US Sailing Race Officer Workshop
INVITATION: Presented by US Sailing, this two-day Race Officer training workshop is open to everyone.
DESCRIPTION: Race Officials are sailors like you who volunteer their time because they enjoy the work and because they believe in the importance of giving back to the sport. They run races, make umpire calls on the water, hear protests and redress requests. Online testing for certification is included. Registrants will receive a link for online testing in the week before the start of the seminar. Online testing will be available for four weeks following the seminar.
DATES AND TIMES: Saturday and Sunday, February 16 and 17. The workshop will be held from 0830 until 1730 hours.
LOCATION: Willamette Sailing Club, 6336 SW Beaver Avenue, Portland OR
MORE INFORMATION: The instructors for this Race Management Seminar are Jeffrey Zarwell, Charles Rathkopf, and Eric Rimkus. Topics include ensuring the safety of competitors and the race committee, choosing courses to give competitors the best possible races, adjusting the course in response to changing conditions, starting the fleet, finishing the fleet and scoring the event.
FEE: The $110 registration fee includes course materials, online testing, coffee and lunch at the Willamette Sailing Club. If you are a member of OCSA (Oregon Corinthian Sailing Association), pass the Club Race Officer test, and serve as a Principal Race Officer (run a race in Portland, exclusive of Sailing on Sunday or Saturday beer can races) in 2019, OCSA will refund your registration fee.
REGISTRATION: First, you must be a member of US Sailing to register. If you are not, a link to join US Sailing at a discounted rate is available on the Homepage of OCSA’s website.
Then, enroll in the seminar. The seminars are listed chronologically, so scroll down to ours (“Advanced Race Management Seminar at Willamette Sailing Club”) and click on the link. Space is limited to the first 20 registrants. Online registration ends on Monday, February 11, at 2055. Walk-in registrations are not available for this seminar.
INFORMATION OR REGISTRATION HELP: Contact Craig Daniels at rules@sailocsa.org.
