1.0 RULES, SAFETY & REGISTRATION.
1.1 Competitors should note that Delph Sailing Club
implements the RYA Racing Charter and that they will be required to sail in
compliance with the Charter, which can be found at the front of the RYA rule
book (Racing Rules of Sailing 2005-2008.
1.2 Rules
Racing will take place under the ISAF Racing
Rules of Sailing 2005-2008 (RRS), the prescriptions of the RYA, the
Racing Charter of the RYA, the rules of the Class concerned, and these Sailing
Instructions (S.I.s). A Sailboard is classified as a
Dinghy. Only registered dinghies may race, and only dinghies with
1.4a Registration
Before being brought onto the premises, a
member’s dinghy shall carry a valid registration sticker displayed in the
prominent position as instructed.
1.4b Safety
For Safety reasons, not more than 50 dinghies
may race together.
Adequate personal buoyancy shall be worn at all
times in the yacht and on the pontoons.
Club officials have the right to refuse to allow
afloat a dinghy, which has inadequate or inadequately secured buoyancy.
Board Sailors shall wear a ‘wet suit’ or a ‘dry
suit’ in addition to personal buoyancy of an approved type.
2.0 Notice
to Competitors
Notices to competitors will be posted on the
official notice board in the Club.
2.1
Alternate sail rigs. Where a particular class of dinghy has various rig options, the
rig being used must be declared when signing on for racing (SI 13.2), the
choice of rig should conform to the principle of SI 17.3, and to the rules of
the appropriate class association.
2.1a Laser Rigs. The laser hull can have different rigs ( 4.7, Radial, and Standard ). For identification purposes
and to be classified as a Laser Radial the radial sail must display a 6 inch
red square on both sides of the sail, above the sail number. Guidance on the
interpretation of the arrangements for these dinghies can be found in Appendix 5
3.0 Changes
in Sailing Instructions
Any changes to the sailing instructions will be
posted at least 30 minutes prior to the first race of the day.
4.0 Signals
Made ashore
4.1 Signals made
ashore will be displayed at the Race Control Centre.
4.2 When the
computer race management system is in use a intermittent
sound signal and verbal warning will be given 1 minute prior to the start of
the automatic signal sequence.
5.0 Format
The format of racing will normally be:-
i) Sunday points
Series Races - Class Racing, prior to which there
may be Ladies, Cadets and Novice Handicaps or a Pursuit race. (See 6.2 and Calendar
for details.)
ii) Wednesday Evening - Handicap with two 18
race series, results calculated on CN and PH.
iii) Frostbite - Handicap, results calculated on
CN and PH.
iv) Monthly Handicap – Three Handicap or Pursuit
races with two best scores to count.
v) Format of other one day events will be
advised by the Race Officer on the day, at least 30 minutes prior to the start
of the event.
6.0 Schedule of Races
The Fleets in one-day events may be defined at
the discretion of the Race Officer.
6.1 Fleet
Racing
Fleet one will start as soon as possible after
1400 Hrs, except when sailed in October when start time will be 13.00 Hrs.
6.2 Handicap Racing
a) WEH
Series will be as soon as possible after 1900 Hrs.
b) Frostbite
will start as soon as possible after 1300 Hrs.
c) LCH
and Novices, or Pursuit races
will start as soon as possible after 1300hrs
6.3 One Day Events: start times as advised
in the Calendar
7.0 Flags and Signals
7.1 Signals
for Starts for Class and Handicap Racing
Flags will not
normally be used for Club Racing
The signals using the
computer controlled light and timing system are detailed in SI 11.
In the event of
failure of the computer system starting arrangements will be at the discretion
of the Race Officer, using “Open Meeting” flags with Class Racing reverting to
mass start(s). Any arrangements should conform to minimum notice time of SI 9.
For the Early Points, Summer Points, and Autumn
Points Series, dinghies will start in the following fleets.
|
|
|
Flag (if used) |
|
|
Fleet 1 |
RS200 |
Pennant |
9 |
|
Fleet 2 |
Fast Handicap fleets |
Flag |
Z |
|
Fleet 3 |
Laser Fleet |
Flag |
E |
|
Fleet 4 |
Solo Fleet |
Pennant |
6 |
|
Fleet 5 |
Miracle and Slow
Handicap fleets |
Pennant |
7 |
7.2 Postponement
A postponement will be signalled by a fixed
white light or answering pennant with two sound signals.
