2006 Newport Bermuda Notice of Race

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THE CENTENNIAL BERMUDA RACE
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NEWPORT BERMUDA 2006
O FFICIAL N OTICE OF R ACE
UNE 16, 2006
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Dear Bermuda Race Friends and Sailors,
The Centennial of the Newport Bermuda Race
has arrived. Only once in a lifetime does this
happen and it is every sailor’s opportunity to
take part in ocean racing history. For a
century, the Bermuda Race has stood as one
of the sport’s premier events. It has attracted
the seasoned amateur offshore sailor and the
race-hardened professional racer. In the past
100 years the list of winners has included
each era’s state-of-the-art ocean racer as well
Bill Barton
Chairman
as classic, ocean sailing yachts. The diversity
of winners of the coveted Lighthouse Trophies
proves that the challenges of marine weather and the Gulf Stream over 635
miles of ocean allow any well-sailed yacht to win.
The Cruising Club of America and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club proudly bring you
the Centennial. Every effort has been made to make the 2006 race something
special. With five divisions the race offers competition for everyone from the
amateur racer, to the professional, the cruiser or the double-hander. And, as they
have from 1906, the Royal Bermuda Yacht club will make sure that your time in
Bermuda is the perfect finish to the best offshore racing in the world.
Gary Jobson is serving as our Honorary Chairman for the Centennial Bermuda Race,
bringing notoriety and attention to an event that he has sailed in years past, and
will sail again in 2006. Gary exemplifies the passion, skill and enthusiasm that
draws sailors to the event, year after year. Noted marine author John Rousmaniere
has written an exciting and detailed history of the race being published in
conjunction with Mystic Seaport, a book that captures the spirit of a century.
Over the years the Race has always evolved with the times. In 2006 we will be
using two rating rules in the event, the Offshore Racing Rule (ORR) and IRC.
Four of the event’s five divisions will allow dual scoring under these rules, with
prizes under each rating system.
We are very pleased to have several supporters of the Race. Coldwell Banker®
is celebrating their centennial by making it possible for a film of the Centennial
Bermuda Race to be made with Gary Jobson. Coldwell Banker® is also making it
possible for each and every boat to have an iBoatTrack transponder aboard and
On-line Entry at
www.bermudarace.com
Cover Photo: Cover: Carleton Mitchell’s S&S design Finisterre took first on
corrected time in the Bermuda Race a record three times 1956, 58 and 1960.
Photo courtesy of Sparkman & Stephens, Inc.
Photo:
to display positions and race results on the event’s web site.
Gosling Brothers Ltd. is once again providing parties in Newport and Bermuda,
with a special celebration planned at Dockyard in Bermuda, commemorating
Gosling’s own 200th anniversary and the Race’s 100th. The Bermuda
Department of Tourism continues to support the Bermuda Race and we thank
them for making the island a fantastic destination. We are also grateful to New
York Yacht Club for staffing the starting line.
The Rhode Island Yachting Committee is again providing resources to make the
race a success. St. George’s School is sending their vessel, Geronimo along with
the fleet to serve as a communications vessel, and the Emergency Department at
Harvard Medical School-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is pleased
to give medical assistance to the Centennial Bermuda Race as it did for the races
in 2002 and 2004. All sailors are urged to take part in a Safety At Sea Seminar
sanctioned by US SAILING. The Cruising Club of America will be hosting a
seminar on the weekend of March 11 and 12. You can find information on
these seminars through the race web site.
As always, the Newport Bermuda Race is the centerpiece of the Onion Patch
Series. The inshore racing, in Newport at the New York Yacht Club Annual
Regatta and in Bermuda at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club’s Anniversary Regatta,
combine with the Bermuda Race to offer international competition for individual
yachts and teams. You can learn more about the Onion Patch at
www.onionpatchseries.com. The Newport Bermuda Race is also part of the
inaugural US-IRC Gulf Stream Series, an exciting series of races from the
Caribbean to New England and on to Bermuda. For information on this series
see www.gulfstreamseries.com.
It has been a most remarkable century, a century with literally thousands of
yachts and tens of thousands of sailors competing in the Newport Bermuda Race
since its inception in 1906 to the upcoming centennial. Looking back at the
past century one sees an ever changing array of boats represented at Prizegiving.
Over the years the yachts competing in the event have carried sailors like you to
victory in some of the most memorable races of a century. So, sail into history take part in the Centennial Newport Bermuda Race!
Bill Barton
Chairman, Newport Bermuda Race 2006
Special thanks to
Coldwell Banker Previews International®
Bermuda Department of Tourism
Gosling Brothers Ltd
The Rhode Island State Yachting Committee
St George’s School for Geronimo
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Emergency Department
Commander’s Weather
And the advertisers supporting this publication
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Printed by Boyd Brothers Inc. Panama City, FL
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From the Flags
Dear Sailors,
Dear Sailors and Friends,
On behalf of the Cruising Club of America I am happy to invite you to join in the
2006 Newport Bermuda Race starting in Newport on June 16. Because this is the
100th anniversary of the first race to Bermuda in 1906, the CCA and the Royal
Bermuda Yacht Club are planning Centennial Celebrations both in Newport and in
Bermuda to honor past winners, participants,
and others for whom this race has provided so
many great moments over the years.
On behalf of the Flag Officers and Members of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, it
is my distinct pleasure to invite you to participate in the 2006 Bermuda Race, the
Centennial Year of the Race which will be the 45th start of this Ocean classic.
An enormous effort is on-going by both clubs
and their flag officers as well as Race
Chairman Bill Barton and Vice Chairman Nick
Nicholson to offer you a race worthy of
celebrating 100 years of racing to Bermuda.
The CCA and RBYC have a long history of
providing both cruiser/racers and grand-prix
Ned Rowland
competitors with a race that emphasizes good
Commodore, CCA
seamanship and excellent navigation skills,
with an insistence on skippers and crews racing in well-found vessels capable of
handling the varied offshore conditions encountered on the 635-mile course from
Castle Hill Lighthouse on Narragansett Bay to St. David’s Lighthouse, Bermuda.
The Race is all down to volunteers as well as our partners at the Cruising Club of
America. I would especially like to congratulate Commodore Rowland on his recent
appointment and look forward to working with him. Our Race Chairman Bill Barton
also deserves thanks for his tireless energy and genuine interest in the Race.
It is the goal of the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee to offer you and your
fellow sailors the largest fleet that has ever crossed the starting line on the way to
Bermuda. Every effort is being made to make the entry process more user-friendly
and to encourage past participants and those for whom this is the first Bermuda
Race to sign up early. We appreciate your help in making this the best fleet ever
in celebration of the centennial year.
2006 is not just a celebration year for the
Bermuda Race. Gosling Brothers Ltd. will be
celebrating their 200th anniversary and we are
pleased to once again be partnering with them
for the Pre-race party in Newport as well as a
Andrew Cox
Dark’n Stormy party to remember at the Royal
Commodore Elect, RBYC
Naval Dockyard in Bermuda following the Onion
Patch Races. Thanks also go to the Bermuda
Department of Tourism for their continued and much appreciated support.
You will be competing for the St. David’s Lighthouse Trophy in the largely amateur
St. David’s Lighthouse Division, for the Gibb’s Hill Lighthouse Trophy in the
professionally driven Gibb’s Hill Lighthouse Division, and for over 85 other awards
that await the winners at the Prizegiving Ceremony in Bermuda.
We encourage all of you to come to Newport in June 2006 to participate in this
marvelous celebration of 100 years of racing to Bermuda.
Fair Winds and a Fast Passage,
Ned Rowland
Commodore,
The Cruising Club of America
Participation is a key ingredient to the success of the Race and we are pleased to
offer handicapping using both the Offshore Rating Rule (ORR) as well as IRC. The
added incentive of a Lighthouse Trophy for each rule in both the Gibb’s Hill
Lighthouse and St. David’s Lighthouse Divisions should go a long way towards us
achieving a record fleet.
I encourage you all to participate in the Onion Patch Series which will also be a
part of the recently announced IRC Gulf Stream Series. Following the success of
the Race format last year in Bermuda, we will
once again be offering a windward-leeward Race
in the Great Sound followed by a race around
the cans featuring the spectacular shoreline of
Bermuda with a finish off the RBYC Marina in
Hamilton Harbour.
Prize giving will again take place at Government House, official residence of the
Governor of Bermuda and his wife, Sir John and Lady Vereker. I would especially
like to thank them for their hospitality and support of all that we do at the RBYC.
In closing, I would like to thank Coldwell Banker Previews International, The
Bermuda Department of Tourism, the Rhode Island State Yachting Committee and
Gosling Brothers Ltd. for their generous support and help in making the Centennial
Race one to remember.
I look forward to welcoming you to our Club.
Fair winds
Andrew Cox
Commodore Elect
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club
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Coldwell Banker Previews International® supports major
race enhancements
by Talbot Wilson
As both Coldwell Banker® and the Bermuda Race
celebrate their centennial years, Coldwell Banker
Previews International®, the exclusive Coldwell
Banker service dedicated to luxury real estate,
will have a major presence in centennial race activities
as the presenter of the Official 2006 Bermuda Race
Centennial Video to be produced by Gary Jobson and
as the supporter of Horizon Marine’s iBoatTrack
system to be used for the first time in the Bermuda
race to report all yacht positions and results
throughout the race on the internet at
www.bermudarace.com.
A Coldwell Banker Previews International® big screen
kiosk at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club will display
race position graphics and finish results for ‘spectators’
awaiting the sailors arrival after the race. Coldwell
Banker Previews International® will also make
substantial donations to Habitat for Humanity in honor
of the centennial Bermuda Race. Habitat for Humanity
has been the Coldwell Banker national charity of
choice since 1993.
In addition to their direct support to the race, Coldwell
Banker Previews International will sponsor an entry in
the race to raise additional money for Habitat for
Humanity. Its yacht will be sailed by a core crew of
experienced offshore sailors plus Coldwell Banker
professionals who will make substantial donations to
Habitat for Humanity to gain a crew position. It is
expected that the total donation to Habitat for
Humanity from the race will be approximately
$40,000. This marks the first yacht race sponsorship
for Coldwell Banker Previews International.
“The Bermuda Race has been one of the premier
ocean races in the world since 1906,” The Royal
Bermuda Yacht Club Commodore Elect Andrew Cox
commented, “but for several races now we have
needed resources to add enhancements to the race
without making the entry fees prohibitive. On behalf
of the RBYC and the CCA, Commodore Ned Rowland
and I welcome Coldwell Banker. Their generous
support makes the video and iBoatTrack possible.
Their new contribution for the centennial along with
Bermuda Race internet action:
increased participation from Goslings and the
Bermuda Department of Tourism and the continuing
contribution by the Rhode Island Yachting Committee
will make our celebratory year even better, a classic
to remember.”
“This is the right opportunity for us,” said Charlie
Young, senior vice president for marketing for
Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation. “We
continually look for the right opportunities to connect
Coldwell Banker Previews International to the luxury
consumer. Luxury yacht owners have the financial
capability of owning luxury homes and embrace the
prestigious coastal markets like Newport and
Bermuda. A second reason is that Coldwell Banker
and the Bermuda Race celebrate their 100th
anniversaries together in 2006 and, as a bonus, we
were able to raise money for Habitat for Humanity by
our own participation in the race.
Coming Soon...
Gary Jobson’s Race to Paradise: 100
years of Racing to Bermuda presented by
Coldwell Banker Previews International®
For Coldwell Banker Previews International® and iBoat Track, it’s the biggest fleet ever
As a result of the Coldwell Banker Previews
International® supporting sponsorship of the Newport
Bermuda Race iBoatTrack System and the position
reporting and results pages on the internet, family and
friends and millions of web spectators around the world
will be able to track the progress of the fleet and their
favorite yachts.
At home, spectators will be able to pick up all the action
down the rhumb line as the fleet crosses 635 miles of
Gulf Stream and Atlantic Ocean on the 2006 centennial
‘thrash to the Onion Patch’.
Spectators waiting for finishers at the Royal Bermuda
Yacht Club will be able to follow the progress of the
fleet on the Coldwell Banker Previews International
iBoat Tracking and race results big screen kiosk.
Bermuda Race organizers expect a record fleet to sail
the centennial race and most Bermuda Race pundits
think the fleet will be between 200 and 220 entries
strong and it will be the largest fleet ever to use the
iBoatTrack system. Based on experience in 2005 race
tracking, iBoat executives anticipate around 400,000
to 500,000 visits and 54 million page views for the
well known Centennial Bermuda race.
Under development and regular use in offshore events
since 2003, Horizon Marine’s iBoatTrack system
features a self-powered transponder unit the size of a
small laptop to transmit position and performance data
via satellite to a home station. There it is graphically
interpreted and distributed via internet on the event’s
Coldwell Banker Previews International iBoatTrack
Position and results report.
Because of the support from Coldwell Banker Previews
International, transponders and the iBoat system will be
made available to each boat in the race at no extra
cost. It will be a spectacular enhancement to the race.
A $495 deposit will be required for the transponder; but
when it is returned in Bermuda, the deposit will be
refunded.
The Bermuda Race Centennial Video
presented by Coldwell Banker Previews
International® will be produced and narrated
by Gary Jobson. His working title of “Race
to Paradise: 100 Years of Racing to
Bermuda” clearly indicates his vision for the
film.
Plans for Jobson’s film include a theater
release and subsequent airing on a cable
network. In a home DVD version, it will be
distributed to each owner in the race and
offered for sale to crew, families and the
general public.
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What’s New in the Centennial Race
by Bill Barton, Centennial Chairman
Since its inception in 1906, the Bermuda Race has continually evolved, changing
with the times and taking a leadership role in shaping the sport of ocean racing.
Driving this evolution is a focus on safety, fair racing and fun for the competitor.
The centennial race brings with it a number of changes that will make for a great
event and provide the best possible racing for the varied yachts that will make the
dash across the Gulf Stream to the warm sunshine of Bermuda.
