PRIORY CLUB Dinghy Race Officers Guide

DINGHY RACE OFFICERS GUIDE For PSC Club Racing

Compiled: Roy Beard

Contents

1 BASIC FACTORS FOR CLUB RACES...... 2 2 AWARDS FOR CLUB RACES ...... 4 3 PSC SAILING INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLUB RACES...... 9 4 SAFETY...... 13 5 PLANNING A COURSE ...... 14 6 STARTING AND FINISHING RACES...... 17 7 SEQUENCES AND SIGNALS...... 18 8 LIST OF NOVICES ...... 21 9 PSC HANDICAP SCHEME ...... 23 10 CALCULATION OF HANDICAP RACE RESULTS ...... 24 11 START TIMES ...... 26 12 SIGNING ON & RACE RECORD SHEETS ...... 27 13 RACING RULES OF SAILING...... 28 14 SIGNING ON SHEETS ...... 41 15 RACE RECORD SHEETS...... 42 16 RACE RESULTS SHEETS...... 43 ANNEX A : YARDSTICK NUMBERS (YN) ...... 44

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1 BASIC FACTORS FOR CLUB RACES 1.1 General 1. Races shall consist of Special One-Day Events and Club Series for All-comers and all classes of dinghies permitted on the lake, and shall be conducted to the Sailing Instructions for Club Races in Section 03 of this Guide. Awards shall be made to standard helms and novice helms as described in Section 02 of this Guide. 2. The Special One-Day Events are the Icicle race on 1st January, the All Fools race on the Sunday nearest to 1st April, the RNLI Regatta during the Summer period. The description of these races and their start times are given below. 3. Club Series consist of the Icicle, Olympic, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Frostbite Series. The description of the races in these Series and the race start times are given on page 2 of this Section. 4. The results of all mixed class races referred to in 1, 2 and 3 above are based on the Numbers of the boats assigned by the RYA or PSC and set out in Section 09 of this Guide. 5. The awards given in the Special One-Day Events and the Series are shown in Section 02 of this Guide. 6. Under 17 means the helm is under 17 on the 1st January of the year of the award. 7. Under 13 means the helm is under 13 on the 1st January of the year of the award. 8. A standard helm is one who is an experienced sailor and has experience in racing, or one who, although not having these experiences, nonetheless wishes to race as a standard helm. 9. A novice is a helm who has little or no experience of sailing or of racing and wishes to race as a novice. 10. A novice helm “graduates” to a standard helm after obtaining three “graduation points”, as described below; or a helm may inform the club that they wish to sail as a standard helm without “graduating”. Once this choice is made they cannot revert to a novice helm. 11. A “graduation point” can only be obtained from the Club Series referred to in clause 3 above. The criterion for obtaining a “graduation point” is based on those who have obtained a placing in the Series (i.e. those who have sailed the minimum number of races for the Series). A “graduation point” is awarded to a novice helm who obtains a result in the upper 75% of all those who have gained a placing in the Series.

1.2 Special one-day events

Icicle race. One 50-minute all-comers Handicap race held on the 1 January. Awards will be made to the first, second, third, best novice best under 17 and best under 13 helms and crews. Racing starts at 11.30

All-fools race. Two 50-minute all-comers Handicap races held on the first Sunday in April. Both races count for the final result. Awards will be made to the first, second, third, best novice best under 17 and best under 13 helms and crews. First race starts at 14.00.

RNLI Regatta. Three 50-minute all-comers races, with the best two to count for the final result. The first and last races are Handicap and the second is a Pursuit. Awards will be made to the first, second, third, best novice best under 17 and best under 13 helms and crews. A buffet/barbecue lunch is usually held after the first race. All boats are charged an entrance fee, which is donated to the RNLI. The first race starts at 11.00.

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1.3 Club Series

ICICLE Series The race officer and those racing on the day decide the type and duration of both races. First race starts at 10.30. Two races on each of 7 Sundays giving 14 races, 4 to count for the “Icicle Series Tankard”, Best Novice Award and glassware for second, third, under 17 and best under 13 helms and crews.

OLYMPIC PURSUIT SERIES Two 60-minute Pursuit races starting from the shore. First Race starts at 10.00 Ten races in the Series with 4 to count for the all-comers “Olympic Series Tankard”, “Novice Series Tankard”, and glassware for second, third, best under 17 and best under 13 helms and crews.

SPRING SERIES 10.00 start for 30-minute Handicap race, 10.45 start for 40-minute Handicap race 11.45 start for 30-minute Handicap race. Eighteen races in the series, with 5 to count for the “All-comers Mug”, the “All-comers Novice Mug”, the Best Under 17 Award, and glassware for second, third, and best under 13 helms and crews.

SUMMER SERIES 10.00 start for 30-minute Handicap race, 10.45 start for 50-minute Pursuit race and 12.00 start for 30-minute Handicap race Eighteen races in the series, with 5 to count for the “All-comers Winners Shield”, the “Novice Winners Shield” and the Best Under 17 Award, and glassware for second, third, and best under 13 helms and crews. In addition a trophy will go to the helm with the best three results from the six pursuit races in this series.

AUTUMN SERIES 10.00 start for 30-minute Handicap race, 10.45 start for 40-minute Handicap race 11.45 start for 30-minute Handicap race Eighteen races in the series with 5 to count for the all-comers “Autumn Handicap Boat”, the “Barry Ingram Trophy” for the best Novice, the Best Under 17 Award, and glassware for second, third, and best under 13 helms and crews.

FROSTBITE SERIES The race officer and those racing on the day decide the type and duration of both races. First race starts at 10.30. Two races on each of 12 consecutive Sundays giving 24 races, 6 to count for the “Frostbite Series Tankard”, the Best novice Award and glassware for second, third, best novice best under 17 and best under 13 helms and crews.

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2 AWARDS FOR CLUB RACES

2.1 Special One-Day Events. Three special one-day events are held each year. The Icicle race on New Year’s Day, the All-fools race near 1 st April and the RNLI Regatta sometime in the summer.

• ICICLE RACE : One 50-minute all-comers handicap race. The “Janes’ Trophy” goes to the first overall dinghy and the “Three Brass Monkeys” to the last dinghy. • ALL-FOOLS RACE : Two 50-minute all-comers handicap races both of which will count for fun prizes. The winner will also be awarded the “PSC Spring Dinghy Series Overall Winner” Shield. • RNLI REGATTA : Three 50-minute all-comers races, one pursuit and two handicap, with the best two results to count for fun prizes.

