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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.
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