2016 Racing Guide FINAL

2016 RACING GUIDE NOTICE OF RACES BEVERLY YACHT CLUB 99 Water Street P.O. Box 181 Marion, MA 02738-0181 Phone: (508) 748-0540 Fax: (508) 748-0771 www.beverlyyachtclub.org April, 2016 Dear BYC Racers, Beverly Yacht Club welcomes you to the 2016 racing season. We’re looking forward to building on the active and successful racing program that was established 144 years ago. Last year, the Race Committee directed more than 200 races from late spring to early fall. For 2016, we welcome Kate Hill in the new role of Sailing Director and we’ll look for ways to utilize Kate’s experience to enhance our racing program. We’ll revert to the PHRF handicap system for all handicap series and most special races after a trial season with US SAILING’s Triple Number Plus VPP system. We’re also bringing back the Championship of Champions race for the champions of the handicap and one design series. We sponsor racing five days a week, and while we have superb on the water race direction with Paul Hyde, we depend on you to assist us to manage every race. Assistance with race management has been a requirement at BYC for many years and is a great way to meet racers in different fleets. BYC has a spirit of volunteerism and race management assistance is a great way to contribute to our club. Under the direction of Terry Watson, our Race Officer Captain for 2016, we will assign every racing sailboat captain at least one date when you are required to assist with race management on COMMODORES. Your assigned dates will not conflict with your primary racing dates, and your spouse or any adult BYC member may serve for you. Please see section 3.1 in this Racing Guide for requirements. Finally, please review our updated Racing Safety Plan and the U.S. SAILING Safety Equipment Requirements (USSER). The links are on the Race page of the BYC website. Thanks for participating and helping to make the 2016 racing season a successful and enjoyable one! Mark Verville Race Committee Chair 617.901.8301 (cell) [email protected] 2016 Racing Guide Table of Contents Page BYC Safety and Decision to Race 1 BYC 2016 Race Committee, Fleet Representatives, Protest Committee and Safety Committee 2 NOTICE OF RACES 1. Organizing Authority 3 2. Governing Rules 3 3. Eligibility and Entry 3 4. Inspection 4 5. Scoring 4 6. Protest Hearings 6 7. Prizes 7 8. Social Events 10 EVENT DESCRIPTIONS Tuesday Evening Women's Keelboat Racing Program 11 Wednesday Twilight Series 12 Thursday Ladies’ Series 13 Thursday Twilight Series 14 Saturday Series 15 Sunday Series 16 Sunday Spring and Fall Series 17 Racer-Cruiser Weekend Race 18 One Design Pursuit / Handicap Regatta 19 Parker Converse Tower Race 20 Herreshoff Pursuit / Handicap Regatta 21 Thayer Francis Moonlight Race 22 Van Rensselaer Memorial Trophy Race Day 23 Sou’wester Regatta 24 Champion of Champions 25 Hurricane Cup 27 Buzzards Bay Regatta 28 Beverly Yacht Club Junior Regatta 28 H Class Championship 28 US SAILING and Southern Mass Sailing Championships 29 Appendix A: Approximate Location of BYC Racing Marks 30 Appendix B: Racer-Cruiser Event Registration Form 31 Appendix C: BYC Racing Calendar – 2016 32 BYC Safety and Decision to Race The Beverly Yacht Club’s goal is to run safe and fair races for participants. It is the responsibility of the race committee and Race Officer to adhere to the recommended safety protocols as reasonably as possible to ensure the highest degree of fairness and safety in all races. Sailing and racing involve inherent risks. Because the club cannot mitigate all risks we call your attention to a fundamental rule of sailing in Part 1 of the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). Rule 4 -- Decision to Race: The responsibility for a boat’s decision to participate in a race or to continue racing is hers alone. We ask that all participants respect the decisions of designated Race Officers and club officials, especially when these decisions are made with safety in mind. Judgment calls are part of racing and running races, and while participants will not always agree with some of the decisions, we ask that you remember that our race committee and other officials are volunteers. Volunteers and participants alike should be treated courteously and respectfully. This does not abridge any rights that are part of the RRS. As part of our Racing Safety Plan, all racing sailboats are required to monitor VHF Channel 72. All captains should be familiar with the BYC Safety Plan which is posted on the Race page of the BYC website. 