MIR 2024

Details

DATE June 8th - 9th 2024

LOCATION: 25630 W. Long Beach Drive, Ingleside IL 60041

MOORING This will be a wet-sail regatta. All boats will be launched via a ramp on a grass yard and boats will be moored at an average depth of 10ft. All sailors are required to bring adequate mooring.

TROPHIES Trophies will be awarded to the skipper and crew of the top five finishing boats.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Meals will be provided to all registrants, including a Saturday and Sunday lunch and a Saturday night dinner. For guests who are accompanying sailors, meals can be purchased from the MIR Shop. There will also be free beer on tap. 🍻

Registration & MIR Swag

Register now through our MIR Shop and pick up some MIR gear while you’re registering!

Racing & Meal Schedule

Friday

• EARLY LAUNCHING 3:00pm - 7:00pm

Saturday

• LAUNCHING 7:30am - 9:30am

• COMPETITOR’S BRIEFING 9:30am

• RACES START 10:30am at PRO’s Discretion

• LUNCH (ON SHORE) Post-Race

• RACES RESUME PRO’s Discretion

• COCKTAILS Post-Race

• DINNER To Follow

Sunday

• RACES START 10:00am at PRO’s Discretion

• LUNCH & AWARDS PRESENTATION Post-Race

Regatta Documents

Entrants

Standings

Sailing Instructions

Midwest Invitational Regatta - C Class 

1. Rules

The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing.

2. Entries

Competitors may enter by paying $100. Late fee of $125 after June 1 to Long Lake Yacht Club and mailed or delivered to Regatta Headquarters before 9:00AM on June 8, 2024.

3. Notices to Competitors

Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board located at Regatta Headquarters.

4. Signals Made Ashore

Signals made ashore will be displayed from the flagpole located at regatta headquarters.  If a postponement is signaled ashore, the warning signal will be made not less than 30 minutes after flag AP is lowered.

5. Schedule and Class Flags

A competitors’ meeting will be held at 9:30AM on June 8th, 2024 at regatta headquarters or on radio channel 72. Five Races are scheduled, the warning signal for the first race will be at 10:30am on Saturday June 8. Except when races are sailed back-to-back, the approximate time of warning signals for subsequent races will be posted. One race constitutes a regatta. No warning signal will be made after 1:00pm, Sunday June 9th if at least one race was completed. 

6. Racing Area

The racing area will be on navigable waters of Long Lake, IL. 

7. Courses and Marks

The course[s] will be Windward-Leewards. The course will be designated by a black letter on a white board. All marks will be orange balls. 

8. Starting and Finishing Lines

The starting and finishing lines will be between boat with orange flag and either a boat with orange flag or starting buoy. The leeward gate marks may be to windward or leeward of the starting line but in place at the time of the start. Rule 26 starting sequence will be employed.

9. Time Limit

The time limit for each race will be 75 minutes for the first boat to finish.

10. Protests

Protests shall be delivered to regatta headquarters within 45 minutes after the race committee finish boat docks. The protest time limit and a list of protests received will be posted on the notice board. Hearings will be held as soon as practicable after racing each day at regatta headquarters. 

11. Scoring

Five races are scheduled. All scores will count.