The following rules were adopted by the Santana Class Association of Northern California and completely updated January 1,1996. Revised July 10, 1998
The Santana 35 sloop was created to be a one-design sailboat which would fulfill the many recreational needs of a sailing family. These needs include weekend cruising, round-the-buoy club racing, daysailing, offshore racing, and instructions. Class rules and specification are designed to preserve these design characteristics. Ease-of-handling, low cost of ownership, safety, strict one-design class, the intent is that all boats will be essentially equal and that racing will be a test of sailing ability. It is therefore declared that any effort on the part of anyone to alter the boat or its rigging, except as is specifically authorized by these rules, which would result, or in the opinion of the class officers, is designed, or likely to result in such boat or its helmsman obtaining an advantage over his or her competitors, is a breach of these rules not only in spirit but in substance, and such boat shall, for racing purposes, be deemed not to be a Santana 35 and any points previously granted to said boat in races where the changes were in effect will be rescinded.
1. The official language of the Santana 35 Class is English and in the event of dispute over interpretations, the English text shall prevail. The governing body is USSA.
2. All Santana 35 Class yachts must be built by W. D. Shock Corp. or their assigns. The official sail plan of June, 1978 will be the only allowed sail plan. The hull shall conform to line drawings of 1978 with the optional addition of the "IOR BUSTLE” as illustrated in drawings dated May, 1979.
3. Neither the Santana 35 Class Association or W. D. Schock Corp. will accept legal responsibility in respect to these rules or any claim arising therefrom.
4. Class officers are; Fleet Captain, Secretary, Treasurer, Measurer, and the immediate Past Fleet Captain. The officers will be elected at the Fall Meeting for the succeeding calendar year. The Fleet Captain and Treasurer must be a boat owner to be eligible; the status of an associate member will be granted to an officer that does not own a boat.
5. Meeting dates are as follows:
i. Fall - First Friday in November
ii. Spring - Last Friday in March
iii. Or, as specified by the Fleet Captain with at least two weeks written notice.
6. Suspected violations of skipper, crew, charter, measurements or other Association rules are not protestable to the race committee. Instead they shall be brought to the class officers for their ruling. The decision of the officers is not subject to appeal.
7. There will be three throw outs in the YRA bay series for the purpose of determining a class champion. The season will contain 2 halves with 1 throw out per half and an additional throw out for the overall season championship. A yacht must start in half of more of the starts of each season to be a qualifier for the given class championship. Only qualified yachts are eligible for season's awards.
8. The 720 rule shall apply in the ODCA Bay Series, and other races that are sailed under Class Rules, with the exception of ocean races in which the "I Flag" rule applies.
9. Class dues are $150 per yacht per year payable on January 1st. If there is a change in ownership or a charter is arranged the annual dues are payable again. Dues become late on the date of the season opener. A $25 late charge applies if dues are not paid by the first season opener race. If a yacht is a new member of the fleet (has not been a member in the two previous years) then the first years dues shall be $100.
10. These rules may be changed by a majority of those present at a properly scheduled meeting. A yacht gets one vote.
11. The scoring system used shall be the reverse point system. DSQ points may not be thrown out.
12. For all races sailed as a One Design Class there shall be a minimum of six crew members and the maximum in number determined by a crew weight of 1800 lbs.
13. The official season begins March 1st of each year and extends until February 28th the following year.
14. Driver Eligibility. The driver while racing must be a Santana 35 Class Association member:
i. Racing member.
ii. Cruising member, non-racing (other than his own yacht).
iii. Associate Member.
iv. Business Member.
The driver must also be a Group 1 competitor as described in section X: COMPETITOR ELIGIBILITY (as of the 1997 season).
15. Crew eligibility is defined in section X: COMPETITOR ELIGIBILITY (as of the 1997 season)
16. Tie Breaker: If a tie shall remain in the YRA season after the scoring of USSA Rules appendix 5: then the tie shall be broken in favor of the yacht with the lowest points in the last race in which all tied yachts participated.
17. Honor Awards:
i. Santana 35 National Championship Regatta: The winner of the annual National Championship Regatta of the San Francisco Bay Fleet, shall be entitled to display a gold chevron on his mainsail. The chevron shall be approximately 120 degrees, with each leg being 1 3/4 inches wide 8 inches long. The chevron shall be centered approximately 1 foot under the class insignia. One additional chevron may be added for each subsequent National Championship won.
ii. San Francisco Bay YRA Season Championships: The winner of the San Francisco Bay YRA Season Championship shall be entitled to display a chevron on his mainsail. The chevron shall be approximately 120 degrees, with each leg being 1 3/4 inches wide and 8 inches long. The chevron shall be made of cloth of the same color as his sail numbers, and shall be centered approximately 1 foot under the class insignia. One additional chevron may be added for each subsequent YRA Bay Season Championship won.
iii. Limitations: The honor of displaying a chevron award belongs to the winning skipper, and cannot be transferred to another person.
