Friday 14th May

CLASSES: IRC, Two-Handed Division, Class 40, ORC Club using the triple number scoring system.
When a yacht has both ORC Club and IRC certificates she will figure in both RORC results.

Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Royal Harwich Yacht Club, the East Anglian Offshore Racing Association and the Yacht Club Scheveningen Note: - Boats competing in the Delta Lloyd North Sea Regatta must enter the North Sea Race through RORC’s online entry system (REMUS) before the closing date. https://secure.sailingsource.com/rorcregistration/app

TROPHIES: Goeree Challenge Cup – BCT IRC;
Wylie Trophy – IRC SZ; Lutine Trophy IRC Z; Joannes Pompejus Memorial Cup – IRC 1;
Carter-Ruck Trophy – IRC 2;
Jan Moreton Salver – IRC 3;
Golden Dragon Trophy - Two-Handed Division; Smith's Knoll Trophy - First long course yacht at Smith’s Knoll buoy;
City of the Hague Trophy - Best yacht from Yacht Club Scheveningen; C70 Trophy (Holland v GB);
RORC Prize – Class 40; RORC Medallions.

The following trophies will be allocated to ORC Club classes once entries have closed: Cruising YC of Australia Trophy; Veerhaven Trophy; Lora Challenge Cup; Maas Challenge Cup; RORC Seahorse Trophy; Zwerver Cup.

STABILITY: SSS MINIMUM BASE VALUE: 15 or STIX MINIMUM 23 and AVS MINIMUM
130-0.005 x m (where m is minimum sailing weight in Kg)
Boats with series date of 2000 and later will be categorised under STIX and AVS only.
Boats with series date before 2000 may be categorised under either STIX and AVS or SSS.

SPECIAL REGULATIONS: Offshore Special Regulations Category 3 with RORC prescriptions plus Category 2 liferaft.

ENTRIES: Close Thursday 6th May

START: Friday 14th May from a line near the entrance of Harwich Harbour.

FIRST WARNING SIGNAL: 1020

HIGH WATER: Harwich 1248 3.80m

COURSE: Cork Sand Yacht Beacon – NW Roughs Tower Buoy – Roughs Tower – SE Roughs Tower Buoy – Black Deep Buoy – South Galloper – Outer Gabbard Buoy – Smith’s Knoll Buoy – MSP Buoy - Scheveningen.

DISTANCE: Approximately 180 miles

POINTS FACTOR: 1.20

RACE HQ:
Start: Royal Harwich Yacht Club, Woolverstone, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP9 1AT
Tel: +44 (0) 1473 780 319
Fax: +44 (0) 1473 780 919
Finish: RORC Representative: c/o Yacht Club Scheveningen, Hellingweg136, 2583 DX, Scheveningen, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (70) 322 7179
Fax: +31 (70) 322 8449

PRIZEGIVING: At Scheveningen as soon as possible after the race on Sunday 16th May.

TRAVEL: Ferries: Stena Line: Passenger and car ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland. Crossing time 6 hours 30 minutes or overnight. Tel: +44 (0)8447 70 70 70, Website: www.stenaline.co.uk

Trains: National Express East Anglia: Trains run between London Liverpool Street and Harwich International (Parkeston Quay). Website: www.nationalexpresseastanglia.com. Rail enquiries Tel: +44 (0)845 600 7245.

Delta Lloyd North Sea Regatta 2010:
• 11th May Vuurschepen Race, Scheveningen – Harwich
• 14th May North Sea Race (RORC), Harwich – Scheveningen
• 21st - 24th May Inshore Races Scheveningen.
Free mooring

For further information contact: Delta Lloyd North Sea Regatta 2010, Hellingweg136, 2583 DX, Scheveningen, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (70) 322 88 63
Fax: +31 (70) 322 84 49
Website: www.nsr.nl