The visual and sound signals will be made on
either the RCC or by Committee boat.
The postponement will end on the extinguishing
or lowering of this signal with an intermittent sound signal, one minute before
the fresh warning signal.
7.3 Recalls
7.3.1 Premature
Starters.
RRS 29.1 will apply, using Flag ‘X , or a fixed white light, and one sound signal. When
using a committee boat the signals will be made on the boat.
7.3.2 General Recall.
RRS 29.2 shall apply, using Flag ‘First
Substitute’ (or 2 fixed white lights) and two sound signals. When using a
committee boat the signals will be made on the boat.
7.43 Order
of Starting after a General Recall.
a) The first recalled fleet will start two
minutes after the last scheduled starting fleet, and subsequent recalled fleets
will follow.
b) In the event of the recalled fleet being the
last fleet to start or in events when there is only 1 start the new start will
be 4 mins after the scheduled start.
7.5 SHORTENING
THE COURSE.
The Course will normally be shortened by a
complete round or rounds.
Flag ‘S’ will be displayed at the RCC as the
leading dinghy (on the water) rounds the last mark of the round. All dinghies
will complete the lap they are sailing and go to the designated finish,
calculations associated with SI 13.1 Lapped Dinghies being applied within
particular fleets. This changes RRS 32
When the last mark of the round is also part of the
designated finish, the signal will be made as the leading dinghy rounds the
previous mark.
If Flag ‘S’ is used with fleet flags, the signal
applies only to the indicated fleets.
When, under exceptional circumstances, the
signal is made from the Committee Boat as the leading dinghy rounds any other
mark, the finishing line will be between the Committee Boat mast and the next
rounding mark. All dinghies will continue on the round that they are on and
finish when they cross the finish line, calculations associated with SI 13.1
Lapped Dinghies being applied within particular fleets.
8.0 Racing
area
Attachment Appendix 1 identifies the approximate
layout of the race area.
Position of marks
The peripheral order of the eight yellow marks
will not be altered, but the locations may alter from the RIB diagram.
White marks X and Y may be used and located as
indicated on the RIB diagram.
A blue mark ‘Q’ will be approximately in the
reservoir centre.
9.0
COURSES.
The Course will be displayed at The RCC at least
10 minutes before the first warning signal, unless SI 12 is in effect.
10.0 Marks
The course will be displayed per race at the
Race Control Centre (RCC) on the Race Instruction Board (RIB), giving the
following information
a) The
scheduled starting time of Fleet one in that race.
b) The
limit marks of the starting line and the finishing line.
c) The
marks, order of rounding, and side to be rounded in each round.
d) The
number of rounds for Class Racing to be sailed by dinghies CN 1115 (and less)
and Slow Handicap (CN greater than 1115) dinghies. For Handicap a single number
of rounds will be displayed and any reduction in laps handled by SI 13.1
(Lapped Dinghies).
e) Any
changes to the S.I.s or any special requirements.
The course may also be (unofficially)
graphically displayed under the RIB, and by coloured and lettered boards on the
front of the RCC.
11.0 THE START
11.1 STARTERS.
When no dinghy in a fleet is present, the
sequence of starting signals will remain unaltered. When only one dinghy is
competing in a fleet, she shall rank as a starter in that fleet, and her result
shall count in that fleet.
11.2 STARTING
LINE.
This will be as indicated on the Race
Instruction Board.
It will usually be either:-
a) from the red and
white pole at the RCC to the indicated mark, or
b) from
the Committee boat mast to the white dan buoy or the
indicated mark.
