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Thames Sailing Club Programme

 Centreboard Sailing Programme 2009-10

Season from Sat 26th September 2009

There will be fortnightly racing for seniors and youth over the winter months as well as Learn to Sail courses in the spring and throughout the season.

There will be a briefing 1.5-2hours before high tide (HT) and racing will start as soon as possible thereafter. HT times are approximate only.

Date - Day - Briefing - HT - Races Trophy Other or Main Regattas

Nov-2009 Sat 7 11:00 Fun sailing and practice
Sun 8 11:50 Sun Champs 2 + Nov Sun H'Cap races 1&2
Sat 14 17:30 Fun sailing and practice 1
Sat 21 10:50 Fun sailing and practice Nov Saturday Handicap Series
Sun 22 11:30 Sun Champs 3 + Nov Sun H'cap races 3&4 & Sunday Handicap Series.
Sat 28 16:15 Fun sailing and practice
Sun 29 17:00 Sun Champs 4 + Nov Sun H'cap races 5&6
Dec-2009 Sat 5 10:00 Fun sailing and practice
Sun 6 10:45 Sun Champs 5 + Sun Xmas Cracker H'cap races 1&2
Sat 12 hall booked eve 16:15 Fun sailing and practice
Sun 13 17:10 Sun Champs 6 + Sun Xmas Cracker H'cap races 3&4 Xmas Cracker Sat & Sun H'cap Series'
Sat 19 9:45 Fun sailing and practice
Sun 20 10:25 Sun Champs 7 + Sun Xmas Cracker H'cap races 5&6
Jan-2010 Sat 9 14:50 Fun sailing and practice
Sun 10 15:45 Sun Champs 8 + Sun New Year H'cap races
Sun 17 9:20 Sun Champs 9 + Sun New Year H'cap races 3&4 Jan's NYear Sat & Sun H'cap Series'
Wed 20 11:15 Hartley TS16 National Champs at TSC Hartley TS 16 Class Trophies
Sun 24 14:00 Hartley TS16 National Champs at TSC
Feb-2010 Sat 6 13:30 Fun sailing and practice -(Waitangi Day)
Sun 7 14:20 Sun Champs 10 + Feb Sun H'cap races 1&2 1st Senior & 1st Junior Trophies for
Sat 20 12:00 Fun sailing and practice Feb's Sat & Sun H'cap Series'
Sun 21 12:40 Sun Champs 11 + Feb Sun H'cap races 3&4
Mar-2010 Sat 6 12:10 Youth Regatta at TSC 1st Junior/Youth -Kuranui Cup 3
Sun 7 13:00 Thames Regatta (centreboard classes) 1st Frostply -Williams Cup
Sat 20 10:50 Fun sailing and practice 1st Senior & 1st Junior Trophies
Sun 21 11:35 Sun Champs 12 + Mar Sun H'cap races 1&2 Marchs Sat & Sun Hcap Series.
Apr-2010 Sat 3 11:00 Catamaran Regatta at TSC 1st Cat -Ambreed Trophy
1st Papertiger -Bob Stephenson Mem
1st Senior & 1st Junior Trophies for
April's Sat & Sun H'cap Series'
Sun 4 11:45 Catamaran Regatta at TSC
Sat 10 17:00 Fun sailing and practice
Sun 11 18:00 Sun Champs 13 + April Sun H'cap races 1&2 8
Sat 17 9:45 Fun sailing and practice 17-18/4 Waikato-Thames Trailer Yacht &
Sun 18 10:30 Sun Champs 14 + Apr Sun H'cap races 3&4 Keeler Regatta, Thames/Coro??
Sat 24 16:00 Fun sailing and practice
Sun 25 17:00 Sun Champs 15 + Apr Sun H'cap races 5&6


TROPHIES
Championship Series Saturday Series 1st Senior Pollock Memorial Trophy
1st Junior President's Trophy
Sunday Series 1st Senior Brian Mitchell Memorial Trophy
1st Junior TBA
Handicap Series November 2008 Sat H'cap races 1st Senior TBA
1st Junior TBA
November 2008 Sun H'cap races 1st Senior TBA
1st Junior TBA
December 2008 Xmas Cracker H'cap races 1st Senior TBA
1st Junior TBA
January 2008 New Year H'cap races 1st Senior TBA
1st Junior TBA
January 2008 Sun H'cap races 1st Senior TBA
1st Junior TBA
February 2008 Sat H'cap races 1st Senior TBA
1st Junior TBA
February 2008 Sun H'cap races 1st Senior TBA
1st Junior TBA
March 2008 Sat H'cap races 1st Senior TBA
1st Junior TBA
March 2008 Sun H'cap races 1st Senior TBA
1st Junior TBA
Apprentice Series 1st The O'Sullivan Trophy
2nd Stephenson Trophy
3rd Spot Prize
Ice Breaker Series 1st Senior Senior Ice Breaker Trophy
1st Junior Junior Ice Breaker Trophy
Labour Day/Thames Regatta 1st Senior Johnson Cup
1st Junior Ian Campbell Memorial Trophy
Frostply Regatta 1st Williams Cup + other divisions
Youth Regatta 1st TSC Youth Kuranui Cup
Catamaran Regatta 1st Cat Ambreed Trophy
1st Paper Tiger Bob Stephenson Memorial Trophy
Special Trophies Various at Commodores discretion


Race Officers
Ron Feist will be the club's Chief RO who may, when appropriate, designate another RO of the day from his list of volunteers.
The format of the club races may change through the season at the Race Officer's discretion.

All visitors to our club are welcome, sailors and spectators/visitors
 

  Sailing Notes For 2009-10 Season
Regattas
The Programme provides weekend regattas during this summer. These regattas will include the Finn North Island Champs, Catamaran Regatta, Youth Regatta and Thames Regatta as per Programme. Regattas will, where possible, consist of 5 races or more as set out in their respective NoRs and SIs. Prizes will be awarded for 1st and 2nd place in each class (minimum of 4 entries to make a class), and handicap winners in composite class races. There will also be a major spot prize for each regatta. In the event that it is necessary to cancel any regatta weekend, other than the national rated events because of weather conditions, that regatta will be re-sailed on the first available day following.
Annual Points Trophies 
Points will be awarded for the first race of each race day. Points trophies will be awarded on the basis of points accumulated over the season on the basis of 80% of races actually sailed to count. There are also series' Points Trophies to be awarded. See Programme for details.
Handicap Racing - 'Mark Foye' Starts
The second and third races of each race day will be handicap races under the Mark Foye system, also known as 'Pursuit Racing'. The order and start times for each boat will be determined and reversed from the finishing order of the first race, i.e. the slower boats will start first and the faster boats last for races 2 and 3. 
 Race Starting Procedure We use a '5 Minute Start' sequence, utilising both sound and visual signals ashore for the centreboard dinghy racing.
 5 minute  Horn + Red light on
 4 minute  Horn + Blue light on
 1 minute  Horn + Blue light off
 0  Horn + Red light off

 For Centreboard sailing programme enquiries, Learn to Sail and Youth sailing please contact the Vice Commodore Christine Headey 027 344 3330 or at finnsailor@ihug.co.nz.