Friday Evening RS Aero and Series Instructions Revised 6/4/2020

1.0 RACING RULES 1.1 Races will be governed by the RRS, the Appendices, 5.0 STARTING PROCEDURES the NOR, and these Sailing Instructions. 5.1 The 3-minute sound system of Appendix U will be 1.2 The rules of the RS Aero Class Association will apply. used. The rules of the ILCA will apply, except that Intensity 5.2 The RC may invoke the 1-minute I-flag (rule 30.1, sails with ILCA-conforming sail numbers may be used around-the-ends), Z-flag, or Black Flag rules by flag or as an alternative to official Laser Class sails hail. 1.3 Should there be conflicts between these SI’s and the 5.3 No boat may start more than 3 minutes after the start Notice of Race, these SI’s will take precedence. signal 5.4 All hails will use the last 3 digits of the sail number. 2.0 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS 5.5 RS Aeros and Lasers may start separately or together, at 2.1 Competitors must wear USCG Type III PFD’s or other the discretion of the Race Committee, but will be approved buoyancy, except while changing on the scored separately. water. 2.2 Governmental and CPYC health restrictions shall be 6.0 SCORING complied with. 6.1 The Low Point System of Appendix A will be used. 6.2 For daily scoring, Rules A2 & A4.2 are modified: 3.0 RACE PROCEDURES series to day, and a boat’s worst result is thrown out if 5 3.1 The first warning signal will be at 1830. If postponed or more races were completed. ashore, no start will occur within 30 minutes of AP 6.3 For season scoring Rule A9 and the Low-Point System being lowered. Three boats must be in the area to start a will be used. To qualify, a competitor must race in race. 50% of the races completed in the series. A boat’s 3.2 No race will be started after 20 minutes before sunset. season score will be the total of her best race scores in 3.3 The time limit for the first boat in each division is 30 the number of races needed to qualify for that series, minutes. Boats not finishing within 10 minutes after excluding her other scores. the first boat will be scored TLE with points equal to 2 more that the number of boats that have finished. 7.0 PROTESTS 3.4 All race signals and communication will be made by 7.1 Competitors are expected to enforce the RRS course placards, hails, and/or sound signals from a RC themselves, by using hails and filing protests. boat. 7.2 Rules 44.1 and 44.2 are modified to require a one-turn 3.5 RS Aeros and Lasers may start together, at the penalty including one tack and one gybe. discretion of the RC, but will be scored separately. The 7.3 Protests must be reported to the RC at the end of the sail size used by each boat for the day will be recorded race. for scoring purposes. 7.4 The RC may file protests when it observes rule violations, if no boat accepts a penalty or protests. 4.0 COURSES AND MARKS 7.5 Competitors involved in protests must report to the RC 4.1 The starting and finishing lines will be between a staff within 20 minutes after the signal boat docks. on the RC boat with an orange flag and a . Marks 7.6 A protest form is required only if protestee requests will be small inflatables. one. 4.2 Courses will be posted on placards on the RC boat. See 7.7 The Protest Committee will be appointed by the RC. course diagram on the reverse. If no course is posted, 7.8 If governmental or CPYC health restrictions preclude the RC will announce the course by hail. face-to-face meetings, protest hearings may be 4.3 Windward/Leeward gates may be used. If gates are set, conducted using Zoom or other virtual meeting competitors are to round from inside to outside. If no software. gate is used marks shall be rounded to port. 4.4 Competitors will finish by leaving the Race Committee 8.0 PRIZES boat to port, unless otherwise announced. 8.1 Season prizes for each rig (Aero 5,7,9 & Laser 4.7, 4.5 The start/finish lines are “open” and may be Radial, Standard) with sufficient entries will be disregarded except when starting or finishing awarded for the Friday Evening Series.

Friday Evening RS Aero and Laser Series Sailing Instructions Revised 6/4/2020

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