2009 Rendezvous

The 24^th Annual Morgan Invasion will be hosted

-- are you ready for this ??? --

by the

St Petersburg Yacht Club at Pass-A-Grille

May 8 - May 10

Here’s the plan:

raft and party at Pass-A-Grille on Friday

race in the Gulf and party at Pass-A-Grille on Saturday

breakfast and depart on Sunday

www.spyc.org

Notice of Race

Rules: The race will sort of be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing and the Sailing Instructions. For example, protests are very very discouraged.

Eligibility: Open to any self-righting sailboat built or designed by Charley Morgan. Boats must have, or be eligible for, a current PHRF rating www.westfloridaphrf.org . PHRF certificates can be delivered or sent to the St Petersburg Yacht Club Sailing Secretary, SailingSecretary@spyc.org or the event chair, GloriaDavis@tampabay.rr.com Boats that do not have PHRF certificates will be assigned a rating by the Race Committee

Fees: Entry fees include Saturday racing, docking/rafting at Pass-A-Grille, one Awards Dinner ticket, a 2009 Morgan Invasion pennant and complimentary coffee and rolls on Sunday morning.

$50.00 for entry forms received prior to Friday April 23

$70.00 April 24 through May 5

$80.00 May 6 through May 7

Registration

Entry forms are available at www.spyc.org Send completed forms to:

St Petersburg Yacht Club, 11 Central Ave St Petersburg Fl 33701 ATTN Morgan Invasion

Schedule:

Friday, May 8

Boats arrive at Pass-A-Grille. Docking/rafting is free for all entrants.

Registration - - - - - - - - - - - 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Buffet dinner - - - - - - - - - - 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

($25.00, reservations required)

Saturday, May 9

Hearty breakfast- - - - - - - - 7:00 am – 8:30 am

($8.00, reservations required)

Skippers meeting- - - - - - - 9:00 am

Box lunches available - - - 9:00 am

Begin departing docks - - - 9:30 am

Lunch for non-racers - - - 12:00 am

($8.00, BBQ, dogs & burgers, (reservations encouraged)

First Warning - - - - - - - - - - 11:00 am

Returning boats- - - - - - - - - ~4:00 pm

Dinner - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6:30 pm – followed by:

Our Honored Guest - - - - Charley Morgan and

Awards - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Charley and our

Commodore, Bob Johnson

($25.00 – reservations required)

Each entrant receives one dinner ticket

Sunday, May 10

Coffee & rolls - - - - - - - - - - 7:00 am – (complimentary)

Boats begin departing - - - - 9:00 am

Classes: and any divisions will be determined by the number of vessels in length/model categories and/or WFPHRF ratings.

Venue: Gulf of Mexico west of Pass-A-Grille

Courses: will be described in the sailing instructions

Penalty System. RRS 44.2 is modified to one tack and one gybe satisfies the rule.

Sailing Instructions: available May 1 on the SPYC website www.spyc.org and at the skippers meeting.

Radio Communication. Race Committee will begin broadcasting at 9:00am on the channels listed in the sailing instructions. Weather conditions, course selection, count-down and infractions will be broadcast

Scoring: The Low-Point Scoring System, RRS Appendix A will be used

Awards:

For additional information contact:

Gloria Davis, GloriaDavis@tampabay.rr.com or

Phyllis Eades, SailingSecretary@spyc.org