One Design Regatta
September 24-26, 2022
Notice of Race
Sep 23-26, 2022
Eligibility & Entry
Hatteras Sailing has strategically partnered with Frisco Woods Campground to offer a fantastic weekend filled with sailing, ocean sports, great food and entertainment during the 2022 Cape Hatteras Lighthouse One Design Regatta. Enjoy a weekend jam packed with good fun and good friends on beautiful barrier island of Cape Hatteras, NC for the best wind and waves on the East Coast. Check out the schedule for sailing, surf sessions, beach yoga, barbecue, & band parties.
The Annual Cape Hatteras Lighthouse One Design Regatta is hosted this year at Frisco Woods Campground on the Southern end of Hatteras Island. Race courses are set in depths range from 4 – 10 feet. Our primary local classes at ‘Hatteras Sailing’ are the the Opti, 420, Hobie 18, and Flying Scot, but registration is open to other one design fleets if a minimum of 5 boats register. Social Events begin Friday evening at “Check In” with a Soundside Beach Bonfire at Frisco Woods Campground with sunset sails sponsored by Phillips Boatworks and Pamlico Sailing. There will be an Early Registration discount for competitors who register before Aug 20th, 2022.
Thank you to our event sponsors
Schedule
Friday, Sep 24
Check In: 7pm – 9pm Friday at Hatteras Sailing
4:45pm: Sunset Celebration Sail presented by Phillips Boatworks & Pamlico Sailing. Please join us for a sunset sail and Welcome meet & Greet sponsored by Phillips Boatworks, Pamlico Sailing, and Wild Flour Kitchens. Sunset sail begins at 4:49pm aboard Phillip’s Boatworks fleet of Stiletto-27s and Pamlico Sailing’s Custom Norman Cross Trimaran as space allows. Parents, sailors, spectators are welcome.
WEATHER UPDATE (9/24 11AM): The weather is going to be cloudy and chilly during sunset with northeast winds gusting up to 30knots. Friday evening at 4:4pm, meet at the foot of ramp 49 for a beach bonfire, smore’s, Brats, Dogs, and fun! Beach bonfires in the fall on Hatteras are truly a treat.
7:15pm: Welcome Meet & Greet presented by Wild Flour Kitchens with light hors d’oeuvres, drinks, & music. (Cash bar with bottomless mugs)
Saturday, Sep 25:
07:00 am-9:30 am Check-In at Hatteras Sailing
07:00am: Endless Summer surf camp mini session at lighthouse beach. Kids and adults who need a board and lesson can sign up during registration. Experienced surfers are invited to bring their own boards and paddle out with the group.
07:00am: Beach Yoga session at lighthouse beach with Mary Syrrist. If you’re not going surfing, get stretched out and centered for a fun day of sailing and fun.
09:30am: Biscuit Breakfast at the Clubhouse. Order a handmade breakfast biscuit to get you going. Menu: assorted handmade breakfast biscuits, fruit, juice, coffee ,water.
10:00am: Skipper’s Meeting
11:00am: First Warning
1:00pm: Lunch on the water. Bag lunches can be reserved on the registration page. Reserve lunch on the water on the registration page. Menu: Ham, turkey, or salami sandwich wraps with chips, fruit, treat.
3:00pm: Last Start. No starts after 3pm.
6:00pm: Barbecue Dinner & Band Party Dinner tickets and bottomless mugs are available on the registration page. Local Band: Whiskey In My Shoes. Menu: NC Barbecue, Chicken, Mac & Cheese, Baked Beans, Cole Slaw, Rolls, Tea, Water, assorted sodas.
Sunday, Sep 26:
8:00 am Continental breakfast: Included with registration.
9:00 am First Warning
2:00 pm Last start deadline. No starts after 2:00pm
3:00 pm Awards Ceremony
Eligibility & Entry
The Annual Wind and Waves One Design regatta is open to Optimist, 420, Hobie 18, and Flying Scot. Other one design fleets are welcomed to join in and may register with a minimum of 5 boats within each respective class. Classes shall meet eligibility requirements no later than April 1, 2022. A minimum of five entries is required for a class to become and remain eligible for a Class Start.
