Fat Face Night Sail 2008 at Mount Batten Centre, Plymouth

The RS800s are invited to take part in the inaugural Fat Face Night Sail -
the qualification for 10 RS800 places will be calculated from four Circuit
events at the beginning of 2008.
The Fat Face Night Sail is a brand new event being added to the very
successful Fat Face Night Series which also includes skiing, surfing,
wakeboarding, mountain boarding, windsurfing and mountain biking. You can
get a good flavour of the events by looking at the clips of these events on
You Tube http://www.youtube.com/fatfaceltd.
The Fat Face Night Sail will take place at Mount Batten Centre, Plymouth on
July 5th 2008. 14 classes are being invited to take part. Each class will be
able to bring a max of 10 boats who will race in their class from 12.00 -
18.00 on a one lap team racing style course with the aim for each race to
last 12-15 mins. There will be 2 courses (faster and slower) that will be
relatively close to Mount Batten breakwater to allow spectators to follow
the races. At the end of the qualifying series the top three from each class
will go into the finals which will be held in neutral boats and into the
night.
Finals will start at 20.00 right in front of the Mount Batten Centre using
floodlights to illuminate a close course. Each third place in class races
will race against each other in the bronze final, second place in the silver
final and first in the gold final producing an overall winner.
As well as the individual event the results of each class representative in
each final will be added together to produce a champion class that will win
£1000 for their Class Association. The Fat Face Prize Giving will take place
as competitors walk off the water still in their kit with champagne and
prizes as well as big Fat Cheques awarded to the winners. Then it will be
straight into a party in the marquee at Mount Batten Centre with live music
and DJ.
Only a select number of classes are being approached for this inaugural
year. We are expecting a great deal of interest in the event but in the
unlikely event these classes do not take up their invite then we will open
it up to other classes. So far the B14’s, 29ers, 49ers, Larks, Laser, Laser
4000, Laser Radial and RS200/400/800/Feva/600 FF are confirmed.
Your RS800 Committee has decided that the top ten overall based on counting
2 best scores from the following 4 events will be invited:
- Winters at Chew Valley SC
- Fat Face Open at Datchet Water SC
- Fat Face Open/EuroCup at Largs SC
- Fat Face Open at Stokes Bay SC
The overall standings will be based on two discards, i.e each helm counting
their two best results from the four completed events. If someone from the
top ten overall is unable to attend then their place will be offered to 11th
overall etc. The list of invited helms will be published in the RS
Association website following the Stokes Bay event.
Crews not qualifying are of course welcome to come and watch the exciting
racing and join the party.
For further information about the race contact Race Director - Pete Vincent
[email protected] or 07813 899043.
For further information about the Fat Face involvement or the Night Series
contact [email protected] or visit
http://www.fatface.com/stry/nightseries2008