11.3 STARTING
SIGNALS
|
Computer Race
Management System |
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Meaning of Signal |
Signal |
Time |
|
Prepare to race |
Intermittent Sound |
-1 |
|
Warning Signal of
Fleet 1 |
Red Light + sound |
0 |
|
Preparatory Signal
Fleet 1 |
Red + Yellow lights +
sound |
2 |
|
Start Fleet 1- RS200 Preparatory Fleet2 |
Green Light + Sound |
4 |
|
Start Fleet 2- Fast
Handicap Preparatory Fleet3 |
Red + Green Lights +
sound |
6 |
|
Start Fleet 3 –Laser Preparatory Fleet4 |
Yellow + Green lights
+ sound |
8 |
|
Start Fleet 4 –Solo Preparatory Fleet 5 |
Red + Yellow + Green
Lights + sound |
10 |
|
Start Fleet 5 – Miracle and Slow Handicap |
Red Light + Sound |
12 |
11.4 Handicap
races
For Class Racing handicap fleets shall be Fast
Handicap (PY 980 to 1115) and Slow Handicap (PY greater than 1115).
Club Handicap races will normally have a single mass
start.
12.0 CHANGE OF DECLARED COURSE.
The course may be changed by postponing the
start and hoisting Pennant 2 with 2 sound signals.
When the new course is also displayed on the
Committee Boat, the 10 minute requirement of SI 9 is reduced to 5 minutes.
Pendant 2 will be lowered with the ending of the postponement signal.
13.0 FINISHING LINE
The finishing line may vary RRS 32 and be:-
a) between the
‘Q’, or other, Mark and the red and
white pole, or
b) between the
indicated mark of the course and the red and white pole ,or
c) between the
Committee Boat mast with the Blue Flag and a course mark.
Unless SI 7.5 applies, the Finishing line will
be as shown on the RIB.
13.1 Lapped
Dinghies
A dinghy lapped during a handicap race by any
other yacht shall proceed to, and cross, the finish line as soon as the leading
yacht has finished. In so doing the lapped yacht shall pass each mark of the
course in the order shown on the course board.
The elapsed time of such yachts will be adjusted
by a factor (laps required to be sailed + 0.25) divided by (laps actually
sailed + 0.25), except in that no lapped boat in a particular class shall be
given a better score than a boat in that class that was in front of her on the
water when the reduced lap requirement is applied.
13.2 DECLARATION
SHEETS AND VALIDITY OF RESULTS.
13.2.1 The helm
of a yacht must declare his/her intention to sail particular races by
completing the signing on sheet on the Race Notice Board located in the Club
House. If this is not completed the
finishing positions will not be recorded on the series results sheets.
13.2.2 Declaration
Sheets will not be used for race completion: unless the Race Officer is
otherwise advised immediately after the last dinghy finishes a race, a dinghy
will be assumed to have complied with the rules.
13.2.3 Unless
recorded on the signing on sheet, a yacht not sailing with its own sail number
will be disregarded.
14.0 PENALTIES.
RRS 44.1 and 44.2 (two turns penalty) shall
apply for an infringement of a rule of Part 2 of the
Racing Rules of Sailing.
RRS 31.2 (one turn penalty) shall apply when RRS
31.1 —touching a mark) is infringed.
Re-rounding is not permitted.
14.1 Rule Observance. For the purposes of
the application of the Sailing Instructions and the Racing Rules of Sailing,
the PRO, Sailing Captain on the day and Race Officer on the day are designated
as Observers.
15. TIME
LIMIT.
15.1 If no boat has passed
mark 1 within the Mark 1 Time Limit of 20 minutes the race will be abandoned.
15.2 Boats
failing to finish within 30 minutes after the first boat sails the course and
finishes will be scored Did Not Finish. The expiry of the time limit will be
indicated by displaying Flag ‘1st Substitute’ with 4 sound signals.
16.0 PROTESTS
RRS 61.1 (Informing the Protestee)
shall be modified. A boat intending to protest shall hail protest’ or words to
that effect at the first reasonable opportunity. A protest flag signal is
optional. but if one is flown, it must conform to RRS
61.1
The intent to protest shall be declared to the
Race Officer as soon as possible after the protesting dinghy finishes that
race. Completed protest forms shall be lodged at the RCC within 30 minutes of
the last dinghy finishing the last race of the day. Protest hearings will be
held as soon as possible thereafter in the RCC or other notified venue
17.0 SCORING SYSTEMS.
17.1.1 When no starters occur in a Fleet Race, the scores to count will
still remain the same as for other fleets. Only races cancelled or abandoned
for all competitors will affect the scores to count for an event or series.