2.2 Club Series Six separate Series, Icicle, Olympic, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Frostbite, are available for all-comers on Sunday mornings on the dates shown on the calendar. The Club trophies to be awarded, the qualifying requirements and the start times of the races are detailed below.

• ICICLE SERIES - Two races on each of 7 Sundays giving 14 races, 4 to count for the “Icicle Series Tankard” for the best all-comer and the Robin Steffens Shield for the best Under 17*. • OLYMPIC Pursuit SERIES – Two pursuit races on each Sunday, giving ten pursuit races in the series, each of 60-minutes starting from the shore - with 4 to count for the allcomers “Olympic Series Tankard” and “Novice Series Tankard”. • SPRING SERIES – Eighteen Handicap races in the series of 30 and 40 minutes with 5 to count for the “All- comers Mug”, the “All-comers Novice Mug” and the Best Under 17 Award*. • SUMMER SERIES - Eighteen races total in the series of both Handicap and pursuit, with 5 to count for the “All-comers Winners Shield”, the “Novice Winners Shield” and the Best Under 17 Award*. In addition a trophy will go to the helm with the best three results from the six pursuit races in this series. • AUTUMN SERIES - Eighteen Handicap races in the series with 5 to count for the all-comers “Autumn Handicap Boat”, the “Barry Ingram Trophy” for the best Novice, and the Best Under 17 Award*. • FROSTBITE SERIES - Two races on each of 12 consecutive Sundays giving 24 races, 6 to count for the “Frostbite Series Tankard”.

2.3 Performance awards

FROM THOSE WHO QUALIFY FOR A PLACING IN THE SPRING, SUMMER AND AUTUMN SERIES Awards will be made to the best performance of the year by : • helm under 13, who will receive the Club’s “Best Under 13 Tankard”, and • helm under 17, who will receive the “Howard Anchor”. • the “Most Improved Dinghy Trophy” will be awarded to the helm that, in the opinion of the racing subcommittee, has improved most over the year or from the previous year.

2.4 Novice & Awards

The results of Novices and Laser sailors will be extracted and entered into the Novice Only Group and the Laser Only Group. • From the Novice Only Group, the novice with the best three results from each Series will be Novice of the Year and receive the Beginners and Novices Mug. • From the Laser Only group o the helm with the best five results from each Series will receive the Laser Shield, o the best helm under 17 will receive the Laser Youth Tankard.

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o Finally, the helm with the top performance determined by the best four places for each qualifying competitor’s results in the Spring, Summer and Autumn Series will receive the “Mr. & Mrs. S. Guest Mariner of the Year Cup”.

A summary of all the dinghy series awards and qualifying conditions described above is given in the following tables.

*The Robin Steffens Junior Shield trophy is for the first under 17 in any club series and its first holder is Ruth Baker, who was the best under 17 in the 2007 Icicle Series.

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AWARDS FOR DINGHY SERIES For 1st and subsequent places, glassware or other awards at the committee’s discretion. OLYMPIC PURSUIT ICICLE SERIES SPRING, SUMMER AND AUTUMN SERIES FROSTBITE SERIES SERIES Awards for each Series and Awards for Spring, Summer and Awards for Series Awards for Series Awards for Series Pursuit race in Summer Series Autumn Series combined For All-comers For All-comers For All-comers For All-comers 1st - Icicle Tankard 1st - Olympic Tankard Awards for each Series Mr & Mrs Steve Guest Mariner of 1st - Frostbite Tankard 2nd 2nd 1st - Club Trophy (see table below) the Year Cup 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd Best U 17 Howard Anchor 3rd 1st Under 17 – Robin Steffens Junior Shield 3rd Awards for Laser only Best under 17 - Award 1st - Laser Shield Award for Pursuit Race Summer Series 2n 1st Club Trophy (see below) 3rd Laser Youth Tankard For Novices For Novices For Novices Best Novice – Novice Tankard Best Novice - Club Trophy Novice of the Year Mug • Most Improved Dinghy Sailor Shield • Best Under 13 Mug For Youth Board and Dinghy Sailors (A “Youth Sailor” is one who is under 17 on the 1 st January of the year of the award) Most Improved Youth Sailor in Board or - Most Improved Sailor Volvo Bowl

QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARDS Qualifying requirements to obtain a placing in Series For helms who qualify for a placing in each of the Spring, Summer and Autumn Series Icicle Series: - best four results from 14 races Mr & Mrs Steve Guest Mariner of the Year Cup: - best four results from each of the Spring, Summer and Autumn Series Olympic Pursuit Series: - best four results from 10 races Laser Shield: - best five results from each of the Spring, Summer and Autumn Series Spring Series: - best five results from 18 races Laser Youth Tankard: - best five results, or a lesser number at the racing sub-committee's discretion, from each of the Spring, Summer Summer Series: - best five results from 18 races and Autumn Series for helms under 17. Summer Pursuit Races: - best three results from 6 races Best Under 17 of the Year Howard Anchor: - best six results, or a lesser number at the racing sub-committee's discretion, from the Autumn Series: - best five results from 18 races Spring, Summer and Autumn Series Frostbite Series: - best six results from 24 races Novice of the Year Mug: - best three results from each of the Spring, Summer and Autumn Series for novice helms Best Under 13 of the Year Mug: - best six results, or a lesser number at the racing sub-committee's discretion, from the Spring, Summer and Autumn Series.

For sailors who, whilst not qualifying as above, have shown outstanding or improved performance Most Improved Dinghy Sailor Shield The dinghy sailor who in the opinion of the racing sub-committee has shown the greatest improvement during the year or from the previous year. Most Improved Youth Sailor Most Improved Youth: -as assessed by three Club Flag Officers from nominations made by members involved with young board and dinghy sailors’ training and racing.