Rating Rules
The first thing most competitors will notice that is new for 2006 is the use of two
rating rules, the Offshore Racing Rule (ORR) and IRC. Each of these is new to the
Bermuda Race. The Offshore Racing Rule builds on the velocity prediction program
technology of IMS and Americap and is a rule expressly designed for offshore
distance racing with built-in stability measurement for safety screening. IRC is an
international rule that is widely used in parts of Europe and is seeing adoption in
races throughout the US. With many sailors expressing interest in one rule or the
other, the 2006 Newport Bermuda Race is making use of both of these rules. ORR
is used throughout the fleet, in part to allow stability screening. Some divisions
are being dual scored, in which case we encourage captains to submit both rating
certificates, as prizes in those
divisions will be offered under
both rules.
Ample information on both
rules is available on their
respective web sites: ORR www.offshorerace.org and
IRC - www.us-irc.org For
yachts holding a previous IMS
Gosling's famous Dark'n Stormy welcomor Americap certificate, the
ing party is a highlight of every recent
migration to ORR should be
Bermuda Race. Gosling Brothers Ltd is
celebrating its 200th anniversary along
easy, as the new rule makes
with the Bermuda Race Centennial.
use of the same measurement
Barry Pickthall PPL
data. IRC requires a simpler
measurement process and certified measurers are available to assist in getting an
IRC endorsed certificate. US SAILING handles applications for both rules; their web
site is at www.ussailing.org.
owned one of these
sails and that they
preferred to be able to
use it for the race.
Details on the use of
these sails is contained
in the Notice of Race.
Prizes
This race sees the
inauguration of a new Richard Du Moulin's Lora Ann took first place
trophy to be awarded to on Corrected time in the Double-handed
the yacht with the best Division. Talbot Wilson/PPL
combined performance
between 2005 Marion Bermuda Race and the 2006 Newport Bermuda Race. The
Bermuda Cruising Yacht Trophy presented by Sail Magazine will be awarded annually
after each of these two races. Qualifying yachts must sail in the Cruiser Division of the
Newport Bermuda Race and also have competed in last year’s Marion Bermuda Race.
The new Carleton Mitchell/Finisterre Trophy will be awarded to the yacht with the
best corrected time in the Cruiser Division. The trophy takes its name from the
skipper and yacht that won the Bermuda Race three consecutive times from 1956
to 1960, a feat that has never been repeated.
The Royal Mail Trophy, starting with the Centennial Race will be awarded to the
corrected time winner in the Demonstration Division; an exciting division attracting
some of the world’s top ocean racing yachts.
Centennial Film
Noted sailor, commentator and filmmaker, Gary Jobson is serving as Honorary
Chairman of the Centennial Newport Bermuda Race. Gary has been a competitor
Satellite Tracking
An exciting development for 2006 will be the use of iBoatTrack satellite tracking
devices for all yachts. These small, self-contained units will be issued to each yacht
at Newport Check-In. Friends and family ashore will be able to see maps of the
race course showing where each boat is relative to the fleet, all overlaid on Gulf
Stream and weather maps. This technology is made possible through the support
of Coldwell Banker.
Cruising Spinnakers
For those yachts sailing in the growing Cruiser Division, they will now be allowed
to have one cruising spinnaker in their inventory. A survey of some of the skippers
that have competed in this division in the past showed that the majority already
Roger Sturgeon's California TP52 came East to win the Racing
Division and the Gibb's Hill Lighthouse Trophy. Bermuda GIS Photo
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in the event in the past and will be sailing again in 2006, this time with a camera
in hand to document the race’s 100th anniversary. With videographers aboard
several yachts, Jobson Sailing’s team will document the race and create a film to
air on cable television. The film, which will touch on the Race’s history and the
challenge of the 2006 running, is made possible and presented by Coldwell Banker.
Customs Pre-Clearance
To simplify Customs clearance for vessels in the race, skippers will be able to file
for pre-clearance prior to leaving Newport. This will make your arrival in Bermuda
more pleasant and get your crew to their first Dark ‘n Stormy a bit more quickly.
Details will be provided to skippers. We encourage all yachts to take advantage
of this service.
John Rousmaniere Writes Centennial History
James Flaherty's J'Erin gets off the line in Newport on her way to
first on corrected time in the Cruiser Division.
Barry Pickthall/PPL
Renowned marine author John Rousmaniere has written a fascinating history of the
Bermuda Race titled “A Berth to Bermuda.” This magnificent book traces the race
back to its roots in 1906 and follows the boats and sailors of a century as they
race to victory in this great ocean race. The book is available in both a standard
and a limited edition from www.mysticseaport.org.
Painting
Noted marine artist John MacGowan has created a stunning oil painting
commemorating 100 years of racing to Bermuda. The work depicts St. David’s
Lighthouse bathed in tropical sunshine as yachts make the approach to the finish
line. To give the sense of the passage of time, the boats shown beating to the
finish are from a variety of eras, from the early years of the race to the present.
Copies of the painting will be available for sale in Newport.
You are competing at the very top level of your sport. Whether you are Captain,
navigator or crew, you are making history. Sail into history!
Dominick Porco's Swan 45 Alliance took lots of silver topped off by
the coveted St David's Lighthouse for first on corrected time in her
division. Daniel Forster Photo
This special centennial painting by Johnny McGowan will be offered
for sale on www.bermudarace.com in a variety of forms and for a
variety of prices. Order yours today.
Left: Hasso Platner's Morning Glory was first to finish and set the
benchmark record for the Big Boat Demonstration Division.
Barry Pickthall/PPL
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Notes on 100 years of racing to Bermuda
by Talbot Wilson and Barry Pickthall
The formative days of The Bermuda Race stretch back two
years before the first start to the pages of RUDDER magazine.
In 1904, Thomas Fleming Day, the controversial Editor was
keen on offshore sailing and used RUDDER as a forum to
encourage others to join him. Day began by organizing a
‘longshore’ race from Brooklyn New York to Marblehead, a
daring 330-mile chase that attracted six entries - and columns
of criticism in the New York and Boston papers.
Unperturbed, Day organized a second ‘longshore’ event a
year later from Brooklyn to Hampton Roads, Virginia and
blasted back at his critics from the pages of his magazine:
“Newspaper men ought to know better than consult a lot
of grey-bearded rum soaked piazza scows. What do these
miserable old hulks who spend their days swigging booze
on the front stoop of a clubhouse know about the dangers
of the deep? If they make a voyage from Larchmont to
Cow Bay in a 10 knot breeze, it is the event of their lives,
an experience they never forget
and never want to repeat.”
These comments on the pages of
his magazine did wonders for
promoting the concept of racing
small boats beyond the horizon.
After the Hampton Roads Race,
which had attracted nine yachts,
owners turned to Day for something
more ambitious. They wanted “a
real ocean race, one that would
take them well offshore and into
blue water.” The RUDDER editor
needed little encouragement to
push for a new event.
The Brooklyn Yacht Club organized
the start and encouraged
participation. English yachting
enthusiast Sir Thomas Lipton
provided the £100 Cup for the
winner. The Royal Bermuda Yacht
Club, under the leadership of
Commodore Ambrose Gosling,
organized the finish line and
assessed their members £2.00
each for post-race entertainment.
And the race to Bermuda was born.
Soon after, Lila suffered rigging damage and was forced to
return, accompanied by Tamerlane whose crew set out
again for Bermuda the following Tuesday. This 38ft yawl
owned by Commodore Frank Maier of the Eastern Yacht
Club also carried editor Day onboard. He reported in the
July issue of RUDDER, of an uneventful passage that took
5days, 6hours, and 9minutes - an average of 5.22 knots.
According to Alfred Loomis, Gauntlet did not see the mishap
and went on to be caught in a gale in the Gulf Stream,
making a very stormy passage and being blown far to the
east of the rhumb line to the isalnds. Lila gave up on her
second attempt in the stream and went home.
In 1907 restrictions were relaxed and professionals were
allowed to sail, but amateurs formed the afterguard. With
twelve boats at the start in Gravesend Bay, Dervish won the
large class and Lila took the small class. Thomas Day
powered to Bermuda in a motorboat.
After a successful race in 1907
with twelve yachts on the line,
the 1908 race started from
Marblehead with five. Dervish
won her class again. The 43.5foot waterline length Verona
won her class and beat the
larger 56-foot Dervish across the
line at St. David’s Bermuda by
ten hours on elapsed time.
Five boats started once again
from Gravesend Bay in 1909,
Amorita, a 79-foot schooner
crossed first in 3D:6H:19M but
was beaten on corrected time
by the schooner Margaret.
The years leading up to the war
and the war years forced so
many big yachts to be laid up
that only two yachts, Harold S.
Vanderbilt’s 62ft Herreshoff
schooner Vagrant, and
Hon. Ambrose Gosling, commodore
Demarest Lloyds’s 50 footer
of the Royal Bermuda Yacht in 1906,
Shiyessa made it for the start of
was one of the founding fathers of
the 1910 race and the event
the Bermuda Race. Courtesy of
Gosling Brothers Ltd
almost died. It was a match
race to Bermuda where Vagrant
caught
a
windshift
just
north
of Bermuda and nipped
The criticism within the press was vociferous and the public
Shiyessa
on
corrected
time
by
forty-eight
minutes. This
campaign led some to send memorial wreaths and
was
the
last
Bermuda
Race
until
after
WWI.
undertakers cards to crewmembers that planned to enter
the race. Despite this, three yachts, Lila, Gauntlet and
Tamerlane appeared for the start in Gravesend Bay at 3pm
on Saturday May 26, 1906.
The idea of racing small boats to Bermuda was not revived
until 1920 when the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club began
attempts to restart the series. Although a race was
announced for the spring of 1920, Bermuda’s ROYAL
Frank Maier's 38' yawl Tamerlane with
Thomas Fleming Day in command won the
first Bermuda Race in 1906. Photo from The
Rudder
GAZETTE says that the race would be postponed until at
least June of 1921.
The next mention in the Gazette in April 1922 is of the
possibility of a race between New York and Bermuda that
summer. Eldon Trimmingham, then Vice Commodore of the
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, went to meet with the New
York Yacht Club as the representative of the club’s Board
of Governors to promote the race, but could not obtain
sufficient entries.
For 1923, the RBYC Sailing Committee found support from
YACHTING magazine and some prominent yachtsmen like
John Alden. A group of the new Cruising Club of America
sailors led by Herbert L Stone, editor of YACHTING took up
the challenge and the race was reborn.
Out of the thirty-two entries that had been received in
1923, twenty-three yachts came to the line off New
London, Connecticut. Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, the New
Haven Yacht Club and Yachting Magazine donated cups for
the three classes. Paul Hammond, vice-commodore of the
Seawanahaka Corinthian Yacht Club gave one for the first
yacht finishing with an all-amateur crew.
Alfred Loomis writes in OCEAN RACING, “In all this [the
1923 race] the Cruising Club of America took no official part,
although when the day [for the start] came its membership
migrated to Bermuda almost en masse.... all but one of its
six members embarked in five different racing boats.” The
one who stayed behind started the race. The ROYAL
GAZETTE says that Herbert Stone mentioned that the boats
were manned almost entirely by amateurs, making this
Bermuda Race the first ocean race of any kind not dominated
by professionals - a concept that continues to this day.
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Bermuda Race First Place Winners and Trophies
Various trophies (with start and race sponsors)
1906 Tamerlane, Frank Maier (Lipton
Trophy). Brooklyn: Rudder
magazine, Brooklyn YC, RBYC
1907 Large class, Dervish, Henry A.
Morss; Small class, Lila, Richard
D. Floyd (Maier Trophy or
Trophies). Brooklyn: Rudder
magazine, Brooklyn YC, RBYC
1908 Large class, Dervish, Henry A.
Morss; Small class, Venona, E.J.
Bliss (“$200 cup”). Marblehead:
Rudder magazine, Corinthian YC,
RBYC
1909 Margaret, G.S. Runk (trophy not
identified). Brooklyn: Rudder
magazine, Atlantic YC, RBYC
1910 Vagrant, H.S. Vanderbilt (trophy
not identified). Brooklyn: Rudder
magazine, Atlantic YC, RBYC
-WWI1923 Malabar IV, John G. Alden
(Yachting magazine cup). New
London: Yachting magazine, New
Haven YC, RBYC
1924 Memory, R.N. Bavier (Yachting
magazine cup). New London:
Yachting magazine, RBYC
RBYC Bermuda Trophy
1926 Malabar VII, John G. Alden. New
London: CCA, RBYC
1928 Rugosa II, Russell Grinnell. .
1930 Malay, R.W. Ferris.
1932 Malabar X, R.I. Gale & John G.
Alden. Montauk: CCA, RBYC
1934 Edlu, R.J. Schaefer. New London:
CCA, RBYC
1936 Kirawan, R.P. Baruch. Newport
1938 Baruna, H.C. Taylor
WWII (No Races)
Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Trophy
1946 Gesture, A.H. Fuller
RBYC Bermuda Trophy
1948 Baruna, Henry C. Taylor
1950 Argyll, William T. Moore
1952 Carina, Richard S. Nye
St. David’s Lighthouse Trophy
1954 Malay, D.D. Strohmeier
1956 Finisterre, Carleton Mitchell
1962 Nina, DeCoursey Fales
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
Burgoo, Milton Ernstoff
Thunderbird, T.V. Learson
Robin, F.E. Hood
Carina, Richard S. Nye
Noryema, R.W. Amey
Scaramouche, C.E. Kirsch
Running Tide, A.G. VanMetre
MHS - Babe, A.C. Gay
IOR - Acadia, B.H. Keenan
(Tamerlane Trophy)
1980 MHS only - Holger Danske, R.
Wilson
1982 MHS - Brigadoon III, R.W.
Morton, division winner by largest
margin
1984 MHS - Pamir, Francis H. Curren,
Jr., division winner by largest
margin
Two Winners
(both win St. David’s Lighthouse
Trophies)
1986 IMS - Puritan, Donald P. Robinson
The 1923 fleet was caught by a storm, which simply added
to the fascination and folklore that has built up around this
race over the years. All of them made it in one piece, led
by Robert N. Bavier’s yawl Memory. Judge Coffin, the
skipper of Seafarer summed up the conditions best in his
oft quoted statement, “The next time I come to Bermuda
it will be in a submarine. Then I can be under water all the
time instead of half under all the time.”
