Restronguet Sailing Club

Restronguet Sailing Club

Firefly South West Area Championships

28 – 30 May 2016

Sailing Instructions

Schedule of Races

COMPETITORS BRIEFING AT 1130 IN THE CLUBHOUSE, SAT 28th

In the event of a race being postponed or abandoned the next race to take place will be the postponed or abandoned race with the remaining races following in their scheduled order.

Note1: Visitors are welcome to join in the two afternoon Club races. Fireflies have their own start twelve minutes after the warning signal (There is a start every two minutes Fireflies follow the Assymetrics). RSC members will individually brief visitors on courses etc. The races will not count towards the SW Championships.

1Rules

The Regatta will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), the prescriptions of the R.Y.A., Sailing Instructions and the appropriate Class Rules.

2Entry

All competitors must complete registration to be eligible for the Regatta.

3Notices to Competitors

Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board located at the Club House.

4Changes in Sailing Instructions

Any change to the Sailing Instructions will be posted at least half an hour before the advertised starting time of the race concerned.

5Signals Made Ashore

5.1 Signals made ashore will be displayed on the flagstaff adjacent to the slipway.

5.2When flag AP is hoisted ashore – boats are required not to leave the shore until this signal is removed. This amends race signal AP.

6Class Flag

Class flag will be code flag F

7Course Instruction

7.1Courses will be as per the attach diagram.

7.2A red or green flag will be raised on the committee boat. A red flag indicates all marks are to be passed to port, and a green flag all marks to starboard.

7.3Sailing Instructions for the single-handed race on Saturday 28thMay will be determined on the day.

8Marks

Three orange markswill be laid to form a triangle.

9The Start

9.1Races will be started using RRS 26.

9.2Fixed-line starts will be used in all races.The starting line is defined as the line between a mast bearing an orange flag on a committee boat and a buoy bearing an orange flag.

9.3Recalls will be in accordance with RRS 29

10The Finish

As per Course diagram –Finish between a mast displaying anorange flag aboard the committee boat and a buoy bearing an orange flag.

10.1The finishing line for shortened courses will be in accordance with RRS 32

11Time Limit

The time limit for the first boat in each race will be 1.5 hours.

Boats failing to finish within 30 minutes after the first boat sails the course and finishes will be scored Did Not Finish without a hearing. This changesRRS 35, A4 and A5.

12Protests

12.1 Protests shall be made in accordance with RRS 61.

12.2Protest forms are available at the Restronguet Sailing Club race office. Protests shall be delivered there within the protest time limit.

12.3Protests shall be delivered to the Race Office within 60 minutes of the last boat to finish the last race of the day.The same time limit applies to protests by the race committee and protest committee about incidents they observe in the racing area and to requests for redress. This changes rules 61.3 and 62.2.

12.4Notices 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 and when the hearings will begin. Hearings will be held in the Restronguet Sailing Club race office.

12.5Notices of protests by the race committee or protest committee will be posted to inform boats under rule 61.1(b).

12.6On the last day of the regatta a request for reopening a hearing shall be delivered

(a) within the protest time limit if the party requesting reopening was informed of the decision on the previous day;

(b) no later than 30 minutes after the party requesting reopening was informed of the decision on that day.(This changes rule 66).

13Scoring

13.1 The Low Point Scoring System in RRS90.3 will apply.

13.2 The number of races to count will be one less than the number sailed. If only two races are sailed both will count and should only one race be sailed this will constitute a series for the event.

14Safety

14.1 Personal floatation shall be worn by all competitors at all times whilst afloat. This changes RRS 40 and the preamble to Part 4 Wetsuits and drysuits are not adequate personal floatation.

14.2 A tally board near the Race Office will be used. Competitors failing to tally in or out will be disqualified from those races for which they have not tallied in or out. The time limit for tallying in will be as the protest time limit.

14.3Competitors retiring from a race should make every effort to report to a safety boat or a committee boat, and should tally as soon as possible.

14.4 If racing is abandoned on the water and N over A flown all competitors must return ashore to tally as soon as possible.

15Support Boats

15.1 Team leaders, coaches and other support personnel shall not be in the racing area from the preparatory signal for the first class to start until all boats have finished or the Race Committee signals a postponement, general recall or abandonment. The penalty for failing to comply with this requirement will be disqualification for all boats associated with the support personnel who do so.

Firefly course diagram 2015

Courses will be set within the Carrick Roads

Diagram shows marks to Port (Starboard oppositehand)