2015 AREA ONE-DESIGN RACING

Belle Haven Club Riverside Yacht Club Old Greenwich Yacht Club

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

1 RULES 1.1 The series will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing. 1.2 Appendix S – Sound‐Signal Starting System will be used for all one‐design starts. 1.3 Appendix T – Alternative Procedures for Dispute Resolution, Sections A, B and D will apply. 1.4 Changes to the Sailing Instructions may be made orally per rule 90.2(c).

2 NOTICES TO COMPETITORS Notices to competitors will be posted on each of the four sponsor clubs official notice boards.

3 CHANGES TO THE SAILING INSTRUCTIONS 3.1 Any change to this document will be posted before 2400 of the Wednesday proceeding the day it will take effect. Any such changes will be communicated to the class representatives (see Appendix A). 3.2 Other changes may be orally on the water per instruction 1.4.

4 SCHEDULE OF RACES 4.1 Racing will be held Sundays from May 17 to September 20 except June 21 (OGYC Solstice Regatta), August 2 (YRALIS Championship Regatta), August 30 and September 6. Participating classes may choose to not race on specified days. Any non‐sailing days will be communicated by fleet representatives to their members and that day’s race committee. 4.2 PHRF starts will be: 7/12 4.3 The scheduled time of the first warning will be 1345 – PHRF; 1400 – one‐designs. 4.4 No warning signal will be made after 1700. 4.5 As many races will be run each race day as practicable.

5 CLASS FLAGS AND NUMBER ASSIGNMENTS 5.1 Class flags/number: Ideal 18s – 1; Lasers – 2; PHRF ‐ 9. 5.2 Any additional classes will be given a class flag/number assignment on the water.

6 RACING AREA The racing area for all one‐design classes will be inside Captains Harbor; the PHRF racing area may include .

7 CHECK IN All boats are required to check in with the race committee giving their names and club prior to their first start of the day. Failure to check in may result in the boat not being scored.

8 THE COURSE 8.1 One design courses will be announced verbally and may be posted; PHRF courses will be displayed vertically under “9”. 8.2 Rounding marks for one design courses shall be left to port. 8.3 Except when finishing or in the case of an individual recall, after starting, if any part of the hull or crew passes through the start or the finish line, the race committee shall disqualify that boat without a hearing.

8.4 A boat that passes north of Red Rock buoy or New Foundland Reef buoy or south of Hens and Chickens Can C‐1A or Cormorant Reef Nun 4 shall be deemed to have not sailed the course and may be protested by other boat. If observed having done so by the race committee, such boat shall be disqualified without a hearing. 8.5 Instructions 8.2 and 8.3 change rules 60.2 and 63.1.

9 MARKS Marks will be combination of colored inflatable marks and government marks as described in Appendix C.

10 THE START 10.1 All one‐design starts will use Appendix S; any PHRF starts will use rule 26. 10.2 One design starts may be modified to 2 minutes. Any change will be announced verbally. 10.3 The starting line will be between a staff displaying a colored flag on the starting mark at the starboard end and the course side of the port‐end starting mark. 10.4 Boats whose warning signal has not been made shall avoid the starting area during the starting sequence for other races. Failure to do so can result in disqualification by the race committee without a hearing. 10.5 A boat starting later than five minutes after her starting signal will not be scored. This changes rule A4.

11 CHANGE OF THE NEXT LEG OF THE COURSE To change the next leg of the course, the race committee will lay a new mark (or move the finishing line) and remove the original mark as soon as practicable. When in a subsequent change a new mark is replaced, it will be replaced by an original mark.

12 THE FINISH The finishing line will be between a staff displaying a colored flag on the finish mark and the course side mark T.

13 TIME LIMIT AND WINDOW 13.1 The time limit for the first boat to finish for any one‐design class is 45 minutes; for PHRF classes, the time limit for the first boat to finish is 2 hours. 13.2 One‐design boats that fail to finish within ten minutes, and PHRF boats that fail to finish within 45 minutes, after the first boat in their class sails the course and finishes (the time limit window) will be scored time limit expired (TLE). 13.3 Boats scored TLE will be awarded a finish equal to the last boat in her class that finished within the time limit window made worse by two but not worse than DNF. This changes rules 35, A4 and A5.

14 PENALTY WHILE RACING The first two sentences of rule 44.1 are changed to: ‘A boat may take a One‐Turn Penalty when she may have broken a rule of Part 2 or rule 31 while racing. However, when she may have broken a rule of Part 2 while in the zone around a mark other than a starting mark, her penalty shall be a Two‐Turns Penalty.

