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Sailing Instructions

NWISA DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL

 DOUBLEHANDED CHAMPIONSHIP

 

Hosted By

 NWISA, Kitsap Sailing &Rowing Foundation and Central Kitsap High School Sailing Team

 

April 24 & 25, 2010

Posted 2/19/10.  Amended 2/23/10.

 

1. RULES

 

1.1 The regatta will be governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing for 2009-2012, the prescriptions of US SAILING, the Notice of Race, the 2009-2012 ISSA Procedural Rules, and these Sailing Instructions.

 

2. SAFETY

 

2.1 Procedural Rule 2.2 will apply. However, flag Y will not be displayed. This changes rule 40.

 

2.2 A boat which retires from a race, shall notify the race committee either before leaving the course area or, if that is impossible, at the first reasonable opportunity after arriving ashore.

 

3. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS

 

3.1 Notices will be posted on the Official Notice Board located at the end of the fixed public pier at Waterfront Park, Silverdale.

 

4. CHANGES TO THE SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

 

4.1 Any change in the Sailing Instructions will be approved by the protest committee, announced orally and posted before the first race in which it will take effect.

 

5. BOATS

 

5.1 The penalty for breaking Procedural Rule 7.10 will be disqualification from all races sailed in which that rule was broken.

 

5.2 Competitors shall report any damage or loss of equipment, however slight, to the race committee/regatta organizing authority's representative immediately upon completion of the race in which it occurs.


6. SCHEDULE OF RACES

 

6.1

Friday, April 23, 2010

1200 - 1700     Registration at the Port of Silverdale office on NW Byron Street. Boats will be made available on a first-come first-served basis. There will be two practice sessions, from 1200-1400 and from 1400-1600. A maximum of two boats per team may practice in one session.  At 1600 there will be a series of Practice Races. All competitors are encouraged to participate.

 

Saturday, April 24, 2010

0800                Last Minute registration

0830                Rigging of Boats.

1100                Skippers Meeting

1200                First Warning.  Racing will continue throughout the day.    

                        Eat during boat rotation - no lunch break.

                        Racing will continue until late, weather permitting.

 

Sunday, April 25, 2010

0915                Rigging of Boats.

1000                First Warning.  Racing will continue throughout the day.    

                        Eat during boat rotation - no lunch break.

1500                No race will be started after this time, except for tie-breakers.

1600                After race snack and Awards Presentation

 

                        Changes to schedule will be posted on the Notice Board.

 

6.2 The Race Committee will attempt to complete a full rotation.

 

6.3 At the conclusion of the scheduled racing, if a sail-off is necessary to break a tie and if conditions permit, one race will be sailed to break the tie.

 

7. RACING AREA

 

7.1 The racing area will be the waters south of Waterfront Park on Dyes Inlet.

 

8. THE COURSE

 

8.1 Course descriptions and course signals will be posted on the official notice board.

 

8.2 The start/finish line may be crossed during racing after the start.

 

9. MARKS

 

9.1 The windward and leeward rounding marks will be large West Marine inflatables. A Gybe mark, if used, will be a float with a red flag.   

 

10. START

 

10.1 The starting line will be between a staff displaying a flag on the race committee boat and the nearby float with a red flag.

 

11. RECALLS

 

11.1 Each boat’s recall number shall be her sail number. The failure to hail a sail number, the timing of such a hail, and the loudness of such a hail will not be considered grounds for redress.

 

12. THE FINISH

 

12.1 The finishing line will be between a staff displaying a flag on the race committee finish boat and the nearby float with a red flag.

 

13. PROTESTS

 

13.1 Appendix P of the Racing Rules, as modified by Procedural Rule 14(c), will apply

 

13.2 Protest procedure will be in accordance with Procedural Rule 16.

 

13.3 Under rule 70.5(a), decisions of the protest committee will be final.

 

14. COACHING

 

14.1 Unless it is with the permission of the Race Committee, team leaders, coaches and other support personnel shall not go afloat in the racing area.

 

14.2 Competitors may receive coaching including instructions, assistance, equipment or sustenance only during the designated rotation between races.

 

15. PRIZES

 

15.1 Prizes will be awarded to the schools, skippers and crews of the teams placing first, second, and third.

 

16. OFFICIAL NOTICE FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS:

 

No contestant shall use, either on or off the water, alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, distilled spirits), or use any controlled substance (marijuana, cocaine, etc.), the possession of which is unlawful. An alleged breach of this rule and/or other disciplinary matters that occur on April 23, 24 or 25, 2010 may be the basis for a hearing under rule 69.1. The protest committee for such a hearing will be the Regatta Chairperson, a member of the NWISA Board of Directors and the chairperson of the protest committee.

17. Hold Harmless Agreements

Rule 82 is deleted and does not apply.