MORF Midwest Open Racing Fleet 2014 Race Schedule and Sailing Instructions
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Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60609 773.254.0200 SALES SERVICE BROKERAGE 2014 MORF Race Schedule Date 1st Flag SA Series MORF Event Other Event 17-May Sat 11:30am SA7 Performance Performance #1 (Olympic) 18-May Sun Commodores Cup 24-May Sat 11:30am SA7 Performance Performance #2 (Trapezoid) Spring Opener 25-May Sun 11:30am SA7 Lady Skipper Lady Skipper #1 (Olympic) Olympic Cup 31-May Sat 11:30am SA7 Performance Crowley Sprint (Perf #3 & #4) COLORS 1-Jun Sun 11:30am SA7 Lady Skipper Lady Skipper #2 (Trapezoid) COLORS Zimmer Memorial (LD #1) 7-Jun Sat 10:00am SA7 Long Distance NOOD & Doublehanded 8-Jun Sun 11:30am SA7 Casual Single/Double Hand/Drag Race NOOD Chicago to St Joe (LD #2) 13-Jun Fri 7:00pm SA7 Long Distance & Doublehanded St St Joe to Chicago (LD #3) 15-Jun Sun 9:15am Long Distance Hobelman Joe & Doublehanded 21-Jun Sat 11:30am SA7 Performance UK Sprint (Perf #5 & #6) Chicago-Wauk 22-Jun Sun Wauk-Chicago 28-Jun Sat 11:30am SA7 Performance Performance #7 (Olympic) - Chicago 6-Jul Sun 11:30am SA7 Long Distance Competition #1 (Trapezoid) Lady Skipper #3 & #4 12-Jul Sat 11:30am SA7 Lady Skipper Lutz Regatta (Beer Trap+WL) 13-Jul Sun 11:30am SA7 Competition Competition #2 (Olympic) 27-Jul Sun 11:30am SA7 Casual Harbor Open (Beer Trap) 2-Aug Sat 11:30am SA7 Lady Skipper Lady Skipper #5 (Olympic) Fran Byrne Weathermark Sprint (Comp #3 3-Aug Sun 11:30am SA7 Competition Chester Kuttner & #4) Chicago to Mich City (LD #4) 9-Aug Sat 10:00am SA7 Long Distance VERVE & Doublehanded MI Mich City to Chicago (LD #5) 10-Aug Sun 9:00am Long Distance VERVE City & Doublehanded 16-Aug Sat Air -Water Show 17-Aug Sun 11:30am SA7 Competition Marano / Skyway (Comp #5 & #6) Daley 23-Aug Sat Leukemia Cup Lady Skipper #6 & #7 24-Aug Sun 11:30am SA7 Lady Skipper Kaczmarek Cup (Beer Trap+WL) 29-Aug Fri Chicago-St Joe 31-Aug Sun St Joe- Mich Cty 1-Sep Mon Mich Cty-Chicago Skippers Club (LD #6) 6-Sep Sat 10:00am SA7 Long Distance Abe Jacobs LD & Doublehanded 7-Sep Sun 11:30am Competition Competition #7 (Trapezoid) Zukasky 13-Sep Sat 11:30am SA7 Commodores Cup Commodores Cup #1 & #2 14-Sep Sun 11:30am SA7 Commodores Cup Commodores Cup #3 20-Sep Sat 11:30am SA7 Open Goose Island Open #1 & #2 MORF Open 21-Sep Sun 11:30am SA7 Open Goose Island Open #3 MORF Open 2 MORF 2014 Race Book 2014 Columbia Yacht Club Beer Can Race Schedule www.columbiayachtclub.org 1st Date SA Series MORF Event Flag 21-May Wed Beer Race Tune-up 18:40 SA7 28-May Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 1 4-Jun Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 2 11-Jun Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 3 18-Jun Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 4 25-Jun Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 5 2-Jul Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 6 9-Jul Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 7 16-Jul Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 8 23-Jul Wed No race 30-Jul Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 9 6-Aug Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 10 13-Aug Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 11 20-Aug Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 12 27-Aug Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 13 3-Sep Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 14 10-Sep Wed 18:40 SA7 Beer Beer Race 15 Columbia Yacht Club has invited MORF to participate in all Wednesday night Beer Can races. Information on Beer Can races can be found on the Columbia Yacht Club website, www.columbiayachtclub.org. There you will find all course information and sailing instructions. All participants agree to abide by the Beer Can Ten Commandments as posted in the Beer Can race book found on the Columbia Yacht Club website. MORF members must pay a separate $75 fee for this privilege. Registration and payment must be made online at www.yachtscoring.com by following the links from the Columbia webpage MORF 2014 Race Book 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2014 RACE SCHEDULE .............................................................................................................................. 1 2014 COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB BEER CAN RACE SCHEDULE .............................................. 2 LETTER FROM THE COMMODORE ............................................................................................ 4 RACE COMMITTEE BOAT SCHEDULE ....................................................................................... 5 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS ..................................................................................................................... 7-45 GENERAL SAILING INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................................................ 