Race Instructions 

Synopsis

- Principle of the Turn of Frances ©
- Departure & Course
- Pointings
- Inscription
- Classification
- Treatment of strandings & communications (Endorsement to the IC of the 05/10/2006)
- Appendices (cards of the WP)

| Corsica | glorious islands | Kerguelen | New Caledonia | Futuna-Wallis | Tahiti | Clipperton | islands of the Hello | Martinique - Saint Martin' | Miquelon & St. Pierre |

Certain adventures stimulate imagination, others freeze fear, others still
cause admiration…
Imagine, immediately, with the bar of a trimaran, in the great south, the cold
and moisture, leaning on your laptop to look at where are your principal competitors…
You imagine surveying the peaceful one in all its perfidy, tie of the edges in the medium
atolls of dreams which you will be able to only look at by far.
Imagine to be done some 20 minutes nights not to lose a hundredth of thousand,
still imagine, nearly 150 days of sea, only, only only, confronted with
roughness of the oceans, the seas, the straits, the master keys, virtual…
After Nallegam trophy, the Tavern, proposes a new challenge except standard to you, on
an original idea, the Turn of Frances© whose departure will be given of Brest Tuesday
October 3 with 6 p.m. YOU.
You will have to traverse all the seas of the sphere in the direction of the needles of one
show to go to transfer all the islands concerned with France, to most negligible stone,
lost in water, but strategically immense. Corsica, Wallis and Futuna,
Clipperton, the Guadeloupe, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon… The list is so long
places to be visited that you will lose the head of it, undoubtedly during this large
travel to the borders of the sphere and in the recesses of the that and French history of
navigation.
In addition to the general classification, two additional challenges will come to disturb
your nights and to put your tactical direction at hard proof.
- The classification “scratch”, sanctioned by the green flag, will be established at the points on
base times of passage on the sections delimited by the committee.
- The flag with pea will sanction the nimblest skipper and fastest in a series
stages defined by the committee for the coastal courses which they impose.
Then leaving?

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DEPARTURE:

The date of the departure is fixed
at Tuesday October 03, 2006 with 18h You, 20h Metropolitan France.
All the classifications implemented at the time of the Tour des Frances will be calculated starting from this date.

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COURSE:

The race will proceed on the site Virtual Transat with the following address:Tour des Frances ©

noncontractual image. The courses above are given as illustration, only the validation of the passage
way points according to indications' of race given below will be taken.

01.- Departure of Brest
02.- To leave Corsica to starboard
03.- To leave the Cape of Good Hope to port side
04.- To leave the Glorious islands to starboard
05.- To leave the Kerguelen islands with port side
06.- To leave New Caledonia to starboard
07.- To leave Futuna to starboard
08.- To leave the island of Tahiti with port side
09.- To leave the island of Clipperton with starboard
10.- To leave Cape Horn to port side
11.- To leave the Islands of the Hello with starboard
12.- To leave the islands of Martinique, of the Guadeloupe, of St Barthelemy and St Martin with starboard
13.- To leave the islands of St Pierre and Miquelon with starboard
14.- Arrival in Brest…

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POINTING:

A pointing and distribution of price will be carried out at the following points (Positions given by VT):

The list and the distribution of the prices will be the endorsement purpose to the present instructions of the race. It is
asked the participants, to take an active part in the goods of price which they engage with
thanks of the community, to dispatch port with the prizes winner free.

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INSCRIPTIONS:

The inscriptions will be done in two times,

By mall at this address. It will then be necessary to specify the name of the boat, the name
skipper, its address e-mail, as well as the name and the address mall of the boatsitter.
However, it will be always possible to announce the co-ordinates of the boatsitter later on to this same
address mall.
Then, directly on the course concocté by Herve on VT, Tor des Frances ©

The crews are accepted if stated like such.

Colors of layouts.

To allow to distinguish the leaders of each classification proposed by the committee, certain colors of
layout prohibited of use, since are reserved for the holders of the various flags. Competitors 
should take care not to choose them at the time of their inscription on VT.

Banner.

A personalized banner can also be provided (32x22 pixels) to be reproduced on the various pages of
classification by mail at the time of the inscription.

The participants in the choice of their options, will take into account the possible 
disfunctions of the play and will assume the consequences of them, 
if they might be are advantageous or not…

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CLASSIFICATIONS:

Three classifications will be established in the passing of the various points and updated according to rules' left at
discretion of the committee:

1.- Yellow Flag

Corresponding to the runner at the head of the race who will be the only one being able to use this color for the trace of 
his ship.

2.- Green Flag

Corresponding to the first of the points score of the best performances in time on the sections enters
two points of passage, while having followed the normal course of the Tour des Frances©.
The first of this classification will be the only one with being able to use this color (green clearly) for the trace of its ship.
Distribution of the points at the points of passage: A number of participants at the beginning minus the row of passage,
multiplied by the coefficient, plus a tenth of the number of participants.