The 1924 race began off of Sarah’s Ledge at New London
with fourteen entries. It attracted the important
challenge from the English aboard Northern Light and
Jolie Brise. Their skippers, Weston Martyr and George
Martin so enjoyed the event that they returned home
later that summer determined to set up an Ocean
Racing Club in London (now known as the Royal
Ocean Racing Club) and to host an ocean race on
the other side of the Atlantic - the 605 mile Fastnet,
which was run for the first time in 1925.
The original Bermuda Race £100 cup donated
by Sir Thomas Lipton for the first Bermuda
Race in 1906. Courtesy of Mariner’s Museum
A.G.VanMetre's Running Tide took the St
David's Lighthouse in 1976. Photo
courtesy of Sparkman & Stephens, Inc.
1986 IOR - Silver Star, David H. Clarke
1988 IMS - Cannonball, C.A. Robertson
1988 IOR - Congere, B.D. Koeppel
St. David’s Lighthouse Trophy
1990 IMS - Denali, Lawrence S.
Huntington
1992 IMS - Constellation, US Naval
Academy
1994 IMS - Gaylark, Kaighn Smith
1996 IMS - Boomerang, George
Coumantaros
1998 IMS - Kodiak, Llwyd Ecclestone
2000 IMS - Restless, Eric Crawford
Two Winners (St. David’s and
Gibbs Hill Trophies)
2002 IMS Cruiser-racer - Zaraffa, Skip
Sheldon (St. David’s Head)
2002 IMS Racer - Blue Yankee, Bob
Towse (Gibbs Hill)
2004 IMS C/R -Alliance, Dominick
Porco (St. David’s Head)
2004 IMS R - Rosebud, Roger Sturgeon
(Gibb’s Hill)
With the decline to fourteen entries in the last race, due
probably to time constraints and cost, the series became
biennial. Sixteen entries came to the line in 1926; and
with a gain of only two from the previous race, the year
was critical for the future of ocean racing to Bermuda.
Although its members were active in the races, The Cruising
Club of America did not formally participate in running the
1923 or 1924 races because it was founded in a protest
against racing, the club agreed to co-host the 1926
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rules to require four or more crew per yacht and to require
that the “master” and navigator be amateurs and that the
finish line could be crossed in either direction.
SAIL
ON,
JIM
The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club decided to celebrate the
resumption of the race by offering a sterling silver replica of
Gibb’s Hill Lighthouse to the overall winner of the race.
Thirty-four yachts started in two classes. The sixteen-inch
lighthouse replica went to the yacht Gesture, sailed by
Howard Fuller. She sported one of the new nylon spinnakers
and a fancy radio direction finder on her cabin top.
A revised version of the CCA rating rule introduced in 1949
brought a new record fleet of fifty-four yachts to the line in
1950. The fleet was divided into three classes to
encourage more small boats to enter. Olin Stephens
helped sail his design Bolero to line honors in 3D:3H:32M.
A NOTE FROM BILL
SANDBERG
We are all deeply saddened by the passing of Commodore Jim Mertz. He was a great yachtsman and true
gentleman in every sense of the words. A graduate of Yale, he went on to serve with distinction in the Navy during
World War II. He was married to Allegra Mertz, sister of Arthur Knapp and herself a 4-time Adams Cup winner and
Yachtswoman of the Year.
Last Fall American Yacht Club held a Bermuda Night honoring all members who had either won the race overall or
won their division. We recognized Jim that night with the Iron Man award for his 30 Newport-Bermuda races. His
acceptance speech consisted of two words "Thank you."
Jim only missed two races-- 1948 when he started his business in VT and 1986, when his partner had to drop out
at the last minute. And he usually did the delivery back as well. His boat will do this year's centennial race without
him, but you can be certain his spirit will be making the 'thrash to the Onion Patch' with them once again.
The sailing world has lost a great friend and hero to many. Sail on, Jim
Bermuda Race despite being roundly admonished by some
of its membership who believed the Club should be doing
what its title suggests, and not promoting racing.
The progressives won that argument and the Cruising Club
continues to this day to coordinate the race in partnership
with the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. Loomis points out in
OCEAN RACING that bad weather in this year would have
been a “solar plexus blow” to the race. “But,” Loomis
continues, “the weather god was kind; the Cruising Club
assimilated its critics, and the crisis passed. The Bermuda
Race has rightly been regarded in the years since as a
fixture which only a war can disrupt.”
The Bermuda Race continued to prosper under the
partnership between the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and the
Cruising Club of America as the race sought a permanent
starting port. In 1928 the start was from New London with
twenty-four yachts, in 1930 it saw 42 yachts start from
New London again. In 1932 the economy diminished the
fleet to 27 entries starting from a new line off Montauk
Point. The start in 1934 was moved back to Sara’s Ledge
since the point was far from last minute supplies. The fleet
increased to twenty-nine.
In 1936 the Cruising Club and Royal Bermuda agreed to
move the start to Newport, Rhode Island to avoid the
unpredictable winds and the strong tides of Long Island
sound. A record breaking fleet of forty-four yachts including
nine international entries came to the line.
Unfortunately, ten boats, also a record
number, failed to finish as a storm hit the
fleet in the stream with 40-50 knot winds.
Although Mrs. Robinson, the newlywed wife of Gauntlet’s
owner, had sailed in the inaugural 1906 race, Women
were not officially eligible to race until 1952. The class A
entry Bloodhound had three women aboard including a
lady navigator, Mary Blewitt. She guided Bloodhound to
second place on corrected time.
The rules were continually revised and in 1954 the finish line
once again had to be crossed in a southerly direction. That
year there were 77 starters representing the US, Great Britain,
Cuba, Sweden, Bermuda and Argentina. The St David’s
Lighthouse trophy was commissioned for the 1954 race to
replace the traditional Bermuda Trophy. Designed and crafted
of sterling silver in England, this second lighthouse trophy has
become the most coveted trophy in amateur ocean racing.
For first on corrected time, Dan Strohmeier in Malay took
home the first St. David’s Hill Lighthouse ever awarded.
With ten boats dismasted in 1936, the CCA
undertook a review of safety regulations
and led the way to establishing many of the
rig and equipment regulations in place
today in the ISAF Offshore Safety
Regulations. The CCA also introduced a
revised handicap system in 1938 and
advised the yachtsmen to install modern
radios for safety. In 1938 the US Coast
Guard Cutter Cayuga accompanied the fleet
as a further precaution.
The change to Newport proved popular and
in 1938 in the shadow of WWII there were
still forty-three yachts entered. The first
series of Bermuda Races had ended
because of WWI. This was the last Bermuda
Race of the series between the wars.
Racing resumed again in 1946 and with it
came the entrance into the modern, postwar series. The Race Committee revised the
John Alden's Malabar IV won on corrected time in the
1923 race, the first after WWI. Malabar's VII in 1926 and
Malabar X in 1932 followed suit. Courtesy of Alden Yacht
Design
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Carleton Mitchell’s famous yacht Finisterre took home this
prize three races running: 1956 over eighty-eight
competitors, again in 1958 against 112 entries, and then
in 1960 over 135 entries. The race entry record is 182
boats set in 1982 and tied in 2002.
There is another race for line honors. This has been won in
the past by such notables as Huey Long’s Ondine which set
a 67hour 58 minute record in ‘74, and the Australian maxi
Bumblebee IV whose performance against the likes of
Ondine and Kialoa II owned by fellow American Jim Kilroy
in the 1980 Race was the first stepping stone towards IOR
maxi boat dominance by designer German Frers.
1962 had to be one of the most unusual of the post war
races. The schooner Nina caught a reaching breeze all the
way to St David’s and crossed the line less than two hours
after Northern Lights which was first to finish. A large boat
had not won the Bermuda Race since 1950 and the last
schooner to win was the Alden design Malabar X in 1932.
Nina flew a ‘jenniker’ a cross between a genoa and a
spinnaker, perhaps the forerunner to a modern code zero.
Nirvana, then owned by Bermudan Marvin Green, sliced 5
hours 29 minutes off the record in 1982 sailing in the
largest fleet to date of 182 entries, and this record stood
until George Coumantaros and his 86ft Frers designed
Boomerang II completed the course in 57 hours 31mins 30
secs in 1996. Roy Disney’s Reichel-Pugh designed
Pyewacket made the most of the close reaching conditions
to complete the 635 miles in the record time of 53hours,
39minutes 22 seconds to set the record which it still holds.
In 1964, the event was integrated into a series of races
dubbed ‘The Onion Patch Series’ (in deference to
Bermuda’s once national crop), with 3-boat teams
representing their countries in a multi-race series. The first
series attracted teams from the USA, Bermuda and
Argentina, and became the model for similar events in the
UK and Australia to support two other classics in the sailing
calendar, The Fastnet and Sydney/Hobart races.
Many great sailors and designers have cut their teeth on
Newport Bermuda Race since. German Frers Sr. encouraged
an increasing number of South American owners to
compete in his designs in the 50s and 60s, and his son
German Frers, remains one of the dominant designers with
seven winners to date, including the record-breaking maxi
Boomerang II.
The most successful skipper has been Carleton Mitchell,
whose yacht Finisterre won the race outright in 1956, ‘58
& ‘60. John G Alden carried off the Bermuda Trophy twice
in 1923 & ‘26 and Dick Nye did the same with yachts
named Carina in ‘52 and ‘70. The last of his yachts, which
won again in 1982 competed again in the 2004 race,
skippered by Rives Potts JR. from Westbrook CT.
Famous sailmaker and America’s Cup skipper, Ted Hood,
Roy Disney’s PYEWACKET powers off the line
in Newport enroute to a record-shattering
race. 53hrs 39 mins 22 secs.
Photo: BOATPIX.com
won a notable victory in 1968 with his One-tonner Robin,
but one of the most notable victories of all time came in
1972 when the British crew on a production Swan
Noryema survived a hurricane to lift the St David’s Trophy
ahead of many purpose built racers. At the time, skipper
Ted Hicks put their win down to the foresight of carrying
goggles. “It was the only way any of us could see anything
through all that spray.” He said.
In 1970, Carina won the St David's Lighthouse Trophy under the
ownership of Richard Nye. She is still in winning form today under the
hand of Rives Potts and crew.
Barry Pickthall/PPL
The Newport Bermuda Race now stands with the Fastnet,
the Sydney-Hobart and the Transpac as one of the top four
ocean races in the world. Organized by the Royal Bermuda
Yacht Club from 1906 to 1924 with various US yacht clubs
and from 1926 with the Cruising Club of America, the
Bermuda Race has always been a true test of blue-water
sailing skills. The objectives of the race are to encourage
the designing, building and sailing of seaworthy yachts and
the development of the art of seamanship and proficiency
in the science of navigation.
Compiled by Talbot Wilson and Barry Pickthall using source
material from Ocean Racing by Alfred Loomis (1946),
1906-1910 reports from The Rudder magazine, Herb
Stone’s stories in Yachting, The Royal Gazette, minutes
from The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club board and sailing
committee meetings, and Under The Calabash Tree by R.W.
Trimmingham (1996)
Nirvana set the course record in 1982 under Marvin Green's ownership and held it until 1996. She was sailed here in 2004 by her new
owner Charles Kiefer and came 7th in C/R 8: Daniel Forster Photo
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Geronimo Returns as Communications Vessel for Fourth Race
Geronimo is not intended to
function as a rescue vessel.
Geronimo has a full
complement of modern
communications equipment,
including AIS, Radar, VHF-DSC,
HF SSB and Satellite telephone
with internet access. A backup
satellite telephone will also be
on board.
Geronimo, the sailing vessel of St. George’s School returns
as the communications and emergency coordination center
for yachts during the 2006 Newport Bermuda Race.
Bermuda Race Organizing Committee members will be on
board and will conduct a daily broadcast of weather
forecasts and announcements. The crew will also maintain
a 24-hour radio watch to handle emergency
communications and coordinate response efforts when
needed.
Geronimo is the sailing vessel of
St. George’s School in Newport,
Rhode Island, Charles A.
Hamblett, Headmaster. St.
George’s is a coeducational college preparatory boarding
school (website: http://www.stgeorges.edu) founded in
1896 and, according to its mission statement, committed
to providing students personal development, personal
motivation, college preparation, and the basis for a life of
constructive service to the world and to God.
Geronimo was custom-designed by Ted Hood in
collaboration with its skipper and CCA member Steve
Connett, and was built specifically for for St. George’s
School in 1998 by New England Boatworks.
Chris McNally of St George’s School, who was aboard for
the 2000 Newport Bermuda Race as First Mate, was her
captain during the 2002 and 2004 races. He is expected
to return again as Captain for the 2006 race.
Students who participate in the Geronimo program are
instructed in systematics, physiology, behavior, the human
impact on the populations and ecology of sharks and
turtles, fisheries management and the relationships
between resource utilization, management, and
conservation in the Bahamas, Bermuda, and the United
States. During the school year Geronimo makes three sixweek cruises with seven students. In the summer she
makes two three-week cruises with eight students aboard.
Geronimo ‘s primary research programs concern tagging
sharks under the aegis of the National Marine Fisheries
Service and tagging sea turtles in cooperation with the
Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research at the University
of Florida. Geronimo operates on both sides of the North
Atlantic and in waters off the Bahamas.
Onne van der Wal
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Your First Newport Bermuda
Race as Captain
by Dan Dyer
There is nothing quite like the adrenaline surge as the gun for your class fires and your
yacht is racing out the East Passage to Bermuda. Months of preparation resulting in a
coherent plan to win have the crew focused on execution.
With your class all in sight, the first objective is to win your class. How well you have
prepared, practiced, trained, and selected sails, equipment and crew will, along with the
luck of the Newport Bermuda Race, determine your fate and finish. Some years - 1996,
1998, 2002 - it is a big-boat race, others - 1994, 2000 - a small-boat race. Most often a
tactical race, on occasion it has been a drag race. Regardless of the vagaries of the race,
a boat must be very well prepared to win class and overall.
