Hampton Yacht Club Hosts U.S. Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship July 6-12, 2009

This July 6-12, over sixty female sailors will compete for this year’s Ida Lewis Trophy in the U.S. Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship, taking place at the Hampton Yacht Club in Hampton, VA. Competitors must be ages 13-18, must be individual or family members of US SAILING, and must be U.S. citizens. Sailors participating in this year’s championship hail from California, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia, among others states. The term doublehanded refers to sailing with two persons on board.

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uring the event, racing will be conducted over a period of three consecutive days. The race committee will attempt a maximum of 10 races, with three of the races constituting as a regatta. Each race will last forty-five to sixty minutes. A Low Point Scoring System will apply, with each vessel’s series score being the accumulation of her total racing scores (the lowest score excluded if six or more races are completed).

 

Preceding the championship, a two-day mandatory clinic will be held. The purpose of the clinic is to familiarize each competitor with the local conditions and race course. Coaches from US SAILING will conduct the clinics and permission to miss the clinic must be sought by the National Chair in advance.

Schedule:
Monday July 6: 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. registration
Tuesday, July 7: clinic, lunch, cookout dinner
Wednesday, July 8: clinic, lunch, skippers’ meeting, dinner
Thursday, July 9: racing, lunch, dinner
Friday, July 10: racing, lunch, dinner
Saturday, July 11: racing, lunch, awards banquet
Sunday, July 12: departure

Prizes:
**1st Prize- Ida Lewis Trophy (the trophy will be kept at the Ida Lewis Yacht Club in Newport, RI)
** Keeper trophies will be awarded to the top five finishing teams
**US SAILING medals will be awarded to the top five finishing teams
**C Thomas Clagett Sportsmanship Prize will be awarded to a team based on the results of the competitors’ secret ballot
**The top half of the fleet, not including competitors who age out in the following year, will be invited to a clinic held in spring 2010 (location and dates to be announced)

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