Hastings
& St Leonards Sailing Club
Sailing
Rules and Instructions for Club Races
(Revised January 2009)
1.0
Sailing Rules
The safety of the boat and her entire management including insurance
shall be the sole responsibility of the owner/competitor racing the boat who
must ensure that the boat and crew are adequate to face the conditions that may
arise in the course of the race.
Neither the establishment of these Sailing Instructions nor the
inspection of the boat under these conditions in any way limits or reduces the
absolute responsibility of the owner/competitor for his/her crew, his/her boat
and the management thereof.
The race organisers shall not be liable for any loss, damage, death or
personal injury howsoever caused to the owner/competitor as a result of their
taking part in the race or races. Moreover, every owner/competitor warrants the
suitability of their boat for the race or races. Any participating boats must
be covered by third party insurance to a minimum of £2 million.
All helms and crews must wear suitable and adequate personal buoyancy
whilst sailing. Wet suits do not constitute adequate buoyancy.
If a boat is in difficulty its occupants or other participants must
comply promptly with any instructions issued by the crew of any club patrol
boat.
Any person entering a club race must comply with the club rules in
relation to the payment of membership fees. Persons not complying will not be
eligible to race and will not benefit from awards under the Sailing
Instructions.
2.0
General Sailing Instructions
All races will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing 2009 2012,
the prescriptions of the RYA, the rules of the class, (except where any of
these are altered by the sailing instructions), and these sailing instructions.
The Club has implemented the RYA Racing Charter and competitors will be
required to undertake to sail in compliance with the Charter.
- Competitors must enter
each race by completing the name of the helm and crew of the boat and its
class and sail number on the signing-on form.
- Competitors must sign the
declaration after completing each race, second race if back to back,
including when retiring. Declaring your retirement must be done within 30
minutes of returning to shore by signing the Declaration Notice. Please
note the Declaration Notice may be situated by the Course Board or at the
Patrol Boat during recovery. The location will be at the discretion of the
Race Officer.
- The Declaration Notice
must be signed to declare that a competitor has sailed the Race/Races in
accordance with ISAF Rules.
·
Competitors must comply promptly with any directions
issued by the Race Officer.
·
Protests must be handed in on a Protest Form to the
race Officer within 30 minutes of coming ashore. Protest applications for the
first race of the day will be accepted within 30 minutes of returning to shore
after the second (or subsequent) races in a back-to-back series. The display of
a Protest Flag is not required.
·
The course to be sailed, direction of rounding
marks and any additional instructions or variations to these instructions will
be posted on the course board in the boathouse.
·
The Sailing Committee may amend the Club's fixture
list at any time. Please consult the club notice boards for further
information.
·
All sailors are expected to help launch and
recover the Club Patrol Boats. The Race Officer may require competitors to
declare their retirement at the Patrol Boats.
3.0 Starting
The Start Line will be an imaginary line drawn between the Red/White mast bearing an
The Starting System to be used is RRS 26 and is described in
the Appendix to these instructions.
4.0 Recalls
Individual recalls will be signalled by leaving the relevant
class flag signal in place and raising 1C flag 'X'. These will remain in place
until the offending boat has cleared herself or for four minutes whichever is
the earlier.
General
recalls will be signalled in accordance with ISAF 29.2 "First
Substitute" flag. Procedure for subsequent starts will be ISAF 26.
Prohibited Area Penalties.
After a General Recall at the discretion of the Race Officer, either of the
following prohibited area penalties may be implemented:-
a) "Round the Ends" - ISAF Rule 30.1 shall apply when IC
Flag I is flown with the new preparatory signal.
b)"Black
Flag" Rule - The rule shall apply when a black flag is flown with
the new preparatory signal. Boats which race within the triangle formed by the
starting line as defined earlier and the first mark during the minute before
their starting signal shall immediately retire from that race and subsequent
restarts and re-sails of that race. The start of the one minute period shall be
signalled by lowering the black flag with a long sound signal.
5.0 Shortened Courses
1C Flag "S"(and 2
sound signals) indicates that the race will finish at the end of that leg still
to be completed by the leading boat, i.e. a line between a mark of the course
and the finishing line as defined earlier (or a patrol Boat flying a blue
flag).
6.0 Finishing
The Finishing Line will be an imaginary line
drawn between the Red/White mast above the Race Office and the designated mark
shown on the Course Board. Boats must cross the finishing line in the direction
of the course from the last mark, and therefore hooked finishes are not
permitted or valid.
7.0 Abandonment
If it is decided to abandon the
race in progress all boats must go ashore immediately, report to the race
office and sign off.
Abandoned Races will be signalled by displaying International Code (1C) flag
'N'. Three sound signals may also be given.
8.0 Time Limits
The following time limit will apply for all Series
and Handicap races.
·
15 minutes after the first finisher for
back-to-back races and,
·
30 minutes after first finisher for single
races.
A longer time limit may be set at
the discretion of the Race Officer and boats "out of time" given a
placing.
9.0 Changes
to Sailing Instructions
Changes
to Sailing Instructions will be posted at least 30 minutes before the
advertised start of the race or races concerned.