Description of Trophies for Spring, Summer and Autumn Series Trophy for: - Spring Summer Summer Pursuit only Autumn 1st All-comer All-comers Mug All-comers Winners Shield Best All-comers Shield Autumn Handicap Boat Best Novice All-comers Novice Mug Novice Winners Shield Best Novice Shield Barry Ingram Trophy PRIORY SAILING CLUB DINGHY RACING TROPHIES at 13.11.07

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Club Series

Type of Series Inscription on Trophy (Change of use shown in brackets) Awarded for: - Donated by: - Trophy

PSC Icicle Series 1 st Place Tankard 1st Place Nick Sparrow Icicle Robin Steffens Junior Shield Shield 1st U 17 Sue Steffens PSC Olympic Series Tankard 1st Place John Howard John Howard Tankard 1 st Place Olympic Pursuit PSC Olympic Series Tankard 1st Novice John Howard John Howard Tankard 1 st Novice PSC Spring Sunday Morning Dinghy Racing Tankard 1st Place Priory Sailing Club All Comers Mug Spring PSC Spring Sunday Morning Dinghy Racing Tankard 1st Novice Priory Sailing Club All Comers Novice Mug − Keeper 1st U 17 Priory Sailing Club PSC Summer Series Dinghy Series Shield 1st Place John Hall PSC Summer Series Dinghy Novice Shield 1st Novice Roy Beard st All races − Keeper 1 U 17 Priory Sailing Club Summer PSC Summer Sunday Morning Dinghy Racing Shield 1st Place Priory Sailing Club All-Comers Winner (Used for Pursuit races from 2003) only PSC Summer Sunday Morning Dinghy Racing st Pursuits Pursuits Shield 1 Novice Priory Sailing Club Novice Winner (Used for Pursuit races from 2003) PSC Autumn Handicap 1 st Overall Boat 1st Place Priory Sailing Club Autumn PSC Barry Ingram Trophy Best Novice Boat 1st Novice Barry Ingram − Keeper 1st U 17 Priory Sailing Club Frostbite PSC Frostbite Series 1 st Place Tankard 1st Place Nick Sparrow

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Type of Series Inscription on Trophy (Change of use shown in brackets) Awarded for: - Donated by: - Trophy Combined Series

PSC Beginners & Novices Tankard Novice of the Year Priory Sailing Club

U 13 of the Year Tankard Best U 13 Priory Sailing Club Howard’s Anchor Dinghy Spring Series 1 st Novice Anchor U 17 of the Year John Howard (Used for Under 17 of the Year from 2003) The Laser Challenge Shield 1st Laser Priory Sailing Club combined Laser Youth Challenge Tankard 1st U 17 Laser Priory Sailing Club Best Racing PSC Mariner of the Year Cup Mr. & Mrs. S. A. Guest Spring, Summer & Autumn & Summer Spring, Results Special Sailing and Shore Based Awards Most Improved The Trophy The Most Improved Dinghy Sailor Shield (unknown) Dinghy Sailor Assessed by Flag Most Improved Officers or The Most Improved Youth Sailor Volvo Bowl Bowl Youth Sailor Bells Motor Group Committee Board or Dinghy Outstanding on Bell Trophy Hand bell Paul Sharrock shore work Special One Day Events

Boat on a st Icicle Race The Janes’ Trophy 1 Place Ian Janes pedestal (Whereabouts The Three Brass Monkeys Statuette Last place unknown) PSC Spring Dinghy Series Overall Winner st All Fools Race Shield 1 Place Ian Finnigan (Used for All Fools Race from 2003) RNLI Regatta − Fun Prize 1st Place Priory Sailing Club

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3 PSC SAILING INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLUB RACES

Rules - Racing shall take place under the RACING RULES OF SAILING 2005-2008, including the Racing Charter with protests and type 1 Advisory hearings (see below) of the Charter, and these sailing instructions.

Personal buoyancy - all helms and crews whilst afloat shall wear effective personal buoyancy . Neither a wet suit nor a dry-suit constitutes adequate personal buoyancy.

Boat buoyancy - The helm shall ensure that the dinghy they sail shall have sufficient positive buoyancy adequately secured so as to be able to support, the helm, the crew and the dinghy when waterlogged.

Handicap scheme - The “Corrected Average Lap Time” - CALT - using the RYA Portsmouth Yardstick Numbers, as set out in the “Dinghy Racing Handicap Scheme” in the Priory Sailing Club’s Race Officers Guide, will be used for all mixed class races.

Briefing - The Race Officer will give a briefing before the race to explain the start, course and finish details on a plan of the lake similar to the one attached. Competitors should note the obstructions. In addition to the permanent marks 1 to 12, N and S, the Race Officer may use temporary marks.

Starting procedure The starting signals of rule 26 will be used, but for shore based transit starts these will be preceded with a pre-warning signal, to give the following procedure: -

Pre-warning 10 minutes before start Half raise Flag No.1, 2 long blast on the horn Warning 5 minutes before start Fully raise Flag No.1, 1 blast on the horn Preparatory 4 minutes before start Fully raise Flag P, 1 blast on the horn 1 Minute 1 minutes before start Fully lower Flag P, 1 long blast on the horn Starting Start Fully lower Flag No.1, 1 blast on the horn

The timing of the start sequence begins at the warning signal. The pre-warning signal is to enable sailors to get onto the water in time. For more information see “Stop watch starting sequence for club races” and “PSC Transit Board” in the Priory Sailing Club’s Race Officers Guide.

Penalties - Starting penalties of rule 30 shall not apply. Penalties after the start shall be in accordance with rules 31, 44.1 and 44.2, which are one turn including one tack and one gybe for touching a buoy and two turns in the same direction including two tacks and two gybes for touching a boat, or a boat and a buoy in the same incident.

Scoring - Scoring will be in accordance with Appendix A and the “low-point scoring system” of rule A4.1 for competing dinghies. Please use the abbreviations for scoring records given in rule A11. The number of races to count in a series is given in the Basic Factors for Club Races in the Priory Sailing Club’s Race Officers Guide, and in the Club’s relevant calendar. Where a tie in a series is not broken by the conditions set out in rule A8.1 then A8.2 will not be used, but instead discarded results in the series will be taken into account, irrespective of whether the tied boats were in the same race. If the tie still remains then the tied boats will share the same position and any awards and prizes due.

