Congratulations to Tabor Academy, who won the NESSA NKBI qualifier last weekend. We delayed posting the scores due to a request to re-open a redress hearing. The NESSA officers felt that the protest committee had made a "significant error" in not allowing others at attend the redress hearing as allowed under the US Sailing prescriptions to the Racing Rules of Sailing. That reopening heard was held yesterday and you can see the results reflected in Tech Score.
The whole event is a reminder to all of us who run regattas that there are a lot of rules and regulations to keep track of and it is important to review them often. This will become even more important on January 1, 2025, when we flip to a new set of RRS and new ISSA PR. Often rules don't change, but sometimes they do. Overall this whole experience was an educational opportunity, which is the business of High School sailing.
The National Keelboat Invitational is a 10-boat regatta with one participant invited form each of the seven ISSA districts and three at-larger invites. NESSA has already submitted a request for consideration for an at large berth. Hopefully, we will secure one again this year.
NESSA Annual Meeting: Sunday November 17, 2024 at BC High. Click here is regisister.
Scheduling meeting at 0930Secretary/Treasurer's report
Vice President's report
President's report
ISSA Annual Meeting report
Stephen Leslie award
By-law/District rules discussion
Regatta Fees.
Schools that have registered for the GOR Quals should submit payments this week through the NESSA PayPal Portal in order to hold their place in the regatta
Information on how to pay Regatta Fees for other regattas (Fall Funfest, Duxbury Invite, Tabor Invite, Roy Williams, etc.) can be found in the NORs for those events.
A. MEMBERSHIP: As of today, there are 74 schools registered in NESSA. For a complete list, click the director page of the NESSA website.
If status says “active”, then your school is all set for this year.
If status is “pending,” this means that the on-line data has been updated but the dues check was not received. Please fill out and sign the attached invoice and mail with an appropriate check to the address on the form or you can pay through the PayPal link on the website.
If status is listed as “inactive,” this means that the on-line portion of registration has not been completed and the dues check has not been received.
All schools are reminded that a Late Fee kicks in on November 1, 2024. In order to complete your school’s registration, please Log on to the “team registration” page and follow the directions.
Dues can be paid through the NESSA PayPal Portal