** Additional classes may be added at the discretion of Hatteras Sailing.
** Early registration ends on March 30, 2022 at 5:00pm and Late Registration Begins at 30% additional cost. All Registrations must be in by April 30.
**Note: There will be no on site registrations.
Sailing Instructions
2021 Cape Hatteras Lighthouse One Design Regatta Sailing Instructions
- Rules
- The Regatta will be governed by these sailing instructions and by the
Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), the prescriptions of US Sailing, and the rules of
the Class Associations of boats entered in this regatta.
- The Regatta will be governed by these sailing instructions and by the
- Entries
- Registration is to be completed online via HatterasSailing.org.
- Communication during the regatta will happen via the Team-Text messaging system by class.
- Additional information will be provided for each registration via email after you complete your registration.
- There is no limit to the numbers you can add to the Team-Text system per registration.
- Safety and Environmental Awareness
- A boats shall carry all equipment required by her class rules.
- USCG-approved PFDs shall be worn by each sailor.
- Boats shall check in with the race committee boat at the starting area
before racing. - Boats that retire from a race or before racing for the day is over shall
notify the race committee as soon as possible. - A Boat requesting assistance should attempt to signal by
waving an extended arm. - Boats observed purposefully discharging trash into the water will be
subject to sanctions up to and including disqualification from all races.
- Notices to Competitors
- Notices to competitors will be posted in real time on the home page of HatterasSailing.org.
- Changes to Sailing Instructions
- Any change to these sailing instructions will be posted on the Official
Notice of Race page on HatterasSailing.org and clearly marked as an “UPDATE”.
- Any change to these sailing instructions will be posted on the Official
- Schedule of Races
- The Competitors Meeting will be Saturday morning as outlined in the
NOR with launch to follow. - The Warning Signal for subsequent races shall follow the preceding
race. - The race committees will set courses to best achieve a 10-15 minute race with the goal of finishing 6-8 races throughout the 2 days of sailing.
- Race committee may square the course over the lunch break on Saturday, but no course will be squared on Sunday racing.
- The Competitors Meeting will be Saturday morning as outlined in the
- Class Designation
- Fleet flags used in the starting sequence in will be
designated at the Competitor’s meeting.
- Fleet flags used in the starting sequence in will be
- Racing Area
- The racing areas will be in the Pamlico Sound between the triangle of Canadian Hole/Kite Point, Brigands Bay Point, and the area noted on charts as The Clam Shoals. Additional course areas to be added as needed.
- Spectators may be able to watch from the beach at both Haulover areas or from boats as available. Spectator location recommendations will be noted in the skippers meeting.
- Spectator and coach boat launch is available at the clubhouse. Dockage is limited, but there is an area for safe anchorage and beaching.
- The Course
- The course will be a Windward/Leeward course with Upwind Finishes. The number of Legs will be determined and signaled by the Race Committee Boat at the Start Line before the warning signal.
- Further course and sailing instructions will be outlined at the skippers meeting. The course for each class will be displayed on the course board near the race committee boat.
- Marks
- The rounding marks for all classes will be inflatable marks, the color and shape
of which will be designated at the Skipper’s Meeting of the respective
race courses. - The starting and finishing marks may be inflatable or cylindrical
marks.
- The rounding marks for all classes will be inflatable marks, the color and shape
- The Start
- The Three-Minute flag hoist sequence will be used with whistle start sequence for all classes.
- The starting line will be between the staff from which
an orange flag is displayed on the RC signal boat and the starting mark. A
mark boat may substitute for a starting mark. - Boats starting more than four (4) minutes late may not be scored, if
such start interferes with a subsequent class. - Recalls: The Race Committee will attempt to hail OCS boats after the starting
signal. Timeliness, lack of a hail, order of hailing or failure to hear a hail shall not be grounds for granting redress.