17.1.2 Scores to count.
In
Class Series the best scores for 2/3rds of those races sailed shall be counted
(rounded to the nearest whole number).
In
Handicap Series:
For
results calculated on Club Handicap, for Series, the best scores for 1/2 of
those races sailed shall be counted (rounded up to the nearest whole number).
For
results calculated on PH, for Series, the best scores for 2/3rds of those races
sailed shall be counted (rounded to the nearest whole number).
One
day events, normally, the best scores for 2/3rds of those races sailed shall be
counted (rounded to the nearest whole number).
17.2 Points are awarded to the helmsperson, not the dinghy, in any
one class of dinghy.
17.3 The Class will be the class used in his/her
first race in the series, unless otherwise advised before the first race. Scores in another class of dinghy will not
count towards the series and will be disregarded in establishing the scores of
other competitors towards the series or for other awards. Scoring in fleet
and dinghy handicap racing will be in accordance with RRS Appendix A4 (Low
Point System).
17.4 The preference-points procedure will be used with the following
changes;
17.4.1 Ties will be broken by most firsts (RRS Appendix A8) procedure.
17.4.2 Boats which signed-on
with the intension of sailing, but which did not sail any of the races on the
day shall be classed DNS (Did Not Start on the day scoring number of signed-on
entries to the day’s event +1).No helm or crew may record more results entries
than the number of races set for the day.
17.4.3 Boats which do not sign-on
on the day shall be classed DNC (Did Not Compete) and will score points
equal to the declared entry for that series.
17.4.4 The declared entry for fleet races will be the largest number of
fleet dinghies taking part in a series race, when 75% of the series races have
been completed.
For WEH and FB series, the declared entry will
be 50.
The number of counting races will be as stated
in the fixture list.
17.4.5 Boats which are disqualified (DSQ) will score equal to the number
of boats that came into the starting area +3.
All other boats not finished (OCS, DNF) will be
scored equal points for the finishing place one more than the number of boats
that came into the starting area.
17.4.6 For one day events, Appendix A2 will apply.
17.5 For Handicaps, Club numbers – CNs, will be determined after
consideration of the publication of the annual RYA Yardstick guidance. These
numbers are at the discretion of the Sailing Committee and will apply to all
races after being posted on the Notice Board for 14 days.
For details of Personal
Handicap scoring system, see Appendix 3.
17.6 In certain rare circumstances, at the discretion of the Sailing Committee, points (other
than DNC) may be awarded to a Helmsperson in races in which he/she did not
compete. The points so awarded in each of these races shall be the median
score, upon completion of the series, of the races in which the helmsperson had
been classed as a starter; this adjustment shall not alter the scores of a
helmsperson who took part in such a race
Furthermore the removal of discards shall take
effect as though the helm had actually sailed in these races.
Possible situations when this may apply are:
i) Sailing Captain standing in for Race Officer.
ii) Any
person officially representing
18.0 Disqualification
DNE (Discard not excludable) will apply to a
boat on its second or subsequent disqualification under RRS 42 during a
series, RRS 67 will apply.
19.0 DINGHY WASHING.
When a dinghy is brought onto Club Premises, It
shall be washed in the washing bay with the chemicals provided.
20.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS
In the event of extreme weather conditions (wind
speed too high or too low) the decision to race will be made by a Race
committee under the chair of the PRO. The committee will consist of the Race
Officer, the PRO, the Results Sec and the Sailing Captain (or their deputies).
In insufficient wind conditions races may be
held (subject to these sailing instructions) but the results will not count to
any series. In this instance code flag T will be flown (or other indication on
the course board) and 4 sound signals made prior to the warning signal for the
race. Rescue facilities may not be available in these circumstances.
21 Disclaimer
Competitors participate in the event entirely at
their own risk. Attention is drawn to rule RRS 4, Decision to Race. The
organising authority, will not accept any liability for personal or material
damage, injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during or
after the event.
22 Insurance
A dinghy shall only sail when the owner holds a
valid Third Party Insurance for a minimum of £2,000,000.
