Place:- Uncle Harry s Bar, Simpson Bay Lagoon, St.Maarten The organising authority is the Sint Maarten Yacht Club. The regatta will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing of ISAF (2001-2004), this notice of race and by the sailing Instructions.- The regatta will be sailed as a Category  C  event. The regatta is sanctioned by the Caribbean Sailing Association as the Women s Caribbean One Design Keelboat Championship.The regatta will use organization supplied Jeanneau Sun Fast 20 boats. Seven boats will be available for use and an eighth will be on stand by. Organizers will make every effort to keep equipment as equitably distributed as possible but no guarantees are made in this regard.The regatta is open to 14 teams of not less than 3 and not more than 4 women per team.- Out of the 14 teams 4 places will be held for St.Maarten teams, leaving 10 remaining places for overseas teams. If overseas places are not filled by October 10th they will then be made available for more local teams.  Teams must wear co-ordinated coloured shirts or outfits, which have the function of identifying the teams during sailing to the committee and spectators. For this reason the shirts should be distinct colours. The regatta will not provide for these shirts or outfits.- Please inform us of the colours or print that your team will be wearing.  The registration, welcoming party and the skippers briefing will be held at

the St.Maarten Yacht Club on Friday- November 5th at 6.00pm.  Racing will not start before 9am.on Saturday November 6th.- The regatta will be sailed in a 2 pool round robin format, which will result in a final round robin of a championship pool (gold) and a silver pool.  Trophies will be awarded to 1st 2nd and 3rd in the gold fleet and 1st in the silver fleet. The award ceremony will be as soon as possible after the racing on Sunday.  The entry fee/boat rental for the regatta is $200.00US per team. Teams may enter by sending in their entry information to the following Email caryrobbie@caribserve.net or director@bigboatseries.com. Phone: (599)-543-6469 or (599)-543-6091 Cary s cell (599)-552-0068. For entry information we need name of skipper, team name, how many in team and country and T.Shirt size of each crew.  The equipment will be available for teams to practice on Friday 5th November from 9 am to 4 pm. Reservations should be directed to director@bigboatseries.com  Entries for overseas teams will be accepted on a basis of order of entry received.  Interest of participation should be in by October 1st. Conformation for overseas entries should be in by October 17th. Entries for St.Maarten teams may be decided with a qualifying/practice regatta. A Separate Notice of Race will be made for the qualifying regatta.