- Change of Course After the Start
- A change of course after the start will be signaled before the leading boat
has begun the leg, although the new mark may not then be in position.
Any mark to be rounded after rounding the new mark may be relocated
without further signaling to maintain the original course configuration.
- A change of course after the start will be signaled before the leading boat
- The Finish
- The finishing line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on a committee boat and the adjacent finishing mark. A mark boat may be used in lieu of the finishing mark.
- Immediately after downwind finishes, all boats are requested to trim
mainsails to display sail numbers to the race committee.
- Time Limit
- Boats failing to finish within fifteen (15) minutes after the first boat
finishes will be scored “Did Not Finish.” In the interest of time, the Race Committee may elect to score boats that it determines cannot finish within the time limit DNF and start a subsequent race.
- Boats failing to finish within fifteen (15) minutes after the first boat
- Protests
- Protests shall be written on forms available from the Race Committee and delivered to the committee
boat within the Protest Time which will begin when the committee boat
docks and end 20 minutes later. - The Protest Committee will hear protests in approximately the order
of receipt and as soon as possible. - A boat may not protest a boat for an alleged breach of RRS 75.2
(Eligibility) with respect to ISAF Regulation 19, nor for alleged breaches of
sailing instructions 3 & 20. This changes Rule 60. The penalty for breaking
these instructions may be less than disqualification, at the sole discretion
of the protest committee. - It is highly encouraged all protests be managed on the water as
appropriately. - Parents/coaches will be required to attend and assist green fleet sailors with any protests.
- Protests will be heard regarding on the water coaching violations (see rule 19.1, 19.2)
- Protests shall be written on forms available from the Race Committee and delivered to the committee
- Scoring
- The Low-Point scoring system, Appendix A, RRS, will apply.
- If four or more races are sailed, each boat’s worst score will be
excluded.
- Awards
- Award will be presented to the top three sailors in each class.
- Boats
- All support boats are welcome. All support boats are required to
notify registration of their intent to be near the course, as well as which
boats they are supporting. - By registering as a support boat, the operator(s)
acknowledge their obligation to: 1) not interfere with any ongoing race; 2)
to render aid to any sailors in distress, 3) to monitor the racecourse safety
channel, and; 4) to set the example in terms of safety and on-the-water
decorum, including trash disposal.
- All support boats are welcome. All support boats are required to
- On-the-water coaching is encouraged for all Green fleets.
- Coaching between all races is encouraged and acceptable in all classes. Coaches must cease all coaching as soon as the first start warning signal is blown.
- Race-time coaching is only for sailors in a lower half position in the race being sailed.
- Failure to adhere to these on the water coaching standards could result a DNF for each race in which this rule is violated.
One Design Regatta
September 24-26, 2021
Eligibility & Entry
The Annual Wind and Waves One Design regatta is open to Optimist, 420, Hobie 18, and Flying Scot. Other one design fleets are welcomed to join in and may register with a minimum of 5 boats within each respective class. Classes shall meet eligibility requirements no later than April 1, 2022. A minimum of five entries is required for a class to become and remain eligible for a Class Start.
** Additional classes may be added at the discretion of Hatteras Sailing.
** Early registration ends on March 30, 2022 at 5:00pm and Late Registration Begins at 30% additional cost. All Registrations must be in by April 30.
**Note: There will be no on site registrations.
Lodging Options
Frisco Woods Campground
The Regatta is being help from the waterfront of Frisco Woods Campground which has very nice amenities including pool, showers, a nice soundside beach, etc. There are RV sites with full hook ups, tent sites, and cabins.
Cape Hatteras Motel
Cape Hatteras Motel is an amazing oceanfront destination located within view of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Among the nation’s “Top 10 Favorite Beaches” as well as the trip here among the “Top 10 Most Scenic Drives”.
The Atlantic Inn
Historic Hatteras Inn in Hatteras Village. Established in 1928 it was the first inn to be built on Hatteras Island. In 2006, the inn was raised and re-opened. Each room is unique and equipped with TV, Wifi, coffee maker and fridge.