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Sailing Regattas 101
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This presentation is meant to provide a brief overview for sailing newbies who ma y be
interested in learning more about regattas.
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Types of Yacht Races
• Harbor or buoy races: Take place in protectedwaters and typically last up to a few hours
• Different types of boats are used for buoy
races• Inshore racing: Not in protected waters but
takes place within sight of land
• Offshore racing: Held over long distances and inopen water
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Classes and Ratings
• Many factors affect how fast a boat can go,including the size of the sail, its length, and theweight and shape of its hull
• While racing, all boats are required to be of thesame design which is called one-design, or ahandicapping system is used
• A handicapping system is set up by specifying a
normal time for the boat• The boat is timed during its race, and the time is
then adjusted based on the handicap
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Regatta Organizers
• Regattas can be organized by yacht clubs, classes, orsailing associations
• Orga nizers are typically in cha rge of promotion,nding sponsors, regatta registrat ion, and runningthe a ctual race
• There are plenty of online event planning websitesfor regattas to ease the b urden of running rac es
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Famous Regattas
• America’s Cup• Transpacic Ocean Race
• National Offshore One Design
• Volvo Ocean Race
• Vendee Globe
• Sydney to Hobart Race
• Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship
• Jaguar Cup Series
• New Zealand Match Racing Championships
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Sailing in the Olympics
• Sailing was introduced into the Olympics in 1900• It was originally for men only
• It is a summer Olympic sport
• A Sailboard class for Windsurfers was introducedin the 1984 Summer Olympics
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Sailing Terminology
• Sailing uses typical nautical terms:• Starboard means right
• Port means left
• Forward or fore means front
• Aft means rearward
• Rope is the term used for raw material
• A line is a rope used for a particular purposeon a vessel
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Online Resources for Regattas
• http://www.sailing-news.net/
• http://www.sailinganarchy.com
• http://w ww.sailing.org/
• http://w ww.compete-at-sailing.c om
• http://w ww.asa.com/
• http://w ww.americascup.co m/
• http://w ww.ussailing.org/• http://t witter.com/SailingScoo p
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Regatta Online Registration
• Many regattas and yacht clubs use an onlineregistration solution to keep track of all theregistrants, boat information, requirement formsand cr ew informa tion
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Content Credits
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht_racing• http://en.wikipedia.org/w iki/Regatt a
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Sailing_at_the_Summer_Olympics
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