The participants will be thus classified according to their number of points. The greatest number of point being it
leader of the classification at the point and single carrying the green flag.

3.- Red Flag

Corresponding to the first with the classification of the best performances in time, on the sections of the race
carried out in coastal navigation, having followed the course of the Tour des Frances©.
The first of this classification will be the only one with being able to use this color (red) for the trace of its ship.
Distribution of the points. Establishment of a classification of best the performances, then attribution of
points according to this principle: A number of participants at the beginning minus the row of passage, multiplied by
coefficient, plus a tenth of the number of participants

The participants will be thus classified according to their number of points. The holder of the greatest number of
points being the carrier of the red flag.

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Treatment of the strandings:

Those who failed or leave the water level will have to be announced near the Steering Committee while posting on
the dedicated forum, the copy of their message of stranding.

The handing-over to water of the failed ships will be done by the function “given to the water” of VT (system already used on
RWC)… But the participants will have to stop totaly 12 hours total before taking again their road.
For example, a stranding at 9 a.m. 30 GMT makes it possible to set out again with the race at 9 pm GMT, therefore to regulate his boat
between 20 and 21 H GMT.

In the event of nonrespect the stop & go (departure before the 12 hours) it will be sanctioned by new
Stop & Go of the double of stolen time.

Endorsement to the IC of:05/10/2006

The management of the failures will proceed in two distinct ways.

Up to October 10, the starting line remaining opened, the button of handing-over
to water will bring back the boats to Brest to take a second departure. He
will be then useless to adhere to the stop and 12 hours go provided for in
initial instructions of race.

After October 10, the starting line being closed, the function of handing-over
with water will not be effective any more. To take again the sea, it will be necessary to carry out
a request to Virtual Transat by mail [vric@virtualtransat.com].

The minimum stop and go 12 hours will be implemented then to the failed boats.

Regulate stop and go

The stop and go is calculated as from the hour of the failure.

The handing-over to the water is automatic, that Ci will be able to occur front
the 12 hours of provided for penalties in which case the boats will thus have
to stop the boat until to have purged the penalty. In the event of handing-over with
water beyond the 12 provided for hours, the competitor will have only with of
to even take with him.

It is, to avoid such misfortunes, highly advised not
to fail the days before of weekend and during the spring tides in Brittany
(the rescue squads at sea are not available to these periods
there).

Instructions: To stop a boat to regulate the regulator of pace to 0°
wind.

The committee of the Tour des Frances©

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Communications:

The committee will ensure by the Tavern
good diffusion of information concerning the race. Several wire of discussions will be proposed with
competitors so that they can be expressed.

- The radio operator channel for the informal talks
- The channel boatsit so that the skippers can announce the periods of boatsitting of their boat
- The Committee reserves the right to create any other subject according to the topicality of the race.

COMMITTEE OF RACE, ORGANIZATION, JURY.

Constituted of the members following and charged with slicing the possible litigations:

Sinouhe: Omnipotent President
Horn: GO of the Tavern, only forum recognized by the organization
Milk: Guardian spirit of the trophy of Tavernautes
Sleeso: Measure of gauge of the candidates which will be expressed out of barrels of its suitability
Oto: Large editor in front of the eternal of software of assistance to virtual navigation
Phille: Belgian big shot exotic follower of drinks
JP: Large astronomical calculator
Margodenn: To cut the cit' ons and to paste the hénaff'.

Good luck!

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Appendix: cards of principal way points

Corsica

noncontractual image. The courses above are given as illustration, only the validation of the passage
way points according to indications' of race given will be taken.

glorious islands

To avoid all debate on how to round the "Iles Glorieuses" the committee has decided that you should leave all islands of the Glorieuses on starboard (this means the islands Glorieuse & Lys, the waypoint and all other rocks in the neighbourhood) .

Kerguelen

To avoid all debate on how to round the "Iles Kerguelen" the committee has decided that you should leave all islands of Kerguelen to Port (this means the main island Kerguelen, the waypoint and all other rocks in the neighbourhood).

New Caledonia

NC is composed of Main Island, a Waypoint, rocks, high grounds, banks, reefs and Loyalties Islands. All sailors have to leave all this to Starboard as seen on the map (follow green arrows ;-) )

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Futuna-Wallis

The islands whose passage is regulated are indicated by a yellow arrow.

Tahiti

The islands whose passage is regulated are indicated by a yellow arrow.

Clipperton

The islands whose passage is regulated are indicated by a yellow arrow.

islands of the Hello

The islands whose passage is regulated are indicated by a yellow arrow.

Martinique - Saint Martin's day

The islands whose passage is regulated are indicated by a yellow arrow.

Miquelon & Holy Pierre

The islands whose passage is regulated are indicated by a yellow arrow.

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