For many years, the Interlake Sailing Class Association (ISCA) has sponsored the Travelers’ Series as a measure of performance through a year’s series of regattas.  The 2008 Travelers’ Series will be run on a calendar year basis including all regattas that meet the requirements of the rules below:

1. Series Approval.  The regattas to be scored in the series are approved by the ISCA Executive Committee at the beginning of the sailing season.  Proposals for inclusion in this series are submitted to the ISCA in February at the Fleet Captain’s meeting.

2. Changes.  Any changes to this series notice will be published in the Intercom and a copy mailed to the current list of Fleet Captains as published in the Intercom.  The changes become official as of the date the notices are mailed to the fleet captains.

3. Eligibility. The helmsman must be an active member of the ISCA.  Race results will be scored for the regattas sailed in which the helmsman was an active member.

4. Schedule.  The regattas that make up this series and their tentative dates appear as listed in the Intercom.

5. Measurement.  The helmsman’s boat must meet all specifications of the ISCA at each regatta where it is entered for the results to be scored in the series.

6. Scoring.  The scorekeeper awards to each helmsman one point for a first place finish in any of these regattas, two points for a second place finish, and so forth, as reported in the Intercom.  All scores from a regatta marked with a “**” in the schedule count as two regattas with the same score.  To qualify for a trophy, a helmsman must have sailed in sufficient regattas to have no less than five (5) scores.  Trophies are awarded on the basis of each helmsman’s best five (5) scores.  Points are earned based on regatta’s final standings as published in the Intercom. 

     · Nationals – Challenger Fleet – for the purposes of the Travelers’ Series, competitors will be scored with the number of points equal to their finishing position in the Challenger Fleet plus 1/2 times the number of boats entered in the Championship Fleet, rounded up to the closest whole number.

     · Ties will be broken as follows:

   i. If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s series 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 favor of the boat(s) with the best place(s). No excluded scores shall be used.
   ii. If a tie remains between two or more boats after using the above method, the tie shall be broken using the results of head-to-head competition at the counted regattas to be determined by which beat the other boat the most times. No excluded scores shall be used.
   iii. If a tie remains between two or more boats after using the above methods, they shall be ranked in order of total boats beaten in the counted regattas. No excluded scores shall be used.
iv. If a tie still remains between two or more boats after using the above methods, they shall be ranked in order of total boats beaten in all regattas. Previously excluded scores shall be used.

8. Scorekeeper.  The scorekeeper for the 2008 series is Martin Howell, Past President, ISCA.