Carrie Standing Rule

Purpose

To encourage travel and high caliber competition for youth racing in Southern California at the major bays for the International Optimist Dinghy.

Sponsor and Rules

1. SCYYRA is the title sponsor of the Series.
2. Individual clubs will host each regatta. Sailing instructions, protest decisions, and official results of each host club shall be used as a basis to score.
3. US Sailing (www.ussailing.org) and specific United States Optimist Dinghy Association (www.usoda.org) class rules (including membership requirements) shall apply to all races unless otherwise noted in particular race instructions. 
4. The Series is open to junior sailors under the age of 15 and who will not turn 15 before December 31.
5. Participants must be SCYYRA members in good standing.  Lifetime membership is free and can be completed https://theclubspot.com/join/WiAmVdxMup/overview.
6. To be eligible for the SCYYRA Carrie Series Perpetual Trophy, participants must be members of a current SCYYRA organization.
7. A participant must enter each separate regatta in the series with the individual host club.
8. All participants in Carrie Series regattas must be registered for the 2025-2026 Carrie Series.  Entries must be submitted on https://theclubspot.com/regatta/TFp8OKBrGJ (for ease of entry please use the Chrome browser).
9. A participant may enter the series at the first, second, or third scheduled regatta, but no later than the close of registration at the third regatta.
10. There will be a $10 SCYYRA Series Sanctioning Fee per sailor that will be added onto each regatta’s entry fee. The entry fee includes series trophies and a series souvenir for each skipper. Series souvenirs are only guaranteed for series competitors who have entered the series by the close of registration for the third regatta. Sanctioning fees must be collected before a skipper shall be scored.
11. Only those regattas where an individual raced in the Optimist Championship Fleet will count towards the series scores.

The Series

The series will consist of up to six scheduled regattas when possible during the school year (September ‑ June).

Trophies

1. The Carrie Perpetual trophy shall be awarded at the end of the last event of the series to the sailor who has the lowest cumulative point score for the scheduled regatta using the scoring system explained below.
2. The Carrie Perpetual Trophy shall be kept at the United States Sailing Center Long Beach (USSCLB) or at a place determined by the SCYYRA Board of Directors. The name of the winning skipper shall be engraved on the trophy.
3. Take home trophies shall be awarded to the top number of finishers in the series.

Scoring

1. Carrie Series scoring shall be based on the official results of each race tabulated only against other Carrie Series entrants.
2. Carrie Series scoring shall be in accordance with US Sailing Appendix A4.
3. For the Carrie Series, a DNC is defined as not registering for a Carrie Series Regatta and shall be scored the number of entries in the Carrie Series plus one. A DNF, DSQ, or DNS shall be scored against the total number of Series starters in each individual regatta.
4. Ties will be broken using US SAILING 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.
5. Throwout races will be incorporated into the series scoring with the following formulas:

• If 11-15 races are completed, there will be 1 throw out
• If 16-20 races are completed, there will be 2 throw outs
• If 21-25 races are completed, there will be 3 throw outs
• If 26-30 races are completed, there will be 4 throw outs
• If 31-35 races are completed, there will be 5 throw outs
• If 36 or more races are completed, there will be 6 throw outs

Modified August 2025