Protests and Advisory Hearings – Either a Protest or a request for an Advisory Hearing may be made to the duty race officer. Protests should comply with Part 5 Section A and be made to the duty race officer. He should try to resolve the protest in accordance with Part 5 Sections B and C immediately after the race has finished. If he is unable to do this because of technicalities or lack of time he should refer the protest to the protest committee. The protest committee shall be any two or more members from the Racing Protest Committee listed below. If a protest committee is not present the protest should be sent to them. The race results should not be calculated until after the protest has been resolved.

Advisory Hearings are an alternative to making a protest for those who think they may have been involved in an incident that violated a race rule, or they would like advice on a potential incident, in either case without the consequence of invoking a penalty on the other party or themselves. A request for advice can be made orally, or in writing with diagrams describing the incident, to the duty race officer, who may be able to answer the query, or call upon any one or more of the members of the Racing Protest Committee present, or experienced sailors, to give the advice. If this is not possible because of technicalities or lack of time, a request in writing with diagrams describing

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PRIORY SAILING CLUB Dinghy Race Officers Guide the incident can be passed to any one of the Racing Protest Committee for their opinion. The advice should be given as soon as possible and a record of the incident and the advice given should be made in the Racing Charter and Advisory Hearing Record book for future reference.

Racing Protest Committee - Name Telephone / e-mail Name Telephone / e-mail Sue Barker 01933 412083 Paul Sharrock 012343080701 [email protected] Peter Barton 01234 871237 Graeme Tumber 01234 381466 Roy Beard 01234 400934 Paul Williams 01234 325449 [email protected] [email protected] Tony Ogborn 01234 708010

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Shallows 5 7

20 m fishing zone

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2 1 1 PLAN OF PRIORY LAKE AND PERMANENT MARKS N 1 S

• Permanent Marks numbered 1 to 12, N and S. • Temporary Marks may be used at the Race Officer’s discretion, which will be explained at the race briefing. • Buoys the no go area around the island, shown hatched. A 20m strip from the south shore, not marked, is restricted to fishing and should be avoided. • Obstructions are the no go area around the island, fishing tackle, 20m from the south shore, reed beds and all other shorelines

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4 SAFETY

 Before setting up a race please observe the following guidance:  Assess the weather conditions, the forecast, the experience of the helms and crews and decide whether to run, postpone or cancel the race.  Check that the rescue boat and crew are on standby. If a rescue service is not available decide whether to run, postpone or cancel the race. If you decide to run the race then inform the helms and crews that the rescue service is not available and that they must decide whether to race and if they do they must help those in difficulties.  If the rescue boat is launched but unmanned then see if you can make arrangements before racing begins for a standby crew to operate a rescue service in an emergency.  All helms and their crews must wear a personal buoyancy aid or a life jacket. All helms must ensure that their boat has adequate buoyancy.  A telephone connected to the emergency services is located on the outside of the Club House on the front wall.

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5 PLANNING A COURSE

5.1 General The following notes provide a guide for planning a course: • Note general wind direction. • Avoid using buoys that are in wind shadows. If necessary place temporary buoys in wind areas.

5.2 For handicap races with shore based transit start and finish. 1. Arrange a course so that it contains at least one, and if possible two, windward legs. For the windward legs select buoys that will put the legs as straight into wind as possible to provide both port and starboard tacks. 2. Except for on shore and off shore winds, position the start line in a windward leg. The length of navigable water on the start line should be about 1.1 x (the total of the lengths of all the boats starting), and should have a 5 0 – 10 0 bias to port (see below for explanation). Decide whether an inner mark would be helpful. Information about line bias and the use of an inner mark is given on page 2. The start line runs from the point of the triangle on the transit course board (see Section 07) to the tangent on the course side of the outer mark. For on shore and off shore winds a reaching start is acceptable. 3. Select beats, reaches and runs to suit the size of course required. Try to aim at 3 to 6 laps for the required set time of the race. 4. The finish must be in the same direction as the start and normally using the same line. Avoid a hooked finish. The finish line runs from the point of the triangle on the transit course board (see Section 06) to the tangent on the course side of the outer mark, but when an inner mark is in use the boats must pass between the out and inner marks to finish. If, as is usually the case, the finish mark is the same mark that was used for the start, the tangent on the course side is on the opposite side of the mark to that when it was used for the start line. 5. Round each mark only in one direction and only once per lap to avoid collisions and confusion. Turns are not to be greater than 180 degrees 6. Join up suitable beats, reaches and runs to form a simple logical course using only a few essential turning marks. 7. Display the course on the transit board (see Section 07) and indicate whether there is an inner mark on the start line. 8. Draw the course on the map of the lake. 9. Additional temporary buoys may be used if necessary • Some temporary buoys are stored in the OOD’s Office. • All temporary buoys used MUST be removed from the lake after racing and returned to the OOD’s Office • Lift only by the warp NOT by the buoy 10. See page 4 for some courses for different wind directions, and Section 06 for starting and finishing a race.

5.3 Line bias and the use of an inner mark. Line bias is best explained by referring to the diagrams in Figure 1 (on the reverse side of page 3). This shows four cases of a starting line between the transit, shown as a triangle, and an outer mark, shown as OM. The outer mark could be mark N, S, 10 or a temporary mark on the lake. The windward mark is shown as WM. In case 1 the start line is at right angles to the wind and the windward mark is upwind of the centre point on the start line. Because the best place to start is at the starboard end on starboard tack, all boats will be trying to take up this position.

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In case 2 the start line is rotated about 5 0 to 10 0 so the best place to start is at the port end on port tack – the line has a 5 0 to 10 0 bias to port. Some boats will start on port near the OM but others will try starting on starboard near the transit end, hoping that they will gain an advantage when they meet a port tack boat that has to give way. The effect of putting a port bias on the start line is to spread the boats along the start line. Case 3 is the same as case 2 looked at from a different perspective. In case 4 the start line has a very pronounced bias to starboard, even more than in case 1, and should be avoided. The inner mark is used to control the length of the start line or prevent boats coming too close to the shore. For instance, if mark 10 was used for the outer mark then an inner mark could be used to control the length of the start line and any bias put on the line. It is important to note that the start line is between the triangle on the transit and mark 10 but boats must pass between the inner and outer marks to start. This important distinction is required because whilst every effort is made to position the inner mark on the start line this cannot be ensured. It is acceptable to have the mark on either side of the line as illustrated below: -

