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2020-21 SAISA Season Update

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The SAISA BOD met on Monday July 27th to discuss the Covid 19 Pandemic and how it may affect our 2020-2021 HS Sailing season.   In the interest of safety for our sailors, coaches, support staff and on the water volunteers, it was decided that SAISA will take the following precautions:

 

  1. The ISSA BOD has postponed the Cressy National Singlehanded Championship to 2021.  When ISSA solidifies a date and venue, SAISA will then schedule a qualifier in the winter/spring of 2021.  

 

  1. All ISSA interconference, coastal and invitational regattas in the fall of 2020 have been cancelled.   This included the ACC’s, PCC Girls Champs, Larry White, CofC Intersectional, Great Oaks and the Keelboat Champs.  

 

  1. The SAISA north and south points qualification series have been postponed until 2021.  As we progress through the fall, the SAISA BOD will continue to monitor the situation and may consider a shorter qualification series.

 

  1. SAISA will continue to promote/support HS sailing this fall at a very local level including local scrimmages, joint practices and even small regattas not requiring extensive (overnight) travel. 

 

  1. The SAISA website along with Techscore will be available for use by all 2020-2021 SAISA member schools.   If you would like to host an event, South NOR’s should be sent to Todd Fedyszyn at todd@spyc.org and North NOR’s should be sent to Ryan Hamm at ryanhamm@sadlerandhamm.com for approval.  

 

 

  1. All events including Regattas, Scrimmages and Joint Practices shall strictly adhere to all CDC, State, County and Local Covid 19 Guidelines.  

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Todd Fedyszyn

SAISA President

The ISSA Board of Directors has canceled the following Spring 2020 ISSA regattas; Mallory, Baker, NIT, Phebe Corckran King, and all District Championships (and their qualifiers). All other ISSA sanctioned high school regattas are canceled through May 1, 2020. It is the intent of the ISSA Board to make a decision on the rest of the season in terms of District, league and local regattas no later than May 1, 2020. 

We make this decision out of an abundance of care and the safety of our athletes, their parents, the coaches, the race officials, & the volunteers. While it is disappointing to all of us, we know it is the responsible thing to do at this time.

The SAISA ByLaws will be published soon.

History of SAISA coming soon

Downloadable documents and links for the SAISA District:

SAISA Supplemental Rules PDF

2018-2019 Supplemental Rules Version 1
March 17, 2018

The South Atlantic District encompasses Florida (except the panhandle), Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Northern Alabama and islands in the Caribbean. Note this and other districts in ISSA are very similar to the collegiate districts in both sailing format and geographic area.

SAISA is one of 7 districts in ISSA (refer to "What is ISSA") and sponsors 20 or more regional regattas and three district championship* events (Cressy, Mallory, Baker Regattas) plus a unique regatta available for teams that have not competed in a doublehanded ISSA National championship for the past four (4) years, the Great Oaks Invitational Regatta. National Championships are held in one single handed class (Cressy Trophy), and two double handed class, the fleet racing Mallory Trophy requiring a minimum of 4 sailors, and the team racing Baker Trophy requiring a minimum of 6 sailors. SAISA high school teams can also qualify, with exceptions, to sail in the ISSA Great Oaks Invitational Championship.

The format for sailing includes single handed Lasers and Laser Radials and double handed 420s, and CFJs (plus some JY15s). Eligibility is open to both boys and girls in grades 9 through 12 for both District and National Championships, and grades 8 through 12 for the Great Oaks Regattas & various district events. Only teams attending the same high school are eligible.

Chronologically, during the school year, we meet in four distinct events to determine the SAISA District Champion in each specialty, e.g., singlehanded (Cressy), doublehanded single division fleet racing (Great Oaks), followed by doublehanded (A & B division) fleet racing (Mallory), and then doublehanded team racing (Baker). District championship events also serve as qualifiers for school teams to continue on to participate in ISSA U.S. National High School Sailing Championships, the Cressy, Mallory and Baker. In addition, the Great Oaks Regatta has been designed to follow the Cressy singlehanded event both at the district and ISSA national level, as only one more sailor is required since the regatta is a one division event (requiring only 2 sailors). Thus the Great Oaks event assists in the formation of new teams in that only one more sailor, following the Cressy singlehanded championship, is needed to compete at both the district and ISSA level.

Geographically, SAISA has migrated from the past North-South configuration by adding a regional focus emphasizing development and realignment into four northern district areas: Upper Coastal, Lower Coastal, Inland East and Inland West areas. In a more efficient manner, the district will accommodate teams new to high school sailing, and in turn offer the "teams" upward mobility via opening new participation channels & allowing the team to qualify at "home" before participation in intermediate level competition & subsequently moving into more complex regattas without the necessity to endure lengthy travel.

To stimulate new school teams and membership growth, in addition to the Cressy - Great Oaks format, sailing centers & contacts have been established in the Inland area of the Carolinas, Tennessee and Alabama, the Upper Coastal Areas in the Carolinas and the Lower Coastal Area encompassing Coastal Georgia/North Florida, the Florida peninsula and the Caribbean region.