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LARCHMONT • NEW YORK 



SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL RACE WEEK 



AFTERNOON RACES 



J?a4 15 t/irou^/i ^J^ 22, 1961 



Wednesday, July 19 is Junior Day 



ENTRIES Crossing the starting line with Racing Number displayed will be regarded as an entry 



provided yacht and owner are registered with the Yacht Racing Association of Long Island 

 Sound, otherwise a written entry is required. All Handicap Class Yachts must file Entry 

 Blank obtained from larchmont Yacht Club Office. 



RULES The current Racing Rules of the Y.R.A.L.I.S. will govern except as otherwise specified in 



this circular. All yachts must conform to the rules of their respective classes. Each yacht 

 must display its own racing number affixed to the mainsail in the approved manner. 



PRIZES A first prize shall be awarded in those Closses with an average of 4 or more Starters, a 



second prize in Classes with an average of 6 or more, and a third prize in Classes with an 

 average of 9 or more Starters. Fourth prize with an average of 15 or more Starters. 

 A Race Week memento will be awarded to each YRA member crew of prize winning yachts 

 and to all participating skippers on the evening of the 22nd. 



SCORING Scoring: Each yacht will receive one point for first plqpe, two points for second place, etc. 



All yachts not finishing a race shall receive points equalling the number of yachts starting 

 the race plus 1, if disqualified plus 2. A yacht need not soil in all races to qualify for a 

 prize. However, failure to sail a race will give a non-starting yacht two points more than 

 the number of yachts starting in the race omitted. If two or more yachts in a class are 

 tied at the end of the series, the yacht which has finished ahead of the other or others 

 the greater number of times shall be declared the winner. If the tie still exists, the yacht 

 with the greatest number of 1st places, 2nd places, 3rd places and so on down until 

 the tie is broken, shall be declared the winner. The 1st, 2nd and last day of Race Week 

 are also official Y.R.A. races. 



CLUB The privileges of the Club for Race Week will be extended to owners and Corinthian 



PRIVILEGES crews upon application for a guest card. 



REGAUA COMMITTEE 



JAN C. BRASSEM, Chairman 

 DONALD B. KING, Vice Chairman 

 FRED L. BRADFUTE, Secretary 

 ALBERT H. SWANKE, Asst. Secretary 

 COL. CHARLES H. GREENALL 

 DANNER HUNT 

 RODNEY M. OLLINGER 

 ERWIN D. TUTHILL 

 PETER C. KERBY, Chairman Regatta Patrol 

 The RACING RULES of the INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACING UNION as adopted by the NORTH AMERICAN 

 YACHT RACING UNION, 1961, shall apply except as modified herein. In addition all Classes must conform 

 to their Class Rules as filed with Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound. 



MODIFICATIONS 



11^-4 — 1 "AP" — Postponement Signal, Time of Postponement, changed to "5 minute intervals." 



II — 4 — 1 "S" — Shorten Course Signal changed to read "may be used only at last Mark of Course originally 



signalled." 

 Ill — 25 — 1 & 2 — Sail Numbers, Letters and Emblems. "Class Rules, as filed with the YRA of LIS shall take 



precedence." 

 IV — 68 — 3 — Protests. Modified as below. 

 VI — 77 — 1 — For Appeals to YRA "with its written consent" eliminated. 



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WILLARD BROWN 

 RALPH H. FISHER 

 TOM L. FITZSIMONS 



MALCOLM H. TUTTLE 

 MILTON L. VAN SLYCK 

 JOSEPH P. WIEGERS 







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