SHIRLEY HALL SERIES (9 MAY 22
AUGUST 2006)
1. RULES
The series will be governed by
the "rules" as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing.
2. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS
Notices to competitors will be
posted on the official notice board located on the front of the
Duck Island Yacht Club on the parking lot level.
3. CHANGES TO SAILING
INSTRUCTIONS
Any change to the sailing
instructions will be posted before 0900 on the day it will take
effect, except that any change in the schedule of races will be
posted by 2000 on the day before it will take effect.
4. SIGNALS MADE ASHORE
4.1 Signals made ashore will be
displayed from the flagstaff at the Clubhouse and heard from the
deck of the Clubhouse.
4.2 When flag AP is displayed
ashore, "1 minute" is replaced with "not less than 30 minutes"
in the race signal AP
5. SCHEDULE OF RACES
5.1 Racing is scheduled for
May 9, 23, June 6, July 18, and August 8, 22
5.2 The scheduled time of the
first warning signal on all dates is 1830.
6. CLASS FLAGS
The class flag for each class
will be the numeral pennant corresponding to the class number,
that is, numeral pennant "1" for Class One, numeral pennant "2"
for Class Two, and so forth.
7. RACING AREAS
Attachment A shows the
location of racing areas.
8. THE COURSES
8.1 The courses for each race
will be selected and displayed by the Race Committee immediately
prior to the first warning of each race.
8.2 Courses will be signaled by
letter placards displayed on a course board on the Race
Committee signal boat. The Race Committee will designate a
course for each class by displaying the class number in the top
row followed from top to bottom by the course to be sailed,
which will be designated by a letter for each successive mark of
the course. A numeral below the last mark designator letter
indicates the number of times that the course shall be sailed.
8.3 All courses are to be sailed
by leaving each mark after the starting mark to the side of the
boat designated by red or green flags flown from the Race
Committee signal boat after the warning signal for each class.
If the flag flown from the Race Committee signal boat is red,
then all marks (except the finishing mark) shall be left to
port. If the flag flown from the Race Committee Signal boat is
green, then all marks (except the finishing mark) shall be left
to starboard. The finishing mark shall be left according to the
definition of finishing.
9. MARKS
9.1 The marks used by the Race
Committee are as follows (the location of each mark is
approximate):
Mark A - North end of Duck Island
East Breakwater (Fl 4s)
Mark B West end of Duck Island
West Breakwater "2D1" (Fl R 4s)
Mark C - DIYC temporary mark set
approximately 0.25 miles ENE of Duck Island East Breakwater
Mark E - Red Nun "6" South of
Duck Island
Mark F Green and Red Horn buoy
"W" on West End of Long Sand Shoal [Fl R (2+1) 6s]
Mark G - Red Nun "8" South of
Kelsey Point Breakwater
Mark H - Red Nun "14" on Charles
Reef
Mark I - Green and Red Horn buoy
"KR" on Kimberly Reef [Fl (2+1) R 6s]
Mark J - Red Bell buoy "8C" on 6
Mile Reef [Fl R 4s]
Mark K - DIYC temporary mark set
approximately 0.7 miles WNW of Duck Island West Breakwater
Mark L - DIYC temporary mark set
to Leeward of the starting line (range and bearing given)
Mark M - DIYC temporary mark set
approximately 400 yards NNE of the south end of Kelsey Point
Breakwater
Mark N - DIYC temporary mark set
approximately 0.5 miles to Windward of the starting line
Mark O - DIYC temporary mark set
approximately 100 yards West of Duck Island West Breakwater
Mark P - DIYC temporary mark set
approximately 0.6 miles SSW of Duck Island West Breakwater
Mark Q - Red Nun "4" South of
Crane Reef
Mark R - DIYC temporary mark set
as a reach mark (range and bearing given)
Mark S - DIYC temporary mark set
as the starting mark
Mark T - DIYC temporary mark set
approximately 0.4 miles North of Duck Island East Breakwater
Mark U DIYC temporary mark set
approximately 0.75 miles to Windward of the starting line
Mark V DIYC temporary mark set
approximately 1.0 mile to Windward of the starting line
Mark W DIYC temporary mark set
to Windward of the starting line (range and bearing given)
Mark X Red and White Whistle
buoy "CF" 4 1/2 miles South of Cornfield Point [Mo A]
Mark Y Red Bell buoy "2" off
Cornfield Point [Fl R 4s]
Mark Z Windward Mark W AND
accompanying offset mark
9.2 All Temporary Marks will be
of the inflatable kind and may be orange or yellow and in the
shape of a sphere, cylinder or pyramid.
