Updated 02/16/2007

Alter Cup 2003
Reports by Jamie Diamond, Alter Cup Chairman

Day Four of the Alter Cup - 4/10/3

A second jury was convened, and races 13, 14, & 15 have been re-instated.
Each competitor's position at the cut will be determined by their first 7 races sailed.

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Jury Reinstates Races 13, 14, & 15

A day full of redress hearings.  The initial jury denied the big request for redress and made the cut at 12 races.  A request to reopen was filed and a second jury was assembled with 2 additional judges.  After prolonged deliberations SI 6.5 was determined to support the inclusion of every competitors 7th race.

The jury must now hear all pending requests for redress and protests from races 13, 14, & 15.  The cut will be recalculated and posted later tonight.

Racing is scheduled to begin at 10:00am tomorrow.  The RC will determine whether to start with Gold or Silver in the morning.

** Redress Granted, score will be equal to the average score of races pre-cut with worst score discarded.

*** Average  of precut races

**** Average of 4 prior races, not to include race 1

Weather Delays Racing at
U.S. Multihull Championship for the Alter Cup

Clearwater, FL (April 10, 2003) -- Early morning and late afternoon weather limited competition to 3 races yesterday. To extend the fleet split from 12 races to 16 four races were needed. Winds were still generally out of the south but only 6 to 10 knots, at least until the thunderstorms blew racers off the course at around 4 pm. In the end none of Wednesday's racing will count, and the teams will move directly to the gold and silver fleet finals, taking their scores from the 1^st 12 races. The fleet split was announced at 6 pm. Struble & Oliver lead the gold fleet. Young Chris Batchelor sailing with his dad Mark is first in silver. The fleets will alternate racing through the final two days of competition to determine the national champion. Thursday's weather is calling for West Northwest winds at 15 gusting to 25.

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Live Reports and Photos

Why the races did not count yesterday?

The Sailing Instructions state that fleet split to Silver and Gold take place after 12 races or 16 races have been completed. At the end of yesterdays racing, the could only complete 15 races, so the split takes pace at the 12 race designation...