Changes
in the sailing instructions will be indicated by displaying 1C flag
"L" and a numeral pennant signifying the number of notices posted if
more than one change. When no further changes have been made, 1C flag "L " will be lowered after the start of the first race
of that day.
10.0 Race
Points
1 Point for first place, 2 points
for second etc. awarded to club members only.
Did Not Finish - DNF - Number of
starters in that race + 1.
Retired after finishing - RAF - Number
of starters in that race + 1.
Disqualified
DSQ- Number of starters in that race +2.
Did Not Start - DNS - Number of
starters in that race + 1.
Did Not Compete -DNC - Number of
starters in that Series.
Points are awarded to the helm, not the boat.
To calculate Overall positions for the
season a helm will be awarded 1 point for a series win, 2 for second etc. the
helm with the lowest total, with no discards, will win the overall trophy. If a
helm fails to sail any races in a series, the points awarded will be as DNC
(number of starters in all series + 1).
11.0 Scoring
Series Races to
count - the discard profile for Club races:-
|
Races Sailed |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
|
Discards |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
Allowance may be made to a helm who is scheduled to and undertakes a duty on a day when racing
takes place. If that helm's "number of races sailed" falls short of
the minimum requirement for that series score (after discards) in compensation
for the races missed, the Sailing Committee will award that helm the average
score of his/her points achieved overall in that series for each race missed.
This compensation will only apply to the day when a helms name appears on the
duty roster or a previously arranged exchange of duties has taken place.
Ties - When there is a tie
in accumulated series points between two or more helmsmen, the tie will be
broken in favour of the helm with the most first places or, if the tie remains,
the most second places or lower places if necessary, using only the scores for
each helmsman that count for his/her series. When the tie still remains, it
will be broken in favour of the helm that has the best score in the last race
in which the tied helmsmen raced and scored differently.
Overall Scoring
To calculate the overall positions each series will be counted as a
race, ie, a win in the Spring Series will be 1 point,
second in the Early Summer Series 2 etc. the helm with the lowest score will be
the winner of the Overall Trophy for that season.
When there is a tie in the
accumulated points for the overall trophy between two or more helmsmen, the tie
will be broken in favour of the helm with the most series wins, or if the tie
remains, the most second places or lower places if necessary, when the tie
still remains it will be broken in favour of the helm that has the best result
in the last series sailed.
Handicap Races to Count - the discard
profile for the season's Handicap Series will be as above. However, specific
named handicap events shall be as follows : -
|
Races Sailed |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
Discards |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Series
Definitions
A series
race is a race in which 3 or more of the same class of dinghy compete. Only a
series race with 3 or more of the same class of dinghy will qualify for their
own start. If less than 3 boats are competing they will start with the Handicap
Fleet but the points gained will count towards their own Class Series.
Handicap
Racing
The Club
will from time to time organize and run separate named Handicap events.
Helmsmen may sail different classes of boat within the same series or event,
however for the purpose of scoring, the points will be awarded as if that
helmsman was a different competitor.
This
rule will also apply the Tiddler's Nip Trophy.
Tiddler's Nip Trophy - This Handicap event
is for both helm and crews who will be under the age of 18 on the date the
event finishes.
Alternative Penalties
Touching a Mark; a boat shall exonerate herself in accordance
with ISAF 44.2.
Other infringements ISAF 44.1/44.2 "720 degree Turns
Penalty" will apply for infringement of a rule of Part 2 of the ISAF
Rules.
Appendices
Starting
Sequence:
|
Sequence No. |
Signal |
Flag and Sound |
Visual |
Mins |
|
1 |
Class Start |
Class Flag
displayed Laser or 'V' or 'W' or 'T' or 'O' or '2') with 1 Sound Signal |
Appropriate
Class Flag |
5 |
|
2 |
Preparatory |
Normal = Class
Flag + 'P'. All with 1
Sound Signal |
Appropriate
Class Flag + |
4 |
|
3 |
One Minute |
Normal = Class
Flag with 'P' removed |
Appropriate
Class flag or... |
1 |
|
4 |
Starting |
All Flags
Removed with 1 Sound Signal (and next Class Start displayed if appropriate) |
Normal =
'empty' or Appropriate next Class Flag |
0 |
|
5 |
Starting
sequence 2, 3, and 4 applied to following classes as appropriate |
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Flag
Identification
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Preparatory Signal 'P' |
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'Around the Ends' Rule
(RRS) I |
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Black Flag Rule (RRS) |
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Postponement 'Answer Pennant' |
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Shortened Course 'S'
(Sierra) |
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Abandon All Races 'N'
(November) |
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General Recall (1st
Substitute) |
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Individual
Recall 'X' (X Ray) |
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Changes in the Sailing
Instructions L ( |
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Class
Flags (Currant 2009 ) |
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Dart 16 Class Flag 'W'
(Whiskey) |
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Laser |
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Topper Class Flag 'T'
(Tango) |
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Miracle, Merlin, Magno
'O' (Oscar) |
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Shearwater Class Flag 'V;
(Victor) |
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Handicap Fleet Num.
Pennant '2' |
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