1. No yacht shall be allowed to race in the Class unless it is currently a member of the Santana Class Association. Membership registration shall be the responsibility of the owner(s). The yacht must be measured before it can be awarded points for purposes of a race trophy or season's standings. If it is discovered that a yacht has used unmeasured items, all points that the yacht has accumulated are subject to removal at the discretion of the officers.
2. The owner shall certify that the boat complies with these Class Rules.
3. Normal charters of a yacht for a race or series can be undertaken under the following rules:
i. The charterer must be a member in good standing with the Association.
ii. The charterer shall be registered with YRA or other sponsoring body as the skipper and is bound by the crew rules.
iii. Any points awarded shall be to the yacht/skipper combination, and are not transferable.
1. These Class Rules, however complete, cannot anticipate every possible situation which may arise. It should be assumed that is anything which is not specifically permitted, is specifically prohibited until a ruling by the Class Officers has been obtained.
2. Where there is any question of the permissibility of any proposed detail of design, construction, or rigging, a specific request to be made to the Measurer for a ruling.
3. When a request for such ruling has been made, the Class Officer shall approve or disapprove of the proposal within 90 days. Such rulings, once made, become part of the Class Rules and may be changed or repealed at a later date by an official scheduled meeting of boat owners. In making such rulings, the officers are to follow the intent of the existing rules, and are not to be concerned with the literal construal of the wording of the existing rules. The officers are to follow the basic philosophy that the Santana 35 is intended to be a One-Design Class in which no difference in design, equipment or construction which affect boat speed are to be permitted.
4. Sails, mainsail battens, and spinnaker poles will be measured when the item is new or before it is used in a race. Sails will be marked by the measurer. Measurements will be done as scheduled by the measurer.
5. When a boat or the owner is new to the association or a boat is altered, the boat must be measured and certified as a Santana 35 within the rules of the association before it is eligible for racing. This measurement includes those relative to rated sail areas according to the official sail plan. A valid IOR certification will be accepted in lieu of actual on-the-boat measurements. The boat will also be inspected for conformity to the association rules prior to certification.
1. Nothing on the Santana 35 shall be modified, removed, replaced, relocated, and/or added that would violate the intent of these rules and specifications with the following exceptions:
i. Roller furling systems to facilitate sail handling.
ii. Jib luff groove systems such as the Headfoil II, Twin-stay, Gemini, etc.
- Dimensions: 7x4.65 and 6 11/16 x 4.25
- Moments: 15.2x7 and 16.2x7.4
- Weight/Foot 3.35 lbs./ft. and 3.87 lbs./ft.
2. Reshaping (with the exception of fairing) of keel, rudder, or hull profiles and contours. In no case shall the length, width, or depth of the above exceed factor/specifications.
3. Changes to the basic design (single spreader, wall thickness, section size, mast taper, etc.) or reduction in size or amount of standing rigging, except specifications in item #1.
4. Thru-deck spinnaker launchers.
5. Coring, drilling out, rebuilding, replacing materials, grinding, or relocating standard equipment (except fuel tanks and batteries) in any way to reduce weight, to improve moments of inertia, or to change standard shapes.
6. Alterations to liners and structural members except to increase size and strength.
7. Spreaders or spreader brackets other than supplied as standard by the manufacturer, except when an owner for reasons of safety substitutes modified spreaders or spreader brackets of the same length, weight (minimum) and angle to the mast, and obtains prior approval from the Class Measurer.
8. Deletion of any standard tanks, bulkheads, headliners, head, berth bases or other than standard items; except as replaced by approved amounts of weight.
9. Addition of ballast of any sort in such a way that it increases the stability of the boat (i.e. is below the waterline). However, additional, non-movable ballast added for measurement purposes under other than class rules is allowed as long as it does not increase stability (i.e. is above the water line).
10. The following specific alterations on the specifically noted boats are granted the following variance to these rules:
Hull #4 - missing fuel tank under cockpit sole
Hull #5 - genoa track layout as of 4/80
Hull #18 - genoa track layout as of 1/80
Hull #25 - genoa track layout as of 12/79
Hull #61 - 106% genoa as of 1/80
1. Since there will be some variance in base boat weights coming from the factory and since owner preference for gear will vary, a full/on minimum sailing weight is established at 8300 lbs.