7-34 STARTING TIMES ....................................................................................................................... 8-9 RACING AREA – METRO MARKS CHART ........................................................................... 11-12 MARK LOCATIONS, COMPASS HEADINGS, MARK DISTANCE ....................................... 12-13 COURSES ................................................................................................................................. 13-23 STARTING SYSTEM, FINISH, PENALTY SYSTEM, TIME LIMITS ..................................... 24-25 PROTESTS AND REQUESTS FOR REDRESS ............................................................................. 25 SCORING.................................................................................................................................. 26-28 SAFETY REGULATIONS ........................................................................................................ 28-29 EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................................................ 29-31 COMMUNICATIONS .................................................................................................................... 31 PRIZES...................................................................................................................................... 31-34 SPECIAL SAILING INSTRUCTIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL RACES ..................................................... 35-45 SUMMARY OF BASIC RIGHT OF WAY SITUATIONS UNDER THE RACING RULES ....................... 46 MORF PHILOSOPHY ON SAILING PROFESSIONALS .......................................................................... 47 GUIDELINES FOR GUESTS AT YACHT CLUBS .................................................................................... 47 RACE COMMITTEE BOAT PROCEDURES ........................................................................................ 48-56 MORF CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS ............................................................................................. 57-59 MORF PHRF HANDICAPPING GUIDLINES....................................................................................... 60-65 MORF PHRF BASE RATINGS .................................................................................................................. 66 PROTEST FORM .................................................................................................................................. 67-68 MEMBERSHIP BY BOAT NAME ............................................................................................................. 69 MEMBERSHIP BY SAIL NUMBER .......................................................................................................... 70 MEMBERSHIP BY SECTION AND RATING ........................................................................................... 70 MEMBERSHIP ROSTER ...................................................................................................................... 72-74 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION ............................................................................................................ 75-77 MORF HANDICAPPING QUESTIONNAIRE ............................................................................................ 76 PAST COMMODORES OF MORF............................................................................................................. 78 MORF OFFICERS AND SECTION CAPTAINS ........................................................................................ 79 YACHT FINISH REPORT .......................................................................................................................... 80 4 MORF 2014 Race Book Letter from the Commodore Welcome to the 2014 race season, MORF’s 56th. After hell, and the lake, froze over last winter its time to get the boats out and race! On the advice of a group of 11 past Commodores we’ve adopted the mission for MORF of “The best possible racing and social programs for a mixed PHRF fleet”. This means better racing and more social events, but not necessarily more boats. To further this end we’ve installed a Crew Captain, Peter O’Malley, to engage and communicate better with the MORF crews. The first crew get together was at the Weathermark on April 15. The goal is one social event each month. Some of the changes for the 2014 season are: 1. After much discussion about section breaks the board has opted to leave the sections as they were in 2013 but combine scoring for spinnaker sections 6&7, as we have done for sections 4&5. This means the spinnaker fleet will start and race in two sections split at 117, giving Section 7 more competition. 2. The Lady Skipper’s series is expanded so that it is equivalent to the Performance