{"id":135,"date":"2017-04-25T09:50:50","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T09:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/c9598732.myzen.co.uk\/fycablog\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2017-04-25T09:51:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T09:51:57","slug":"scope-of-the-fyca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/c9598732.myzen.co.uk\/fycablog\/scope-of-the-fyca\/","title":{"rendered":"Scope of the FYCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KEEPING IN TOUCH:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FYCA Internet web site publicises events, results, cruising information, links to club web sites, berthing information, weather forecasts, tide tables, etc.<\/li>\n<li>FYCA regularly updates &amp; circulates Sailing Secretaries list to member clubs<\/li>\n<li>FYCA Executive meets bi-monthly &amp; runs Spring &amp; Autumn general meetings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SETTING THE RACING CALENDAR:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FYCA promotes open racing events &amp; consensus on calendar format<\/li>\n<li>FYCA publishes Leith weekend tidal data to clubs ~16 months ahead of season<\/li>\n<li>FYCA coordinates Open Events calendar &amp; distributes it to clubs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FYCA tracks &amp; awards the Forth yacht and dinghy championships<\/li>\n<li>FYCA tracks &amp; awards the Forth Inshore Group (FIG) series for Div-1 &amp; Div-2 yachts o FYCA encourages less experienced crews \u00a0with \u2018Restricted Sail\u2019 option for 2015<\/li>\n<li>FYCA supports the Disability Sailing Trust at Lochore Meadows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>FAIR YACHT HANDICAPS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FYCA defines the policy of the Yacht Handicap Committee<\/li>\n<li>FYCA analyses performances, sets yacht handicaps &amp; publishes them on web site<\/li>\n<li>FYCA Yacht Performance Database has ~35,000 performances over 1996-2014<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>EQUIPMENT &amp; DATA:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FYCA maintains a set of race marks &amp; ground tackle for major events<\/li>\n<li>FYCA sponsored Club Mark-layer course in May 2015<\/li>\n<li>FYCA is developing event management &amp; race planning guidance for clubs<\/li>\n<li>FYCA licenses &amp; purchases UKHO annual Leith tide tables for club distribution<\/li>\n<li>FYCA is cooperating with IMRAY to provide data for new east coast pilot book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SAFETY STANDARDS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FYCA publishes Yacht Construction and Equipment Standards for racing<\/li>\n<li>FYCA Safety Committee reviews regulations and exemption requests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>EAST COAST SAILING FESTIVAL:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FYCA participates on the ECSF Steering Group o FYCA co-ordinates ECSF on Firth of Forth every second year<\/li>\n<li>FYCA promotes feeder races to ECSF on Tay and in NE England<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>REPRESENTATION:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FYCA represents member clubs interests with Forth Ports, Forth Estuary Forum, RYA (Scotland), Inland Waterways, local councils, Scottish Government, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KEEPING IN TOUCH: FYCA Internet web site publicises events, results, cruising information, links to club web sites, berthing information, weather forecasts, tide tables, etc. FYCA regularly updates &amp; circulates Sailing Secretaries list to member clubs FYCA Executive meets bi-monthly &amp; runs Spring &amp; Autumn general meetings SETTING THE RACING CALENDAR: FYCA promotes open racing events [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/c9598732.myzen.co.uk\/fycablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/c9598732.myzen.co.uk\/fycablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/c9598732.myzen.co.uk\/fycablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/c9598732.myzen.co.uk\/fycablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/c9598732.myzen.co.uk\/fycablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/c9598732.myzen.co.uk\/fycablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"http:\/\/c9598732.myzen.co.uk\/fycablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/c9598732.myzen.co.uk\/fycablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}