9.3 When an offset mark is used
near the weather mark, it must be rounded properly after
rounding the weather mark.
10 THE START
10.1 Races will be started by
using rule 26 with the warning signal given 5 minutes before the
starting signal.
10.2 The starting line will be
between a staff displaying an orange flag on the Race Committee
signal boat at the starboard end and the port-end starting mark.
10.3 The starting area will be a
square behind the starting line the 4 sides of which are equal
in length to the starting line. Boats whose warning signal has
not been made shall avoid the starting area.
11. CHANGE OF POSITION OF THE
NEXT MARK
The following is added to rule
33. A signal board with the numbers of the classes for which the
change of course applies will be used. The new mark may not be
in position at the time the change is signaled.
12. THE FINISH
The Finish line of a race will
be between an Orange Flag on the Race Committee signal boat and
a finishing mark that will be the last mark designated on the
course board. The finish mark shall be left in accordance with
the definition of finishing in the Racing Rules of Sailing.
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14. TIME LIMIT
14.1 The Time Limit for each
class will be two and a half (2 ½) hours from the start of the
class.
14.2 A boat failing to finish
within the time limit will be scored "Did Not Finish," even if
one or more boats of the same class have already finished within
the time limit. This changes rule 35.
15. PROTESTS
15.1 Protest forms are available
at the Clubhouse. Protests shall be delivered there within the
protest time limit.
15.2 The protest time limit is
one hour after the last boat has finished.
15.3 Notices will be posted
within 30 minutes of the protest time limit to inform
competitors of hearings in which they are parties or named as
witnesses. Hearings will be held at the location and time posted
in the notices.
15.4 Notices of protest by the
Race Committee or Protest Committee will be posted to inform
boats under rule 61.1(b).
16. SCORING
16.1 The Low Point scoring
system of Appendix A, as modified below, will apply.
16.2 Five races are required to
be completed to constitute the series. To be eligible for series
awards, a boat must have competed in at least five of the
completed races. If only five races are completed, it must have
competed in at least four. If only four races are completed, it
must have competed in at least three. This changes rule A2.
16.3 (a) A boats series score will be the average of its scores
for races in which it has competed. This changes rule A2.
16.3 (b) A boat that is scored
"Did Not Finish" will be scored points for the finishing place
equal to the number of boats in its class competing in the race
A boat that did not start, retired after finishing, or was
disqualified shall be scored points for the finishing place one
more than the number of boats in its class competing in the
race. This changes rules 35 and A4.
16.4 The finishing places of
boats in PHRF classes will be determined using the time
correction factors obtained from the "time-on-time" system and
PHRF handicap numbers provided through The Eastern Connecticut
Sailing Association. A valid PHRF or DIYC Club certificate is
required for a boat to be scored in a race.
16.5 If less than all classes
start a race, the race shall be counted as a race for only those
classes that actually start. A minimum of three boats starting
is required for a class to be scored.
17. SAFETY REGULATONS
17.1 All boats must,
upon approaching the Starting Area, check in with the Race
Committee Signal Boat prior to the first warning, by hailing or
by VHF radio on Channel 68. The Race Committee will respond to
the call "Duck Island
Race Committee."
17.2 A boat that
retires from a race shall notify the race committee as soon as
possible.
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24. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
24.1 A boat shall neither make radio transmissions not
receivable by all boats while racing, nor receive radio
communications not available to all boats. This restriction also
applies to mobile telephones.
24.2 The Race Committee will use
VHF channel 68 for all communications. The Race Committee will
not respond to transmissions from competitors except to
acknowledge retirements, protests or requests for emergency
assistance. Broadcasts concerning Race Committee intentions, the
course to be sailed, starting times, range and bearing of
temporary marks, course changes, etc., are made as courtesies
only. Failure of the Race Committee to make a broadcast, the
timing of a broadcast, or the failure of a boat to hear a
broadcast, shall not be grounds for redress under rule 62.1(a).
25. PRIZES
25.1 Prizes will be awarded for the first three places in
each class for which there are five or more boats entered. Prizes
will be awarded for the first two places in each class for which
there are four boats entered. A prize will be awarded
for first place only in any class for which there are less than
four boats entered. All prizes and the trophy will be presented
at the DIYC annual awards banquet at the conclusion of the
racing season.
25.2 Traditional token prizes
for the first three places in each class in each race will be
presented at the end of each days racing when results are
announced at the Clubhouse.
26. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
Competitors participate in the
series entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race.
The organizing authority will not accept any liability for
material damage or personal injury or death sustained in
conjunction with, or prior to, during, or after the series.
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