Spring/Summer 2006 Series Rev 2
04/23/2006
1. Rules: This Series will be governed by
the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), 2005-2008, as amended by the US Sailing
prescriptions and these sailing instructions, and as modified below:
·
Rule 27.1 is modified by
Instruction 11.
2.
Entries: Entries shall be submitted on the official entry form and
paying all entry fees and accepted by the organizing authority. Boats not registered or who have not paid the
entry fees by the third week of a series will receive a DNC score for all races
until boat is properly registered.
3.
Handicapping: PHRF fleet boats are encouraged to have SAIL PHRF
certificates. Boats without certificates
will accept rating assigned by Race Committee.
Challenges to a certified PHRF rating or compliance to certificates will
be handled by the S.A.I.L. PHRF fleet.
Challenges to an un-certified PHRF rating is handled by the Race
Chairman. PHRF Scoring will be based on Time-on-Time accepted by and for the
S.A.I.L. PHRF fleet.
4. Sailing
Instruction Changes: Changes in
sailing instructions shall be posted on the Official Notice Board before
4.1 Official Notice Board: The official notice board shall be located on
the west side of the
5. Fleets: Fleets
will be determined by the Race Chairman.
The anticipated fleets are:
Fleet A will
consist of yachts with a PHRF of 189 or less and Multihulls.
Fleet B will
consist of
Fleet C will
consist of yachts with a PHRF of 190 to 244.
Fleet D will consist of yachts with a PHRF > 245.
6.
Schedule: The spring/summer series will consist of two series.
Series 1: A single race will be held each
Wednesday night from April 26th through June 28th for a total of 10 races.
Series 2: A single race will be held each
Wednesday night from July 5th through September 6th for a total of
10 races.
Competitors are asked to be in the starting area no later
than
7. Throw outs: There
will be one throw out for each series
8. Radio Equipment: All yachts are strongly requested to be
equipped with a functional VHS radio for Race Committee communications. Instructions on starting sequence and
shortening of courses may be given over channel 68 before and during the
race. Yachts shall not broadcast on
Channel 68 unless checking in or responding to a Race Committee hail. Yachts without radios shall not be given
redress for missed communications.
9.
Check-in: All boats must
check-in to advise the Race Committee they intend to start the race.
10.
Safety: It is the sole
responsibility of each skipper to decide whether to enter, start or continue
any race. It is the responsibility of
all racers and skippers to adhere to U.S. Coast Guard and State of
11. Courses: Each Fleet’s racecourse will be displayed
from the committee boat. The course may
be changed without notice up until the division’s preparatory signal, modifying
RRS Rule 27.1.
Courses will be designated in the sequence that
the marks are to be rounded. Courses
will be displayed on the committee boat course board and each fleet will be
designated on the board. All marks are left to port.
12. Change
of Course After Start: No change of
course will be made after the start.
13. Course
Markers: Six permanent marks
designated with a number from 1 to 6.
The marks are labeled and are white barrels with an orange stripe and
approximately placed as shown on the course map. In the event of missing mark, the lead yacht
shall estimate the location of the mark and hail others of the missing
mark. All other yachts shall “round” at
the same location.
14. Signals made Ashore: The RC Boat will attempt to make two (2) blasts of the horn before
leaving the dock. If there is an abandonment of the Wednesday night race, the
abandonment pennant will be flown on the dock in the area where the club meets
socially after racing.
15.
Starts: Races will be started in accordance with RRS Rule26. The committee boat will display the number
flag of the division currently starting.
Divisions and attempted start times will be as follows:
Division 1 – Fleets A and B (6:30:00 PM) using #1 Pennant.
Division 2 – Fleets C and D (6:35:00 PM) using #2 Pennant.
All starting times are subject to RC discretion and all
competitors are advised to monitor their division flag and VHF channel 68.
16. Recalls: The Race
Committee may hail premature starters either by boat name or sail number
using the system described in RRS Rule 29.1.
A boat is responsible for starting correctly, regardless of whether she
hears a recall. The Race Committee shall signal general recall by displaying
the "First Substitute" pennant and making two sound signals as
required by RRS Rule 29.2.
17. Postponement/Recall: Following a postponement or recall, the Race
Committee may restart the starting sequence by raising the division flag of the
next starting division.
18. Hailing Committee Boat: After the first warning signal and
until the race is concluded for all boats racing, no hails shall be answered
unless they pertain to check in, safety, protest or boat retiring. If Race Committee hails a racing yacht by
radio, that yacht shall confirm receipt of the hail.
19.
Start-Finish Line: The
start-finish line will be a line between the starting pin or a course marker
and an orange line flag on the Race Committee Boat. The committee may shorten or move the line
after all divisions have started. The
finish line will be designated a finish line when the committee boat is on
station, displaying the blue flag after the start. The finish line shall be an
obstacle for all yachts not on their final leg to finish. Boats shall clear the
finish line area as soon as possible after finishing.
20.
Shortened Course: Courses may be shortened and finished at any
rounding mark of the course, in which the committee boat will designate the
rounding mark as the finish line by taking station at the mark and displaying
both the code “S” flag and the blue flag.
In the event the Race Committee is unavailable to shorten
course for a particular fleet,
Race Committee may hail that fleet via VHF Channel 68 to
self time their finish at a rounding mark. Yachts finishing in this manner will
record the time to the nearest second when their bow crosses a line from the
center of the mark and perpendicular to the line from the finishing mark and
the previous mark. Times must be submitted
to Race Committee after the race for the yacht to be scored.
21. Time
Limits: The time for any
yacht to finish is 1.5 hours after the start or 30 minutes after the first
finishing boat in a fleet, whichever finish is longest. If any boat finishing within the 1.5 hour time
limit makes the race for all boats in that fleet. Boats not finishing within the 30 minutes
after the first finishing boat in a fleet time limit will be scored DNF. The
rule for “A” fleet is any monohull sailboat that
finishes within the 1.5 hour time limit makes the race for all boats in that
fleet and all monhull sailboats must finish within 30
minutes after the first finishing monohull sailboat
in the fleet.
22.
Protests: Protesting boats must inform the
committee of their intention immediately upon finishing. Filings are to be made to the Principal Race
Officer or CSYC Official. Protests must
be filed before 9PM of the race day.
Protest forms are available from the Race Committee. A Pre-hearing will be held to all parties
involved in protests the evening of the infraction. Protests may be resolved in
pre-hearing by both parties and if the protested boat is found liable it will
accept a 40% scoring penalty. The penalized boat may not be scored worse than
DNF. The full protest committee will
hear unresolved pre-hearings and will be scheduled by the RC for the next
Wednesday of racing. Appeals of protest committee decisions and any PHRF
ratings shall be made in accordance with procedures prescribed by S.A.I.L.
23. Scoring: Races will be scored and ties broken using
the Rindele B High-point Scoring System as follows:
Ties will be broken using Rule A8.
DNF (Did not finish)…
DNC (Did not start. Did not come to
starting area)…0
DSQ (Disqualified)… 0
RC (Race Committee) average
cumulative score for the series.
24. Trophies: Trophies will be awarded by fleet (number will depend on
number of fleet entries).