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Official Regatta Information

This section provides basic information about the regatta. For more detail and up-to-date information about the organising authority, racing rules, classes, courses, sailing instructions, entry, etc., contact the Regatta Organising Committee at roc@sailingweek.com or visit the website: www.sailingweek.com.

Entry & Registration

Online entry can be done at: www.sailingweek.com

Contact information is as follows:
Regatta Organising Committee
Antigua Sailing Week,
P.O. Box 2035
St. John’s
Antigua, West Indies
Tel: (268) 720-9270 or (268) 725-4692
Email: roc@sailingweek.com | Website: www.sailingweek.com

Dates for 2012

45th Antigua Sailing Week 2012 – April 29th to May 4h

Entry Closing Dates

The closing date for entry into the Antigua Sailing Week is 30 days prior to the start.  Anyone wishing to enter the race after this time will be liable to a supplement and is subject to Race Committee approval.

Booking & Price Information

Suggested Charter Period: 27th April to 5th May 2012 (NB: The minimum charter period is longer for this regatta, due to the volume of yachts; therefore it takes longer to check in /out.)
Suggested booking: 14 days, 4 days before start of race, and 4 days after end of race. Time must be allotted to sail to Antigua. Antigua is 95 miles NE of St Martin.
All Security Deposits and Insurances must be paid in advance of the charter.

Classes & Classification

All Sunsail charter boats will race in the Bareboat Fleet. Rules for the bareboat fleet are as follows:

A1In order to ensure that the bareboat class provides sailors with an equal opportunity, the Race Committee has established stringent rules:
A1.1Boats of this class will be restricted to recognized bareboat fleets acceptable to the Race Committee.
A1.2Only equipment provided as standard by the bareboat company will be allowed: no spinnakers, spinnaker poles, whisker poles, second headsails, folding propellers or adjustable backstays will be permitted.
A1.3The bareboat class is only open to vessels from recognized bareboat companies with crews who have no previous affiliation or familiarity with the vessel being sailed, the sails and/or the standard bareboat equipment. This does not apply to familiarity with the type of vessel but only to familiarity with the specific vessel being sailed.
A1.4Operators of bareboat companies including employees and persons who have previous experience or affiliation with the vessel being sailed, the sails and/or the standard bareboat equipment are restricted from this class.
A1.5The evaluation of this familiarity or otherwise will be determined by the Race Committee and there is no appeal or redress possible from its decision.
A1.6To ensure that genuine bareboaters are protected from parties who attempt to arrange for any form of unfair advantage or the provision of superior equipment, competitors in the bareboat class should not have any financial or ownership interests in the particular boat being sailed nor have arranged with the charter company to have any equipment installed that might give them any real or perceived advantage. Boats of this class shall not use any equipment or alter any rigging to change the setting or sheeting of sails except for the equipment provided by the bareboat company used as rigged, and must race with all the equipment provided with the bareboat on board and in place, with the exception that biminis and sail covers may be removed from their fitted position but must be on board; and any dinghy or tender, its outboard motor, its fuel container, its oars, and its anchor may be removed from the boat.
A1.7Boats should be allocated to the entrant on a purely random basis by the bareboat companies. If by some statistical anomaly an entrant is allocated the same boat for two years in a row, the bareboat charter company shall give written notification to the Race Committee to inform them of the situation.
A1.8The Race Committee is dedicated to ensuring an equal and fair opportunity for all competitors in the bareboat class.
A1.9The top three bareboats in each class as scored on the night of Thursday, April 28, 2011 will race the last race(s) in a Gold Fleet. The remainder of the bareboats will form the Silver Fleet. The Gold Fleet and the Silver Fleet will form separate classes for racing on Friday, April 29. The winner of the Gold Fleet, on corrected time, will be the 2011 Bareboat Champion.