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Sailing
Instructions for Hickling Broad Sailing Club 01. Rules Racing will take place under the current racing rules of sailing 2001-2004(RRS), the prescriptions of the RYA, these sailing instructions, and, when relevant, the appropriate class rules. For further information on the RYA rules see: www.rya.org.uk (a) The safety of a 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 crew, his boat and the management thereof. The race organisers shall not be responsible for any loss, damage, death, or personal injury howsoever caused to the owner/competitor, his skipper or crew, as a result of their taking part in the race or races. Moreover every owner/competitor warrants the suitability of his boat for the race or races. (b) For Open Class meetings, valid certificates must be available for inspection. Boats may also be subject to examination. (c) Boats must be entered at the clubhouse before the warning signal
for their race is made. 3. SAFETY Personal buoyancy - Junior members and children under the age of 12 shall wear adequate personal buoyancy whilst afloat. Each competitor is individually responsible for wearing personal buoyancy adequate for the conditions. Wet suits or dry suits do not constitute adequate personal buoyancy. Rescue Facilities - A powered rescue craft shall be on stand-by
during all official club activities. 4. COMMUNICATIONS WITH COMPETITORS Flag signals in accordance with RRS will be used for warning, preparatory,
and starting signals and attention will be drawn to them by audible
signals from the clubhouse or committee boat. Numbered or lettered buoys mark the course. All other stakes etc.,
are not part of the course. Buoys numbered 1 to 5 are laid in established
positions on the Broad as shown on the map in the clubhouse. Additional
buoys may be laid to ensure that courses with windward legs may
be set, or for other reasons. These buoys will be selected from
W or 6. The approximate position of these marks, when in use, will
also be shown on the map in the clubhouse. The direction of start,
the number of rounds to be sailed and the order in which buoys are
to be rounded,[reading from left to right] will be displayed on
the clubhouse. The colour of the board on which the buoy number
is painted indicates the side on which that buoy is to be rounded. Starting times of races will be displayed on a notice board in the
clubhouse. All starting times after the start of the first race
or series of races will be approximate. Races will be started using
rule 26 system 1 with classes starting at 3 minute intervals. 7. FIXED LINE STARTS: CLUBHOUSE LINE The starting line will be taken as the transit formed by the red
and white staff surmounted by a triangle at the waters-edge of the
club site, and the white staff surmounted by a disc on the balcony
in front of the Clubhouse. All starts shall be made between the
Inner and Outer distance markers which are white buoys with yellow
flags. 8. FIXED LINE STARTS: COMMITTEE BOAT An orange flag flown at the clubhouse will signify that a committee
boat starting line will be used for the next series of starts. Two
sound signals will be made when this flag is broken out. The starting
line will be a line between the mast of the committee boat and an
orange buoy with a yellow flag. An extra buoy ( orange with a yellow
flag ) may be laid as a limit mark adjacent to the committee boat.