APPENDIX
1. COURSE MARKS AND
APPROX LOCATIONS.
APPENDIX 2
Pursuit Race Rules
additional to Closed event SIs
The
course board will define the course to be sailed, the fleet start order and
times.
The
Race Time will be based on either 35 or 40 minutes for the slowest (highest
Handicap) boat sailing.
Finish: - 1 minute before the
end of the Race Time, 4 long sound signals will be sounded. The leading boat
shall be finished at the next mark it passes continuing to sail the prescribed
course. The finish line will be an extension of a line from the flag on Committee Boat(1)
to this mark, a finishing boats being
required to round the mark as prescribed by the course.
At
another mark of the course there will be a second finish line with a power boat
acting as Committee Boat(2).
At
the expiry of the race time a long (continuous) sound signal will be made. No
boat may pass another boat after the start of this signal.
All
boats will continue to sail the prescribed course and be finished at one of the
finishing lines.
Final
finishing positions will take account of boats having been lapped.
Any alternative finishing arrangements will be
communicated to competitors prior to the Prepare for Race (5min) signal.
APPENDIX 3
Personal Handicap
(revised)
What is
Personal Handicap?
Long
handicap series will have a second set of results based on Personal Handicap
(PH), which is an indication of how the helm performs relative to the PY (or
Club Number) of the dinghy sailed. PH is
that of the helm in a particular class of dinghy and so a helm may have
different PHs if different dinghies are sailed in different series.
A
good sailor may have a PH of say -120 and beginner may have a PH of +150.
How are
series Scored?
The
results for a race are calculated by taking the elapse time multiplied by 1000/(CN + PH) to arrive at a PH Corrected Time, these are then
put in ranking order.
Each
race is scored by ranking the PH corrected times and scoring 1st -1,
2nd – 2, etc, RTD and DNF score number of starters +1, DNC score
declared entry for the series which will be 51. (This is because starters could
in theory be 50)
The
numbers of scores to count will be for ⅔ of races sailed rounded to the
nearest whole number.
How can
PHs change?
PHs
are adjusted after each race. This depends on a helm’s
PH Handicap finishing position in the race. The first 20% get -10 on their previous
PH, the next 20% get -5, the last 20% get +10 and the next to the last 20% get
+5, the mid band, RTD and DNF are not adjusted.
How are starting PHs arrived at?
On
a helm’s first appearance in a PH series a PH will be arrived at by the
Handicap Committee (PRO, Results Secretary and Andrew Taylor) this may be:-
a)
The PH from any previous series sailed
b)
Where no prior information is available the helm’s PH will be
provisionally fixed to put the helm’s position in the first race in the zero PH
Adjustment band. (This is achieved by initially setting the Start PH at -100
and then adjusting by increments of 10 until the result in that race is shown
in the zero PH Adjustment band). This will be reviewed during the next five
races sailed and may be adjusted before final confirmation, (particularly if there
are some unusual conditions associated with the first race sailed).
c)
Factors such as whether or not a “new” boat is being sailed and
“pecking order” within fleet races may be taken into account when the Handicap
Committee apply (a) or (b).
APPENDIX 4
Helm of
the year series scoring
The overall Helm of the Year will be calculated on all Series
Races in which all helms can sail; Frostbite 2007 ,
Wednesday Evening Handicap A, Wednesday Evening Handicap B, Monthly Handicaps,
except for certain races on the Calendar used for Mentor Training.
Scores
in all races sailed may be counted. The Club Handicap results are rescored
using a “grand prix” high scoring system where a 1st scores 10, 2nd
score 9, etc.
Only
those scores which comply with SI 13.2.1 in each series or event may be scored,
although a helm may sail a different dinghy in different series.
The
Helm of the Year is the Helm with the higher total score.
APPPENDIX 5
Lasers
The
Laser Hull may have different rigs (4.7, Radial, Standard).
For
Class Racing: all lasers with use Start 3. Results for each race in a series
for the Laser Fleet will be calculated on handicap using the Club Numbers.
Results for which ever rig is chosen may count in the series.
Handicap Series Racing: Series entry must comply with SI 17.3, in that a competitor enters a ser