BASIC RACE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR

Long Beach Yacht Club

January 20, 2023

8am - 5pm

COURSE CERTIFICATION:

This course will provide passing students with their Club Race Officer certification.

A Club Race Officer is expected to be able to properly run any race normally conducted at his or her local sailing organization, including organizing the race committee, writing sailing instructions and scoring the event.

The certified Club Race Officer program is administered within each US Sailing geographic area by the Area Race Officer. The Area Race Officer may certify an applicant as a Club Race Officer when all of the material necessary for certification has been received. Please download the PDF for a list of certification requirements.

COURSE INSTRUCTORS:

• Becky Ashburn IRO (Lead)
• Wendy Corzine RRO (Asst)
• Cameron MacLaren RRO (Asst)

ABOUT THE PROGRAM:

Race Officers are responsible for

• Choosing courses to give competitors the best possible races
• Adjusting the course in response to changing conditions
• Starting and finishing the fleet
• Scoring the event
• Ensuring the safety of competitors and the race committee

Personal Attributes of Race Officials

Because race officials play an important role in ensuring the fairness and quality of competition, racing sailors and US Sailing expect a high level of personal integrity and judicial temperament of certified race officials. To learn more about standards of personal conduct for race officials and how they are evaluated, please click here.

Goals of the Race Officer Certification Program

• To make racing more enjoyable by improving the quality of race management
• To standardize race management practices for the benefit of competitors and members of the race committee
• To identify qualified active race officers and make them available to event organizers
• To provide structured training and continuing education for race officers