10 WM Wind

Three acceptable positions for theInner Mark – on the line, or either side of it

5.4 For pursuit races with starts from dinghy launching area and shore based transit finish. Arrange a course so that it contains at least one, and if possible two, windward (reaching) legs. For the windward legs select buoys that will put the legs as straight into wind as possible to provide both port and starboard tacks. 1. Select reaches and runs to suit the size of course required. Try to aim at 3 to 6 laps for the required set time of the race. 2. The start will be from the shore of the launching area and go to one of the marks of the course, if possible into wind. Once the mark has been rounded and passed by a boat this first leg does not form part of the course for that boat. 3. The finish will be from the shore-based transit (see Section 07) to an outer mark and if possible be approached into wind. Avoid a hooked finish. The finish line runs from the point of the triangle on the transit course board to the tangent on the course side of the outer mark, but when an inner mark is in use the boats must pass between the out and inner marks to finish. 4. Round each mark only in one direction and only once per lap to avoid collisions and confusion. Turns are not to be greater than 180 degrees. 5. Join up suitable beats, reaches and runs to form a simple logical course using only a few essential turning marks. 6. Display the course on the transit board (see Section 07) and indicate whether there is an inner mark on the finish line. 7. Draw the course on the map of the lake. 8. Additional temporary buoys may be used if necessary. 9. Some temporary buoys are stored in the OOD’s Office. • All temporary buoys used MUST be removed from the lake after racing and returned to the OOD’s Office

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• Lift only by the warp NOT by the buoy 10. See pages 3 for some courses for different wind directions, and Section 06 for starting and finishing races. Some courses with two beats per lap using fixed marks. Temporary marks are available to introduce variations to suit wind directions.

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6 STARTING AND FINISHING RACES

6.1 Starting a race 6.1.1 Starting a handicap race Follow the starting sequence and signals set out in the Sailing Instructions in Section 03. The starting sequence, racing signals and the transit board are illustrated in Section 07. Note the signals for individual recalls, general recall, shortened course, race postponed and race abandoned on page 3. The latter three are seldom needed.

6.1.2 Starting a pursuit race All pursuit races are started from the shore of the dinghy launching area. The delayed start time, rounded to the nearest half minute, for each class of boat is given in Section 11.

6.2 Finishing a race 6.2.1 Finishing a handicap or pursuit race. The finish of a handicap or a pursuit race should be judged so that it occurs a few minutes before or soon after the set time of the race and does not split a group of boats that are in close combat with each other. This judgement is made by using gaps in the fleet and taking account of the lap times of the fastest (most completed laps) and the slowest (least completed laps) of the boats in the group, to estimate whether they could complete another lap and be nearer to the set time of the race. This will often, but not exclusively, require that the first boat to be finished will cross the finish line before the set time of the race. The boat that is finished is not necessarily the fleet lead boat, although it should be the lead boat of a group, if a group is approaching the line near to the set time for the race. Once a boat is finished, all the boats following it are finished when they reach the finish line.

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7 SEQUENCES AND SIGNALS 7.1 Starting Sequence

Stop watch time Signal

0 minutes 10 Minutes: Pre -warning Half raise f lag 1 with two long hoots

5 minutes 5 Minutes: Warning Fully raise flag 1 with one hoot

6 minutes 4 Minutes: Preparatory Fully raise flag P with one hoot

9 minutes 1 Minute: One minute Fully lower flag P with one long hoot

10 minutes 0 Minutes: Start Fully lower flag 1 with one hoot

Let the stop watch run for the duration of the race but remember to subtract ten minutes from each competitor’s finishing time to give their actual race time before recording their result.

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7.2 Transit Board BOARD

Preparatory signals Warning signals Starting signal

Preparatory signal:- Pre-warning signal:- Starting signal:- Fully raise flag P at 4 mins. 1 hoot Half raise flag 1 at 10 mins. Fully lower flag 1 at 0 mins. 1 hoot One minute signal:- 2 long hoots Fully lower flag P at 1 min. 1 long hoot Warning signal:- Fully raise flag 1 at 5 mins. 1 hoot

Transit line

When required, place here a race signal and give a sound signal as over leaf for:- Individual recalls General recall Shortened course Race postponed Race abandoned

50 Duration of Race Either fixed time of 20, 30, 40 or 50 minutes (white numbers on black background), or number of laps e.g.. 4, 5, 6, etc. ., (black numbers on a white 10 T 1 8 background) Start line between first mark shown and transit line followed by Inner mark , if used, Course boards then all other Shown are 1, 8, 7, course marks in 6, 12 & 4 order of passing, 7 6 12 RED - leave mark finishing with to port start line mark , GREEN- leave and inner mark if mark to starboard used . Note : Last mark(s) (Note: in the case same as start line illustrated, an mark(s) inner mark T is in use. If no inner mark was being used then T would 4 10 T not appear here or at the end of the course marks).

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7.3 Racing signals

Individual recalls : Board X Display when a boat(s) crosses the start line before the start - 1 hoot. Remove when the boat(s) has returned to the pre-start side of the line. Rules 29.1 and 29.2

General recall : Board First Substitute Display for a general recall - 2 hoots. The preparatory signal for a new start for the recalled class shall be made 1 minute after the First Substitute is lowered, and the start for any succeeding classes shall follow the new start. Rule 29.3

Shortened course : Board S Display to shorten the course or time as the first boat is approaching the preceding mark before the finish - 2 hoots. Rule 32

Race postponed : Board AP Display when race is to be postponed before starting signal - 2 hoots. The warning signal for next race shall be shown 1 minute after removal of AP. Rule 27.3

Race abandoned : Board N Display when race is abandoned - 3 hoots. Rule 32

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8 LIST OF NOVICES

The first of the following tables is a list of Novice helms showing the graduation points they have won in the ALL- COMERS SERIES, as defined in clause 11 of Section 01 BASIC FACTORS FOR CLUB RACES in the Race Officers Guide, at the time of the update..

The second table is a list of Novice helms that have graduated to standard helm during the last five years by meeting the conditions in clauses 10 in Section 01 BASIC FACTORS FOR CLUB RACES in the Race Officers Guide, at the time of the update..

