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The Fall 1998 National Single Handed Championships - the Cressy Trophy

Please see important notes below.

Please note the following change to the NOR:

Notice for all Cressy competitors:
The practice time at Texas Corinthian YC has had to be cancelled due to non-availability of the boats until Saturday October 31.

Important Notice:

Please see ISSA Procedural Rules:

1.2 Competitiors

All competitors must be full time students, in the 9th grade or higher, of the school they represent, and subject to the academic and disciplinary requirements of that school.

The NOR for the Cressy may leave the impression that 8th graders are eligible to participate. That is not true. Entries must be 9th grade or above. 8th and others may participate in district regattas at the discretion of the district, especially JV events, but others as well. At the Nationals, however, only 9th and up may compete.

Important Note: Notice: A fundamental premise in school sailing is that events be run in boats that are provided, usually by the organizer. This makes events low cost and sailor v. sailor. In
clarification of the entry conditions for singlehanded regattas including championships, the above premise applies. This will always be true at the national level. Districts may choose to run events with sailors bringing their own boats. This is not recommended since it removes the ability to equalize boats and to rotate them should they not be deemed to be equal. If it becomes necessary to run an event in boats supplied by the competitors, ISSA Procedural Rule 4.1 should be read with the understanding that a maximum of two entries per school be permitted at the qualifying series. If additional boats and sailors accompany a two-boat school team, these sailors are encouraged to sail in a non-qualifying series. In a singlehanded series, substitutions are not allowed. One sailor must complete the entire series.
10 September 1998. Lawrence A. White President