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2017-2018 CRONULLA SAILING CLUB LIMITED (INCORPORATING PORT HACKING OCEAN YACHT CLUB) Sailing Instructions // Racing Programs www.cronullasc.com Published by CRONULLA SAILING CLUB LTD. ABN 80 000 512 363 (Incorporating Port Hacking Ocean Yacht Club) Situated at 48 - 50 Waratah Street Cronulla. NSW. 2230 Phone: (02) 9523 6114 Fax: (02) 9544 1481 All mail to: P.O. Box 634, Cronulla, NSW 2230. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.cronullasc.com Sail Training E-mail: [email protected] CRONULLA SAILING CLUB LTD. (Incorporating Port Hacking Ocean Yacht Club) OFFICERS 2017/2018 SEASON COMMODORE: Robert Francis - Life Member VICE COMMODORE: Tim MacGillivray REAR COMMODORES YATCHS: Warren Buchan - Life Member & Paul Hetherington REAR COMMODORE CENTERBOARDS: Mark Brady - Life Member HON. SECRETARY: Bronwyn Elford HON. TREASURER: Peter Hekking - Life Member BOARD MEMBERS Brian Elliott - Life Member, Kenneth McKay, John Cox, Richard Searle, Bryce Edwards, Paul Kelly- Life Member COMMITTEES SAILING COMMITTEE SECRETARY M.J. CAPTAIN Bronwyn Elford Neil Tasker OFFSHORE REP. F11 CAPTAIN Warren Buchan Richard Searle MULTI HULL REP. NS 14 CAPTAIN Paul Booth & Neil Tasker Neil Murphy ETCHELLS CAPTAIN 29er CAPTAIN Paul Minter Ashley Atkins HANDICAPPER LASER CAPTAIN Michael Druce Richard Searle INSHORE REP SAFETY Fiona Campbell Terry Strudwick Robert Croucher BIC’S J 24 REP Marty Janes Jared Macquart 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF OFFICERS ............................................................................................ 1 INSHORE & OFFSHORE RACING Sailing Instructions ............................................................................ 3 Courses and Race Records ................................................................. 15 Handicap Systems .............................................................................. 26 Declaration Form ............................................................................... 30 Trophies / Point Score Races ............................................................. 31 OFF THE BEACH RACING Handicap Systems .............................................................................. 34 Sailing Instructions ............................................................................ 35 Courses ............................................................................................... 41 Trophies .............................................................................................. 43 Racing Programs ................................................................................ 64 TWILIGHT SAILING Sailing Instructions ............................................................................ 45 CRUISING EVENTS Sailing Instructions ............................................................................ 46 YACHT REGISTER (by Sail Number) ............................................................... 47 (Alphabetical Order) ......................................................... 50 SAILING MEMBERSHIP ................................................................................... 53 LIFE MEMBERS ................................................................................................. 61 RISK WARNING & EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS................................. 62 STARTING SIGNALS .......................................................................................... 63 RACING PROGRAMS ........................................................................................ 64 FLAGS ................................................................................................................... 81 CLUB PHONE DIRECTORY ............................................................................. Back Cover 2 INSHORE AND OFFSHORE RACING SAILING INSTRUCTIONS Effective from 1st September 2017 DEFINITIONS CLUB Cronulla Sailing Club Limited (CSC) incorporating Port Hacking Ocean Yacht Club. RACE COMMITTEE The Sailing Committee of the club plus the Race Officer. CLUB NOTICE BOARD AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS Located adjacent to the downstairs bar in the clubhouse. Notices to competitors will be posted on this noticeboard by the Race Committee and also will be published at www.cronullasc.com (the Club’s website) and in addition notification vis SMS. Competitors are responsible to ensure their contact details are current and up to date. AUSTRALIAN SAILING RACING RULES Yachting Australia ( YA ) has been replaced by the new branded name of Australian Sailing ( AS ) . 1. RULES All races will be governed by the rules as defined in the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), the prescriptions and special regulations of Australian Sailing (AS), the rules of each relevant class for boats racing in class divisions, (except as any of these are changed by these sailing instructions) and by these sailing instructions. 