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2019 Triple Crown

The Board of Directors of the Club 420 Association is proud to announce the 2019 Triple Crown series. After five successful years of record participation, the series has been expanded to be more inclusive with more qualifying regattas added throughout the country to give members a chance of competing for the coveted Triple Crown. Competitors will earn points in the series based on their placement in each qualifying regatta. Only the top 3 regatta scores for each boat will count toward the Triple Crown standings. For the 2019 Series we are working with ClubSpot to automate entries into the Triple Crown. Registration details will be released soon but the qualifying regattas and rules are detailed below. We can’t wait ot see everyone on the water this summer.

2019 Qualifying Regattas:

• The Final Standings of the 2018/19 C420 Perry Series, CA, USA
• The Final Standings of the 2018/2019 San Francisco Winter Bays Series, CA USA
• The New England C420 Championship, Shelter Island YC, NY
• Canadian C420 National Championship, Lunenberg, Nova Scotia CAN
• Buzzards Bay C420 Championships, New Bedford Community Sailing, MA USA
• US National C420 Championship, Sail Newport, RI USA
• North American C420 Championship, St. Francis YC, CA USA

Awards: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place boats in the Series as determined by lowest total points  

Rules

1. Organizing Authority – the Organizing Authority of the Triple Crown series is the Club 420 Association, Inc.

2. Eligibility - Each entrant must be a current member of the Club 420 Association; this includes both skipper and crew. Each skipper/crew combination must stay the same through each event of the series to have that event count towards their total score.

3. Ties - In the event of a tie, the results of the 2019 North Americans will serve as the tiebreaker. If one or both tied contestants does not sail the US North American Championships, the finish of the last regatta both contestants sailed will break the tie.

4. Scoring - Points earned from placement at each of the qualifying regattas will determine the Triple Crown. Only the top three (3) regatta scores will count (all other regattas will be dropped). The scoring system is a low point scoring system using the boat’s place multiplied by the factor in Paragraph 8 as the score. If a team, skipper and/or crew do not sail in a regatta, the score is a Last place plus ten (10) places for the contestant for that regatta.

5. In the event of no regatta – Then no scores will be counted for that regatta.

6. Missing an event - If a team, skipper and/or crew do not sail in a regatta, the score is a Last place plus ten (10) places for the contestant for that regatta.

7. Awards - The winners for Triple Crown awards will be determined by the total of the points allocated. Awards will be given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. The award ceremony will be at the conclusion of the 2019 Club 420 Buzzards Bay Championship.

8. Points - Point allocation per event • All other qualifying regattas will be 2.5x the place of the regatta • Nationals (US and Canadian) - 2x the place at the regattas • North Americans- 1x the place at the regatta

9. Participants, by participating, agree that the Club 420 Association, subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures, subcontractors, agents, attorneys, insurers, fiduciaries, sponsors, subrogates, all their respective past, present and future officers, directors, employees, members, and all their respective heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, predecessors, successors, transferees and assigns (collectively, the “Released Parties”) will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by participants against, any liability, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including death, to persons, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize or participation in this Series.

10. Winners, by acceptance of prize, except where legally prohibited, grants permission to the Organizing Authority and its designees to use his/her name, address (city and state), photograph, voice and/or other likeness and prize information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further compensation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the Internet and world wide web, in perpetuity, without notice or review or approval. 11. GOVERNING LAW/DISPUTES: By entering the Contest, participants agree that (i) any and all disputes shall be governed by the laws of the State of Rhode Island, USA to the extent permitted by law, and (ii) any dispute with respect to the Triple Crown shall be the subject of arbitration before the American Arbitration Association in Providence, RI. USA and agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such Arbitration.