1. Except as outlined for offshore use in Line 8 below, the sails that are allowed are: one mainsail, a #1 genoa no larger that 155% no smaller than 150%, a #2 genoa of 130%, a #3 jib of 95%, and two spinnakers, (+2% for old sails and -2% for new sails).
2. Minimum cloth weights are: .75 oz. for one spinnaker, and the other spinnaker shall have a minimum weight no lighter than 0.75 oz. (bay) or 0.50 oz.(ocean). The spinnakers shall be of a woven non-film nylon or polyester material. The intent of this section is to allow what is commonly know as 0.75 oz. nylon and 0.85 polyester. Lighter weight cloths are strictly prohibited for bay racing.
3. IYRU Sail Measurement Instruction guidelines will be followed regarding reinforcing patches and woven sailcloth material.
4. The #1 and #2 Genoa's shall be dacron and/or mylar, and/or aramid and the spinnakers a woven non-film nylon or polyester.
5. MAINSAIL:
i. Banded dimensions are luff 42 ft. and foot of 14.25 ft.
ii. Maximum leech length from the front corner of the headboard is 45 ft.
iii. The headboard maximum fore and aft dimension is 5 1/2 inches.
iv. The foot may be attached to the boom with 1/3 inches boltrope and a clew slide, “loose footed" designs are allowed. A "clam" type shelf or "zippered" shelf with a lighter weight cloth is permitted.
v. Two ply main leeches are allowed 3 inches forward of batten pockets between bottom batten and a point midway between the 1st (top) and 2nd batten.
vi. The mainsail has no restrictions as to its construction material. (as of 11/95)
vii. Any number of reef points and flattening reef are permitted. No reef point is required (as of 11/96).
viii. There is no minimum weight for the mainsail (as of 11/96)
6. HEADSAILS:
i. A double luff groove headstay system and additional halyards are permitted.
ii. Maximum LP dimension is 19.91 ft. for the 155% (#1), 16.70 ft. for the 130% (#2), and 12.20 ft. for the 95% (#3). Girths as published must be adjusted for head foil penalty.
iii. Spinnaker shape shall be symmetrical with maximum luffs of 39 ft., maximum girth of 23.17 ft., minimum girth of 22.87 ft. (for the 0.75 oz. nylon or 0.85 oz. polyester) and minimum girth of 18.6 ft. for heavier than 0.85 oz. All sails must be legal under IOR as regards to dimensions and the relationships of these dimensions. Puller patches are allowed.
iv. No bloopers, drifters or staysails are allowed in class racing in the Bay.
v. For offshore One-design purposes the sail limitations will be the same as Bay races with the addition of a 0.5 oz. spinnaker, a heavy weather spinnaker (maximum girth shall not exceed 80% of class spinnaker with cloth weight of 1.5 oz. or heavier). Two additional light headsails of any material no more than 155% LP or smaller, and any storm sails deemed necessary by the skipper (said storm sails must be smaller than 95 % and their weight must be equal to or heavier than the 95%).
vi. The Class number 3 sail will be 95% with no restrictions on the composition material; KEVLAR, SPECTRA, and other exotics are specifically allowed. (as of ’90 season)
vii. The number 1 & 2 sails may use "aramid" composition materials. (as of ’95 season)
viii. Various previously allowed #3 sails will be allowed until replaced. Batten length shall be San Francisco Bay IMS length.
7. All Class sails will be restricted in replacement frequency to once every 2 seasons per sail. There is no imperative that the sail must be in use for the entire two seasons, i.e. a boat which sits out a year may still count that season for purposes of sail age. If a sail is destroyed or other mitigating circumstances arise, a sail may be replaced after a shorter period at the discretion of an executive committee, composed of the Fleet Captain, Measurer, and Chair of the Technical Committee.
8. A sail older than two seasons may be interchanged for a newer sail for a given race at the owners discretion.
It is the intent of the Northern California Santana 35 Class Association Rules and Specifications that all keels and rudders conform to basic NACA shape 63A012, as further defimed by measurements and tolerances as drawn in pages 4 - 6 through 4 - 9 of the technical section.
1. All existing keel and rudder dimensions as of 2/90 will be deemed acceptable as Santana 35 keels and rudders. Modifications subsequent to 2/90 must approach, or meet specifications as per drawings in the technical section. Any modifications diverging from these specifications shall be deemed illegal.
2. It is the obligation of each owner to notify the Fleet Measurer prior to commencement of any work which will alter the shape of his keep or rudder. Questions see IV. Measurement, of the Class Rules.
3. Lead may be ground off as part of the fairing process. Any lead removed as part of the fairing process may not be used as fairing material, or be replaced in any way.
4. Fairing compounds are limited to materials that do not affect Ballasting. Metal shavings or metallic fillers of any kind are not allowed.