15 POST‐RACE PENALTIES After a race, a boat that may have broken a rule of Part 2 or rule 31 while racing may take a Post‐Race Penalty for that incident. The penalty shall be a Scoring Penalty, calculated as stated in rule 44.3(c). The Post‐Race Penalty shall be (a) 20%, if taken before the protest time limit, or (b) 30%, if taken after the protest time limit but before the beginning of a hearing involving the incident. A boat’s penalty will be based on the number of starters in that race in her class times the penalty rounded to the nearest whole number.

Connecticut Area YRA Sailing Instructions Final: May 12, 2015 Page 2 of 4 16 PROTESTS AND ARBITRATION 16.1 Boats intending to protest or seek redress shall notify the Race Committee immediately after finishing or if not able to finish, as soon as possible. 16.2 Protests and requests for redress shall be delivered to that day’s race committee prior to 2000 the day of racing. 16.3 Per Appendix T, Section D, arbitration will be held prior to a protest hearing subject to the terms of the Section. 16.4 Hearings will be held at that day’s race committee club at 2000 on the Wednesday following unless the parties agree to an alternative time and/or date.

17 SCORING 17.1 One design scoring will be the responsibility of the individual classes. 17.2 PHRF scoring will be time‐on‐time using a time correction factor equal to 650/(550 plus boat rating).

18 RADIO COMMUNICATIONS For PHRF classes, the race committee may use VHF #72 to make course and OCS announcements. Failure to make such a hail, failure of a boat to hear such a hail or the order of hailing, shall not be grounds for redress.

19 PRIZES 19.1 Fleets with sufficient qualifiers will be awarded prizes by the YRA of LIS. 19.2 To be eligible for YRA prizes, competitors must be members of the YRALIS (visit www.yralis.org for sign‐up instructions). 19.3 Additional prizes may be awarded by the individual fleets.

20 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta.

Appendix A: Class Representatives Ideal 18 Lasers PHRF Gregg Delany David Kubik Rick Sinclair [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Appendix B: Host Clubs & Committee Assignments Belle Haven Edward Nunes Indian Harbor YC Roger van Loveren [email protected] [email protected]

Riverside YC Tom Broadhurst/Richard Kosinski Old Greenwich YC Eric Baker [email protected] [email protected]

Race Committee Assignments Date Host Club Date Host Club Date Host Club May 17 Belle Haven June 28 Riverside August 9 Old Greenwich May 24 Indian Harbor July 5 Indian Harbor August 16 Indian Harbor May 31 Riverside July 12* Old Greenwich August 23 Riverside June 7 Belle Haven July 19 Riverside August 30 Indian Harbor June 14 Indian Harbor July 26 Belle Haven September 20 Old Greenwich

* Indicates days on which PHRF starts will be offered

Connecticut Area YRA Sailing Instructions Final: May 12, 2015 Page 3 of 4 Appendix C: Marks

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K X V

R L

B

P A J

U

H (D) (G)

YRA Marks

A Gong 1 northeast of Wee K N4, Greenwich Harbor Q Inflatable mark V Fixed RYC mark west of Captain Island approximately 0.25 nm to Sugar Boat L N2, Greenwich Harbor leeward of the start B N2, Flat Neck Point W Fixed RYC mark 0.25 nm M Inflatable mark to the port R Fixed BHC mark south of ENE of Red Rock C Inflatable mark side of the starting line Belle Haven Club approximately 1.50 nm to X Fixed IHYC mark SW WSW windward of the start N Inflatable mark S Inflatable mark of Red Rock approximately 0.50 nm to approximately 0.75 nm to D Gong 32-A leeward of the start windward of the start Y Inflatable mark approximately 0.50 nm to G Bell 36, Bluefish Shoal O Inflatable mark T The finish mark located on windward of the start approximately 100 feet to the opposite side of the H Nun 2, west of Great windward of the starboard start boat from the starting Z Inflatable mark Captain Island end of the starting line line approximately 1.00 nm to windward of the start J Fixed IHYC mark off Calf P Fixed mark north of Wee U Fixed IHYC mark NNE of Island Captain Island Great Captain Island lighthouse Exceptions: Government marks shall be passed on the channel side unless used as a mark of the course, with the following exceptions: • Marks B, D, K and L may be passed on either side at the discretion of the skipper when not used as a turning mark • Can C-3, west of Mark K, may be disregarded and left on either hand • The channel between Cormorant Reef and Great Captain Island shall not be used • Red Rock buoy and Newfoundland Reef buoy shall be passed on the south side • Hen & Chickens buoy 1A and Cormorant Reef Red Nun “4” shall be passed on the north side • The passage between Great Captain & Little Captain Islands shall not be used

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