Invitation
You are cordially invited to participate in the 2010 J/24 Texas Circuit, to be held
from March, 2010 through November, 2010. United States J/24 Class
Association (USJCA) District 14 and the Fleets therein with their local affiliated
racing clubs are the organizers and hosts, respectively.

Rules
This series of regattas will be governed by the 2010-2012 Racing Rules of Sailing
(RRS) as published by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) and amended
by the 2010-2012 US Sailing Prescriptions. Advertising during these regattas is
governed by ISAF Regulation 20 as modified by International J/24 Association
(IJCA) Class Rules rule 2.6.1. The respective protest committees shall have
authority on all matters within their jurisdiction. A committee consisting of USJCA
District 14 Fleet Captains of record and chaired by the USJCA District 14
Governor of record will resolve all matters not within the jurisdiction of individual
protest committees (e.g. circuit scoring).

Eligibility
The 2010 J/24 Texas Circuit is open to all J/24 yachts as defined by the IJCA.
Competitors must meet all J/24 Class membership and individual regatta
registration requirements in order to become participants.

Schedule
Seven scheduled regattas comprise the 2010 J/24 Texas Circuit:

March 27-28, 2010
Beasley Cup at the Elissa Regatta: Fleet 5 and Houston YC

April 24-25, 2010 Cowtown Stampede: Fleet 54 and Fort Worth BC

May 22-23, 2010
J/24 Texas State Championships: Fleet 21 and Austin YC

June 12-13, 2010
Surfin’ Safari: Fleet 3 and Corpus Christi YC

September 25-6, 2010
HYC One-Design Regatta: Fleet 5 and Houston YC

October 30-31, 2010
USJCA Southwest Regional Championships at Corinthian Cup: Fleet 163 and Dallas Corinthian YC

November 20-21, 2010
Texas Circus: Fleet 9 and Lake Canyon YC

Racing
Up to 6 races will be scheduled for each regatta of the 2010 J/24 Texas Circuit.
Racing will take place on Windward/Leeward courses or variations thereof. Offset
weather marks and leeward gates may be used. VHF radio hails may be
attempted for yachts failing to comply with RRS rules 29.1, 29.2, 30.1 or 30.3.

Scoring
RRS Appendix A, as modified herein, will apply after substituting “regatta” for
“race”, “Notice of Circuit” for “sailing instructions”, and “crew” for “boat”.
Only those scheduled regattas for which at least three races are completed will
be considered completed regattas and scored in the circuit series. Each crew
that is scored in a completed regatta is entered in the series.
All of a crew’s scores will count if four (4) or fewer regattas are scored. If five (5)
regattas are scored, each crew’s worst score will be excluded. If six (6) or more
regattas are scored, each crew’s worst two (2) scores will be excluded.
Issues relating to the constitution of a crew for overall circuit scoring purposes
will be determined by the USJCA District 14 Governor of record. Crews are
encouraged to discuss contemplated changes with the District 14 Governor in
advance. An initial determination made by the District 14 Governor will be
considered final if no member of a crew entered in the series submits a written
challenge received by the District 14 Governor prior to close of registration for the
next regatta on the current circuit schedule that follows continuous posting of the
determination (such as by displaying the regatta scores so challenged on the
District 14 website); except that, if no regattas are remaining on the current circuit
schedule or this time limit falls sooner than the 14th day of continuous posting,
the time limit extends through the 14th day of such posting. Such written
challenges will be resolved by a committee of USJCA District 14 Fleet Captains
of record and the USJCA District 14 Governor of record, whose resolution of the
challenge will be final.

Prizes
Awards will be presented to the final overall top five circuit crews as well as to
those crews participating in all scheduled regattas that are held, irrespective as
to whether such held regattas are scored as part of the 2010 J/24 Texas Circuit
or not (i.e. Road Warriors). The number of awards presented at each individual
regatta will be determined by the local hosting fleet but will not be less than 3.

Entry
There is no separate entry form or fee for the 2010 J/24 Texas Circuit. Crews
participating in at least one scored regatta of the 2010 J/24 Texas Circuit will
qualify to be included in the final overall circuit standings.

Sail Tracking Process
Each boat competing in at least one (1) of the 2010 J/24 Texas Circuit regattas
must submit to the 2010 USJCA District 14 Governor a form declaring the sail
royalty numbers on the sails they intend to compete with. This declaration form
will apply to all circuit regattas sailed by that boat until a sail change is made.
If/when such a change occurs; a new form must be submitted to the 2010
USJCA District 14 Governor.
Completed sail tracking forms must be submitted to the 2010 USJCA District 14
Governor before close of registration of the first circuit regatta the form
information will apply to. Forms are available on-line as part of the USJCA
District 14 website in the Circuit Sailing Instruction section as well as at each
circuit regatta. Note that a list of competitors registered for a circuit regatta that
do not have a sail royalty tag tracking number registration form on file with the
2010 USJCA District 14 Governor will be posted on the Official Notice Board at
that circuit regatta's registration close.

Bow Numbers
To facilitate scoring and the identification of boats for proposes of RRS 29.1, 29.2
and 30.1 violation notification, unique bow numbers are required to be fixed to
both external port and starboard sides of the forward bow area of each
competing crew's boat hull. These numbers must be affixed to both port and
starboard as follows:
(a) The leading edge of the forward number shall be 12” aft of the stem.
(b) The leading edge of the aft numbers shall be 4” aft of the aft edge of
the forward number.
(c) The top edge of both numbers shall be 4” from the rail.
(d) All numbers must contrast with the color of the hull and be at least 12"
in height.
Bow numbers will be assigned to each participating crew for the duration of the
2010 J/24 Texas Circuit. Bow numbers 01 through 10 are pre-assigned
respectively to the top ten crews of the 2009 J/24 Texas Circuit. Bow numbers 11
through 99 will be assigned out of the then open pool of unassigned numbers by
the applicable regatta’s organizing authority, who will accept on a first come
basis via the registration process bow number declarations from new to the
circuit participants. It shall be the responsibility of each participating crew to
obtain and affix the assigned bow numbers to their yacht. You may procure the
physical numbers locally or may contact Kelly Holmes, 2010 District Governor,
USJCA District 14 by phone at 940-399-9805 or by e-mail
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bow numbers (e.g. assignment, placement, size, etc.) will be resolved solely by
the 2010 USJCA District 14 Governor.

2011 J/24 Worlds Qualification
The Southwest Regional Championship regatta is USJCA District 14's and
USJCA District 18’s standing J/24 World Qualifier. The highest finishing
helmsperson at the 2010 Southwest Regional Championship registered in
USJCA District 14 or USJCA District 18 that meets the provisions of Regatta
Standard P.3., as specified in the IJCA Class Rules, will qualify for a berth at the
2011 J/24 Worlds to be held in Argentina. If the Southwest Regional
Championship does not qualify as a scored regatta of the 2010 J/24 Texas
Circuit (see Scoring section above), the next scheduled circuit stop will become
the USJCA Southwest Region's J/24 2011 Worlds Qualifier. No further ‘pass
down’ of world qualification status to subsequent circuit stops will be made for
this World’s berth.

Additional Information
For more information on the 2010 J/24 Texas Circuit, contact USJCA District 14
Governor Kelly Holmes by phone at 940-399-9805 or by e-mail at
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contact the local fleet or host club. The most up to date J/24 Texas Circuit
information may be found at the USJCA District 14 web site at
http://www.j24texas.com