8.1 Current Novice list Helm Craft Series in which a Graduation Point was won Baitey, Mark Laser Best Novice Summer 2004 Barcock, Tony / Bend, Richard Spring 2008 Bennett, Carole Heron Autumn 2008 Bennett, Wayne Herom Bell, Peter Brettle, Alice Heron Brettle, Mike Heron Davis, Guy Topper Best Novice, Spring, 2008 Spring Series 2007 Garry, Terry Pico Goodman, Thomas Topper Hammond, Topper 1st Novice Only ‘98 Christine Hewett, Lucie Topper Hill, April Laser Best Novice Autumn Series. 2003 Hunter, Ed Laser Best Novice Spring Series 2004 Ingledew, Mark Topper Kirk, David Topaz Uno Knowles, Benjamin Topper Best Novice All-fools ‘99 Morrow, John Heron Best Novice RNLI Regatta 2004 Powell, Jonathon Topper Best Novice Summer Pursuit 2007 Pyrah, James Topper Roe, Mark Heron Sandy, Alison Heron Best Novice Best Novice Icicle Race ’99 Summer 2002 Sandy, D Heron Small, Jenny Topaz Uno Best Novice Summer Pursuit 2005 Small, Les Topaz Uno Stamp, Nick Pico Stanbridge, Simon Topper Best Novice All- fools ‘98 Steel Jessop, Guy Walkem, Peter Lightening Best Novice Icicle Series 2005

These tables were last updated: 30Sept08

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8.2 Graduated Novices Helm Craft Series in which the Graduation Points were won Graduated Armitage, William Best Novice, Olympic , 2008 Autumn, 2008 14 Sept 2008 Icicle Series 2008 de Sousa, Gordon Heron Best Novice, Best Novice Spring Series, 2008 18 May 2008 Summer Series 2005 Olympic 20005 de Sausa, Tom Topper Best Novice, Best Novice, Spring Series, 2008 18 May 2008 Olympic Series 2006 Olympic 2007 Jennings, Jon Topper Best Novice Best Novice Best Novice 12 Sept 2004 RNLI Regatta 2003 Frostbite S. 2003 Autumn Series 2004 Kirk, Alex Laser Rd. Best Novice Novice of the Year 2005 20 Sept 2005 Spring 2005 Pound, Graham Laser Spring, 2008 Summer, 2008 Olympic , 2008 21 Sept 2008 Roe, Mark Heron Spring, 2008 Summer, 2008 Autumn, 2008 14 Sept 2008 Steel Jessup Spring, 2008 Olympic , 2008 Autumn, 2008 12 Sept 2008 Stephenson, Jacob Topper Best Novice Spring 2008 Autumn 2008 12 Sept 2008 Autumn 2006 Armitage, William Best Novice Olympic , 2008 Autumn, 2008 14 Sept 2008 Icicle Series 2008 de Sousa, Gordon Heron Best Novice, Best Novice Spring Series, 2008 18 May 2008 Summer Series 2005 Olympic 20005 de Sausa, Tom Topper Best Novice, Best Novice, Spring Series, 2008 18 May 2008 Olympic Series 2006 Olympic 2007 Jennings, Jon Topper Best Novice Best Novice Best Novice 12 Sept 2004 RNLI Regatta 2003 Frostbite S. 2003 Autumn S.2004

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9 PSC DINGHY RACING HANDICAP SCHEME 9.1 Handicap Calculation There is one handicap scheme for mixed class races, which is based on the Yardstick Number (YN) of the dinghy, where:-

The Yardstick Number (YN) for the dinghy is the Portsmouth Yardstick Number published in the latest RYA book for dinghies sailed with rig and crew complying with the class rules, or, for two man boats sailed single handed, the YN x factor taken from the following table, rounded to the nearest whole number, or, for dinghies not listed in the publication, a Priory Sailing Club Number determined by the dinghy Racing Subcommittee. The YNs of boats commonly sailed at Priory are given in the table on page 2.

Table of factors for two man boats sailed single handed:

YN for two man boats Factor Equal to or greater than 1168 0.984 Equal to or less than 1167 0.992

For handicap races the Corrected Average Lap Time (CALT) is calculated as follows, and rounded to the nearest second;-

CALT = actual time recorded in seconds x 1000 seconds number of laps x YN

For pursuit races the Delayed Start Time (DST), which is based on a YN of 1432 of a crewed, starting on the “gun”, is calculated as follows: -

 YN  DST = T1−  minutes, where T = set race time in minutes.  1432 

The DST for 40-minute races (T=40) and for 50-minute races (T=50) is given in the table in “START TIMES FOR PURSUIT RACES”.

A helm is permitted to sail any boat or boats throughout the year with or without a crew providing the appropriate YN for the boat is used for calculating the CALT or DST for each race.

This will require each helm, when signing on, to state their name, boat class, sail number and whether the boat is crewed so that the appropriate YN can be obtained.

Yardstick numbers for boats commonly sailed at Priory are given on the following page:-

9.2 Yardstick Numbers The YN for the classes commonly sailed in the Club races is given in Annex A.

If your boat class is not shown above and you would like to race, please send details to Paul Williams, 149 Kimbolton Road, Bedford, MK41 8DS. Telephone 01234 325449 or email [email protected]

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10 CALCULATION OF HANDICAP RACE RESULTS

Complete the columns headed in italics in the Signing on Sheet , as described in Section 12.

Calculate “Corrected Average Lap Time” in seconds by using the appropriate YN value from Section 9 in the following formula and round to the nearest second: -

Corrected Average Lap Time = actual time in seconds x 1000 laps completed x YN

Alternatively, use the Club’s calculator, Texas Instruments TI-68 , which has been programmed to produce the “Corrected Average Lap Time”, which is shortened to CLT, when operated precisely as follows: -

PRESS COMMENT STEP DISPLAY 1 ON D and RE at the top of the screen 2 2nd FMLA Name? 3 ENTER CLT=(((MINX60)+SEC)X1000) ÷(LAPXYN) This is the formula for CLT 4 SOLVE MIN=(a flashing number) Ignore numbers 5 Numbers equal MIN=(The number of minutes entered) to the minutes 6 ENTER SEC=(a flashing number) Ignore numbers 7 Two numbers SEC=(The number of seconds entered) * The number of seconds must equal to the always be two digits * seconds * 8 ENTER LAP=(a flashing number) Ignore number 9 Number equal to LAP=(The number of laps entered)) number of laps 10 ENTER YN=(a flashing number) Ignore number 11 Number equal to YN=(The Yardstick number entered) ** The Yardstick number must the Yardstick always be four digits ** Number ** 12 SOLVE CLT=Number displayed is “Corrected Record this result on Signing on Average Lap Time”, rounded to the nearest Sheet in the column headed 0.1 second. “Corrected Average Lap Time”. Then go to step 13. 13 SOLVE Returns display to step 4 for next calculation. Follow with steps 5 to 12. Then go to step 13 and repeat until all results have been calculated. After last result at step 12 has been obtained go to step 14. 14 2nd OFF Blank screen Step 14 can be used after any of the steps 1 to 13 to turn off the calculator. * Always enter a double digit number e.g. for 7 seconds enter 07 ** Always enter a four digit number e.g. for 988 () enter 0988

Note: If you have any problem with the calculator or the calculations consult page 2, or seek the help of Roy Beard .

