(YEAR)[CJ2] GULF YACHTING
ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA
FOR
THE
SIR THOMAS LIPTON
CHALLENGE TROPHY
ORGANIZING
AUTHORITY: GULF YACHTING ASSOCIATION
Sailing Instructions
1 RULES
1.1 The
regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing and the GYA
Regulations for Sanctioned Events.
1.2 Any
questions regarding these sailing instructions shall be submitted in writing to
the regatta desk located _______________[CJ4] and any answers
will be posted on the official notice board.
1.3 The Racing Rules of Sailing changed by
these sailing instructions are as follows:
Racing Rule
Sailing Instruction
Race Signals AP changed by 5.2
A4.1 changed
by 12.3
& 20.3
62.1(a) changed
by 14
28.1 changed
by 15.2
44.2 changed
by 17
35 & A4.1 changed by 18
61.1 (a) changed
by 19
A8 changed
by 20
2 ENTRIES
GYA General Member clubs may enter by issuing a proper challenge to [CJ5] Yacht Club on the
appropriate GYA forms and shall comply with all GYA entry requirements for each
race as altered herein.
3 NOTICES TO COMPETITORS
Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board
located [CJ6]. At the end of each day of racing
the race committee will post its docking time as well as any boats that it
plans to score in other than a finishing position (flag “L” will NOT be
displayed with this notice.) Notices of
hearings will be posted here within 20 minutes of the expiration of protest
time in accordance with sailing instruction 19.3 (flag “L” will NOT be
displayed with this notice.)
4 CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Any change to the
sailing instructions will be posted before 1300 on ________[CJ7] and before 0800 on _________[CJ8] and September___[CJ9], except that any
change to the schedule of races will be posted before 2100 on the day before it
will take effect unless there is unanimous consent of the team captains or
their official representatives.
5 SIGNALS MADE ASHORE
5.1
Signals made ashore will be displayed at ______________________________[CJ10].
5.2 Flag “AP” with two _____[CJ11] (one _____[CJ12] when lowered) means “The race is postponed. The warning signal for the next race will be made not less than _____[CJ13] minutes after ‘AP’ is lowered.” This changes Race Signals AP.
5.3 Flag
"B" fully hoisted with one ____[CJ14] means ‘Protest Time
has begun.’ When lowered halfway with
one _____[CJ15], it means ‘There are less than 30 minutes
remaining before Protest Time ends.’ When lowered with one ____[CJ16], it means
‘Protest Time has ended.’
6 SCHEDULE OF RACES
RACE DAY WARNING SIGNAL
First Race Saturday 1425
Second Race Sunday 1025
Third Race Sunday 1425
Fourth Race Monday 1025
The names of the
skipper and crew for each race shall be submitted within the time limit
specified by GYA Regulation 28.8.
7 CLASS FLAG
The GYA Burgee shall be used as the class flag.
8 RACING AREA
Attachment A shows the location of the racing area. (Attach copy of appropriate chart)[CJ17]
9 CHECK IN
Prior to the warning signal for each race, each boat shall sail past the
stern of the starboard end starting line boat and hail her sail number until
acknowledged by the race committee.
10 THE COURSES
10.1 The
diagrams below show the courses, including the approximate angles between legs,
the order in which marks are to be passed, and the side on which each mark is
to be left. The identifying letter of the
selected course (“O”, “W” or “G”) will be signaled from the race committee
signal boat no later than the warning signal.
For course ‘W’ the number of laps shall also be displayed (e. g. W2 or
W2˝).
10.2 Mark 3
will be set after the start and all boats have cleared the starting line and
the line has been dismantled. In the
event of late starters this will be approximately 10 minutes after the starting
signal.
10.3 The
approximate compass bearing from the starting line to Mark 1 will be displayed
from the race committee signal boat no later than the warning signal.
11 MARKS
11.1 Marks 1,
2 and 3 will be __________[CJ18].
11.2 Offset
Marks to be used as illustrated for Course “W” will be___________[CJ19].
11.3 New marks
as provided in instruction 15 will be _______[CJ20]. When a new Mark 1 is set for Course “W”, a
new offset Mark will also be set in accordance with instruction 11.2.
11.4 Gate
Marks, when used in accordance with instruction 15.2, will be identical to the
adjacent course mark.
11.5 Starting
Marks at each end of the starting line will be race committee boats with the
signal boat on the starboard end of the line..
12 THE
START
12.1 Races
will be started with signals made from a race committee signal boat located on
the starboard end of the starting line.
12.2 The
starting line will be between staffs displaying orange flags on two race
committee boats. These two boats shall
rank as Starting Marks from the preparatory signal until the starting line has been
dismantled.
12.3 A boat
starting later than 10 minutes after her starting signal will be scored Did Not
Start. This changes rule A4.1
13 RECALLS
13.1 Individual
recalls will be signaled in accordance with rule 29.1, and the race committee
will endeavor to hail the boat’s sail number.
