Guide to the revised Bullseye Class Association Rules

Draft PDF - Bullseye Class Association Class Rules (July, 2010)

Draft DOC - Bullseye Class Association Class Rules (July, 2010)

This is the first draft of the revised Bullseye Class Association Rules, including the Constitution, Technical Specifications, and Rules for Regattas. They will be presented at the Annual Meeting and discussed for the coming year. We hope that sufficient clarity will be reached to vote on them in a year, at the Annual Meeting in 2011.

The revised Constitution has relatively minor changes to make election of officers occur at one time and to provide a way to amend all the Rules. The existing Constitution contains sections on prizes, replacement of crew, and technical specs which have all been moved to other sections of the BCA Rules.

The Technical Specs were the most challenging. The committee used the ISAF format as a guide. You will see that these are very much a work in progress as the committee struggled to eliminate redundancies. Significant work remains.

The Rules for Regattas combines the existing Sailing Instructions and Rules for Regattas. We found that these two documents overlapped to a great extent, and often contradicted each other. The committee saved only those sections which seemed essential, omitting issues that could be left to local fleets; new language was modeled after the Sailing Instructions Guide in US Sailing RRS.

After the Annual Meeting we will design a process by which members can share their ideas about the first draft and work toward a final draft. Thanks in anticipation of lively discussion!

Rules Revision Committee
Laura Hallowell, Chair
Chris Collings
Wendy Goodwin
Chris Memoli

Buzzards Bay Regatta

August 6, 7 and 8, 2010

Buzzards Bay Regatta is one of the largest multi-class regattas in the US with approximately 450 boats and 1200 sailors across a variety of different classes. Boats and sailors come from all across the Northeast and the country as they look to enjoy the renowned sailing conditions, competition and race management. 2010 will mark the 38th anniversary of the BBR. This year it is being hosted by and located at Beverly Yacht Club in Marion, MA. Aprés-sailing festivities take place on the grounds of the Beverly Yacht Club with tents, food, drinks and entertainment over the three day event. Come join the fun!

We expect and hope to have at 12-15 participants and Bullseye’s will have our own line right in the middle of the action yet close to the Beverly Yacht Club. The Marion Bullseye fleet will make every effort to provide housing for out of town guests and encourage all to come!