If the calculator is not producing the displays given on page 1, or the result is thought to be wrong, or is known to be wrong, then the calculator needs re-programming. After turning the calculator off (step 14 on page 1), proceed as follows: -

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10.1 Programming the TI-68 Calculator

STEP PRESS DISPLAY COMMENT A ON B 3rd then ScEn> Neither Sc or En appears in top right of Turns off scientific and and repeat until: - screen, only D and RE should be engineering notation of displayed at the top of the screen numbers C 2nd FIX FIX Prepares to fix a number of decimal places D 1 Rounds number entered to nearest first decimal place E 2nd FMLA NAME? Asking for name of programme F ALPHA C C G ALPHA L CL H ALPHA T CLT CLT is name of programme I ENTER CLT=((MINx60)+SEC)x1000) ÷(LAPxYN) If the display is not as shown then use keys to make corrections. J SOLVE MIN=(flashing number) This is step 4 on page 1 (overleaf), now continue (overleaf) through to step 12, 13 or 14 as required.

If you are still having problems consult Roy Beard

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11 PURSUIT START TIMES For pursuit races of 40 minutes and 50 minutes

The delayed start times are based on a Yardstick Number (YN) of 1386 {a with crew, full rig and spinnaker } starting on the “gun” and rounded to the nearest half minute. The delay time from the “gun” is derived  YN  = from the following formula:- Delayed start time (DST) in minutes = T 1 −  where T scheduled race time in  1386  minutes. Alternatively, the delayed start time for a class rounded to the nearest half minute for 40-minute races (T=40), 50 minute races (T=50) and 60 minute races (T=60) can be read from the table below. Yardstick numbers for boats sailed at Priory are given in Annex A

Delay times in minutes (rounded to the nearest 0.5 min.) for 40, 50 and 60 minutes races, based on YN=1386 (Mirror with crewed full rig and spinnaker) starting on "gun" Crewed Class YN Delayed Start Time in minutes for or S/H 40 minute race 50 minute race 60 minute race C Cadet 1432 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 S Cadet 1409 0.0 0.0 0.0 C Mirror( Full Rig + spinnaker) 1386 0.0 0.0 0.0 S Mirror (Main sail only) 1372 0.5 0.5 0.5 S Mirror (Full rig + spinnaker) 1364 0.5 1.0 1.0 S Mirror (Full Rig) 1364 0.5 1.0 1.0 C Heron 1363 0.5 1.0 1.0 S Heron 1341 1.5 1.5 2.0 C Skipper14' 1325 2.0 2.0 2.5 S Skipper14' 1305 2.5 3.0 3.5 S Topper 1290 3.0 3.5 4.0 C Full Rig 1263 3.5 4.5 5.5 S Laser Pico Full Rig 1261 3.5 4.5 5.5 S Laser Pico S/Sail 1259 3.5 4.5 5.5 S Topaz UNO S/Sail 1210 5.0 6.5 7.5 C RS Feva 1189 5.5 7.0 8.5 C 1178 6.0 7.5 9.0 S Laser 4.7 1175 6.0 7.5 9.0 C Duo 1175 6.0 7.5 9.0 S Comet 1173 6.0 7.5 9.0 C 1168 6.5 8.0 9.5 C 1162 6.5 8.0 9.5 S Streaker 1162 6.5 8.0 9.5 S Miracle 1159 6.5 8.0 10.0 S Comet Duo 1156 6.5 8.5 10.0 C Laser 13 1155 6.5 8.5 10.0 S 1155 6.5 8.5 10.0 S Firefly 1152 7.0 8.5 10.0 S Graduate 1149 7.0 8.5 10.5 S Laser 13 1146 7.0 8.5 10.5 C Wanderer 1132 7.5 9.0 11.0 S Wanderer 1123 7.5 9.5 11.5 C Enterprise (no spin) 1116 8.0 9.5 11.5 S OK Dinghy 1110 8.0 10.0 12.0 S Enterprise 1107 8.0 10.0 12.0 S 1100 8.5 10.5 12.5 C (sym spin no trap) 1099 8.5 10.5 12.5 S Enterprise (no spin) 1098 8.5 10.5 12.5 S Wayfarer 1090 8.5 10.5 13.0 C 420 1087 8.5 11.0 13.0 C RS Vision (full rig & asym spin.) 1079 9.0 11.0 13.5 S 420 1078 9.0 11.0 13.5 S Laser 1078 9.0 11.0 13.5 C 1073 9.0 11.5 13.5 S Lark 1064 9.5 11.5 14.0 S Supernova 1063 9.5 11.5 14.0 C RS 200 1059 9.5 12.0 14.0 S 1047 10.0 12.0 14.5 C 1023 10.5 13.0 15.5 S Tasar 1015 10.5 13.5 16.0 S RS 300 1000 11.0 14.0 16.5 C Fireball 982 11.5 14.5 17.5

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12 SIGNING ON & RACE RECORD SHEETS

Use a signing on sheet and a result sheet for each race.

Signing on sheets . (In Section 14) The race officer should complete the first three rows and delete HANDICAP, or PURSUIT and the column heading “Delayed start time Minutes”, as appropriate for the race. The race officer should ensue that the helms intending to race sign on, by completing the columns headed in bold normal print, and sign off after the race (right hand column), indicating if they retired.