13.2 The
starboard end and port end race committee boats as well as any race committee
boat have the authority to hail premature starters and those boats subject to
rule 30.1. Furthermore, these boats will
endeavor to hail premature starters when they have completely returned to the
pre-start side of the line except when flag "I" has been displayed.
13.3 These
instructions change rule 29.1.
14 MARK BOATS
Mark boats will be stationed beyond each
mark (except Offset Marks). At the
finish, the mark boat will be stationed beyond the finishing line. When on station only, each mark boat will
display an orange flag. Failure of a mark boat to be on station or to display
her signal will not be grounds for redress. This changes rule
62.1(a).
15 CHANGE OF THE NEXT LEG OF THE COURSE
15.1 The Race
Committee may change the next leg of the course in accordance with rule 33. On
course “W”, course changes will be signaled near the offset mark or mark
3. No change will be signaled at mark 1.
15.2 When the
race committee boat displays flags "C" over "G" all boats
shall pass through the gate formed by the nearby course mark and the adjacent
gate mark, located approximately 30 yards to the right of the course mark, from
the direction of the previous mark and then proceed to the next mark so that a
string representing her wake, when drawn taut, as described in rule 28.1, will
pass through the gate. Rule 28.1 is
changed to the extent necessary that compliance with this instruction satisfies
the requirements of that rule. This
instruction supersedes instruction 10 to the extent there is a conflict.
16 THE FINISH
The finishing line
will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on a race committee boat and
the nearby mark.
17 PENALTY SYSTEM
The Two Turns Penalty, rule 44.2
is changed as follows: "A boat that has completed a Two Turns penalty
shall additionally inform the race committee finishing line boat upon
finishing, or, if unable to finish, at the first reasonable opportunity, and
shall include the sail number(s) or otherwise identify the other boat(s)
involved in the incident.” Failure to
comply with this instruction shall nullify the two turns
penalty.
18 TIME LIMITS
The time limit
will be 2˝ hours. Boats failing to finish within one hour after the first boat
sails the course and finishes will be scored Did Not Finish. This changes rule 35 and A4.1.
19 PROTESTS & REQUESTS FOR REDRESS
19.1 Rule 61.1
(a) is changed by adding the following:
“A boat intending to file a protest shall additionally, inform the race
committee finishing line boat upon finishing, or if unable to finish, at the
first reasonable opportunity, of the sail number(s) or otherwise identify the
protested boat(s), and receive an acknowledgment from the Race Committee.” Failure to do so will make the protest
invalid.
19.2 Protests
and Requests for Redress shall be written on forms available at _______[CJ21] and delivered there
within Protest Time which will begin when the race committee signal boat docks
at the end of the day's racing and flag "B", with one (1) _______[CJ22], has been fully
hoisted. Protest time will end one hour
later.
19.3 Notices
will be posted within 20 minutes of the protest time limit to inform
competitors where and when there is a hearing in which they are parties to a
hearing or named as witnesses. Such posting shall constitute notice of hearing
as required by rule 63.2.
19.4 Protests
and Requests for Redress will be heard in approximately the order of receipt.
20 SCORING
20.1 The Low
Point scoring system of rule A4 will apply with four races scheduled of which
two shall be completed to constitute a series, except that each club's total
score will be the sum of its scores for all races.
20.2 Ties will
be decided in accordance with GYA Regulation 25.2. This changes rule A8.
20.3 In the
event one or more boats are delaying the completion of a race, the race
committee may score the boat or boats points equal to their position.
21 PRIZES
Prizes
will be awarded as specified in the GYA Regulations for Sanctioned Events 27.1
and 30.9.
22 SAFETY
REGULATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITY
22.1 Each
competitor is solely responsible for his or her personal safety. It shall be the sole responsibility of each
boat to decide whether or not to start or to continue to race. A boat which retires from a race shall notify
the Race Committee before leaving the racing area, or if that is not possible,
at the first reasonable opportunity.
22.2 On all
boats it shall be the sole responsibility of the skipper and crew to determine
when personal flotation devices will be worn.
Neither the _____________[CJ23] Yacht Club nor the
Race Committee assumes this responsibility, and no signals governing the
wearing of life jackets or other such devices will be made.
22.3 Competitors
participate in the Lipton regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4,
Decision to Race. The Gulf Yachting Association and the __________[CJ24] Yacht Club will not
accept any responsibility for material damage or personal injury or death sustained
in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta.
22.4 In the
interest of safety or to avoid unreasonable delays, the race committee, at its
discretion and with concurrence of the judges, may order a capsized boat
rescued and scored “Did not Finish”.
GOOD LUCK AND GOOD SAILING!!
(Or any other offering of wishes the host club would like to make)