No boat shall pass between this limit mark and the committee boat
after the preparatory signal. The course details and number of rounds
will be displayed on the clubhouse as in S.I.5. An X on the course
board denotes the position of the starting line in relation to the
rest of the course. The buoy number to the right of the X will be
the first mark of the course following the start, after which the
course sailed will be as displayed, ignoring the X on subsequent
rounds. The position of the starting line will also be indicated
on the map in the clubhouse. A bell may be used at the clubhouse
as a sound signal approximately 10 minutes before the start of the
next series. 9. GATE STARTS Special sailing instructions will be issued when gate starts are
used. 10. RECALLS Individual recalls - When at her starting signal any part of a boat's hull, crew or equipment is on the course side of the starting line, the boat shall sail completely to the pre-start side of the line before starting. In the event of a boat or boats being over the line at the start, an audible signal will be made once and the flag X will be displayed until all such boats are completely on the pre-start side of the starting line, or after 2 minutes, whichever is the earlier. General
recall - If there are a number of unidentified boats failing
to start correctly or there is an error in starting procedure, a
general recall may be signalled by displaying the First Substitute
flag and by making two audible signals. The class flag of the class
being recalled will remain flying and the preparatory signal (Code
flag P) together with the warning signals (class flags) for any
following starts will be lowered. After 2 minutes the First Substitute
flag will be lowered and one sound signal made. One minute later
the preparatory signal (Code flag P) for the recalled class will
be made together with the warning signal (class flag) of the next
class in the series if necessary. The start for the recalled class
will then take place exactly 3 minutes later. Note. The above procedure
means that, as a result of the general recall, the start of the
recalled class and any subsequent starts in the series will be delayed
by exactly 6 minutes. 11. FINISHING LINE: CLUBHOUSE LINE The finishing line is as defined in SI 7, between the inner and
outer distance marks. A round is completed each time a boat crosses
the transit for the finishing line in the direction indicated by
the arrow on the course board. 12. FINISH LINE: COMMITTEE BOAT If a committee boat finish is to be used, this will be indicated
on the courseboard. The finishing line will be between the mast
of the Committee boat and the orange buoy with a yellow flag. Boats
must finish in the same direction as the start. When a committee
boat finish is used then a round is completed each time a boat crosses
the extension of the finishing line, in the direction to finish,
on the leg containing X. 13. FINISHING: AVERAGE LAP METHOD When Flag 'U' is displayed and two audible signals are made, complete
the lap and finish in the direction of the arrow from the last mark
of the course, at the end of a complete lap. 14. TOUCHING A MARK RRS rule 31.shall apply ( After getting well clear of other boats
as soon as possible, take a penalty by promptly making one complete
360 degree turn including one tack and one gybe.) 15. ALTERNATIVE PENALTIES FOR AN INFRINGEMENT OF A RULE OF PART 2 RRS rule 44 shall apply (After getting well clear of the other boats
as soon after the incident as possible, a boat takes a 720 degree
turns penalty by promptly making two complete 360 degree turns in
the same direction, including two tacks and two gybes.) The scoring
penalty rule 44.3 will not apply. 16. SHORTENING THE COURSE AFTER THE START Rule 32 is changed. The race committee may shorten the course at
any time it sees fit. The meaning of flag S is changed. It means
the course is shortened. This will be signalled at any mark rounding,
before the lead boat has begun the next leg, by displaying flag
S and two sound signals made. The next mark for the lead boat is
the last mark of the course. Pass it on the required side and sail
straight to the finishing line and finish. 17. PROTESTS Protests shall be made in accordance with RRS rules and handed in
within 30 minutes after the last boat in the race finishes. The
protest will be heard as soon as possible. The quorum of the protest
committee shall be three persons. Protest forms may be obtained
from the starting box. 18. SCORING SYSTEM The low point scoring system, rule A2 will apply. (The winning helmsman in each race of a points series will score 1 point, the second 2 points, and the others finishing the same number of points as their position. A starter who does not finish, who retires through an infringement of the rules, or who is disqualified will receive points that are one more than the number of starters in that race. For Regattas and Open Events, a helmsmen who has entered a race but does not start or rank as a starter, will receive points for that race equal to one point more than the number of entries for that race. In the event of a tie in a points series the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat 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 boat that count for her series, followed if necessary by the last race procedure.) Special instructions for Club Spring and Summer points series days. (a) For races fewer than three starters the following points will be awarded for finishing the race; one starter- 3 points; 2 starters- first 2 points, second 3 points. No points will be awarded for retirement or disqualification. (b) Where a class race has only one entry, the boat may race in
the appropriate All-Comers race, for which a corrected time will
be given, and three points will be awarded to the class race as
in (a) above. 19. HANDICAPS Boats will be handicapped on the R.Y.A. system using the Portsmouth
Numbers Scheme as a basis. The Sailing Sub-committee will adjust
numbers as necessary and their decision shall be final. All-Comers
A are defined as boats with numbers of 1078 and under, All-Comers
B as boats with numbers of 1079 to 1287, and All-comers C as boats
with numbers of 1288 and over. Class dinghies which do not comply
with the rules of their class relating to the number of crew to
be carried shall have a penalty of 2% added to their elapsed times
in open events but no penalty in club events.
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