Colorado Governor’s Cup

Amended Deed of Gift

The original Colorado Governor’s Cup Trophy is given with love for the sport of sailboat racing to the Sailing Association of Intermountain Lakes by Bruce and Carole Bates of Bonny Lee Sails. The Trophy was designed by Carl Jensen of Earthworks. This trophy is now used for the keelboat award. Jim Keesling and Rocky Mountain Boatworks provided the trophy for the Dinghy award. 

The Trophies shall be awarded at the annual Colorado Governor’s Cup Regatta as set forth in this Deed of Gift.

Regatta Authority Selection  

Any Colorado sailing club which is a member in good standing of the Sailing Association of Intermountain Lakes (SAIL) and US SAILING may apply to SAIL for authority to host the Governor’s Cup Regatta. 

SAIL shall select the Club Regatta Authority, dates and venue from those Clubs that have applied. In the event that no club submits an application, SAIL may solicit applications. SAIL and it’s members may assist a club in organizing or managing the event.

Regatta Management Requirements

T  The Deed of Gift shall be posted and available at the Regatta.

T  All sailors shall be eligible to compete in the Regatta.

T  The Regatta shall be open to both keel and centerboard boats.

T  Current ISAF rules as prescribed by US SAILING and the Regatta sailing instructions shall govern.

T  The Regatta sailing instructions shall be approved by SAIL.

T  The Regatta Sailing Instructions and Notice of Race shall contain "Colorado Governor’s Cup" as the Regatta title.

T  The Sailing Instructions shall contain the eligibility, scoring and sportsmanship requirements for award of the Colorado Governor’s Cup.

T  The Regatta shall have a race committee lead by a qualified race officer.

T  The Regatta shall have a jury of qualified individuals which is separate from the race committee and appointed by the Regatta authority.

T  The Regatta shall use the low point scoring system as prescribed by US SAILING.

T  Race results shall be announced at the Regatta and published as soon as practical.

Colorado Governor’s Cup Trophy Scoring

The winner of the Colorado Governor’s Cup Trophy shall be awarded to the boat with the lowest Cup score as determined below:

Total points for all races (no throw outs) in the Regatta for each boat divided by the number of boats competing in that boat’s fleet yields the Cup score.

If there is a Cup Score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best race score(s). This procedure will be discontinued at the point where any remaining participant to the tie runs out of scores due to fleets completing different numbers of races. All parties to any remaining tie will be recognized as cup winners.

Bruce Bates                                                          Carole Bates

Date: April 2003

Additional Colorado Governor’s Cup Notes:  Clubs wishing to bid on hosting the Colorado Governor’s Cup for the following year should submit a bid in writing by the convening of the SAIL Annual Meeting on the first Saturday of November. The bidding club must be a member of SAIL and carry regatta liability insurance at least equal to that under US SAILING’s program. The bid must specify a venue in the state of Colorado. SAIL will receive the bids and hear oral presentations at the Annual Meeting, but will vote on bid selection at a later meeting.

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