Puget Sound sailors will have a chance to get a head start on understanding changes in the racing rules at a seminar by Dick Rose, an internationally recognized rules expert and the rules columnist for Sailing World magazine.
The seminar will be held at the Magnuson Park Theater, 7110 62nd Ave., NE, Seattle on Friday Jan.16 beginning at 7 p.m. Proceeds from ticket sales will go to the Sailing Foundation, and Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle is sponsoring the seminar.
Rose is a longtime member of the Racing Rules Committee of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) and was part of the working group that developed the changes in the Racing Rules of Sailing that will take effect Jan.1, 2009.
By far the most significant changes are major revisions in rules that apply at marks and obstructions, in Part 2, Section C of the rules.
"The old Section C rules, particularly old Rule 18, were by far the most complicated of the 2005-2008 rules," Rose said. "While competitors generally liked the 'game' they produced, many sailors and officials called for simplification."
In response, the rules committees of US Sailing and the Royal Yachting Association developed several drafts of possible revisions to Section C, and proposed rules were tested on the water by various fleets in 2006. Some of those tests were conducted by the fleets that race in CYC races on Lake Washington.
The ISAF then appointed five rules experts from the U.K. and the U.S.A., including Rose, to develop the new Section C rules.
Rose said sailors who have new rule books should bring them to the seminar.
Rule books also will be available for purchase.
Tickets will be on sale at the door at $15 for Adults and $5 for students, payable by cash or check at the door.
The Sailing Foundation provides grants to help high school and college teams travel to national championships and assists in acquiring boats for youth racing fleets in the Puget Sound area. Corinthian Yacht Club is the largest sailboat racing club in the Northwest.
The theater where the seminar will be held is part of the Magnuson Park Community Center. To reach the theater, enter Magnuson Park from Sand Point Way at NE 74th Street ( the location of the security gate used when the park was a U.S. Navy Base). Then turn right on 62nd Avenue NE, and the Community Center is the large brick building about 100 yards up the street on the left.
Sponsored by Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle - www.cycseattle.org http://www.cycseattle.org/2009_specific/rules_program.html
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