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LASER SOUTH COAST GRAND PRIX 2012

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MUDEFORD SAILING CLUB LASER SOUTH COAST GRAND PRIX DATE 7 JULY 2012

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

FUNDAMENTAL RULES

Racing will take place under the current Racing Rules for Sailing, these Sailing Instructions (SI) and the Notice of Race (NR), if issued for the race in question.

CONDITIONS

Before commencing to race, all competitors shall have paid the required entry fee and signed on for the event. All sailors shall possess third party insurance to a minimum value of £1m and may be require to declare the name of their insurance company on entering.  .

The safety of the boat and its entire management including insurance shall be the responsibility of the competitor, who must ensure that he and his equipment are properly prepared to face the conditions that may arise in the course of the competition. Neither this SI, nor an inspection of the boat under this SI, reduces the responsibility of the competitor for himself and his equipment.  Mudeford Sailing Club and any event sponsors shall not be responsible for any loss, damage, personal injury or death, however caused, as a result of competitors taking part in a race or races.

IDENTIFICATION AND ADVERTISING

Each competitor shall display his sail number on his mainsail. Competitors may be required to display an advertising sticker on their hull or sail if provided by an event sponsor.

NOTICES TO COMPETITORS

Notices to competitors will be published on an official notice board in the clubhouse. Changes to this SI may be made by the race officer at the pre-race briefing or be published at least one hour before the first scheduled race of the day, accompanied by the appropriate signal.

PERSONAL BUOYANCY AND CLOTHING

Competitors shall wear personal buoyancy at all times when racing. It shall take the form of at least a waistcoat type buoyancy aid.

RACE INSTRUCTIONS

A meeting will be held before racing begins at which competitors will be briefed on the courses to be sailed, the start sequence and the procedure for individual and general recall.  Alterations may be notified at briefings, or on a board on the committee boat, when an L flag shall be flown.

FLEETS

Competitors will sail in Full Rig, Radial and 4.7 fleets. Depending on numbers racing, the fleets may be allocated separate starts, the most likely being Full Rig first, Radial and 4.7 second.

TIMINGS

Briefing at 1115, first possible Full Rig start 1200, Radial and 4.7 fleet first possible start 1205, second and third races back to back.. Refreshments and prizegiving.  Prizegiving immediately after racing.

COURSE

Racing will take place in Christchurch Harbour.  Fleets will race over a course to be briefed on the day, or by default on a square course shown below.  Races will last approximately 40 minutes for the leading boats.

O  Mark 2                                                            O Mark 1

(The course will be marked with orange inflatable buoys marked 1 - 4)

O Mark 3                                                             O Mark 4 and finish mark    

                                                                             |

                                                                             | Finish

                                   ODM  O ------------------Committee

                                                             Start      Boat

One lap = Start, 1, 2, 3, 4 all marks to port

NOTE.  If conditions require it a Starboard Hand course may be set.  If so, this will be indicated on a board on the Committee boat.

START SEQUENCE

The Full Rig fleet will start first. Their start signal will be the 5 minutes signal for the Radial and 4.7 fleet.  If the Full Rig Fleet is recalled, the sequence will start again.

DISCARDS

If 3 races are held there will be one discard.

PROTESTS

A competitor intending to protest shall inform the race committee (afloat or ashore) after he finishes the race in question. On going ashore he must complete a protest form and hand it to the race officer or committee member within 60 minutes of the last competitor finishing that race or the last race in a back to back series.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

The racing area is Christchurch Harbour unless indicated in the briefing for the day.  At all times, competitors must give way to vessels that are limited in their ability to manoeuvre. This principally applies to vessels in the marked channels, in particular ferries and other commercial craft.  There is a prohibited area (a nature reserve) to the SW of the Club.  Entry and landing is not permitted except in an emergency.

OBSTRUCTIONS

All moored boats in the harbour are Obstructions as defined by RSS. 

Buoys, of whatever sort, are not Obstructions.

SIGNING OFF

Helms need only sign off if they retire from the race or series in question.

MIKE ROACH, SAILING SECRETARY, APR 2012

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