2005 North American Grand Prix Rules
1. Preamble
The intent of the North American Grand Prix is to promote participation in Laser Class events at the District, Regional and Continental levels. Except
where explicitly stated, the following rules apply equally to the 2005 Laser, Radial, 4.7 and Laser>> Grand Prix.
2. Eligibility
a. Any member, in good standing, of the North American Region of the International Laser Class Association (ILCA-NA) is eligible to participate in any and all official Grand Prix events.
b. Competitors who join ILCA-NA before the start of the first race of a Grand Prix event shall be considered to be members in good standing for the purposes of receiving a regatta score for that event (deemed eligible competitors).
3. Regatta Categories and 2005 Grand Prix Regattas
a. Continental Championship – Total Regatta Points: 40
b. Major Continental Regattas – Total Regatta Points: 30
i. The US Nationals
ii. The Canadian Nationals
iii. CORK
iv. Midwinters East
v. Midwinters West
c. Regional Regattas – Total Regatta Points: 25
i. The Atlantic Coast Championship
ii. The Gulf Coast Championship
iii. The Great Lakes Championship
iv. The “No Coast” Championship
v. The Pacific Coast Championship
d. District Regattas – Total Regatta Points: 20
i. District Championships for all ILCA-NA Districts
4. Regatta Requirements
a. The 2005 Grand Prix is for regattas which are sailed between January 1, 2005 and December 15, 2005.
b. Contact information and the official NOR must be posted on www.Laser.org at least four weeks prior to the event or it will not qualify as a GrandPrix event and no GrandPrix points will be awarded.
c. For the purposes of awarding Grand Prix points:
i. A regatta consists of an event scheduled to be sailed over consecutive days
ii. There must be a minimum of three races completed
iii. A minimum number of eligible competitors must be in attendance:
1. Laser: 10
2. Radial: 7
3. 4.7: 5
4. Laser>>: 5
iv. Events can only be re-sailed with permission of the ILCA-NA secretary, LauraLee Symes.
d. Regatta results should be sent by the event chair or district secretary to the ILCA-NA office within 30 days of completion of the event.
5. Scoring
a. Regatta Score
i. The score for eligible competitors will be calculated as Total Regatta Points less the sailors finish position plus one (e.g. the regatta winner will receive a score equal to the Total Regatta Points) down to a minimum of one point.
ii. The finish positions of ineligible competitors will be removed.
b. Grand Prix Rankings Score
i. The Grand Prix ranking will be based on each eligible competitor's sum of their top five Regatta Scores.
ii. For the purposes of awarding prizes and World Championship berths when the Grand Prix system is to be used, ties will be broken by removing points first from district events, if the tie remains then removing points from regional events, etc. If a tie remains, the competitor who finished ahead in the highest graded, and most recent, mutually attended Grand Prix regatta shall be the winner, unless neither competitor faced each other, in which case the tie shall be broken by the ILCA-NA Executive Director by coin flip.
c. The current Grand Prix standings will be published monthly on the ILCA-NA website at www.laser.org
6. Prizes
a. For the 2005 Laser Grand Prix prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
i. Top three overall
ii. Top finisher counting only district events
iii. Top finisher counting only regional and district events
iv. Iron Man: person competing in the most Grand Prix events (and, in the case of more than one competitor with the same number of events, with the highest total point count).
v. Competitors cannot win in more than one category. Top three takes precedence over the other categories.
b. For the 2005 Radial Grand Prix prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
i. Top three overall
ii. Top finisher counting only district events
iii. Top finisher counting only regional and district events
iv. Iron Man: person competing in the most Grand Prix events (and, in the case of more than one competitor with the same number of events, with the highest total point count).
v. Competitors cannot win in more than one category. Top three takes precedence over the other categories.
c. For the 2005 4.7 Grand Prix prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
i. One prize per fifty competitors
d. For the 2005 Laser>> Grand Prix prizes will be awarded in the following categories:
i. One prize per fifty competitors
2005 Laser Standings
2005 Radial Standings
2004 Laser Standings
2004 Radial Standings
2003 Laser Standings
2003 Radial Standings
2003 Laser 2 Standings
2003 Laser 4.7 Standings
2002 final Laser Standings
2002 final Radial Standings
|
