United States A-Cat Association (USACA)

As many of you have seen, the USACA has released the qualification procedure for the 2007 USACA World Championship being held in from Nov 10-16 in Islamoralda Key, Florida.


As it stands for 2007, the entire west coast is considered a single district and will be allocated a certain number of slots for the worlds. We have proposed that the Pacific NW (Washington & Oregon) be split into a separate district, but that would not take effect until 2008.

After many discussions, many west coast sailors have expressed concerns regarding their ability to participate in a qualification series the the west region. Therefore, we will be proceeding with the following (imperfect but hopefully fair) qualification process:

• Three separate qualification events will be held on the west coast: one in So Cal, one in Nor Cal, and one in Pac NW




• Assuming that the west coast division is allocated at least three slots for the 2007 Worlds, each of the qualifying events will result in at least one competitor qualifying for the worlds.


• The number of slots allocated per event will depend on how many paid USACA members compete in a specific event, not on the number of members from each of the sub-regions.


• The total number of slots available for west coast A-Cats is unknown at this time and will depend on all of the variables described in the "USACA 2007 World Championship Entry Allocation" document


• The winner of each of the three event will qualify for a slot at the worlds
  Additional slots beyond the three will be allocated based on a ratio of the number of paid USACA members (PAY YOUR DUES!) competing in each event (see example below)


• If the winner or other person qualifying for the worlds has already qualified at another event or by direct allocation, the next best finisher in that event will assume that allocation slot


• If the west coast is allocated less than three slots, the winner of the largest event will qualify in the case of a single slot allocation and the winners of the two largest events will qualify in the case of two slot allocations




• Note that sailors that can travel to multiple events will gain up to three opportunities to qualify for the worlds

The dates have been set for the three west coast qualifying events for the 2007 IACA world championship.

Pacific Northwest: Seattle Yacht Club S.O.C.K.S Regatta 5/19-20/2007 http://www.seattleyachtclub.org/Sailboat/Sailboat_Racing

Southern California: ABYC Memorial Day Regatta 5/26-27/2007 http://www.abyc.org/event.cfm?id=254

Northern California: SCYC 505/A-CAT Summer Open 6/2-3/2007
http://www.scyc.org/

Allocation Example                               Allocations
       Event         Dates      Boats  Ratio  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10
PacNW  SOCKS         May 19-20     12    26%  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  3
SoCal  Memorial Day  May 26-27     16    35%  1  2  2  2  2  3  3  3
NorCal Summer Open   June  2-3     18    39%  1  2  2  2  2  3  4  4

Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information