NESSA News

As we all move towards the start of our seasons, here are three house keeping items to keep you busy.

1. NESSA Spring Regattas: Registration is open until 2359 on April 1st.

   • Registration is not complete until regatta fees are paid.  

   • You can pay for all three regattas at once by selecting the "All 3 Spring Regattas $110" tab or you can pay for each one individually by selecting the appropriate regatta tab.

   • Do NOT pay the "Teams - Attending fee $120" until your school has been selected for the Teams

   • Here is the link to the Spring 2025 Regatta Fees page. 

   • Registration for the NESSA Teams is not complete until you upload the official NESSA Schedule excel document.  No other documents will be considered (It's how we tie the data into Carl's standings sheets).

   • When you access the schedule template: 

     • (1) download it, 

     • (2) fill it in, 

     • (3) save it in accordance with the protocol on the sheet, and 

     • (4) upload it to the NESSA Teams Registration Google form.

             Questions, comments, or concerns?  Let us know.

2. Database & Rosters: It's time to update your roster.  Three things to consider.

   1. Per ISSA PR 1.2 (a), " All competitors must be listed on the school’s roster in ISSA’s registration system, and only eligible competitors may be listed on these rosters."  

   2. Per ISSA PR 1.2 (b), "All competitors must be full-time students, in the 9th grade or higher, of the school they represent, and subject to the academic and disciplinary requirements of that school." 

   3. Per ISSA PR 1.2 (g): "Students attending a Member School may not combine with students from another Member School."

   4. 7th and 8th graders: ISSA Rules committee spent a lot of time this fall discussing the eligibility of students lower than 9th grade. See new ISSA PR 1.2 (c): “A District may allow 8th graders for development purposes. However, 8th graders are not allowed to compete in national championships, national invitationals, or qualifying events to national championships or invitationals.”    

NESSA Interprets ISSA PR 1.2 (c) in the following manner.

• No 8th graders allowed in the O’Day or Herreshoff or any of their qualifiers. This holds true for all fall qualifiers (ACCs, GOR, NBKI, etc) too.

• By default, no 8th grader is allowed in any team race between schools submitting records for NESSA Team Consideration, however, coaches are allowed to make arrangements for 8th graders by mutual agreement.

• Furthermore, it is understood that an 8th graders must attend the member high school; think schools like Belmont Hill that starts in 7th grade or Barnstable HS that has grades 8-12 in the building.  It does not include a school where the 8th graders were in a different school building in the district.  

• There are no NESSA limits on which sailors can practice with a team.

A complete list of ISSA Procedural Rules can be found on the ISSA website.  Hard copies are being mailed to each Member school later this month.  Questions on interpretation can be sent to NESSA President Chris Crane.

3. Tech Score: Each school is assigned a Tech Score Account.  

   • If you are new to your school’s program, please contact the person who controlled the account last year to gain access.  

   • If that is not possible, click on this link and ask to be added.  ISSA processes these requests during normal Pacific coast business hours.  

   • Once regattas start, Tech Score is the only way to update your school’s Race Participation (RP) info. See ISSA PR 4.3 outlines penalties.

That’s enough to keep you busy on a windy Friday.