Rolex Miami OCR: Notice of Race Now Available
Miami, Fla. (October 12, 2005) - From January 22 to 27, 2006, US SAILING’s Rolex Miami OCR returns to the waters of Biscayne Bay, bringing together the world’s top Olympic and Paralympic class competitors. The 17th annual US SAILING Rolex Miami OCR is a mainstay on the winter circuit for sailors who are campaigning for the next Olympic and Paralympic Games. The event is ranked by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) as a Grade 1 event and features competition in 13 Olympic and Paralympic classes. The Notice of Race for the event is now available at www.ussailing.org/Olympics/RolexMiamiOCR.
The competition will be raced in all events selected for the next Olympic Games: 49er, 470 (Men & Women), Finn, Laser, Laser Radial, Neil Pryde RS:X (Men & Women), Star, and Yngling. Racing will also be held for the 2.4mR and Sonar, two of the three events selected for the 2008 Paralympic Games. ISAF is scheduled to announce a third and new Paralympic class in November, but due to the short time-frame, this equipment will not be used in the 2006 Rolex Miami OCR.
The Pan American Sailing Federation and ISAF have selected the 2006 Rolex Miami OCR as a country qualifier for the 2007 Pan American Games for the Laser, Laser Radial and Neil Pryde RS:X (Men and Women) classes.
New Winter Circuit
US SAILING has teamed up with several U.S. and North American Class Associations to create a new Winter Circuit for Olympic and Paralympic class sailors in the Biscayne Bay area. Thus far, twenty regattas and training camps in various classes complementing the Rolex Miami OCR have been scheduled to date, with more to come.
On-Line Registration
On-line registration will open by November 14, 2005 for competitors and coaches. Early registration is recommended and encouraged by discounted fees for entries received by January 16, 2006. Registrations received after January 16, 2006 will be subject to late fees.
Online registration, regatta and Winter Circuit information can be found at www.ussailing.org/Olympics/RolexMiamiOCR.
Share or bookmark this story:
| This entry was posted on Thursday, October 13th, 2005 at 12:37 pm and is filed under The Inbox. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed. |
