Frostbite Series Pursuit Race Instructions

Home , Contender (dinghy), Fireball (dinghy), GP14, Laser 3000, Laser Pico, Laser Vago

Nottinghamshire County Sailing Club

Course Use a long course over the whole of the lake so that the leading boats do not lap the slower boats.

Time The start time will be displayed on the noticeboard but will not be before 13.15.

Junior boats (Mirror, Topper, Laser Pico, RS Feva) are expected to use the Junior start, but if they take part in the Pursuit race they start at time zero, with the Laser 4.7.

Start Procedure

Time Flags Start -12 min Windsurfer (R) Up -9 min Junior (6) & Preparatory* (P) Up -6 min Handicap (H0 Up Windsurfer DOWN Windsurfer -3 min Junior DOWN Junior 0 min Handicap & P DOWN Pursuit

All flag signals accompanied by one sound signal

A short sound signal will be made every 30 seconds and the number board changed every minute with a long sound signal.

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PYN Start time Boat The start time for any boat not listed (2015) 2015 can be calculated as follows (round Laser 4.7 1195 0.0 time to nearest half minute): Solo 1140 3.5 GP14 1130 4.0 Time = 75 – (2015 PYN) Laser Radial 1135 4.0 15.93 RS Vision 1134 4.0 Enterprise 1115 5.0 Wayfarer 1112 5.0 RS Aero 5 1105 5.5 420 1105 5.5 2000 1100 6.0 405 1090 6.5 Laser 1091 6.5 Laser Stratos 1092 6.5 Solution 1090 6.5 Xenon 1079 7.5 RS Aero 7 1065 8.0 Hadron 1065 8.0 Lark 1071 8.0 PYN Start time Boat (2015) 2015 Laser 3000 1065 8.0 Laser Vago 1064 8.0 National 12 1064 8.0 RS Vareo 1071 8.0 Supernova 1071 8.0 Finn 1042 9.5 RS200 1047 9.5 Scorpion 1040 9.5 Silver Flying Fifteen 1042 9.5 (Nos2700-3400) RS Aero 9 1030 10.5 Blaze 1021 11.0 Buzz 1015 11.5 Flying Fifteen 1013 11.5 RS100 8.4 1000 12.0 Phantom 995 12.5 RS300 985 13.0 Contender 976 13.5 RS100 10.2 983 13.5 Wooden Fireball 980 13.5 ICON 969 14.0 Fireball 970 14.0 RS400 944 16.0 29er 922 17.0 RS600 920 17.5 505 912 18.0 NCSC Race Instructions – Frostbite Pursuit 2020 - Page 2 of 4

Individual recall If those over the line can be identified - X flag up with one extra sound signal. Lower flag when recalled boats have returned and re-crossed the start line, or after 30 seconds.

General recall If too many are over the line to identify them, general recall flag up with two sound signals. If any fleet is recalled, it starts 1 minute after its original start time.

Finish Duration : Windsurfers and Juniors 40-45 minutes Pursuit race 75 minutes

Windsurfer and Junior Races After 40 to 45 minutes, either open the finish line by raising the S flag and Windsurfer / Junior flags on the committee boat with two sound signals. Every boat which crosses the finish line is a finisher. Give each finishing boat a short hoot on the horn. or finish the first boat between a mark and a safety boat displaying the S flag and the Windsurfer/ Junior fleet flags.

Record the number of laps and the finishing time of each boat.

Pursuit Anticipate where the leading boat will be at 75 minutes. Position a Safety boat displaying the blue flag at that point. At 75 minutes exactly, sound one long hoot on the horn. Boats should not change positions after this signal.

The finish line is a moving line. The safety boat should then go from the lead boat back through the fleet as fast as it is possible to record the finishing order until the last boat has been reached.

The order of the Oakleaf and Frostbite races will be reversed on the final Sunday of the series i.e. the pursuit race first followed by the handicap race, and both races will be held back to back.

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Flag Sequence

Event Timing Flag(s) UP Flag DOWN

Warning Signal (WS) -

Windsufer -12

Warning Signal (WS) - Junior

& -9 Preparatory Signal (1)

WS - Handicap & -6 Start - Windsurfer

Start – Junior -3

Start – Handicap 0

* - P flag as default. I, Z, U or black flag may be used at RO’s discretion

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