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1
Rules – The Regatta will be
governed by the 2005-2008 Racing Rules of Sailing, the Prescriptions of US
SAILING, the Notice of Race, the Championship Conditions, these Sailing
Instructions and, for the Area Eliminations, by each competing boat’s own
One Design Class Rules, except as any of these are modified by the Sailing
Instructions. This regatta is designated Category A per ISAF Advertising
Code, Regulation 20.
2
Eligibility and Entry
2.1 All competitors MUST be
current members of US SAILING. Dues can be accepted with registration at the
Area Elimination or, for teams selected by invitation or petition, by the
deadline for National Championship registration. Competitors may enter and
compete as a helmsman in only one Area Elimination and only in the
Elimination for the Area in which they reside or regularly compete.
2.2
Each Area Elimination is open to all single or multi-crew catamarans under
22 feet in length with a current US SAILING Portsmouth number. Boats with
Provisional Portsmouth handicaps (e.g., those with brackets [ ] or
parentheses ( ) around their rating), are ineligible to compete in Area
Eliminations. Only boats in their original One-Design
configuration are eligible. Modifications requiring Portsmouth
“modification factors” are not allowed.
2.3 The official Entry Form must
be used at all levels of the ladder.
3
Notice to Competitors
Notices to competitors will be
posted on the official regatta notice board(s) located
____________________________________.
4
Changes in Sailing Instructions
Any change in these Sailing
Instructions will be posted before _____ hours on the day it will take
effect, except that any change in the schedule of races will be posted by
______ hours on the day before it will take effect.
5
Signals Made Ashore
5.1
Signals made ashore will be displayed from
______________________.
5.2
Flag AP Answering Pennant with two sounds
(one sound when lowered) means “The race is postponed, do not leave the
shore.” The time of the warning signal may be posted before the lowering of
the AP.
5.3
Flag B fully hoisted with one sound means
“Protest time has begun.” When lowered, it means “Protest time has ended.”
6
Number and Schedule of Races
6.1 Area Elimination – ___ races
scheduled.
6.2
The race committee will post the planned
schedule of races and the warning time for the first race of the day no
later than ____ hours of the day before. Boats shall be ready to leave the
shore for the starting area at least 10 minutes before the announced warning
time.
6.3
Area Elimination – Minimum of three (3)
races to constitute a regatta.
7
Racing Area
The racing area will be shown by
Illustration A or as briefed.
8
Course
8.1
The diagram(s) in Illustration B show the
available course(s).
8.2
If the race committee utilizes a course
with gates, boats shall sail between the two gate marks from the direction
of the last mark, rounding to either port or starboard.
9
Marks
9.1
Marks A, B, C, and G will be
_________________________________________.
9.2
New marks, when used in accordance with
Sailing Instruction 12, Change of Course after the Start, will be
_______________________________________________________.
9.3
The starting and finishing marks are
described in Instructions 10 and 13.
10
Start
10.1
Races will be started in accordance with
RRS 26.
10.2
The starting line will be between a staff
displaying an orange flag or shape on the race committee boat at the
_________ end and the _________ end starting mark.
11
Recalls
11.1
Individual recalls will be signaled in
accordance with RRS 29.2.
11.2
General recalls will be signaled in
accordance with RRS 29.3.
12
Changes of Course After the Start
12.1 Changing the course after the
start will be in accordance with RRS 32.2 & 33.
12.2
If there is a subsequent change of course
to the previously changed mark in the same race, it will be replaced with
the original mark.
13
The Finish
The finishing line will be between
a staff displaying an orange flag or shape on the race committee boat at the
_________ end and the __________ end finishing mark.
14
Time Limit
14.1
The time limit for the first yacht to
finish will be ________ hours.
14.2
Yachts failing to finish within ________
after the first yacht finishes will be scored “Did Not Finish.”
14.3
If a yacht is in last place in a race and
is delaying the next start, the race committee may order the race terminated
and score the yacht points equal to last place. This changes RRS 35.
15
Retirement
A yacht that retires from a race
is asked to notify a race committee boat before leaving the race area. If
that is impossible, then immediately after arriving ashore, the
competitor shall notify a regatta
representative.
16
Protests
16.1
Protests shall be written on forms
available at _______________________ and lodged there within ____ minutes
after the race committee signal boat docks.
16.2
The jury will hear protests approximately
in the order received.
16.3
Protest notices will be posted within 30
minutes of the protest time limit to inform competitors where and when there
is a hearing in which they are parties to a protest or named as witnesses.
Such postings constitute notification of the parties as required by RRS
63.2, and no signal will be made for this notice.
17
Alternative Penalties
The penalty for breaking a rule of Part 2
while racing shall be a 360°
turn, which shall include one tack and one gybe. This changes RRS 44.1 and
44.2.
18
Scoring
18.1
The wind-related Portsmouth Rating System
will be used in scoring the Area Elimination. The Low-Point Scoring System,
RRS A4.1 of the racing rules, will apply. Each boat’s worst score shall be
excluded in accordance with the limitations set forth in RRS A2, except
there shall be no throw outs if all teams have not sailed at least four
races each.
18.2
Ties will be broken in accordance with RRS
A8.
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ATTACHED ILLUSTRATIONS
19.1
Illustration A (optional) – Racing Area.
19.2
Illustration B – Courses
19.3
The National Authority
provides recommended examples of Illustrations A and B as a convenience.
Local Authorities may utilize illustrations, course layouts, and courses
appropriate to their venue.
19.4
Course Sticker Illustration
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