5. The leading and trailing edges of both the keel and the rudder must be straight lines (Trapezoidal).
It is the intent of the Santana 35 Association to encourage and promote amateur competition, while recognizing the benefit the fleet gains from participation of Marine Industry Representatives. The Association has chosen to adopt the IYRU definitions of competitors as per Appendix AIA of the 1993-1996 Rule Book. Additionally, the Association has implemented the guidelines of the IMSOC (IMS Owners Committee) with respect to a competitor’s classification and participation in fleet events. While strictly eliminating participation from professional sailors, it should be noted the fleet continues to encourage Marine Industry Representatives to participate in fleet events. Restrictions on their participation are limited only to the number of MIRs allowed on each individual boat, and that they are not permitted to helm the boat. IYRU 1993-1996 Appendix A1A-Definitions for Competitor Eligibility below is adopted by this rule:
A group 1 competitor is one who engages in yacht racing solely as a pastime, who is not engaged part-time or full time in an occupation that contributes to the performance of racing yachts, and who has not been a Group 3 competitor within the past 24 months or a Group 2 competitor whithin the past 12 months. As exceptions, the following competitors are included in Group 1:
(a) a sailing instructor who, during no more than 90 days per calendar year, teaches racing in a yacht club, sailing club, community sailing or youth camp, or at a school or other educational institution.
(b) paid hand employed on a cruiser-racer type yacht during no more than 90 days per calendar year, and who will not reach the age of 25 before the end of the calendar year.
(c) one who, for compensation, occasionally gives racing clinics not longer than one week.
A competitor does not lose Group 1 status by occasionally accepting reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for travel, living accommodations and meals necessary for participation in an event.
A group 2 competitor is one who is neither a Group 1 nor a Group 3 competitor.
A group 3 competitor is one who, within the past 12 months, has:
(a) directly or indirectly received or been promised income, a loan, a gift, paid expenses beyond those allowed in paragraph 1.1, or any other form of compensation, for:
(i) competing in a yacht racing event; or
(ii) training, practicing, tuning or testing yachts, sails, or equipment, or otherwise preparing for competition, for a particular yacht racing event in which he competes.
(b) directly or indirectly received a prize of money or its equivalent, a prize readily convertible to money, or a non-monetary prize having value of US $500 or more, other than a prize of primarily symbolic value such as a trophy.
(c) directly or indirectly received, primarily because of sailing skill or sailing reputation, payment or other compensation having a value of US $500 or more for allowing his name, likeness, sailing performance or sailing reputation to be used for the advertisement or sale of any product or service.
(d) publicly identified himself as a Group 3 competitor or professional.
The above definitions (Appendix A1A of the 1993-96 IYRU rule book) are specifically referred to as the guidelines for participation in San Francisco Fleet Santana 35 one-design events:
Group 1.
No restrictions on competition.
Group 2.
At most three Group 2 competitors are allowed to compete on each yacht. If a Group 3 competitor is on board, at most two Group 2 competitors are allowed to compete. (That is, at most three Group 2 + Group 3 competitors). Group 2 competitors may not drive while a yacht is ‘racing’.
Group 3.
At most one Group 3 competitor is allowed to compete on each yacht. Group 3 competitors may not drive while a yacht is ‘racing’. (as of ’98 season. ’97 season prohibited all Group 3 competitors).
Competitor Eligibility is defined herewith only in respect to One Design events that are sanctioned by the Santana 35 Class Association of Northern California, where the fleet competes as a One Design group under its Class Rules (such as the Spring and Summer ODCA series, National Championships, etc.) Other events are generally open, and there are no limits to competitor eligibility other than those prescribed by the sponsoring organization, unless the event is specifically classified as Santana 35 One Design event by a polling of the Santana 35 fleet members prior to that specific event.
· States you own a boat & want to race in the bay.
· Allows driver eligibility
· Allows qualification for the regular race season.
· Ability to vote.
· Eligibility for trophies.
· We send you newsletters, Technical Updates, Meeting Announcements, etc.
· Allows discounts on special event entry fees.
· If a yacht is a new member of the fleet (has not been a member in the two previous years) then the first years dues shall be $100.
· States you own a boat but do not want to race in the Bay.
· Ability to vote.
· We send you Newsletter, Technical Updates, Meeting Announcements, etc.
· States you do not own a local boat, but you wan to keep track of what is happening. Includes crew, owners outside California, and other interested parties. The fee for Fleet Officers is walved if the officer does not own a boat.
· Allows driver eligibility.
· We send you Newsletters, Technical Updates, Meeting Announcements, etc.
· States you are a very special person or organization and want to help support the fleet.
· Allows driver eligibility.
· Allows first choice presentation ability.
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