You and your crew must know that they and the yacht are up to the task of winning in
order to concentrate on driving the boat at maximum speed in the right direction. This is
not a race in which to nurse an old sail or fail to make sail changes because of indecision
or sick crew. Your preparation will make this event one of the highlights of your sailing
career, and perhaps your life. The devil is absolutely in the details. A few details to consider
are:
1. ASSEMBLE AN EFFECTIVE CREW
A crew is a team; you need skill and compatibility and the desire to win. Avoid both selfproclaimed experts and slackers.
2. PLAN ON WINNING
The #1 reason you are racing to Bermuda is to win. Send your crew’s dress slacks and
blazers down, so they will be with you when you receive your silver. Schedule a crew
victory dinner. The awards ceremony at Government House is memorable. Be there!
3. GATHER INFORMATION
US Sailing can provide you with polar diagrams for your yacht. Your sailmaker will
construct a sail choice table, suggesting the correct sail for wind speed and direction. Find
a local boat with several Newport Bermuda Races under their belt and spend some time
with them. Attend one of the weather seminars. There are many commercial sources of
weather and Gulf Stream information and seminars. Attend these early and analytically so
all your questions can be answered well before the race. I have been attending Jenifer
Clark’s Gulf Stream sessions and talking to Ken Campbell (now of Commanders’ Weather)
since the 1982 Race.
Cabaret puts St David’s Lighthouse behind her at the finish of the 2004
race. Bermuda GIS Photo
4. DO YOUR HOMEWORK
Record known information: time of high tide at Newport and Bermuda, lat/long of
government marks at Newport and Bermuda and of the finish line, AM radio stations in
Bermuda. Order Bermuda charts. The digital age has now overburdened Bermuda racers
with information and sources. Choose carefully what you will use and concentrate on
transmission times, frequencies, web addresses, and understand what specific information
each source offers. Install radios and all electronics far enough in advance to confirm that
they work at sea; test radios and frequencies thoroughly with plenty of time to spare.
5. INSPECT
The mandatory inspection is not something to pass with a sigh of relief and forget. Every
item in the inspection is there to insure you have a safe passage to Bermuda. In order to
win you must finish the race. With over 150 boats, there are scores of “We were winning
until...” stories. You and your crew have spent too much time and money to lose serious
time in the Race because of equipment failures or non-performance. Life rafts, flares,
harnesses are always in short supply in the spring, so reserve or buy now what you will
need.
6. OPTIMIZE
Complete all those improvements and repairs that have been on the list for over a year.
You want a dry boat above and below the waterline. Inspect all thru-hulls, hoses, stuffing
boxes; if in doubt, replace. Hatch gaskets, mast boot, lockers should all be watertight. The
rig is your engine. All standing rigging should be inspected - no worn halyards. High
performance ropes may look fine but not be up to shock loads encountered in the Stream
as you fall off waves. Sails and equipment that may stand up to years of
windward/leeward racing on the Chesapeake or Block Island Sound may not cut it crossing
the Gulf Stream. Each watch should have a crew boss who oversees and assures that all
sail changes, jibes, tacks are well planned, resulting in perfect, safe execution.
Responsibilities include working with the navigator and helmsperson to maintain maximum
VMG toward your next objective.
7. PREPARE FOR CONTINGENCIES
If it turns out to be a light-air race, you’ll need plenty of water; if it’s a heavy-air race, you’ll
need easy-to-cook and digest meals. Your crew should start the race well rested; there is
plenty of time to party in Bermuda. The well documented emergency requirements in the
Lively Lady II and Choucas get underway in Newport in the Class 1
start. Talbot Wilson PPL
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Notice of Race should be physically demonstrated and understood by all
members of the crew. COB procedures should be agreed upon and practiced
with a crew in a dry suit. Heavy weather sails and sheet leads should be verified
and posted for quick reference.
8. TRACK PATTERNS
Two Streams directly affect the race - the GULF Stream and the JET Stream.
Both are driven by very complicated and not perfectly understood
thermodynamics. The good news for us lay folks is that the resultant for both
streams is fairly predictable for a three-day period of the Race. Careful plotting
of the Gulf Stream and associated eddies on a weekly basis over several months
will reveal the trend of Stream movements. This will allow you to make a
reasonable prediction for your crossing of the Stream. Real time satellite
downloads of sea surface temperatures are nice; however, cloud cover often
obscures the area of concern at exactly the wrong time. So here is
The Gulf Stream for Dummies: usually • The North Wall or Western edge is hotter and faster
• Gulf Stream features (knuckles and meanders) move slowly NE and East
• Warm Eddies are north of the Stream and rotate clockwise
• Cold Eddies are south of the Stream and rotate counterclockwise
His Excellency The Govenor of Bermuda, Sir John Vereker sailed aboard Babe
and gets a congratulatory handshake from Skipper/owner Colin Couper.
GIS Bermuda
• Eddies move to the southwest
• Temperature differential going into the Stream is high; squalls
• Temperature differential coming out of the Stream is low; light air
The Jet Stream, with associated highs and lows, moves much faster. Careful plotting of
the 5640 contour and upper troughs on the 500mb charts will yield a pattern useful in
tracking and confirming the 24, 48 and 96 hour surface forecasts. Using these forecasts
and updates during the Race will allow your original strategy to be confirmed or improved.
The location and movement of the Bermuda High will influence the weather for the entire
race but will be significant after you exit the Gulf Stream and in your approach to the finish.
Prepare Early!
As part of the Newport Bermuda Race’s mission to further seamanship and safety under sail,
each yacht is inspected prior to the start by a volunteer inspector. Your inspector can provide
valuable knowledge and help you ready the boat for the race. Each captain must contact an
Inspector from the list issued to race entrants to schedule the onboard inspection, which must
take place prior to May 30.
INSPECTION PREPARATION PROCESS
OBTAIN THESE DOCUMENTS…
2006 – 2007 ISAF SPECIAL REGULATIONS for offshore and oceanic racing Category 1
US SAILING Prescriptions to the ISAF Special Regulations
Newport Bermuda Race 2006 Additional Requirements
Newport Bermuda Race 2006 Recommendations
FROM THESE DOCUMENTS, PROCEED WITH THE FOLLOWING:
1. Review your yacht’s compliance and deficiencies
2. Attend days one and two of the CCA-sponsored Safety at Sea Seminar in Newport on March
11 and 12 2006 where the inspection process will be discussed and questions answered
3. Contact an Inspector early to schedule an inspection.
4. Ask questions of your inspector or the Chief Inspector early.
5. Complete/submit all pre-inspection documentation prior to inspection.
6. Lay out all inspection items before the inspector arrives aboard the boat.
9. RUN THE RACE ON PAPER
Beginning in May, use the Internet projected weather and Gulf Stream
information to plot your optimum course. The following weekend,
evaluate your decision in light of the actual conditions.
10. RACE AT NIGHT
Distance racing at night requires different skills than six-mile
windward/leewards. Sail trim, steering and maneuvers are all more
difficult. An overnight race will pay big dividends in both performance
and safety and will yield some solvable problems you may not have
considered.
AND ENJOY THE RACE
In almost 40 years of racing to Bermuda, we had one of our best
finishes in our first Race. In later races we suffered from being on a
little boat when it was a big boat race, being on a big boat when it was
a little boat race, tacking to cover the fleet when only one boat
continued east (and won), leading the eventual winner boat for boat
when our last jib halyard parted, and having half the crew sick the time
we decided to go light. In each instance, we thoroughly enjoyed the
Race, came back another time, and have a wealth of stories to tell and
retell.
In 2006, there will be a record number of yachts in this Centennial
Anniversary Race. With an exception or two, all expect to win and are
well prepared. The winner will no doubt be the yacht whose crew WAS
able to execute their plan and adapt to the unexpected AND HAVE FUN
DOING IT.
Dan Dyer won the coveted Mixter Trophy in ‘98 as navigator of Kodiak,
the Lighthouse Trophy winner. He won the Marblehead Halifax Race
(IMS Div.) in ‘97 on his Black Watch 37, Rabbit, on which he and Mimi
completed a six-year circumnavigation in the ‘70s.
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The Great Atlantic Lottery?
Figure 1 The Results of a Ship Survey of a Portion of the Northern boundary of the Gulf Strea
over a Six Day Period June 9-15, 1954
From: A Prediction of the Unpredictable Gulf Stream
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - 1954
by W. Frank Bohlen
Writing in the June, 1958 issue of Sports Illustrated, Carleton Mitchell stated that John
Nicholas Brown, original owner of Bolero, referred to the Bermuda Race as the “great
Atlantic lottery.” Mitchell, Finisterre, and crew, of course, were in the process of
demonstrating that this was not entirely the case by winning the Race three consecutive
times, 1956, 1958, and 1960.
This accomplishment is made all the more remarkable when one remembers the state of
our understanding of weather and Gulf Stream dynamics and the navigation and
communication methods available to the offshore racer in the late 1950’s.
Although Loran was in development, electronic navigation on small boats consisted, at most,
of radio direction finding (RDF) of bearings to fixed stations using marine versions of systems
originally developed for aircraft. The RDF was typically range limited and affected by radio
interference. Celestial methods relied on clear skies and relatively stable platforms for accurate
position finding, neither of which was common on the course to Bermuda. In combination,
these limitations often left the navigator relying primarily on DR.
As a result it was not at all uncommon, given the magnitude of the flows and associated set
produced by the Gulf Stream, for boats to have difficulty in finding Bermuda. Some passed to
return along the south shore and some encountered the northern reefs. During its initial win
in 1956 it was reported that Finisterre supplemented the DR with AM radio bearings on
Bermuda radio over the last 75 miles of the race. Some continue to use this method today.
Adding to these navigational difficulties, weather forecasting in the late 1950’s relied
primarily on a visual observer network of ships which often left large areas of the ocean
uncovered. As a result the accuracy of forecasts was likely to degrade significantly with
distance offshore. In addition, forecasts tended to be of short duration and seldom extended
for more than 48 hours.
Further affecting the utility of the prepared weather forecasts was the means of
communication. Results were typically provided to ships at sea by HF-AM broadcasts
sometimes voice but more commonly via Morse code. This in combination with the size
and power requirements of the available radio receivers sometimes made it difficult for the
offshore sailor to accommodate a reliable long range receiver. Thus, the racer of the
1950’s relied primarily on his own “sense of the weather” present and its implications
relative to what might be coming.
There is little doubt that many of the early ocean racers were extremely skilled and had
developed a real “feel” for the weather. Of course, there were times when their
expectation of what was coming differed substantially from what arrived. This ability to
accommodate these extremes placed some very particular constraints on both vessel
designs and crew capabilities.
Our understanding of Gulf Stream dynamics was also in its infancy in the 1950’s. The Stream
had been mapped since the time of Benjamin Franklin and detailed profiling of sections by the
RV Atlantis began in 1931. The beginnings of an accurate understanding of Stream structure
and location and its spatial and temporal variability dates to this time and the multi-ship surveys
of Operation Cabot in 1950.
A sense of the information
provided to the Bermuda racer
during this period can be
obtained by review of the
pamphlet prepared by Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution
for the 1954 race. Entitled a
“Prediction of the Unpredictable
Gulf Stream” this document
included a number of “rules of
thumb” for use by the navigator
based primarily on water temperature
measurements and a series of maps
based on aerial and shipboard surveys
conducted over a two-week period
just prior to the race. The aerial and
shipboard surveys provide limited
spatial coverage and only slight
indication of the spatial and temporal
variability of the Stream in the vicinity
of the rhumb line (see Figs. 1 &2).
Prediction of Gulf Stream Position and Structure based on Aerial and Shipboard Survey
Results of an Aerial Survey of Portions of the Northern Edge of Gulf Stream - 1954
From: A Prediction of the Unpredictable Gulf Stream
Despite these limitations a prediction of Stream structure was prepared and given to race
participants (Fig. 3). Along with this prediction came a plot showing the results of a earlier
more extensive survey of the Stream over a two week period in 1950 (Fig.4) intended to
provide a sense of the potential variability in Stream location and a disclaimer by the author
of the report that the “Stream changes from week to week so... losers of the race Please
don’t hold us responsible!” It was the best that could be provided at the time and
represented the beginnings of Gulf Stream prediction that remains a challenge to this day.
Over the next six years following the 1954 Newport Bermuda Race, Gulf Stream mapping
changed very little. Participants in the 1960 race received a schematic based on aerial
surveys that differed in detail only slightly from the 1954 plot (Fig. 5), but changes were
coming. An increasing need to accurately map Gulf Stream location for military purposes
resulted in the initiation of regular large area aerial surveys laying the foundation for a
series of maps that remain available today (Fig.6).
The launch of satellites through the 1960’s began to provide regular synoptic views of large
segments of the Stream. Much of these data received limited distribution due to security
concerns and the need for sophisticated receiving equipment. This situation changed
through the 1970’s with increasing analyses by a number of federal agencies, such as the
work at NOAA by Jennifer Clark, yielding sea surface temperature maps available through
subscription and fax.
By the 1980’s detailed analyses of Gulf Stream structure including consideration of both
the main body of the Stream and associated warm and cold core rings was a routine part
of the briefing provided to Newport Bermuda Race skippers and navigators.
Complementing this increase in Gulf Stream detail was a significant improvement in the
quality and dissemination of the weather forecast. Supported by the combination of
increasing satellite coverage, an expanding observer network, both afloat and ashore, and
the availability of high speed and capacity computers, weather forecasts have progressively
improved from 1960 to today. In the United States forecasts typically make use of multiple
computer models each with slightly different initial conditions and internal dynamics.
This process has resulted in a steady increase in forecast accuracy and has allowed forecast
duration to grow from less than 48hrs in the 1960’s to more than 120 hours today.
Improved communications in the
form of lightweight relatively low
power single side band marine
transceivers and the increasing
availability of satellite e-mail and
the internet make these
improved forecasts available to
all of the Newport Bermuda Race
participants.