1 BYC 2016 Race Committee Mark Verville, Chair Mary Levenson, Registrar and Scorer Terry Watson, Race Officer Captain Kathryn Collings, Racing Guide and Racing Calendar Jon Pope, Championship of Champions Jed Hoffer, Special Races Stephen Dahill, Special Races Wendy Goodwin, Trophies Bob Shorter, General Manager, Ex Officio Fleet Representatives to the Race Committee Ed Tiffany and Kathy Reed Bullseye Deborah Elfers and George Moffat H-12 Jed Hoffer J/22 Joe Mozzone J/24 Niko Kotsatos J/80 Mark Lindquist J/105 Chris Collings Laser Bob Partridge and Mark Lindquist PHRF (Handicap Fleets) Bill Berry Shields Nanna Buckley Women’s Keelboat Racing Program Phyllis Partridge Southern Mass Sailing Representative BYC 2016 Protest Committee Susan Mead, co-Chair Kym Lee, co-Chair BYC Safety Committee Deborah Elfers, Chair 2 NOTICE OF RACES 1 ORGANIZING AUTHORITY The Organizing Authority for the races described in this Racing Guide is the Beverly Yacht Club. 2 GOVERNING RULES All BYC races described in this Racing Guide will be governed by the current Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) with US SAILING Prescriptions, including sections A and B of Appendix T, except as changed by this Racing Guide or the BYC Sailing Instructions. All competitors are reminded of the importance of compliance with RRS 67(c) in any BYC racing event. This Guide is the Notice of Race required by the RRS. Please note that this Guide and the Sailing Instructions are posted on the Race page of the BYC website. Changes to the Sailing Instructions will be posted on the Race Notice Board at BYC. Changes to the Sailing Instructions may also be posted on the Race Committee boat in which case they will also be announced by the Race Committee on VHF channel 72. The Racing Rules of Sailing are provided by US SAILING to all US SAILING members. The BYC Racing Guide is available on the Race page of the BYC website. One waterproof copy of the Sailing Instructions is available for each enrolled racing sailboat. Additional copies of the waterproof Sailing Instructions are available for purchase at the BYC Office. 3 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY BYC and non-BYC sailboats are eligible to participate in any event or series. Consult the race event description pages in this Guide to determine special eligibility requirements and entry requirements for a series or an individual race. Register online at the Summer Series and Special Race Registration link on the Race page of the BYC website. Non-BYC sailboats will pay an entry fee at the time of registration. Registration for each monthly Summer Series must be completed online up to one hour before the first race of the series. Registration for Special Races must be completed online and by 1800 on June 22 for the One Design Pursuit/Handicap Regatta, 1800 on July 13 for the Tower Race, 1800 on July 13 for the Herreshoff Pursuit/Handicap Regatta, 1800 on July 20 for the Van Rensselaer Race, 1800 on July 20 for the Moonlight Race, 1800 on August 24 for the Sou’wester Race, and 1800 on September 21 for the Hurricane Cup. Please note that the race event during Racer-Cruiser Weekend requires paper registration. Please see Appendix C for the registration form. A boat may not participate if it has not registered for a series or special race event by the registration deadline. 3 3.1 RACE OFFICER ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENT Each sailboat participating in any part of a racing series or the entire racing series is required to assist at least once with race management. The Race Committee will assign each participating boat a date to provide a Race Officer Assistant to the on-the-water race committee. Assignments will not be made for races in which a boat is registered to race. A boat can meet its assistance requirement through its boat captain, his or her spouse or any adult BYC member. A race disqualification will be issued for failure to provide Race Officer Assistance on the assigned date. Race Officer Assistance is an eligibility requirement, and a race disqualification cannot be appealed to or modified by the Protest Committee. 3.2 HANDICAP SAILBOATS For 2016, Beverly Yacht Club will use the PHRF rating system. Every sailboat participating in PHRF races must have a current, valid PHRE NE rating certificate. Barry Steinberg coordinates rating certificates. [email protected] For PHRF events, RRS 52 is amended as provided for under RRS 86.1(c) as follows: Competitors are permitted to use electrically-powered winches for running rigging while racing. Competitors in PHRF races are required to remove anchors from their bow pulpits while racing. Most events offer Racing (Spinnaker) and Cruising (Non-Spinnaker) classes. The Race Committee may, at its discretion, divide or consolidate entries into divisions based on the number of entries. 3.3 ONE-DESIGN SAILBOATS One-design sailboats which comply with their respective class rules are eligible to race in one-design class races. 4 INSPECTION Sailboats competing are subject to inspection and/or measurement by the Club Measurer, Marion Fleet Handicapper, Race Committee Chair, or Race Officer at any time.

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