APPENDIX IX
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Note:
Since 1990 the FD Class has made
a number of changes to the way Championships are organised. The IYRU is
now called the ISAF. ISAF has issued many guidelines relating to the
organisation of championships. Furthermore the Racing Rules have been
simplified and renumbered.
The Byelaws are currently under review and an updated version of these
Championship Rules will be released when approved by the IFDCO General
Committee at the AGCM 2004 (See IFDCO Byelaw 1.2.2)
Any queries
regarding the organisation of FD events should be addressed to IFDCO VP
Championships (see Class Contacts)
1.0 RULES
The regatta will be governed by:
1.1 The International Yacht Racing Union
Rules,
1.2 IFDCO Class and Championship Rules,
1.3 The Notice of Race and these Sailing
Instructions,
1.4 The regatta is a Category B event
within the meaning of RR Appendix 14, modified
as in Notice of Race, excluding advertising
specified in RR Appendix 14, para 3.3(b).
2.0 ENTRIES
Eligible yachts may be entered by completing registration with the
organizing
authority.
3.0 NOTICES TO
COMPETITORS
Notices will be posted on the official regatta
notice board(s) located
4.0 CHANGES
IN SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Any change in the sailing instructions will be
posted before hour 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.
5.0 SIGNALS MADE ASHORE
5.1 Flag "L': a notice to
competitors has been posted.
5.2 Flag "Answering Pendant':
all/races postponed. Do not leave harbour. The
Warning Signal for first class to start will be
made not less than
minutes after this signal is lowered.
5.3 Flag "N': No races today.
5.4 Flag "Y': Wear life jackets (see
para. SI25).
5.5 Numeral Pendant "2': It is
intended to race 2 races today.
5.6 When any of these signals is
displayed over a Class Flag, it applies only to
the class indicated.
5.7 These signals will be displayed
on the flagstaff at the
6.0 SCHEDULE OF RACES
6.1 Class
Flag Warning Prep
Start
Worlds Flag K :
00 :05 :10
FD Week Flag W : 15 :20 :25
6.2 After the first day the RC may advance
or postpone starting times by written notice
(Alt.RR 4.4(c)).
7.0 CLASS FLAGS
7.1 Class flags are: Flag K for
World Championship; Flag W for FD Week.
7.2 FD Week carry red ribbons at the
top of sail.
7.3 Committee and Rescue boats
The Race Committee Boat and official boats will
fly an orange flag. The Jury Boat will fly a
flag carrying the word ""Jury''.
8.0 RACING AREA
Venue as shown on enclosed illustration.
9.0 THE COURSE
9.1 A diagram of the course should
be included, showing the approximate angles
between legs, the order of rounding marks and
the side on which each rounding mark
is to be rounded. At the start and finish, mark
3 and 1(4) are not marks of the course.
COURSE START-1-2-3-1(4)-3-FINISH
Distance: as appropriate
9.2 The approximate compass bearing from
the starting line to mark 1 will be displayed
from the Race Committee boat.
9.3 Course Shortening
Championship courses shall not be shortened; FD Week courses may be
shortened.
9.4 The course will be set on each racing
day according to the wind direction by laying 3
marks (1,2,3).
9.5 The starting line will be
approximately .20 nm to leeward of mark 3.
9.6 The finishing line will be
approximately .20 nm to windward of mark 1 or of
mark 4
when laid.
9.7 The distance from mark 3 to mark 1 is
1.4 nm, approximately.
10.0 MARKS
10.1 Course marks (1,2,3) will be
inflatable buoys.
10.2 Should there be a change of
course the new windward mark 4 will be a
inflatable buoy.
10.3 The starting and finishing line
marks will be
inflatable buoy.
10.4 When any mark is missing or has
shifted and it cannot be replaced in its stated
position, an official boat will anchor in the
approximate position of the original mark,
display Flag "M' and make frequent sound signals
which mean ""Round this boat instead
of the mark that it replaces''.
11.0 THE START
11.1 Races will be started in
accordance with RR 4.4(a) system 1 with a 15
minute interval between the actual start of the
Championship and the first start of the FD Week.
11.2 The starting line shall be a
line between a staff with a white flag on board
the Race Committee boat and starting mark laid
on the port side of the starting line.