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Using some combination of SSB radio, computer, and satellite
communications today’s navigator can receive up to10 images each
day of sea surface temperature in the vicinity of the rhumb line as
well as a daily composite (Fig.7) from several internet sources and
four analyses daily of existing surface meteorological conditions in
the area plus 24, 48 and 96 hour forecasts from the National
Weather Service.
Figure 5 Map of Gulf Stream Position Provided to 1960 Newport-Bermuda Race Participants
The surface analyses can be combined with upper level data to provide a comprehensive
picture of the factors affecting the weather being experienced by the observer. This
represents a significant supplement to the mariner’s “sense of the weather” discussed
above. In some races the frequency and amount of meteorological/oceanographic data
might be significantly greater as information flows from a contracted shoreside router or
personal met service. Such shoreside assistance during the race has not been permitted in
the Newport Bemuda Race.
Comparing the information supplied today to that provided to Carleton Mitchell and his
fellow racers in the late 1950’s indicates an increase in quality, quantity, and availability.
All agree that this body of information contributes directly to increased safety at sea and
has served to significantly alter our approach to the development of strategy to be used in
a given ocean race. But has it affected the probabilities governing the Great Atlantic
Lottery? Despite the passage of some time and evolving improvements in small boat
design and equipment, the achievement of Mitchell and his crew has not been repeated.
Is there a lesson to be learned from this fact? Possibly.
Consider the boat Finisterre. A bit radical in design, but a boat that was primarily built for
cruising and was by some standards “lavishly equipped and appointed”. Writing in Sailing
World in 2001, Tony Bessinger reported that Mitchell claimed that, during design
discussion regarding his new boat, rating was never the issue. Seaworthiness and an ability
to accommodate the widest range of conditions, both inshore and off, safely and in comfort
Figure 6 U.S. Navy Sea Surface Temperature Chart of Gulf Stream and Adjoining Waters
May 11, 2005
were the primary requirements. The resulting design yielded a boat that at once showed
herself able to ghost along in light air and/or carry sail in conditions where many boats of
the time were deeply reefed or lying to. Aggressively sailed by a first class and experienced
crew, the design proved to be a winner in the changing conditions typically found during
the majority of Bermuda Races.
With these criteria in mind, it would appear that one possible reason for the failure to
achieve repeat wins since Mitchell’s achievement is the increasing tendency to narrow the
performance range of the ocean race boat. Ironically, this might be the result of the
increased stream of weather and
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The 2006 Onion Patch Series
scored under IRC
The 2006 Onion Patch series will be raced under the IRC rating rule. Late in 2004, the
New York Yacht Club adopted IRC for its rating rule for handicap racing through 2007. In
January 2005, the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club also adopted IRC for all handicap racing
hosted by their club. The Newport Bermuda Race will also be raced under IRC along with
ORR.
“The 2006 Onion Patch Series consists of the New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta, the
Centennial Bermuda Race co-organized by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and the Cruising
Club of America, and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Anniversary Regatta,” said Onion Patch
Chairman John Mendez of the New York Yacht Club. “Both the NYYC and RBYC had
decided to score all of their club events with IRC which is recognized by ISAF as an
international rating system.”
“The Bermuda Race Organizers decided to race under IRC and ORR,” Mendez noted, “so
the Onion Patch Committee decided to score the entire series under IRC. We didn’t feel
we could have an equitable event unless all entries race under the same rules. In addition,
the committee and event organizers agreed that the use of IRC as the series scoring system
could influence greater participation in this International event.”
The RBYC Commodore elect Andrew Cox stated, “The centennial year of the Bermuda Race
is a wonderful opportunity for us to encourage sailors of all nations to compete in the series
under a truly International rating system. We certainly want to give sailors the type of
racing they want in order to foster broad participation in the Centennial Bermuda Race, and
we want to make it more attractive for international competition in the Onion Patch Series.
The Onion Patch Trophy that the RBYC originally presented was first competed for in 1964
and the Centennial of the Bermuda Race would be the best time to see participation in the
event expand.”
In 2006, all races of the NYYC Annual Regatta in Newport June 9-11th will once again
be part of the series schedule. The Cruising Club of America/Royal Bermuda Yacht Club
US-IRC Gulf Stream Series
concludes with
RBYC Anniversary Regatta
The US-IRC Gulf Stream Series started in January ‘06 with the Ft. Lauderdale to
Key West Race and concludes with the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club’s Anniversary
Regatta following the Centennial Bermuda Race in June. Premiere Racing,
organizers of Acura Key West 2006 and Acura Miami Race Week, has donated
Keeper Trophies. Perpetual trophies for individual and team competition have been
donated by friends of US-IRC.
To compete in the series, the NYYC Annual Regatta and the RBYC Anniversary
Regatta are required as is one of the two medium distance races... Ft Lauderdale
to Key West or the Block Island Race. Two of the other events from the list of
participating events must be sailed at the owner’s choice to complete the series.
The Notice of Series for the US-IRC Gulf Stream Series is online at http://www.usirc.org/ through the link to the series. Entry will be online through the same site.
Yachts will enter individually, and they may also form two-boat teams to compete
for additional honors. Team entries do not have to participate in the same events
throughout the series. Entries will be accepted up until the first event in which a
yacht enters for the series.
On the approach to the finish of the RBYC Anniversary Regatta, the
final race of the Onion Patch Series and in 2006 the conclusion of the
US-IRC Gulf Stream Series, Barry Pickthall/PPL
Newport Bermuda Race that starts June 16th is the ocean race for the series. All races of
the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Anniversary Regatta are scheduled for June 23rd in
Bermuda.
The Onion Patch racing in Bermuda will continue to use the new format introduced in
2004. There will be one short Windward/Leeward race in the Great Sound and a longer
“round the buoys” course planned with the start in the Great Sound, a course around
multiple marks, with the finish in Hamilton Harbour near Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. The
club marina will provide an excellent spectator vantage point to view the finish of the series
and will tie into the special celebrations planned for the Centennial Bermuda Race.
The Onion Patch Series is organized by the New York Yacht Club (NYYC), the Cruising Club
of America (CCA) and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) and is open to all yachts with
IRC certificates entered in the 2006 Newport Bermuda Race. All yachts will race as
individual entries, but are encouraged to form three-boat teams to compete for the Onion
Patch Trophy. The Henry B. du Pont Trophy is awarded to the best scoring individual yacht
participating in the series. The first yacht on IRC corrected time in the Bermuda Race that
is a competitor in the Onion Patch Series will be awarded the Catherine Hollis Memorial
Trophy. Onion Patch prizes will be awarded at the Newport Bermuda Race Prize Giving
Ceremony Saturday June 24th at 18:30 by invitation.
Yachts that cannot enter the entire series may enter the Bermuda Race or either of the
other individual regattas held at NYYC or RBYC.
Notices of Race for individual events may be obtained by visiting the website of the
individual organization. The Onion Patch Notice of Series is posted at
http://www.nyyc.org/ and http://www.onionpatchseries.com/
Sail
the Series
Onion Patch 2006
Offering IRC Racing at its Best
• The NYYC Annual Regatta • The Bermuda Race Centennial •
• The RBYC Anniversary Regatta and The Gulf Stream Series, too •
If you are entered in the 2006 Bermuda Race
in one of the IRC Lighthouse Divisions, or
the IRC Demonstration Division then you are
eligible to race under IRC in the 2006 Onion
Patch Series. Yachts enter individually, but may
also form three-boat teams for the series.
The 152nd New York Yacht Club Annual
Regatta runs June 9-11 and may include as
many as 10 races in Newport. The classic 635
mile Newport Bermuda Race organized by
The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and the
Cruising Club of America starts June 16th.
The Royal Bermuda YC Anniversary Regatta
sailed on June 23rd offers two races, a
windward-leeward course in the Great Sound
and a flexi-course in the Great Sound, in
Granaway Deep, and in Port Royal Bay with
the finish planned in Hamilton Harbour off
the RBYC Marina.
Racing in the RBYC Anniversary Regatta will
be followed by the prizegiving in Barrs Park
and some Gosling Dark‘n Stormy’s™ the
official drink of the RBYC regatta.
There will be a spectacular
Gosling’s 200th birthday
party later at Dockyard.
Onion Patch Series
trophies for the individual
and team winners will be
awarded at the Bermuda Race
Centennial prizegiving on
June 24th.
For all the entry information, go to www.nyyc.org,
www.bermudarace.com, www.rbyc.bm and
www.onionpatchseries.com
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Communications for the 2006 Bermuda Race
by Steven Thing
The fleet, bound for Bermuda in June of 2006, will probably be the most and the best
“connected” of any sailing fleet in the Atlantic. Communications will take many forms.
Satellite technology will be the centerpiece.
For the first time in this event, each vessel in the fleet will be equipped with an iBoatTrack
“transponder” provided by the support of Coldwell Banker. It’s a self-contained box,
internally powered, which will receive global positioning data from one set of satellites and
then re-transmit the essential data to another constellation of satellites, with the signals
“communicating” back to a website in Massachusetts, from where, anyone in the world
can observe and track all the competitors as they race towards Bermuda.
Some boats are likely to have another “data communications” service via either low-earthorbiting satellites or the geostationary “birds” hovering about the equator. However, by
far the most common means of communications will be the - by now ubiquitous - satellite
telephone. ‘Sat’ phones will be used to gather updated weather predictions, most
commonly by means of a rather slow connection to text services via the Internet. Some
might even try to learn of their competitors positions via the iBoatTrack web site (although
the effort will be awkward given the slow and
sometimes intermittent connections, characteristic of
“sat” phone calls). A few boats will even have direct
satellite-to-boat antennas and the special equipment to
display weather images taken as the “bird” flies by
overhead.
However, there will be many other essential
communications facilities throughout the fleet. Every
vessel will have at least two VHF transceivers for
communicating within a range of several miles. Many
of the fleet will continue with the sometimes-difficult
Single Sideband radios. They will be able to
communicate many hundreds and sometimes
ON CALL
thousands of miles, without the satellites. They will be able to listen-in to the high seas
marine weather broadcasts, the daily announcements from Geronimo, the Communications
Vessel accompanying the fleet to Bermuda, receive weatherfax images, and (often late at
night) BBC World Service from London. A few might even make a telephone call via their
SSB through WLO, a powerful radio station in Mobile, Alabama. Upon their return voyage
back to the mainland, many of the SSB-equipped vessels will carry on a regular daily chat
on one of the simplex frequencies, just to keep tabs on each other and to tell outrageous
stories of their voyages.
Even if the satellites drop out of the sky and everyone’s batteries go dead, the fleet still
has an ancient, but workable, means of communications. They all carry international code
flags and a little book with the commonly coded messages. For example, if sailing under
jury-rigged steering, they might fly the “D” flag for “Keep clear of me, I am maneuvering
with difficulty” or if just off St. George they may fly a “Z” flag for “I require a tug.” The
flag “W” means “I require medical assistance” and, the sequence of flags “A” “L” means
“I have a doctor on board.”
The rules of the race severely limit the type of “out-going”
communications that can be sent from a competitor while
racing (except in case of emergency, of course); however,
every boat is free to “listen in” to whatever communications
broadcasts are freely available to all. Geronimo will be out
there as a multi-purpose communications platform, to
broadcast weather information, race announcements and to
listen for emergency calls, whether by ‘sat’ phone, Single
Sideband, VHF or code flag signals.
The crew of the USNA vessel Lively dry out
their gear after taking first in Class 2 Cruiser/
Racer. Talbot Wilson/PPL
The Emergency Department at
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
When injuries happen and you have an emergency aboard, stabilize the victim and
follow the emergency procedures notice given to each boat before the start, and
report the incident via satellite phone to the crew on Geronimo the race
communications yacht that shadows the fleet down to Bermuda.
The race communications leader will in turn alert the Race Committee and continue
to monitor the situation.
If the emergency is severe, the next procedure is to call via the satellite phone to
the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston at the number provided in the
emergency action bulletin in the skipper’s packet. Specialists there will help with
emergency care instructions. This is a special service provided by Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center for the race and is supported by individual contributions.
The Emergency Department at Harvard Medical School-affiliated Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center is pleased to give medical assistance to the Centennial
Bermuda Race as it did for the races in 2002 and 2004.
In addition to its direct clinical mission, the Department provides radio and telephone
real-time medical control for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) ambulances in
nearby communities, as well as serving as a center for EMS research and training.
Providing medical support for the Newport Bermuda race is a natural outgrowth of
this function. The initial point of contact for all medical calls will be Dr. Jon Burstein,
who is both on the clinical staff and is the Massachusetts State EMS Medical
Director, as well as having medical experience with the US Coast Guard.
As a backup, in the unlikely event he should be unreachable, the physician staff with
experience in EMS, disaster medicine, maritime medicine, and austere medical care,
will be able to use the medical control communications facilities to provide race
medical support. BIDMC also has numerous sub-specialists (such as toxicologists
and surgical personnel) who could be available to assist with advice, if needed.
A Level I Trauma Center with more than 52,000 patient visits a year, Beth Israel
Deaconess Medical Center’s emergency department embodies a visionary approach
to patient-centered care: everything about the facility has been designed to help
clinicians provide the most sophisticated and rapid emergency and trauma care
available. The ED is staffed by a team of professionals, including board-certified
emergency physicians and nurses certified in trauma care.
The next question was what to do with the injured crewman. Should you turn back
to the mainland or continue to Bermuda. Should the person need to be airlifted off
the boat the Coast Guard will coordinate that operation with the Race crisis
management person based in Newport.
On arrival in Bermuda, ask Harbour Radio for guidance and for express Customs
clearance. Arrange for immediate transportation to the King Edward VII hospital in
Bermuda for emergency treatment. The Bermuda Race Organizing committee and
the crisis management team are there to help, but the best advice is to always think
safety at all times.
