Fleet 8 Local Rules For 2008

This page contains the local rules for regattas that fleet 8 considers a part of it's high-point series.

These rules are in addition to class rules or change class rules.

Administration:

Shall be per class rules.

Membership And Eligibility:

Membership:

For a boat to be scored in the Fleet 8 High Point Series, the driver shall be a member of Fleet 8 of the J/105 class.

Instructions on joining Fleet 8 and the Class are on the information page.

The fee for joining Fleet 8 shall be $100, which includes $35 for membership in the National Class Association.

Race Forms:

For each High point race, the two forms listed below must be filed with a fleet officer or their representative.

Weigh In:

For Fleet 8 Hi Point Regattas, the J/105 class maximum crew weight will be confirmed by Fleet 8 officer or their designates using an official Fleet 8 scale prior to the first race each crew member participates in for the year. The lowest weight of the year will automatically be entered for a crew member for subsequent regattas in the same calendar year.

Measurement:

Shall be per class rules.

Equipment:

Shall be per class rules.

Fleet 8 Local Rules allow use of Kelp Windows in Fleet 8 Highpoint Events. This changes section 5.3 of the Class Rules and Class Rule Interpretation RI-02-10 for Fleet 8 Highpoint Events.

Sails:

Shall be per class rules.

Additional Local Rules:

The Fleet 8 High Point series shall be scored using a highpoint system that heavily encourages participation. Scoring shall be based on the Cox-Sprague Chart originated by the Y.R.A of Long Island Sound, but with modifications.

Number of Regatta Participants
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 or
more 		Pl
10 31 43 52 60 66 72 76 80 84 87 90 92 94 96 97 98 99 100 1
4 25 37 46 54 60 66 70 74 78 81 84 86 88 90 91 92 93 94 2
(0) 21 33 42 50 56 62 66 70 74 77 80 82 84 86 87 88 89 90 3
(17) 29 38 46 52 58 62 66 70 73 76 78 80 82 83 84 85 86 4
(26) 35 43 49 55 59 63 67 70 73 75 77 79 80 81 82 83 5
(32) 40 46 52 56 60 64 67 70 72 74 76 77 78 79 80 6
(38) 44 50 54 58 62 65 68 70 72 74 75 76 77 78 7
(42) 48 52 56 60 63 66 68 70 72 73 74 75 76 8
(46) 50 54 58 61 64 66 68 70 71 72 73 74 9
(48) 52 56 59 62 64 66 68 69 70 71 72 10
(50) 54 57 60 62 64 66 67 68 69 70 11
(52) 55 58 60 62 64 65 66 67 68 12
(53) 56 58 60 62 63 64 65 66 13
(55) 57 59 61 62 63 64 65 14
(56) 58 60 61 62 63 64 15
(57) 59 60 61 62 63 16
Pl. Pts. Pl. Pts. Pl. Pts. Pl. Pts. (58) 59 60 61 62 17
21 58 27 52 33 46 39 40 (58) 59 60 61 18
22 57 28 51 34 45 40 39 (58) 59 60 19
23 56 29 50 35 44 41 38 (58) 59 20
24 55 30 49 36 43 42 37
25 54 31 48 37 42 43 36
26 53 32 47 38 41 etc. etc.

  1. Each regatta shall be scored using the table above. The host race committee's decisions for DSQ scoring, throw-outs, etc. shall be used to determine the place of each boat.
  2. Boats that are not members of Fleet 8 will be removed from the scoring list and will not contribute to the number of regatta participants.
  3. Regattas not participated in shall be scored as zero for that boat.
  4. The score shall be the simple addition of the table score for each regatta scheduled.
  5. Ties are resolved by the highest regatta table score breaking the tie. If those are tied, the next highest table score regatta breaks the tie, etc.
  6. Any throw outs will be make that number of worst table score regattas for each participant a score of zero.