Sailing
Instructions
The McDougal Open Class Regatta
1. RULES
1.1 The regatta will
be governed by the rules as defined by
The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2005-2008, the
Prescriptions of US SAILING,
applicable one-design class rules if filed with the Race Committee by a
competitor not later than the "Skippers' Meeting,"
the Notice of Race, these Sailing
Instructions, and any posted modifications.
2. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS
2.1 Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board
located on the windows of the Harbor Island Yacht Club clubhouse next to the
chimney.
3. CHANGES IN SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
3.1 Any change in the sailing instructions will be posted immediately
following adjournment of the skippers' meeting.
3.2 The schedule of races for
the first day's races will not be changed.
3.3 Any change to the schedule of races for the second
or subsequent day's racing will be posted by 1700 hours on the day before it will take effect.
3.4 Any other change to the Sailing
Instructions will be posted at least 45 minutes before the scheduled start
of the first race on the day the change will take effect.
4. SIGNALS MADE ASHORE
4.1 Signals made ashore will be displayed from the race committee boat at the
dock.
4.2 Code flag "AP", the Answering Pennant, with two sounds, means
"The race is postponed. The warning signal will be made not less than 30
minutes after 'AP' is lowered at the dock (accompanied by one sound when
lowered). If the race committee boat leaves the dock with flag "AP"
still displayed, it will return to the dock before lowering "AP" with one
sound. 5. SCHEDULE OF
RACES
5.1 The race schedule will be as stated in the Notice of Race and will be
posted on the official notice board.
5.2 The Race Committee will signal its intent to run
another race that day by displaying Flag R from the Signal Boat at the
finish of the previous race.
5.3 When more than one race will be held on the
same day, the warning signal for each succeeding race will be made as soon
as practicable. To alert boats that another race will begin soon, the
postponement signal may be displayed before a warning signal is displayed.
6.
CLASSES AND CLASS FLAGS
6.1 Classes will be as defined in the Notice of Race.
6.2 Class flags will be a unique color, pattern, shape,
or class logo. A description of each class flag will be posted on the
official notice board and announced at the skippers' meeting.
7. MARKS
7.1 The starting mark will be an orange shape.
7.2 Marks of the course will be inflated orange shapes.
7.3 The optional offset mark “O” will be an orange
shape.
7.4 The finishing mark will be an orange shape.
7.5. The optional "stand-off" mark trailed behind the
race committee boat may be any shape or any color. 8. RACING AREA
8.1 The racing area is between mile 216.5 and mile
227, beginning at a starting line between mile 222 and mile 227 Old Hickory
Lake on the Cumberland River. The location of the course will depend on the
wind direction and velocity.
8.2 Race courses set outside the harbor on Old Hickory Lake may intersect the navigational channel. Commercial
traffic (barges) and deep-draft craft in the channel have right-of-way over
sailboats and must be treated with utmost respect.
When a boat sailing under these rules meets
a vessel that is not, the rules of Part 2 (When Boats Meet) are replaced by the
government right-of-way rules. An alleged breach shall be grounds for a protest
by the race committee or the protest committee.
FAIR WARNING: A barge visibly powering down as it approaches a sailboat
shall automatically trigger a protest of that sailboat by the Race Committee.
9. THE COURSE
9.1 The diagram below illustrates the "I" course, the order in which the
marks are to be rounded and the side on which each mark is to be left. This
will be the course for each race.
9.2 After the warning signal and before the starting
signal, the Race Committee may move the windward mark. (This modifies RRS
27.1)
9.3 On the "I" course there will be a windward mark and
an offset mark approximately 5-10 boat lengths away, both to be rounded to
port. At the leeward end of the course there will be a "gate" between two
marks approximately 6-8 boat lengths apart. Boats must first pass between
these marks (through the "gate") from the direction of the windward marks
and can round either mark to go upwind.
9.4 Marks 3 and 3A may not be in the positions
illustrated at the start. The starting mark may be moved to position 3 or 3A
after the start to achieve the course configuration illustrated.
9.5 Mark 1 may serve as the finishing mark for windward
finishes.
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COURSE I
Start,1,1A,3(A),1,1A,3(A),Finish |
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10. THE START
10.1 The starting order will be
posted on the official notice board and announced at the skippers meeting.
10.2 The starting line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on
the race committee boat at the starboard end and the port end starting mark.