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2006 Newport Bermuda Race® Official Notice of Race and Conditions of Race
Start: Friday, June 16, 2006
The Newport Bermuda Race® is organized by the Cruising Club of America
and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and is open to yachts meeting the
requirements listed below whose Captains have been invited to participate by
the sponsoring clubs. The race will be handicapped with ORR (Offshore
Racing Rule) and IRC. The course is from Newport, RI to Bermuda with a
first warning gun scheduled for 1250 EDT Friday, June 16, 2006.
1. RULES
1.1
The race will be governed by the rules as described in The Racing
Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2005-2008 including US Sailing
Prescriptions, the 2006 Offshore Racing Rule (ORR), the 2006 IRC
Rule, the 2006-2007 ISAF Offshore Special Regulations for
Category 1 including US SAILING Prescriptions, and by this Notice of
Race and Sailing Instructions.
1.2
RRS Part 2 will be replaced by Part B, the Steering and Sailing Rules,
of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
(COLREGS) between the hours of local sunset and local sunrise.
1.3
Specific attention is directed to RRS Fundamental Rules 1.1 & 4,
which state:
1.1. A boat or competitor shall give all possible help to
any person or vessel in danger.
4.
The responsibility for a boat’s decision to
participate in a race or to continue racing is
hers alone.
1.4
For the purposes of RRS 79 and ISAF Regulation 20, this race is
designated “Category C.” A brief description of any advertising
carried by a yacht must be provided with the entry forms.
Advertising deemed by the Organizing Authority not to be compliant
with ISAF Regulation 20.2 and 20.2.1 may be rejected.
1.5
ORR rating rule requirements must be met by all yachts. IRC rating
rule requirements must also be met for those yachts to be scored
under IRC.
2. RACE MANAGEMENT
2.1
2.1 The Organizing Authority is the Cruising Club of America (CCA) and
the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC), hereinafter called the Bermuda
Race Organizing Committee (BROC). CCA shall have full power to
decide all race matters arising prior to the last start and 24 hours
thereafter. RBYC shall be in charge of the finish and shall have full
power to decide all race matters arising 24 hours after the last start.
2.2
An International Jury will be constituted in accordance with RRS 70.4
and Appendix N.
3. ELIGIBILITY & SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS
3.1
Yacht Eligibility
3.1.1 Yachts must be single-hulled sailing vessels with inboard auxiliary
power manned by a captain and crew who have demonstrated and
documented recent competency in offshore yacht racing or passages.
3.1.2 Substantial compliance with the requirements of the American
Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Guide for Building and Classing Offshore
Racing Yachts is required. All yachts shall submit ABS Certificates
unless they have submitted documentation to US SAILING and ABS
compliance is listed on the yacht’s rating certificate. If there is no
ABS Certificate or ABS compliance on the rating certificate,
substantial compliance shall be declared in writing by the designer,
builder, and where applicable, the structural engineer. The
Committee may consider the qualification of a yacht by virtue of its
offshore history and/or survey.
3.2
Crew Eligibility and Responsibility
3.2.1 The term Captain as used in this Notice of Race means the person,
whether or not the owner of the yacht, who is designated on the
entry form as “Captain” and who is the Person In Charge of the
yacht during the race. The Captain is responsible for the yacht, its
handling and safety, the conduct of the crew before and after, as
well as during the race, and compliance with the Notice of Race and
the Sailing Instructions.
3.2.2 Captains must be current members of US SAILING or their national
authority.
3.2.3 The Captain and Navigator shall have successfully completed the
2002 or 2004 Newport Bermuda Race in their respective capacities.
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Otherwise, completion of an Offshore Experience Form for Captain,
Navigator and Watch Captains will be required for Committee review.
3.2.4 A minimum of thirty percent (30%) of all crew members including at
least two (2) of the following (captain, navigator, port and
starboard watch captains) shall have attended a sanctioned Safetyat-Sea Seminar within three years prior to the start of the race. For
Double-Handed Division yachts, both crew shall meet this
requirement.
3.2.5 All yachts must submit crew lists that include the Captain and all
persons aboard while racing. The Crew Lists submitted for yachts
sailing in the St. David’s Lighthouse, Cruiser and Double-handed
Divisions must include an ISAF Sailor’s Classification Code for each
person aboard. ISAF Sailor’s Classifications can be obtained online
at at www.sailing.org/isafsailor. The ISAF Sailor Classification Code
will apply. Composite Crew Lists will be published online and
distributed at the Captain’s Meeting. Changes to any published
Crew List will be presumed to be Group 2/3 competitors unless
accompanied by an ISAF Sailor’s Classification Code. Any yacht may
challenge any competitor’s ISAF Sailor’s Classification Code which
may then be submitted as a protest to the International Jury prior to
the Classification Protest Time Limit of 0800 June 16, 2006.
Protests will be posted on the Official Notice Board at the
Committee’s Newport Office at the Marriott Hotel by 0900 on June
16. There is no time limit on protests filed by the Committee.
3.2.6 In the St. David’s Lighthouse Division and Cruiser Division the total,
combined number of crew with an ISAF Sailor Classification of either
Group 2 or Group 3 will be limited according to the table below.
ISAF Sailors Classification Group 2 & 3 Limitations
LOA (feet)
LOA (meters)
26.0 - 34.99
7.925 - 10.665
35.0 - 41.99
10.668 - 12.799
42.0 - 48.99
12.802 - 14.932
49.0 - 55.99
14.935 - 17.066
56.0 - 62.99
17.069 - 19.200
63.0 - 69.99
19.203 - 21.333
70.0 - 76.99
21.336 - 23.467
77.0 - 100.00
23.470 - 30.480
Limit
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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Only owners (defined as having at least a one-third partner
interest in ownership of the yacht) and ISAF Sailor Classification
Group 1 competitors shall steer a yacht in the St. David’s
Lighthouse or Cruiser Divisions. In accordance with RRS
64.1(a), the jury may waive penalties or impose penalties other
than disqualification for infringements of this rule.
3.2.7 A Crew Information and Waiver Form will be part of the Race Entry
Package. These forms must be completed, signed and returned by
each and every crew member, including the Captain, before an entry
will be considered complete. If they are not submitted with the Entry
Form they must be completed and turned in to the Bermuda Race
Organizing Committee no later than 1700, Monday, June 5, 2006.
Submissions after this deadline will be accepted only upon
Committee approval and payment of an additional $500
administrative late fee.
3.3
Safety Requirements
3.3.1 All yachts shall comply with the ISAF Offshore Special Regulations
2006 – 2007 for Category 1 Events, including US SAILING
Prescriptions.
3.3.2 ORR Stability Index “SI” shall not be less than 115.0.
3.3.3 Yachts with movable ballast (water or cant keel) shall comply with
Appendix K – Movable and Variable Ballast of the ISAF Offshore
Special Regulations 2006-2007. These yachts shall also comply
with the ORR Rule 2.02.3 Ballast-Leeward Recovery Index (BLRI) for
the recommended limits for a Special Regulations Category 1 event.
3.3.4 All movable ballast yachts (water or cant keel) shall demonstrate the
ability to return to a man overboard in reasonable time when fully
ballasted or canted, to the satisfaction of the Bermuda Race
Organizing Committee.
3.3.5 All yachts shall comply with the Newport Bermuda Race® Additional
Requirements contained in Appendix A of the Notice of Race.
3.3.6 Captains are urged to consider the Newport Bermuda Race®
Recommendations contained in Appendix B of the Notice of Race.
3.3.7 Yachts will be required to have on board a position transponder
supplied by the Bermuda Race Organizing Committee to aid in
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tracking of vessels. A security deposit of $495 will be required and
will be refunded in full upon return of the transponder at mandatory
Bermuda Check-In at RBYC.
4. DIVISIONS
4.1
The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee shall have full authority to
determine the suitability of any yacht for entry into any division, and
may divide any division into classes at its discretion.
4.1.2 Yachts must have a valid “Full Measurement” ORR Rating Certificate
and, where applicable, a valid, endorsed IRC Rating Certificate
appropriate to their Division.
4.1.3 Yachts must be fully compliant with the ORR and IRC Rules for which
they submit certificates, except as modified by this Notice of Race.
4.1.4 The following Divisions will be included in the 2006 Newport
Bermuda Race®:
• St. David’s Lighthouse Division
• Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division
• Cruiser Division
• Double-Handed Division (spinnaker)
• Demonstration Division
4.1.5 It is the intent of the Newport Bermuda Race® Organizing
Committee to divide the St. David’s Lighthouse Division and Gibbs
Hill Division yachts in the 2006 Newport Bermuda Race® by
amateur/professional crew composition.
4.1.6 Yachts with movable water ballast will be allowed in the Gibbs Hill,
Double-Handed and Demonstration Divisions of the Newport
Bermuda Race.® Yachts with cant keel movable ballast can only
sail in the Demonstration Division. The use of movable ballast shall
be declared on the Entry Form. Yachts will sail in full compliance
with RRS 51 except RRS 51 is modified to allow the moving of the
declared water ballast or cant keel ballast only. All other movable
ballast as defined by RRS 51 shall be subject to that rule.
4.1.7 Yachts will sail in compliance with RRS 52 regarding manual power
except as modified below for the Cruiser and Double-Handed
Divisions. This modifies IRC Rule 14.
4.1.8 A yacht shall not carry on board more sails of each type than the
numbers below:
Large Jibs . . . . . . . . . . 5 Small Jibs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Light Staysails . . . . . . . 1 Spinnakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Mainsails . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mizzens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Mizzen Staysails . . . . . 2 Storm Trysails . . . . . Unlimited
Storm Jibs . . . . Unlimited Heavy Weather Jib . . Unlimited
• Large jibs are those having an LPG greater than 1.1*J.
• Small jibs are those having an LPG less than or equal to 1.1*J.
Sails in this category, except inner forestaysails, must be set on
stays permanently attached to the mast and tacked on the
centerline of the yacht. Inner forestaysails must also be tacked
on the centerline of the yacht, but need not be set on a stay.
• Where the largest jib for which a yacht is rated is a Small Jib, the
total number of jibs allowed shall be the respective Small Jib
maximum plus two.
• Light staysails are those having an LPG less than or equal to 1.1*J
which shall only be set flying.
• The specifications of storm and heavy weather sails are those of
the Offshore Special Regulations Governing Offshore Racing,
section 4.26.4.
• NOR 4.1.8 supersedes the sail limitations of the ORR and IRC
Rules.
4.1.9 Attention is drawn to IRC Rule 26.6.2, “Boats carrying more than
three spinnakers in total on board while racing will incur an increase
in rating.” All yachts submitting an IRC certificate must insure that
the actual number of spinnakers carried on board for the Bermuda
Race is shown on the submitted certificate.
4.1.10The current record for fastest elapsed time shall be competed for by
the St. David’s Lighthouse Division and the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse
Division. The Corporation of Hamilton Trophy shall be awarded to
the yacht in the St. David’s Lighthouse Division or the Gibbs Hill
Lighthouse Division with the fastest elapsed time. The Herbert L.
Stone Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the yacht with the fastest
elapsed time in the Cruiser Division. A separate award will be
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presented for the yacht in the Demonstration Division with the fastest
elapsed time.
4.2
4.3.2 Yacht Eligibility
• ORR “L” shall not be less than 27.5 feet.
St. David’s Lighthouse Division
• The ORR GPH value shall not be less than (faster than) 403
seconds per mile based on 2005 ORR Rule. (Note: The number
associated with this limit will be adjusted to take into account
changes in the 2006 ORR Rule when finalized.)
4.2.1 The St. David’s Lighthouse Division will offer dual scoring under ORR
and IRC. Yachts competing in the St. David’s Lighthouse Division shall
submit a valid ORR certificate with Stability Index and will be scored
under this rule. In addition, yachts in this Division may also submit a
valid endorsed IRC certificate allowing scoring under that rule. This
Division will compete for St. David’s Lighthouse Trophies under both
ORR and IRC. If the same yacht has the lowest corrected time under
both rules, only one St. David’s Lighthouse Trophy will be awarded.
4.3.3 There are no limits on remunerated/professional crew in the Gibbs
Hill Lighthouse Division; ORR Part Rule 4.03 on “Crew Limitations on
Professionals” does not apply.
4.3.4 The minimum number of crew aboard shall be four persons.
• ORR “L” shall not be less than 27.5 feet.
• LOA shall not be greater than 30.000 meters
4.2.3 All yachts sailing in the St. David’s Lighthouse Division must sail with
the crew restrictions defined in Paragraph 3.2.6. Captains are
strongly cautioned to understand the specific implications in these
documents concerning the limitations of Group 2 and 3 competitors
defined in the ISAF Sailor’s Classification Code.
• LOA shall not be greater than 30.000 meters.
4.3.5 Yachts will sail in full compliance with RRS 51 except RRS 51 is
modified to allow the moving of declared water ballast only. All other
movable ballast as defined by RRS 51 shall be subject to that rule.
4.4
Cruiser Division
4.4.1 The Cruiser Division will be scored under ORR. Yachts competing in
the Cruiser Division shall submit a valid ORR certificate with Stability
Index. This Division will compete for the Carleton Mitchell/Finisterre
Trophy under ORR. Boats will be allowed one “cruising spinnaker”
as detailed in paragraph 4.4.8. Yachts must declare use of one
“cruising spinnaker” or no spinnaker and be rated as such.
• ORR”L” shall not be less than 27.5 feet.
4.2.5 The St. David’s Lighthouse Division yachts will sail in full compliance
with RRS 51 and 52.
4.3
Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division
4.3.1 The Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division will be dual scored under ORR and
IRC. Yachts competing in the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division shall
submit both a valid ORR certificate with Stability Index and a valid
endorsed IRC certificate. This Division will compete for Gibbs Hill
Lighthouse Trophies under both ORR and IRC. If a yacht has the
lowest corrected time under both rules, only one Gibbs Hill Lighthouse
Trophy will be awarded.
4.4.3 All yachts sailing in the Cruiser Division must sail with the crew
restrictions defined in paragraph 3.2.6. Captains are strongly
cautioned to understand the specific implications in these documents
concerning the limitations of Group 2 and 3 competitors defined in
the ISAF Sailor’s Classification Code.
