1 RULES
The regatta will be governed by the ‘rules’ as defined in The Racing
Rules of Sailing.
2 NOTICES TO COMPETITORS
Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board
located at Shotwick Lake SC Clubhouse.
3 CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Any change to the sailing instructions will be posted before 10:00
on the day it will take effect, except that any change to the
schedule of races will be posted by 20:00 on the day before it will
take effect.
4 SIGNALS MADE ASHORE
Signals made ashore will be displayed at the Starting trolley .
5 SCHEDULE OF RACES
Racing is scheduled as follows:
Sunday Club Racing:
First Race will start at 10:30am
Second race will be will be no earlier than 45 minutes after the
last boat finishes the first race
Wednesday Club Racing:
First race will start at 7:00pm
Second race will be sailed back to back with the first race.
Open meetings and club regattas:
First Race will start at 11:00am
Second race will be will be no earlier than 45 minutes after the
last boat finishes the first race
The starts of any further races will be announced on the day.
For club racing one extra race per day may be sailed, in order to
catch up on postponed races.
6 CLASS FLAGS
No Class flags will be used. The warning signal will be indicated by
the H flag.
7 THE COURSES
Courses will be displayed on the course board in the clubhouse no
later than 20 minutes before the start of that race.
8 THE START
8.1 Races will be started by using rule 26. with the warning
signal given 5 minutes before the starting signal.
8.2 Rule 30.1 will apply regardless of the I flag being flown
or not.
8.3 The starting line will be as depicted on the race course
board.
8.4 The start may be split into fleet starts at the
discretion of the Race Officer and the warning signal of the slower
fleet will be made 1 minute after the start of the faster fleet.
8.5 Boats whose warning signal has not been made shall avoid
the starting area.
9 THE FINISH
The finishing line will be as depicted on the race course board .
10 PROTESTS AND REQUESTS FOR REDRESS
The RYA Rules Dispute Advisory
and/or Mediation Hearing is available at this event / series
10.1 Protest forms are available at the race office. Protests
shall be delivered there within the protest time limit.
10.2 For each class, the protest time limit is 30 minutes
after the last boat has finished the last race of the day. [The same
protest time limit applies to all protests by the race committee and
[protest committee] and to requests for redress. This changes rules
61.3 and 62.2.]
10.3 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 in the jury
office at a time that will be announced.
10.4 Notices of protests by the race committee or [protest
committee] will be posted to inform boats under rule 61.1(b).
11 SCORING
11.1 The Low Point scoring system of Appendix A will apply.
11.2 Half +1 races of those sailed in a series are required
to be completed to constitute qualification to a series.
12 SAFETY REGULATIONS
12.1 Boats should sign on for each race except during an Open
meeting or club regatta at which there entry suffices for the event.
12.2 A boat that retires from a race shall notify the race
committee as soon as possible.
13 REPLACEMENT OF CREW OR EQUIPMENT
Substitution of competitors will not be allowed without prior
approval of the race officer.
14 EQUIPMENT AND MEASUREMENT CHECKS
A boat or equipment may be inspected at any time for compliance with
the class rules and sailing instructions. On the water, a boat can
be instructed by a race committee measurer to proceed immediately to
a designated area for inspection.
15 RADIO COMMUNICATION
A boat shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor
receive radio communications not available to all boats. This
restriction also applies to mobile telephones.
16 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
Competitors participate in the regatta 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 the
regatta.
17 INSURANCE
Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party
liability insurance with a minimum cover of £2,000,000. |
