail off round robin may be sailed to resolve the remaining qualifying positions. The records for any sail off races shall not be carried forward after the ties have been broken

Trophies:

The winning team's name and college shall be engraved on the Walter C. Wood Trophy.

Keeper Trophies, trophies, provided by ICSA, shall be awarded to the members of the top three teams.