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4.4.5 Power-driven winches and mechanical and electro-mechanical steering
devices are permitted; this modifies RRS 52. Yachts will sail in full
compliance with RRS 51.
4.4.6 Whisker poles longer than "J" are not permitted for winging out jibs.
No headsail may be winged out on the same side as the mainsail.
4.4.7 Only one jib may be set on a given forestay at a time. Luffs of jibs
and staysails must be fully attached to a forestay.
4.4.8 Yachts will be allowed one asymmetrical cruising spinnaker, provided
the tack is attached at the centerline of the yacht. The tack may be
at the stem, or to the end of a bowsprit, or to the end of a sprit which
is permanently installed at the bow of the yacht for the purpose of
tacking down an asymmetrical spinnaker. The sail must be made of
Nylon or Polyester. Sail measurements and tack point must be
reflected in the ORR certificate of a yacht electing to use a cruising
spinnaker.
4.4.9 Yachts carrying a cruising asymmetrical spinnaker according to 4.4.8
above, may carry a whisker pole for winging out a jib as per 4.4.6
above. This paragraph supercedes ORR Rule 9.05.1.b. If a whisker
pole is carried aboard the yacht, it cannot be used to shift the tack of
the spinnaker nor can it be used for sheeting the spinnaker. A winged
out jib cannot be flown at the same time as the cruising asymmetrical
spinnaker.
4.5
Double-handed Division
4.5.1 The Double-handed Division will offer dual scoring under ORR and IRC.
Yachts competing in the Double-Handed Division shall submit a valid
ORR certificate with Stability Index and will be scored under this rule.
In addition, yachts in this Division may also submit a valid endorsed
IRC certificate allowing scoring under that rule. Yachts entering the
Double-handed Division will compete for the Weld Prize and the
Moxie Prize and must be sailed in accordance with ORR Regulations.
4.5.3 For the Double-handed Division, the Captain must be a Group 1 or
Group 2 ISAF Sailor Classification Code. If the Captain is a Group 1
Sailor, the second crew member may be a Group 1, 2 or 3
Classification. If the Captain is a Group 2 Sailor, the second crew
member shall be a Group 1 or 2 Classification. Both crew members
may steer while racing. This replaces ORR Rule 4.03 titled “Crew
Limitations on Professionals.”
4.5.4 There shall be two crew members aboard all yachts.
4.5.5 Power-driven winches and mechanical and electro-mechanical steering
devices are permitted; this modifies RRS 52. Yachts will sail in full
compliance with RRS 51 except RRS 51 is modified to allow the
moving of declared water ballast only. All other movable ballast as
defined by RRS 51 shall be subject to that rule.
4.6
Demonstration Division
4.6.1 The Demonstration Division will be dual scored under ORR and IRC.
Yachts competing in the Demonstration Division shall submit both a
valid ORR certificate with Stability Index and a valid endorsed IRC
certificate. Yachts with cant keel ballast must sail in the
Demonstration Division (with or without professional crews). This
Division will compete for the Royal Mail Trophy under both ORR and
IRC with keepers awarded. If the same yacht has the lowest
corrected time under both rules, only one keeper will be awarded.
• LOA shall not be greater than 30.000 meters.
4.6.3 There are no limits on remunerated/professional crew in the
Demonstration Division; ORR Rule 4.03 titled “Crew Limitations on
Professionals” does not apply.
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4.6.6 Yachts will sail in full compliance with RRS 51 except RRS 51 is
modified to allow the moving of declared water ballast and cant
keels only. All other movable ballast as defined by RRS 51 shall be
subject to that rule.
4.6.7 If a yacht has design features that are not allowed under ORR Rules,
then that yacht shall make an application to the Organizing
Committee for the use of an Experimental ORR certificate. The
Organizing Committee may, at its sole discretion, evaluate those
design features and, if it determines that those features can be fairly
rated, then the Organizing Committee will petition the Offshore
Racing Association (ORA) to consider approval of an experimental
rating certificate, and recommend to US Sailing the approval of
same. That certificate will be issued for the 2006 Newport to
Bermuda Race only.
5. ENTRY PROCESS
Note: The “Entry Process” should be completed online at the official web
site at www.bermudarace.com. Captains are encouraged to use this
method to facilitate your entry process and enable the Committee to
record information quickly and accurately.
5.1
Application for Entry
5.1.1 An Application for Entry (AFE), available online at
www.bermudarace.com, must be completed and delivered along
with a non-refundable Application Fee of $50 no later than April 1,
2006. Applications for Entry will include the following items:
Application for Entry & Documents
Deadline: 1700 hours on April 1, 2006
5.2
Description
Reference
Application for Entry (AFE) . . . . . . . . . . .
NOR 5.1.1
Application Fee (non-refundable) . . . . . . .
NOR 5.1.1
Offshore Experience Form (OEF)
(if required) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NOR 3.2.3
Race Entry
5.2.1 The Newport Bermuda Race is an invitational event. The Bermuda
Race Organizing Committee is not required to accept all Entries.
Yachts considered for entry will receive online access to Entry Forms
and related materials subsequent to receipt and approval of the
Application for Entry. Entry Forms must be completed and received
no later than 1700 hours on May 15, 2006; new entries may
not be accepted after this date. The following supporting
documentation shall accompany the Supplemental Information
Form.
Race Entry Supporting Documentation
Deadline: 1700 hours on May 15, 2006
Description
Reference
Supplemental Information
Form (SIF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NOR 5.2.1
Entry Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NOR 5.2.2
Crew Information and
Waiver Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NOR 3.2.6
Indemnification and Waiver Form
Valid Rating Certificates
(ORR/IRC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NOR 4.1.2
Details of Advertising
Being Carried . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NOR 1.4
ABS Certification or Designer
Builder/Engineer Letters . . . . . . . .
Stability Calculations for Movable
Ballast Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ISAF SPECIAL REGS,
Scantlings
ISAF Special Regs,
Appendix K
The Race Entry and supporting documentation must be received by
1700 hours on May 15, 2006. The yacht’s rating certificates may
be submitted up until 1700 on June 1, 2006. At the Bermuda Race
Organizing Committee’s discretion, supporting documentation may
be accepted after these dates with the payment of a $300 per
document late fee.
5.2.2 The race entry fee must accompany the Supplemental Information
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Form, either by electronic credit card capture or by check. Checks
should be made payable to: Cruising Club of America. Entry fees are
as stated in the following table:
Race Entry Fees
Category
6.2
It is the Captain’s responsibility to arrange with a Race Inspector a
mutually acceptable time and place for the pre-race Inspection of his
yacht. A list of inspectors and a copy of the Pre-Race Inspection
Checklist will be sent to each yacht owner in the Race Entry Package.
Prior to the Inspection, the Captain should review all items in the PreRace Inspection Checklist with the ISAF Special Regulations and NOR
Appendices in hand for detail, initialing those that are in compliance.
The Captain or his representative must be aboard for the pre-race
inspection. This person must be familiar with the yacht and use and
stowage of all required equipment. Yachts will not be checked in
and issued Sailing Instructions in Newport until all inspection items
have been resolved to the satisfaction of the Inspector.
6.3
Pre-Inspection Documentation:
Fee
Race Entry Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Crewmember Fee . . . . . . . . . . . .
$950.00
$50.00
per crewmember
including captian
Late Entry Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$500.00 additional
Late Documentation Fee . . . . .
$300.00
per item
(late or changed)
6. MANDATORY COURTESY INSPECTION
6.1
Movable and Variable Ballast
requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISAF Special
regulations Appendix K
The Committee will inspect all yachts for full compliance with
eligibility and equipment requirements. The inspection is a courtesy
and it remains the Captain’s responsibility to comply with all
requirements. Inspections should take place as soon as possible
after the Race Entry Package is received and the yacht is ready.
Inspections must be completed by 1600 hours on June 4, 2006.
Inspections scheduled after 1600, June 4, 2006 will be subject to
a $300 administrative fee, paid in advance.
Each yacht shall file all of the following materials at least four days
prior to the onboard Inspection and not later than 1700 hours on
May 30, 2006. Forms supplied in the Race Entry Packet should be
used and the submission should be a complete packet.
Pre-Inspection Documentation
Deadline: Four days prior to Onboard Inspection and not later
than 1600, May 30, 2006
On Board Inspection
Description
Deadline: 1600, June 4, 2006
Documentation of
Cockpit Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . ISAF SPECIAL REGS,
Section 3
Cockpit Volume
Stability Index Rating Certificate . . . . . . . . . . ISAF SPECIAL REGS,
Section 3
Stability
Life Raft
Inspection Certificate . . . . . . . . ISAF SPECIAL REGS
Description
Reference
ISAF Special Regulation
Category 1 Compliance . . . . . . ISAF SPECIAL REGS
& US SAILING
Prescriptions
Newport Bermuda Race
Additional Requirements . . . . . NOR, Appendix A
Newport Bermuda Race
Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . NOR, Appendix B
Reference
406 EPIRB Registration . . . . . . NOR, Appendix A, 2
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Safety-At-Sea
participant list . . . . . . . . . . . . NOR 3.2.4;
ISAF, Section 6,
Training
On Board
Training Certificate
NOR, Appendix A, 6
Confirmation of
Mast Step & Lifelines . . . . . . . . ISAF, Section 3,
Mast Step & Lifelines
Confirmations of
Bilge Pumps & Discharge . . . . . ISAF, Section 3,
Bilge Pumps
6.4
The Committee reserves the right to re-inspect any yacht for
compliance before the start and after the yacht finishes in Bermuda.
The first three places in each class are generally inspected after
finishing. Failure to be in compliance subjects the yacht to protest
and time penalties in accordance with RRS.
conducting the check-in process after the deadline of 1600
Wednesday, June 14, 2006 upon payment of an additional
administrative late fee of $500 to offset computer and printing
costs.
7.3
Attention is called to RRS 76.1 requiring all fees to be paid before a
yacht may start.
7.4
Yachts are encouraged to pre-clear Bermuda Customs at Race
Headquarters in Newport between Tuesday June 13 to 1600 June
15, 2006. Yacht’s not pre-clearing Customs in Newport will be
required to clear Customs upon arrival in Bermuda.
8. MANDATORY BERMUDA CHECK-IN
8.1
Each Captain shall report to the Duty Desk at the Royal Bermuda
Yacht Club as soon as practicable, and not more than 18 hours after
finishing. The following tasks will be completed:
Bermuda Check-In
Deadline: 18 hours after finishing Tasks
7. MANDATORY NEWPORT CHECK-IN
• Submit Bermuda Customs & Immigration Forms
7.1
• Submit Certificate of Compliance
Each Captain or his designee (authorized in writing, signed by the
Captain) shall report to the Committee Office in Newport after
0900, Sunday, June 11 2006 and no later than 1600,
Wednesday, June 14, 2006. The following tasks will be completed
at Check-In:
Newport Check-In
Deadline: 1600 on June 14, 2006
• Submit Accident, Injury and Illness Survey
• Submit Bermuda Department of Tourism Survey
• Return Position Transponder
9. RATINGS & SCORING
9.1
Valid Rating Certificates, ORR and IRC, should accompany the Entry
Form. Rating Certificate revisions may be accepted after submission
of the Entry Form at the discretion of the Bermuda Race Organizing
Committee, if accompanied by a $300 administrative late fee. No
revisions to Rating Certificates will be accepted after 1700 hours on
June 1, 2006.
❑ Receive customs and immigration forms, Race and
Bermuda information
9.2
The course distance will be calculated as 635 nautical miles for all
Divisions.
No yacht will be checked in until all required Entry and Inspection
procedures have been completed. The Committee may consider
9.3
Corrected Times for all ORR yachts will be calculated using
Performance Curve Scoring (PCS) for Ocean Course.
Tasks
❑ Execute the final Certificate of Conditions and Qualifications
❑ Receive Sailing Instructions
❑ Receive two tickets to the Captains’ Meeting
7.2
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9.4
Time allowances for IRC yachts will be calculated using the yacht’s
TCC on a Time On Time (TOT) basis
10. SPECIAL LIMITATIONS
10.1 During the race, contestants may not receive weather, current, or
navigational information except from a publicized source available to
all competitors.
10.2 Subscription, passworded or restricted access web pages are
considered private information and may not be used for the
transmission or reception of specialized weather and Gulf Stream
information. General use of the Internet and publicly available web
sites to obtain weather and Gulf Stream information including all
National Weather Service data is authorized. Weather routing data
developed specifically for the Race may not be received while racing.
11. CAPTAINS’ MEETING
11.1 The Captains’ Meeting will be held at on Thursday, June 15, 2006
at 1700. Two crew from each yacht are required to attend the
Captains’ Meeting. Space limitations allow only two tickets per
yacht for this meeting. The meeting will be held at the Jane Pickens
Theatre, Newport, RI.
12. LIABILITY RELEASE
12.1 The Cruising Club of America and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club bear
no responsibility for accidents, damage or injuries to yachts or their
personnel arising from any cause during the race or related activities.
The Captain’s responsibility is as set out in the ISAF Offshore Special
Regulations and as defined on the Entry Forms.
13. MISCONDUCT
13.1 In the event of a serious breach of conduct by a Captain or crew
member while in Newport or Bermuda, the yacht may be subject to
protest and penalties or disqualification.
14. CHARTER AGREEMENTS
14.1 If a yacht is entered by other than its owner, the Committee may, as
a condition of entry, require an explanation of the charter
arrangements and a copy of the charter agreement.
15. PRIZES
15.1 A Prize Giving Ceremony is scheduled at 1830, Saturday, June 24,
2006 at Government House in Hamilton, Bermuda. Attendance at
Prize Giving is by invitation only. Four invitations will be provided to
each yacht at post-race check-in at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.
Limited additional race crew member invitations will be provided to
winning yachts.
15.2 Class prizes and medallions will be awarded for up to the first four
places on corrected time in each class, depending upon the number
of yachts in that class.
15.3 The following Division trophies will be awarded for First Place in
Division on corrected time. Should the same yacht win a Lighthouse
under both ORR and IRC in the St. David’s Lighthouse or Gibbs Hill
Lighthouse Division, only one lighthouse trophy will be awarded in
that respective Division.
