OCEAN MARINA YACHT CLUB SAILING COMMITTEE
FORMAT FOR 2008 RACING
There will be 10 race weekends organized by OMYC in addition to the Top of The Gulf Regatta.
One Series will consist of 4 weekends, the other two of 3 weekends each. A yachts placing in each of the series as well as the placings in the Top of The Gulf Regatta shall count toward the annual Raimon Land 2008 Championship (see 28 below).
Racing will be organized in 5 divisions, Racing, Cruising, Platu, Multihulls and Sports Boats. Based on number of participants there may be the need to combine some of these divisions. Platus shall race together with Sports Boats. Platus shall be scored as a one-design fleet as well as in the Sports Boats Division under SBR.
Yachts are registered in the series based on their sail/hull number and the name of the skipper. A change of skipper during may be allowed subject to the approval of the race committee.
Each division/fleet has appointed a fleet captain, who jointly with the Sailing Secretary shall constitute a sailing sub-committee. The members are:
Peter Herning – Sailing Secretary
Kevin Scott – Platu representative
David Bell – Racing yacht representative
Kipsan Beck – Sports Boat representative
Frank Clovyn – Cruising yacht representative
Richard Eyre – Mulltihull representative
Each series shall have a sponsor. For the first series, Gulf Charters, for the second, Simpson Marine, and for the third Bluewavewatersports will be the sponsors. Raimon Land shall be the sponsor of the overall annual championship as they are for the annual Platu Championship.
In addition to the races mentioned under 1. above, OMYC yachts are invited to participate in 4 RVYC race events, and 1 overnight cruising event.
The course used that be a mixture of “around the cans” layouts and coastal races. The courses and/or start times of the Cruising Division shall allow these boats to finish racing reasonably simultaneous with the other Divisions.
RVYC yachts (likely to be catamarans) may be invited to OMYC events depending on the interest level from RVYC sailors.
Other domestic “big boat” events which could include OMYC sailors/yachts are the Phang Nga Bay Regatta, The Gulf Charters Koh Chang Cruise and Regatta, the Koh Samui Regatta, the Phuket Race Week, the Hua Hin Regatta and the Phuket King’s Cup Regatta, as well as any additional YRAT/Navy events.
In summary there will be at least 21 race events in Thailand during 2008 open to OMYC yachts.
The amount of the race fee shall be Baht 300 per yacht including skipper plus Baht 300 per crew member.
All yachts participating in OMYC race events must have a valid measurement certificate. The relevant certificates are IRC for racing yachts, ThaiCap for cruisers, OMR certificates for multihulls and RORC Sports Boat certificates for sports boats and Platus. Racing yachts and sports boats should also have a ThaiCap rating to enable the combination of the monohull classes as the need may be. During the course of the year the ThaiCap may be supplemented with a performance based handicap.
It is strongly recommended that yacht participating in OMYC racing is having 3rd party insurance cover with a reasonable coverage level.
A permanent race management team for the weekend racing has been recruited.
At the fleet level there will be fun-sail weekends (normally the last weekend of each month) organized by the fleet captains.
As mentioned the Platu Fleet shall have an Annual Platu Championship based on the results of 5 races, being the Open Championship, the Coronation Cup, the Hua Hin Regatta, the National Championship and the Varuna Cup. It shall be known as the Raimon Land Platu Championship 2008.
The Corsair fleet will hold a Corsair Cup as part of the Top of the Gulf Regatta.
Furthermore, OMYC will have an Annual Championship for 2008 also sponsored by Raimon Land, based on the results of the 3 series and the Top of the Gulf Regatta. For this purpose, the placing in each of these 4 events shall be scored according to the low points scoring system. Ties shall be broken based on total points in the races to count in each of these regattas.
Overnight/day cruising will also be organized. At present the Sailing Calender includes only one such event, the Koh Rin Outing (organized by RVYC). The Koh Sri Chang overnighter is a race included in the first series of the year. Additional events shall be added. It will be explored to which extent motor yacts wish to participate in there cruising events.