10.3 The race committee may, no later than the warning signal, trail a mark
from the stern of the race committee boat stationed at the starboard end of
the starting line. The trailing mark will be considered to be an extension
of the race committee boat. No boat may pass between the trailing mark and
the race committee boat. A boat that touches the trailing mark has violated
RRS 31.
10.4 Boats whose warning signal has not been made shall
avoid the starting area after the first warning signal of a race and shall
not interfere with boats that are in their starting sequence.
10.5 A boat starting later than 10 minutes after her starting signal will be
scored as Did Not Start. This changes RRS A4.1.
10.6 No race will be started in less than 3 knots of
sustained wind as determined by the race committee.
10.7 No race will be started after 1300 on Sunday.
11. CHANGE OF THE POSITION OF THE NEXT MARK
11.1. To change the position of the next mark, the race
committee will move the original mark (or the finishing line) to a new
position before the leading boat has begun the leg.
11.2. If the moved mark (or the moved finishing line)
is visible from the previous mark of the course and the change of position
is 20/ or less, the change will not be signaled. This changes RRS 33.
11.3. If the moved mark (or the moved finishing line)
is not visible from the previous mark of the course or if the change of
position is more than 20/, the change will be signaled in accordance with
RRS 33, although the mark may not yet be in the new position.
11.4. Any mark to be rounded after rounding the moved
mark may be relocated without signaling to maintain the course
configuration.
12. RECALLS
12.1 When individual recalls are signaled, the race committee may (at its
discretion) attempt to hail the sail numbers of the recalled boats. Failure
of the race committee to hail or failure of a boat to hear the hail of its
sail number will not relieve the boat of its obligation to start correctly.
This changes RRS 29.1 and 62.1(a).
13. SHORTENING OF COURSE AFTER THE START
13.1 When shortening the course, the race committee will display code flag
"S" with two sound signals after the leading yacht has begun the final leg
of the shortened course. Code flag "S" displayed from the committee boat
when "on station" with two sound signals means, "finish between the
committee boat and the mark (which may have been repositioned) nearby."
15. THE
FINISH
15.1 The finishing line will be between the staff displaying an orange flag
on the race committee boat and the finishing mark.
16. TIME LIMIT
16.1 The time limit for a class is two (2) hours.
16.2 If a boat in a class sails the course and finishes
within the time limit, only those boats in the same class finishing within
the time limit or within one hour of the first finisher in the class,
whichever is later, will be counted as finishing. All other boats will be
scored Did Not Finish. This changes RRS 35 and A4.1. 17.
PROTESTS
17.1. A boat intending to protest shall attempt to
notify the finish line race committee boat of its intent to protest and
identify the protested boat at the first reasonable opportunity. This
changes RRS 61.1(a).
17.2 Protests shall be written on current ISAF/US
Sailing protest forms (or facsimile) available from the race committee and
shall be delivered to the protest committee within 45 minutes after the race
committee boat docks.
17.3 Protests will be heard in approximately the order
of receipt as soon as possible. 19. SAFETY
19.1 All competitors are encouraged to wear personal flotation devices at
all times. However, the decision to wear or not to wear a PFD is solely the
responsibility of each competitor.
19.2
A boat that retires from a race shall notify the Race Committee as soon as
possible.
20. PRIZES
20.1 Trophies will be awarded for all classes to the
top three (3) finishers. 21. DISCLAIMER OF
LIABILITY
21.1 Competitors in this event are participating
entirely at their own risk. See RRS 4, Decision to Race. Competitors agree
that the race organizers (organizing authority, race committee, protest
committee, host club, sponsors, or any other organization or official) will
not be responsible for damage to any boat or other property or the injury to
any competitor, including death, sustained as a result of participation in
this event. As an inducement to the race organizers to produce the regatta,
each competitor agrees that by participating in this event each competitor
is deemed to have waived all claims against and released the race organizers
from any and all liability associated with such competitor’s participation
in this event to the fullest extent permitted by law and is deemed to have
warranted to the race organizers that he has obtained this same release of
the race organizers by each member of his crew.
22. INSURANCE
22.1 Each competitor agrees that by
participating in this event each competitor is deemed to have warranted to
the race organizers that his or her participating boat is insured with valid
third-party liability insurance in an amount at least three times the value
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