• St David’s Lighthouse Division................St. David’s
Lighthouse Trophy
(ORR & IRC)
• Gibbs Hill Division.................................Gibb’s Hill
Lighthouse Trophy
(ORR & IRC)
• Cruiser Division ...................................Carleton Mitchell/
Finisterre Trophy
• Double-Handed Division ........................Phillip S. Weld Prize
and Moxie Prizes
• Demonstration Division .........................Royal Mail Trophy
15.4 A trophy will be awarded to the yacht in the Cruiser Division with the
best combined performance, as specified by the Organizing
Committee, in the 2005 Marion Bermuda Race and the 2006
Newport Bermuda Race.
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www.offshorerace.org or email at info@offshorerace.org.
Information on IRC can also be obtained from www.us-irc.org or
email at info@us-irc.org.
16. MEDIA RIGHTS
16.1 The conditions of entry include a requirement that the owner or
charterer of the boat and all crew members acknowledge the
following:
• The Organizing Authority owns all media rights to the Newport
Bermuda Race and may exercise these rights as it sees fit.
• Grant the Organizing Authority the unconditional and perpetual
right to publish and broadcast anywhere in the world for any
purpose and in any media, the names, images and biographical
information of race participants prior to, during and after the race.
16.1 All yachts are optionally requested to submit a recent digital
photograph of the yacht under sail. Images should not be less than
2.5" by 2.5" and not less than 300dpi and should be emailed to
photo@bermudarace.com with only the name of the yacht and sail
number in the subject line of the email. Photos may be used for
search and rescue or for promotional purposes on the race web site.
17. GENERAL INFORMATION
17.5 Information on the ISAF Special Regulations for a Category 1 event
may be obtained from the ISAF or their web site at www.sailing.org.
Information on the US SAILING Prescriptions to the ISAF Special
Regulations may be obtained from US SAILING. US SAILING will
publish a booklet combining the ISAF Special Regulations and US
SAILING Prescriptions in early 2006.
17.6 Information on ISAF Sailor Classification Code may be obtained
online at www.sailing.org/isafsailor.
APPENDIX A:
NEWPORT BERMUDA RACE®
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
In addition to ISAF Special Regulations with US SAILING Prescriptions
for a Category 1 Race, yachts shall comply with Newport Bermuda
Race Additional Requirements as follows:
1.
A minimum of 5 US gallons (19 liters) of fresh water shall be carried
for each person aboard.
2.
A properly registered 406MHz EPIRB shall be carried.
3.
Yachts shall carry and operate a position-reporting transponder of a
type specified by the Organizing Authority.
17.2 Starting at 0900, Sunday, June 11, 2006 and until 1000, Friday,
June 16, 2006, the Committee’s office is located at the Newport
Marriott Hotel, 25 America’s Cup Avenue, Newport, RI 02840. Mail
may be sent c/o Newport Bermuda Race Organizing Committee,
Newport Marriott Hotel, E-mail to chairman@bermudarace.com.
4.
Yachts shall carry and maintain a charged handheld VHF transceiver
designated waterproof by the manufacturer together with a
permanently installed 25 watt Marine VHF transceiver with an
external antenna and an emergency antenna. Both VHF transceivers
shall be operable in “international” channel mode.
17.3 After the start of the race, the Committee’s office is at the Royal
Bermuda Yacht Club, Hamilton HM DX, Bermuda, Telephone (441)
295-2214, Fax (441) 295-6361. Mail may be sent c/o Newport
Bermuda Race Organizing Committee, Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, Email to chairman@bermudarace.com.
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Yachts shall carry either a) a permanently installed marine SSB
transceiver or b) a satellite telephone with an external antenna and
a shortwave receiver able to receive upper sideband transmissions.
The SSB transceiver or receiver shall be capable of operating or
receiving upper sideband on the following frequencies:
17.1 Until 1200, Friday, June 9, 2006, contact information for the
Committee’s office is: 580 Thames Street, Suite 418, Newport, RI
02840, Telephone (978) 526-7829, Fax (978) 526-9610,
chairman@bermudarace.com.
17.4 US SAILING may be contacted for information on ORR & IRC at
(401) 683-0800; or www.ussailing.org. Information on the
Offshore Racing Rule (ORR) can also be obtained from
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Usage
ITU Channel
Emergency
Bermuda Harbor Radio
USCG Working
Watchkeeping
450
Intership
452
Offshore Weather
424
Offshore Weather
601
Watchkeeping
650
Intership
652
Watchkeeping
850
Intership
852
Offshore Weather
816
Offshore Weather
1205
Watchkeeping
1250
Offshore Weather
1625
Working & Distress
1650
Ship Tx
Ship Rx
2182.0
2049.0
2670.0
4125.0
4149.0
4134.0
6200.0
6215.0
6227.0
8291.0
8297.0
8240.0
12242.0
12290.0
16432.0
16420.0
2182.0
2582.0
2670.0
4125.0
4149.0
4426.0
6501.0
6215.0
6227.0
8291.0
8297.0
8764.0
13089.0
12290.0
17314.0
16420.0
Type
Simplex
Duplex
Simplex
Simplex
Simplex
Duplex
Duplex
Simplex
Simplex
Simplex
Simplex
Duplex
Duplex
Simplex
Duplex
Simplex
6.
Sufficient fuel to provide a cruising range under power of at least
100 miles shall be on board after finishing.
7.
The Captain of each yacht shall, prior to the start of the race, conduct
actual training drills, including man overboard practice, sailing with
the storm trysail and a talk-through of the procedures for fires,
abandoning ship, dismasting and rudder/steering loss or failure. At
least 80% of the race crew members must be aboard for these drills.
Also prior to the start of the race, in accordance with US Prescriptions
to the ISAF Special Regulations 2005-2006, at least 30% of the
race crew must participate in onboard training in the use of the life
raft, life jackets, communications, pyrotechnics, EPIRBs and fire
prevention and fire fighting. Participating crew shall sign the On
Board Training Certificate supplied with the Race Entry Package.
8.
Sails other than those allowed to be used while racing may be
aboard. However, to avoid inadvertent use, they shall be separately
stowed and clearly marked “not for racing.”
APPENDIX B:
NEWPORT BERMUDA RACE® 2006
RECOMMENDATIONS
While the below listed paragraphs are not conditions of the race, the 2006
Newport Bermuda Race Organizing Committee strongly urges that Captains
give serious consideration to complying with these recommendations..
1.
To reduce the danger of head injury from the boom or slack
mainsheet during an accidental or premature jibe, a preventer or
boom restraining device should be rigged in such a manner that
attachment to the boom can be easily and quickly made and
released with the boom fully extended (running) without leaving the
deck or leaning overboard. A process and plan for its use should be
part of the crew’s training and practice. A simple method of
installing such a device can be obtained from the CCA Fleet Surgeon
by emailing egfischer46@cs.com.
2.
It is recommended that each yacht be adequately prepared for
medical emergencies and contingencies, with appropriate crew
training and medical kit as indicated in the CCA Fleet Surgeon’s
memorandum on illness, injury and accidents at sea, prepared for
the 2006 Newport Bermuda Race and enclosed in the Race Entry
Package.
3.
Safety equipment should be carefully inspected for wear and
deterioration and replaced after 7-10 years of use. Manufacturer
recommended shelf life on items like inflatable PFD’s and MOM’s
should be observed. Items susceptible to UV, weather and chafe
damage especially safety harnesses, safety lines and jackstays
should receive frequent checks when underway.
4.
Crew members on deck should be required to wear a safety harness
and an inflatable PFD equipped with a white strobe light, and
personal EPIRB. Crew should be trained in the use of personal
EPIRBS.
5.
Safety lines (tethers) should have release-under-tension snaphooks
at the body and be attached to non/low stretch jacklines or strong
attachment points. Extra safety lines should be provided for stations
where handholds are not within easy reach.
6.
Crotch straps should be installed on harnesses so that people will not
slip out of them when lifted or dragged by their safety line.
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7.
Bulky PFD’s should be avoided in favor of inflatables and vests that
meet the requirements of the ISAF Regs and their prescriptions.
15.
A printed yacht manual should document all safety and sailing
procedures.
8.
Crew on deck during rough weather should wear clothing to protect
them from hypothermia.
16.
Yachts should carry on deck a means of identifying the vessel to air
sea rescue personnel.
9.
Yacht’s batteries should be of the closed or gel cell or AGM type.
17.
Yachts should consider DSC capable radio equipment.
10.
Each life raft should have a separate grab bag containing a spare sea
anchor (larger than is packed in the raft), a VHF designated as
waterproof by the manufacturer, an EPIRB (preferably 406MHz), a
signaling whistle, sunburn cream, fishing tackle, extra sponges and
plastic bags and other safety equipment recommended by the ORC
Regulations. Watermakers are recommended. Rafts should also be
supplied with repair kits capable of working when the raft is wet,
and six emergency buoyancy tube leak stopping plugs. Pre-Race
abandon ship drills should emphasize getting life rafts to the rail
from stowage areas and procedures for not deploying them until the
last minute, just before leaving the yacht. Personnel should be
reminded to wear floatation, harnesses and safety lines when
abandoning ship. Pre-Race training should include procedures for
righting an overturned raft.
18.
Captains are urged to conduct a pre-race, on-board, safety briefing of
all crew members to consider possible contingencies and methods to
avoid, minimize, or cope with them. During this briefing the Captain
should:
11.
An appropriate size heavy weather drogue or sea anchor should be
aboard, stowed and ready for easy deployment.
12.
Storm sails should have permanent sheets attached.
13.
Yachts should carry adequate rig cutters and/or two hacksaws plus
six new blades, as well as two drift punches capable of driving out
all standing rigging clevis pins. A hydraulic cutter is recommended
for yachts with rod rigging.
14.
Attendance at the CCA Safety-at-Sea Seminar and Pre-Race Briefing
to be held in Newport on Saturday and Sunday, March 11 and 12,
2006 (or other sanctioned SAS seminar), is recommended for all
crew members, not just those required to attend a sanctioned
seminar by NOR 3.2.4.
• Summarize the lessons learned from the training drills required by
NOR Appendix A, 7 (MOB, Abandon Ship, Dismasting, Loss of
Rudder/Steering, and the use of Storm Trysail).
• Review yacht stowage plan showing and touching all safety
equipment.
• Review boom preventer procedures to be used.
• Assign a ship’s doctor in advance to allow preparation of medical
supplies. Review medical status of crew members taking
medications, including seasickness remedies.
• Review cooking stove, and other fire and explosion hazards.
• Review procedures for preventing the sea from entering the
yacht through companionways, hatches and ports.
• Review flooding control procedures, including high-capacity
bilge pumps and collision mats.
• Review safety harness, life jacket and safety line procedures
to be used.
• Review man aloft procedures. Consider having a helmet aboard
to prevent head injury while going aloft.
• Urge each crew member to constantly think about
safety and the consequences of every action.
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2006 Bermuda Race Organizing Committee
Chairman and Flag Officers
William Barton, CCA
Chairman
Edward (Ned) Rowland, CCA
Commodore
Ross Sherbrooke, CCA
Vice Commodore
Stephen Taylor, CCA
CCA Secretary
Ross Santy, CCA
CCA Treasurer
Jane Correia, RBYC
Commodore
Andrew Cox, RBYC
Vice Commodore (Comm. Elect)
Craig W. MacIntyre, RBYC
Rear Commodore
Ralph Richardson, RBYC
Rear Commodore
Andrew Burnett-Herkes, RBYC
Hon. Sec. / BROC Recording Sec.
David Notman, RBYC
Treasurer
Committee Members
W. Frank Bohlen, CCA
Weather/Gulf Stream
John Brooks, CCA
USCG Liaison
Richard Casner, CCA
Newport Operations
Robert Darbee, CCA
Awards & Trophies
Edwin Fischer, M.D., CCA
Fleet Surgeon
Brin Ford, CCA
Database Management/Entry Process
Henry (Hank) Halsted, CCA
Qualifications
Rush Hambleton, CCA
Web Site
Joseph Harris, CCA
Qualifications
Bjorn Johnson, CCA
Inspections
Richard W. Kempe, RBYC
Co-Chair, International Jury
M. William Langan, CCA
Technical
Robert Leeson, Jr., CCA
Member at Large
Norman MacLeod, III, CCA
Safety at Sea Seminar
Sheila McCurdy, CCA
Centennial Events
John Mendez, NYYC
Chief Scorer
Peter (Rudi) Millard, CCA
Safety at Sea
Nick Nicholson, CCA & RBYC
Vice Chairman
John Osmond, III, M.D., CCA
Participation
Eugene Rayner
Finish Line
John Rousmaniere, CCA
Centennial History
Edward Rowland, Jr., CCA
Newport Operations
Richard Shulman, CCA
Participation
H. Charles Tatem, IRO, RBYC
Chairman, RBYC Race Committee
R. Steven Thing, CCA
Race Communications
B. W. (Jordy) Walker, RBYC
Post Race Inspections
Hubert Watlington, RBYC
Awards & Trophies
Talbot Wilson, RBYC
Public Relations
Arthur Wullschleger, CCA
Co-Chair, International Jury
www.bermudarace.com
Information, Please!
Now You will find... On-line Entry plus
The NOR • Official Newsletters and Bulletins • Inspection Checklists
Weather Links • Gulf Stream Information • Bermuda Harbor Radio Data
Bermuda Travel Information • Crew avail & looking Lists • First Timer Hints and FAQ’s
Sailor’s Information websites • 2004 Race photos and stories • and much more
From the Start...
Sailing Instructions • Final entry List • Class splits and Ratings • Crew Lists • Position
Reports and Commentary • Finish Times and Unofficial Standings • Start Photos
Bermuda Finish Photos • Stories and Press Releases
After the Race...
Final Results • Prizes • More Race and Party Photos
www.bermudarace.com
www.rbyc.bm
E-mail: chairman@bermudarace.com
Phone: 978-526-7829
Fax: 978-526-9610
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