11.3 Round the Ends Rule (RR
51.1(c))
For each class, the following rule will be in
effect from the initial start:When any part of
the yacht's hull, crew or equipment is on the
course side of the starting line or its
extension during the minute before the Starting
Signal, she shall thereafter return to the
pre-start side of the line across one of its
extensions, and start. When there are any
identified premature starters or yachts that have not complied
with the ""Round the Ends'' rule, the Race
Committee will display Flag "X' and make a
long sound signal after the start. Flag "X' will
be lowered when all premature starters have
started correctly but not later than five
minutes after the start. A premature starter
that has not started correctly ten minutes after
the Starting Signal shall be disqualified.
11.4 Starting Area
Yachts whose Warning Signal has not been
displayed shall keep clear of the starting line
and of all yachts whose Warning Signal has been
made.
11.5 A yacht shall not start later
than ten minutes after her Starting Signal.
11.6 Starting Signals
See Table 1 below.
11.7 Course Change Before the Start
When a change of course is designated
before the Start, the Warning Signal will be
displayed one minute after the Flag "First
Substitute' is lowered, in alteration of RR 4.1
"First Substitute'.
Table 1 - Starting Signals
Signal Visual Sound
Before first Warning Signal
Compass course to mark 1
(Black figures on white ground)
Ten minutes before Start: Warning Signal
Class flag 1 sound signal
Five minutes before Start, Preparatory Signal
Flag P & I 1 sound signal
One minute before Start Flag I lowered 1 long
sound signal
Starting Signal Class Flag and Flag P lowered 1
sound signal
Premature starting Flag X
11.8 Five Minute Rule
After a General Recall, when the Five Minute
Rule is in effect, the Warning Signal
will be displayed one minute after the Flag
"First Substitute' is lowered in alteration of RR
4.1 "First Substitute'. When Flag "B' is displayed together with
the class flag at the
Warning Signal, each yacht which has been
identified by the Race Committee on the
course side of the starting line during the 5
minutes before her Starting Signal, with any
part of her hull, crew or equipment, shall be
disqualified, in alteration of RR 51.1(c) under
RR 70.1. Yachts infringing this ""Sudden Death 5
Minute Rule'' will not be informed by either a
visual or a sound signal. This disqualification
shall also apply for any subsequent re-starts or
re-sails of this race, in alteration of RR 12(a)
and 12(c). Flag "B' will be lowered at beginning
of "no-crossing time', five minutes before
start. When this rule is signalled Flag "I' will
not be displayed.
12.0 RECALLS
12.1 No recall numbers will be
displayed. RR 8.1 will apply.
12.2 General Recall
In accordance with RR 8.2 the Race Committee will signal a General Recall
by Flag
"First Substitute' and sound signals. After a
General Recall has been signalled a new
Preparatory Signal will be made one minute after
the lowering of Flag "First Substitute'
with one sound signal, except when para.11.7 or
11.8 is in effect.
12.3 When a General Recall has been
signalled the start of the FD Week will be postponed accordingly.
13.0 MARK BOATS
Mark Boats will be stationed beyond each mark.
At the finish, the mark boat will be stationed beyond the finishing line.
Failure of a mark boat to be on station or to
display her signal shall not be grounds for
seeking redress.
14.0
CHANGE OF COURSE AFTER THE START
14.1 Should the course be changed
after the start, the Race Committee will set a
new mark (See SI 10.3) and remove the previous
one as soon as practicable. Should any
change of course be made for the last leg,
another mark shall not be set; instead the
finishing mark will be used at its place.
14.2 A change of course will be
signalled at mark 3 by a Race Committee boat
that will display Flag "C' and indicate the
compass bearing to next mark, together with
brief
intermittent sound signals. The change of course
will be signalled before the first boat
had begun the leg towards the new mark whether
or not this new mark has already
been laid. When applicable to one class only,
the respective class flag will be dis-
played together with Flag "C'.
14.3 When there is a change of
course after the start, Mark 2 will be relocated
to maintain original course configuration.
15.0
THE FINISH
15.1 After the start the Race
Committee boat will move to the windward end of
the course and become the finishing boat. When
the Race Committee boat is unable to act as the
finishing boat, another boat will do so and
will display a blue flag and Flag "F'.
15.2 Finishing Line
The finishing line will be line between a mast
displaying a white flag on board the
finishing boat and the finishing mark on the
port side of the finishing line.
15.3 Yachts which have finished the
race shall keep absolutely clear of those still
racing.
15.4 Retiring boats shall do their
best to inform the Organizing Committee of their
return even if, in circumstances beyond their
control, they should return in a different
place than expected.