2017 -2020 Racing Rules of Sailing can now be downloaded and kept in the minimum form of storage on a smart phone, this meets the required minimum for each category. 2. RACES BETWEEN SUNSET AND SUNRISE Boats racing between official sunset and official sunrise shall display navigation and stern lights in accordance with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea. These regulations shall replace the relevant rules of Part 2 of the RRS, except on the occasion of a race starting in the Estuary after sunset when the RRS shall apply until a line from the Glaisher Point navigation light to Hacking Point is crossed. 3. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY It is the competitor’s sole decision to enter a club race and to start and or to continue to compete. By way of entering, competitors acknowledge and agree that participation in the event can be dangerous and accept their participation is at their exclusive risk in every respect. Further, by way of entering competitors shall hold harmless the organising authority, its officers, members, servants and agents and all other competitors in respect of all liability for injury to their person and or loss or damage to their property howsoever arising from their participation or intended participation in the event and acknowledge and accept that the organising authority, its officers, members, servants, agents and other competitors accept no responsibility in respect to loss of life, personal injury or loss or damage to property which may be sustained by reason of a competitor’s participation or intended participation in the event or arising for whatever reason in connection with the event. Attention is drawn to RRS Fundamental Rule 4 - Decision to Race 3 and AS Special Regulations Part 1, 1.02 - Owner’s Responsibility. 4. ALTERATIONS TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS (a) In accordance with rule 89.2(c), prior to the warning signal, temporary alterations that affect only the immediate race may be made to these sailing instructions by the Race Committee. Such temporary alterations shall be signified by the Race Committee boat displaying Flag L (yellow and black quarters). All boats may come within hail to receive oral and/or written instructions or contact the start boat via radio. Notice may also be displayed on the Club Notice Board. Provided Flag L is displayed, all boats in that race shall be deemed to be advised of the alteration. (b) Alterations to the sailing instructions that are to be permanent shall be posted on the Club Notice Board under the heading “Alterations to Sailing Instructions” by 48 hours prior to the day they will take effect, and will also be posted on the Club’s website and SMA broadcast. 5. RACE ENTRIES (a) A boat is eligible for entry in Club races provided that: (i) the boat is owned or chartered by a financial member of the Club (ii) the crew members comply with 6 - Crew Eligibility and 30% - Number of crew (iii) the race fee has been paid prior to race start. (iv) the boat is registered with the Club, and (v) the boat has a current annual AS Special Regulation’s Equipment Compliance Form for the appropriate race category and complies with its requirements. (b) Change of ownership will be regarded as a completely new entry in any point score. (c) Casual entries may be accepted for a race conducted by the Club provided that: (i) an entry fee of thirty three dollars ($33) is paid to an officer of the Club on or before the day of the race. (ii) the boat satisfies the AS Special Regulation’s equipment requirements for the relevant race category, and (iii) the appropriate handicapper is notified at lease twelve (12) hours before the race starting time. Casual entries will not be eligible for trophies nor finishing place points in Club races. (d) Races for Divisions will be conducted in accordance with the relevant Racing Program, provided that a minimum number of three (3) entries are in each division, subject to the discretion of the Sailing Committee. Should a Division fleet fall below two (2) starters over three (3) consecutive races in any series, the Division may be abandoned. 6. CREW ELIGIBILITY (a) The AS prescription to Rule 55 requires that any crew member that sails in more than three (3) races in any one sailing season shall be a member of a Club affiliated to a member State/Territory yachting authority (MYA) and a member of a MYA and Australia Sailing (AS). Additionally, the Club requires that after three (3) races in a season at Cronulla the crew member shall become a member of the Cronulla Sailing Club (CSC). (b) For a boat to compete in Etchells Class races, the crew members shall also be financial members of the class association. 7. SCHEDULE