If sufficient time is available after the race, the race officer may complete the columns headed in italics, as indicated in the next two paragraphs, to produce the race result. If sufficient time is not available the person in charge of dinghy racing (shown on the Job List on club notice board) will calculate the results later.

For Handicap races , the information for the columns headed “ Laps” and “Elapsed time” is taken from the race record sheet for the race, and is the total number of laps completed and the total time elapsed from the start gun to completing all the laps. The “ Corrected average lap time” is calculated from this information as indicated in Section 10 “Calculation of handicap results”, in this Guide. The “ Position ” is determined from the CALTs.

For Pursuit races, only the “ Position ” column is used and this information is taken direct from the race record sheet .

Result record sheet . (In Section 15, new style, and as an alternative the old style race result sheet in Section 16)

In the new style sheets, in Section 15 , records are made successively for Handicap races and Pursuit races as follows: -

For Handicap races, enter each helm’s code (initials) or sail number, and the time, in the order they reach the line. Complete each column before starting the next column. Insert X behind lap number when they finish. Enter lap numbers if known when helm completes each lap or by inspection for reoccurring helm’s code.

For Pursuit races, enter each helm’s code (initials) or sail number in the order they reach the line. Ring those who are tied for the same place. Complete each column before starting the next column. Insert X behind lap number when they finish. Enter lap numbers if known when helm completes each lap or by inspection for reoccurring helm’s code.

In the old style sheets, in Section 16 , the helms are prelisted in the left-hand column and their times for handicap races, or positions for pursuit races, are recorded for each lap. In this style, records have to be entered against the helm and the lap column and this means finding the right row and column before entering the record.

The race officer should select the sheet preferred (new style, Section 15 or old style, Section 16) and complete the details required at the head of the sheet with the same data entered on the first three rows of the Signing on Sheet.

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13 RACING RULES OF SAILING

Some relevant parts of the RACING rules of Sailing of

SAILING

for 2005 – 2008

for Priory Sailing Club events

Definitions

Part 2 When boats meet

Appendix A Scoring

International Sailing Federation

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14 SIGNING ON SHEETS HANDICAP/PURSUIT* RACE SIGNING ON & OFF SHEET (*delete as required) DATE: Race Officers: Event: Note: Columns headed in bold text must be completed Wind force & direction Columns headed in non-bold italic text may be completed if time allows Sign off

Elapsed Corrected and if   Helm   time average lap retired Sail Crew Class time enter RTD

Novice helms must Number Laps

CALT Position

number number in Yardstick ticket the next column Novice Mins Secs (Seconds) Position time Minutes Delayed* start column

Continue on a second sheet if necessary

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15 RACE RECORD SHEETS HANDICAP/PURSUIT* RACE RECORD SHEET (*delete as required) EVENT: RACE NUMBER Number of starters in this race: DATE: Race Officers: Wind force & direction For handicap races enter each helm’s code (initials) or sail number, and the time, in the order they reach the line. Insert X behind lap number when they finish. For pursuit races enter each helm’s code (initials) or sail number in the order they reach the line. Ring those who are tied for the same place. Insert X behind lap number when they finish. Complete each column before starting the next column. Enter lap numbers by inspection for reoccurring helm’s code. Enter each race on a separate sheet .

Helm/ Time Helm/ Time Helm/ Time Helm/ Time Helm/ Time

Lap Lap Sail no. Min : sec Lap Sail no. Min : sec Lap Sail no. Min : sec Lap Sail no. Min : sec Lap Sail no. Min : sec

CONTINUE ON ANOTHER SHEET IF NECESSARY

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16 RACE RESULTS SHEETS HANDICAP/PURSUIT* RACE RESULT SHEET (Old style) Date: Race Officers: *Delete as required Event: Laps For handicap races enter time for last lap and time or tick for all other laps. For pursuit races enter Helm Class Sail N 0 position for each lap 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Continue on another sheet if necessary (23/07/02)

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ANNEX A : YARDSTICK NUMBERS (YN)

The YN for the classes commonly sailed in the Club races.

Class (In alphabetical Crew including Yardstick Number p* s* r* t* order) helm Cadet 2 1432 t Cadet 1 1409 PSC trial Comet 1 1173 p Comet Duo 2 1175 r Comet Duo 1 1156 PSC trial Enterprise (no spinnaker) 2 1116 p Enterprise 1 1107 PSC trial Fireball 2 982 p Firefly 2 1162 s Firefly 1 1152 PSC trial 420 2 1087 S 420 1 1078 PSC trial GP14 2 1127 p GP14 1 1118 PSC trial Graduate 2 1167 s Graduate 1 1158 PSC trial Heron 2 1363 r Heron 1 1341 PSC trial Lark 2 1073 p Lark 1 1064 PSC trial Laser 1 1078 p Laser II 2 1035 s Laser II 1 1027 PSC trial Laser 4.7 1 1175 s Laser Pico D/H Full/rig 2 1263 r Laser Pico S/H Full/rig 1 1261 PSC trial Laser Pico S/H Single/sail 1 1259 r Laser Radial 1 1101 p 368 1 1148 s Miracle 2 1178 s Miracle 1 1159 PSC trial Mirror D/H Full rig + spin 2 1386 p Mirror S/H Full Rig + spin 1 1364 r Mirror S/H Full rig no spin 1 1372 r OK Dinghy 1 1110 r 1 1646 s Phantom 1 1047 s RS Feva 2 1189 r RS 200 2 1059 p RS 300 1 1000 s RS Vision 2 1079 t Skipper 14’ 2 1325 PSC trial Skipper 14’ 1 1305 PSC trial Solo 1 1155 p Streaker 1 1162 s Supernova 1 1063 r Tasar 2 1023 r Tasar 1 1015 PSC trial

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Class (In alphabetical Crew including Yardstick Number p* s* r* t* order) helm Topper 1 1290 p Topaz D/H Full rig, trapeze 2 1190 r Topaz UNO S/H Single sail 1 1210 r VAGO 1 1100 ? Vago 2 ? ? Wanderer 2 1132 r Wanderer 1 1123 PSC trial Wayfarer (sym spin no trap) 2 1099 p Wayfarer 1 1090 PSC trial • RYA numbers code *p=primary number; *s=secondary number; *r=recorded number *t=trial • If your boat class is not shown above and you would like to race, send the details to the Commodore

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