16.0 TIME LIMIT
Postponed and Abandoned Race
16.1 Time limit will be 4 hours.
16.2 Should no yacht round mark 1 at
the end of the first windward leg of the
triangle
within 1 hours from the start, the race shall be
abandoned and re-sailed.
16.3 When the first yacht finishes
within the time limit, the race shall be valid
only for
those yachts that finish within sixty minutes
after the first yacht finished.
16.4 An abandoned race may be
re-sailed after a scheduled race. In this case,
the finishing vessel will display "Numeral Pendant 2'.
The new Warning Signal will be displayed
about twenty minutes after the finish of the
last yacht in the scheduled race.
16.5 Postponed and/or Abandoned
Races at a Later Date
The Race Committee or Jury will inform all
participants by a notice on the official notice
board, of the date and time of those races
that have been postponed and/or abandoned and are to be re-sailed.
17.0 PROTESTS
17.1 The Protest flag shall be Flag
"B' only.
17.2 A yacht intending to protest is
requested to inform the Race committee at
the finishing line of the yacht to be protested.
17.3 Protests shall be written on
forms available at the Regatta office and lodged with
the Jury's representative before protest time
ends. Protest time will begin thirty minutes
after the Race Committee boat arrives in the
harbour and will end one hour later, unless
extended by the Jury. Protest time will be
posted on the Regatta Notice Board.
17.4 Protest notices will be posted
to inform when the Jury will hear protests.
17.5 Protest notices will be posted to
inform competitors where and when there is a
hearing in which they are parties to a protest
or named as witnesses.
17.6 Decisions of the International
Jury will be final in accordance with RR 1.5.
17.7 There will be no protest fee.
18.0 SCORING
18.1 The Olympic scoring system as
laid down in Appendix 5 of the RR shall apply
with the following alterations.
18.2 There shall be seven races of
which the six best for each boat shall be
counted for her total points. When it is
possible to complete only six races, the best five shall count.
When it is possible to complete only five
races, the best four shall count. When it is
possible to complete only four races, all races
shall count. When only three or less races are
completed, the regatta is not valid.
18.3 When there is a tie on total
points between two or more boats, the boat that
has finished more times in front of the other
shall prevail (inclusive of discardable race).
For such boats as may still be equal, the better result of the last race
will prevail.
18.4 In alteration of RR 74.5(c) a
disqualification under RR 54, Propulsion, may be discarded.
19.0 ALTERNATIVE
PENALTIES
The 720 turns penalty, Appendix 3.1 of the RR
will be used.
20.0 SUPPORT BOATS
Support boats shall fly their national flag and
shall keep well clear of the racing area after
the Warning Signal. Any interference whatsoever after that signal with the
racing fleets may result in disqualification in
that race of all yachts of the country to which
the support boat belongs.
21.0 Not
applicable. (Para. 21 will be
used to specify anchor and line if required in
Notice of Race).
22.0 MEANS OF
PROPULSION
In accordance with RR 54.3(c), RR 54.3(b) is not
applicable and the following is substituted. On a free leg of the course,
the only action permitted for the sole purpose
of accelerating a yacht down the face of a wave
(surfing) or, when planing conditions exist,
responding to an increase in the velocity of
the wind is the action of not more than three
rapidly-repeated trims and releases of any
sail (pumping). There shall be no further
pumping with respect to that wave or increase of
wind.
23.0 RADIO
COMMUNICATION
A yacht shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor receive
special radio
communications not available to all yachts.
24.0 PRIZES
Trophies and/or prizes shall be awarded to the
first five places in the general ranking
and to the first place in each race.
25.0 LIFE JACKETS
25.1 When Flag "Y' is displayed on
the starting vessel at or before the Warning Signal, all
competitors shall wear lifejackets or other
adequate personal buoyancy until either the
signal is lowered or they return to harbour. A
wetsuit is not adequate personal buoyancy.
25.2 A long sound signal will be
made when Flag "Y' is hoisted.
25.3 Notwithstanding anything in
this instruction, it shall be the personal
responsibility of each competitor to wear a life jacket
or other personal buoyancy when conditions make it necessary.
26.0 RESPONSIBILITY
The Organizing authority declines any liability for loss of life or
property, personal
injury or damage to property caused or arising out of the event. It shall
be the sole
responsibility of each yacht to decide whether
or not to start or continue to race.
(RR-Fundamental Rule B).
27.0
MEASUREMENT CONTROL
Directly after finishing the first six boats will
pass alongside a Committee boat displaying
Flag "E' and ask for instructions for a measurement check. Other
boats may be subject to a measurement check.
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