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THE INTER CLUB SEA SERIES 2009
BETWEEN HIGHCLIFFE, CHRISTCHURCH, SPINNAKER AND MUDEFORD SAILING CLUBS
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
CHANGES TO 2008 IN RED BOLD
FUNDAMENTAL RULES
1. Racing will take place under the current International Racing Rules for Sailing (RRS) and these Sailing Instructions (SI).
CONDITIONS
2. Each competitor shall be a member of a competing Club. Before starting a race, all competitors shall have paid the required entry fee, signed on for the event and shall possess third party insurance to a minimum value of £1,000,000.
3. The safety of the competitor’s boat and her entire management including insurance shall be the responsibility of the owner or person in charge, who must ensure that the boat and crew 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 the SI, reduces the absolute responsibility of the owner or person in charge for the crew, the boat and her management. The race organisers shall not be responsible for any loss, damage, personal injury or death, however caused, as a result of their taking part in the race or races. Moreover, every owner or person in charge warrants the suitability of the boat for the races.
EQUIPMENT, CLASSES AND COMPETITION GROUPS
4. Races will be for a single handicap fleet for monohull classes
5. Competitors may sail with different boats or sails within the schedule of races and be included in their Club results. However, to count in the Individual results the same boat type must be used. For example, a competitor using a Laser Radial for 2 races and a Laser Full Rig for 6 races would have the Radial results recorded separately, and would thus have to discard 2 DNE scores from their Full Rig results. Boats that are sailed single handed in one race and crewed in another (such as the Mirror) will be scored separately.
6. One-design boats may use replica sails.
IDENTIFICATION AND SIGNING ON
7. All boats must carry a properly displayed sail number. Competitors shall sign on at their own Clubs. Completed entry forms are to be given to the OOD on the Committee Boat as soon as possible on the day.
PERSONAL BUOYANCY
8. Competitors shall wear personal buoyancy when racing, which shall take the form of at least a waistcoat type buoyancy aid.
ORGANISATION AND SCHEDULE OF RACES
9. Racing will take place over a series between Christchurch, Highcliffe, Spinnaker and Mudeford Sailing Clubs, with primary organisation by Highcliffe SC as part of their Sunday Sea Series and the provision of prizes being the responsibility of :
RACING DATES
10. All racing will take place in Christchurch Bay using inflatable buoys in accordance with the course diagram below. Races have been scheduled as follows:
11. The course “hand” will be displayed on a board on the Committee Boat. Races will last 50 – 60 minutes and the second race will follow without a break
COURSE
12. In the diagram below a single lap is shown of a Port Hand course, where all marks are to be passed to port and the finish is between the committee boat and mark 4. The diagram is not to scale. The course should be laid to allow for Club-standard sailors who are not necessarily accustomed to sailing on the sea. 3 or 4 laps of a smaller course are preferable to fewer laps of a large course.
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SIGNALS AND CONDUCT OF RACING
9. Racing will be conducted in accordance with RRS using the 5 minute start sequence. The class flag shall be the numeral 1 pennant. No boat shall start later than 4 minutes after the start. There will be a “Grand Prix” finish where the committee boat will give 2 sound signals and also fly Flag S for the leading boat or boats. All boats will then finish and scoring will be done on an average lap time basis. At the discretion of the Race Officer, a time limit of 30 minutes after the first boat to finish may be imposed. At this time boats that have not finished will be scored in the order and time they are placed on the water.
PROTESTS
10. This is a friendly Inter Club event, which attracts novice as well as expert sailors: it is hoped that competitors will bear this in mind when racing. A competitor intending to protest shall make every effort to inform the committee boat after he finishes the race in question. On going ashore, he must complete a protest form at his home Club and hand it to a Club Officer by the end of that day, who is to forward it to the Sailing Secretary of the organising Club. Protests are to heard as soon as possible.
RESULTS
11. Individual results will be scored using the low points system, with 2 discards if all 6 races are completed. Club results will be based on the addition of their competitors’ scores for each race. The number of sailors making up a Club Team will be 4. Race officials and their assistants may claim average points, providing that they take part in all the other races in the Series. Average points will be the sum of all the other races divided by the number of races.
M G Roach
Mudeford SC Nov 2009
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