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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 0800 on
7 June 2008, except
that any change in the schedule of races will be posted by 2000 on
6 June
2008.
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
only on 7 June 2008.
5.2 The scheduled time of
the first warning signal is 1100.
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 1, numeral pennant “2” for
Class 2, and so forth.
7. RACING AREA
Attachment A
shows the location of racing area. Note that marks H, I, J, and X
(listed in Instruction 9.1) are located in the adjacent waters of
Long Island Sound which are not shown in Attachment A.
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 to complete a race.
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 ‘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 ‘L’ - DIYC temporary mark set to
Leeward of the starting line (range and bearing given)
Mark ‘O’ -Windward Mark ‘W’ AND
accompanying offset mark
Mark ‘Q’ - Red Nun "4" South of Crane
Reef
Mark ‘S’ - DIYC temporary mark set as
the starting mark
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]
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. Classes will start in numerical order,
i.e., Class One first, Class Two second, and so forth.
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 a
change of course applies will be used. The new mark may not be in
position at the time a 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 is
1800 for classes sailing only one race, and 1800 for classes sailing
a second race. A second race will be started for a class, weather
and time allowing, only after all boats in that class have finished
the first race.
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 90 minutes after the last boat has finished the last race
of the day.
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 will apply.
16.2 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. The time correction factor for each boat will be
the quotient of 650 divided by the sum of 550 plus the PHRF rating
number of the boat (650/[550+PHRF]). A valid PHRF or DIYC Club certificate is required for
a boat to be scored in a race.
16.3 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, did not compete,
retired after finishing, or was disqualified shall be scored points
for the finishing place one more than the number of boats in its
class registered for the race. This changes rules 35 and A4.
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 at least 6 boats starting. Prizes for the
first two places will be awarded in any class for which there are 4
or 5 boats starting. A prize for first place only will be awarded in
any class for which there are less than 4 boats starting.
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 either
or both series.
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