Sailing Instructions (MS-Word Format)      

WEDNESDAY EVENING SPRING SERIES (7 May – 25 June 2008)

WEDNESDAY EVENING SUMMER SERIES (2 July – 3 September 2008)

The series will be governed by the "rules" as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing.
 

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.

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 the following dates:

Wednesday Evening Spring Series:  May 7, 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11, 25

Wednesday Evening Summer Series: July 2, 9, 16,  August 13, 20, 27,  September  3

5.2 The scheduled time of the first warning signal on all dates is 1830.

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.

8.1 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.

9.1 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.

10.1 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.

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.

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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14.1 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).

16.1 The Low Point scoring system of Appendix A will apply.

16.2 If five or fewer races are conducted in a series, each boat’s total score will be the sum of its scores for all races. If six or more races are completed, each boat’s score will be the sum of its scores for all races, excluding the worst score. This changes rule A2.

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 scored "Did Not Compete" for a series race because of racing in a sanctioned class event on that day or traveling to or from the event, will be scored points equal to the average of its scores for all other races of the series.  Boats will be allowed 2 travel days either side of the class event.  This special consideration for a sanctioned class events will be limited to once per series.  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 series. 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, for the purposes of determining whether each boat in a class may exclude its worst score in determining series scores. 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 in each series. The Commodore Fred Winslow Trophy will be awarded to the boat with the lowest score, using the Low Point scoring system and combining both series. 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 day’s racing when results are announced at the Clubhouse.

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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