PURPOSE
To encourage travel and high caliber competition for youth racing in
Southern California for US Sabots.
SPONSOR AND RULES
1. All participating juniors must be a SCYYRA (or SCYA) club member.
2. A participant must enter each separate regatta in the Series with the
individual host club.
3. To enter the series, a participant must fill out the Highpoint Series
entry form available at scheduled regattas. Forms must be delivered to the
Highpoint Series Chairman.
4. An entry fee for the Highpoint Series may be required (this is separate
from each regatta entry fee).
5. All sail number changes at any term during the series must be reported
to the Highpoint Series Chairman.
6. Only those regattas where an individual raced in the Sabot A Fleet will
count towards the series.
THE SERIES
The series will consist of ten (10)-scheduled regattas when possible
during the calendar year.
TROPHIES
1. The US Sabot Highpoint Perpetual Trophy shall be awarded at the end of
the last event of the series to the junior who has the highest cumulative
point score for the scheduled regattas using a the highpoint scoring
system explained below.
2. Take home trophies shall be awarded to the top number of finishers in
the series.
3. The perpetual trophy shall be kept for the year in the yacht club of
the winning skipper. If the club does not have adequate facilities to
retain the trophy, it shall then reside at a place determined by the
SCYYRA Board of Directors.
SCORING
1. Highpoint Series scoring shall be based on the official results of each
regatta tabulated only against other Highpoint Series entrants.
2. Each yacht finishing a race and not thereafter retiring or being
disqualified shall score points in accordance with US Sailing Appendix A.
3. DNF and yachts, which retire before finishing, will score the numbers
of unpenalized finisher’s +1.
4. DNS will score the number of yacht registered for the regatta, plus 1.
5. DNC (did not compete in a particular regatta) will score the number of
points equal to the number of entries in the regatta. US Sabot Highpoint
Series
6. Ties shall be broken by the US Sailing Rules, Appendix A. If a tie
still exists, the winner shall be the yacht ahead in the final race that
the two participating yachts both started.
7. The final score for each Highpoint Regatta will be assigned the correct
number of “Highpoints”, which will accumulate for the Highpoint Series
Winner.
