Equalizer Regatta Sailing Instructions

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

2008 TENNESSEAN OPEN REGATTA

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1. RULES

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>1.1.= The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined by The Racing Rul= es of Sailing (RRS).

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>1.2.= Changes have been made by these Sailing Instructions to the following RRS sections: 29.1 (Individual Recall), 33(a)= (Changing the Next Leg of the Course), 35 (Time Limit and Scores), 44.2 (Two-Turns Penalty), 62.1(a) (Redress), Race Signal AP (Postponement).

2. SAFETY REGULATIONS

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>2.1.= A boat that retires from a race shall notify= the race committee as soon as possible.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>2.2.= All competitors must watch for and keep out = of the way of commercial and other deep draft vessels, which have the right of way.

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3. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS – Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board located on the club= house windows of Harbor Island Yacht Club next to the chimney.

4. CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>4.1.= Any change to these Sailing Instructions wil= l be posted on the official notice board.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>4.2.= The schedule of races for the first day̵= 7;s races will not be changed.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>4.3.= Any change to the schedule of races for the second or subsequent day’s racing will be posted by 1800 hours (6:00 = pm) on the day before it will take effect.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>4.4.= 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.

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5. SIGNALS MADE ASHORE

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>5.1.= Signals made ashore will be displayed from t= he race committee boat at the dock.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>5.2.= When flag “AP” is displayed asho= re, ‘1 minute’ is replaced with ‘not less than 30 minutesR= 17; in the Race Signal “AP”. This changes the meaning of Race Signal “AP”

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6. SCHEDULE OF RACES

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>6.1.= The race schedule will be as stated in the Notice of Race and will be posted on the official notice board.<= /span>

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>6.2.= It is the intention of the Race Committee to= run a maximum of five races on any given day.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>6.3.= The Race Committee will signal its intent to= run another race that day by displaying flag “R” (yellow cross on a= red background) from the finish line race committee boat at the finish of the previous race.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>6.4.= 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, flag “AP” may be displayed before a warning signal is displayed.

7. CLASS FLAGS

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>7.1.= Classes will be as defined in the Notice of Race.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>7.2.= A class flag will be a unique color, pattern, shape or class logo. A description of each class flag will be posted on the official notice board

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>7.3.= Reminder; as stated in the preamble to Race Signals: “When a visual signal is displayed over a class flag, the si= gnal applies only to that class”.

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8. MARKS

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>8.1.= Marks of the course, including the start and= the finish, will be orange buoys.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>8.2.= The optional mark in Sailing Instruction 10.3 may be any shape or color.

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9. COURSES

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>9.1.= All courses will be windward/leeward and wil= l be described using a course number which references the number of legs. A leg = is defined as: a) the distance between the start and the windward mark, b) the distance between two marks of the course, and c) the distance between the l= ast mark of the course and the finish. Examples of course definitions are as follows:

= 9.1.1.A windward/leeward course has two legs: its course number is “2”

= 9.1.2.A windward/leeward/windward course has three legs: its course number is “3”

= 9.1.3.A windward/leeward/windward/leeward course h= as four legs: its course description “4”

= 9.1.4.Additional courses may be created by using increments to this system (i.e.: 5, 6, 7, 8).

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>9.2.= All courses may utilize an optional windward offset mark “O” which will be noted on the course board after t= he course number. If a course uses a windward offset mark, there will be two windward marks. Each boat must pass both marks by leaving them to port. The distance between the windward mark and the offset mark is not defined as a separate leg.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>9.3.= All courses may utilize an optional leeward = gate “G” which will be noted on the course board after the course number. If a course uses a leeward gate, there will be two leeward marks comprising the gate. Each boat must pass between the two leeward marks (thr= ough the gate) from the direction of the previous mark and round either of the marks.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>9.4.= The approximate magnetic bearing to the first mark will be noted on the course board following the at-sign “@”= ;.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>9.5.= The starting and finishing lines may be sepa= rate lines with the starting line below (to leeward of) the leeward mark or leew= ard gate and the finishing line above (to windward of) the windward mark; or the starting and finishing lines may be the same line placed in the middle of t= he windward leg.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>9.6.= The starting and finishing marks are marks of the course only when starting or finishing.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>9.7.= When sailing the finish leg, marks of the co= urse are not obstructions and do not have a required side.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>9.8.= Course Examples:

“2O @345” means “windward/leeward course with a windward offset mar= k, first mark at 345 degrees”;

“3OG @275” means “windward/leeward/windward course with windward off= set and a leeward gate, first mark at 275 degrees”;

9.9.= The course will be displayed on the starboard side of the race committee boat before the warning signal of each class. Courses may be different for each class and each race.

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10. THE START

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>10.1. The starting order for the classes will be posted on the official notice board

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>10.2. The starting line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on the race committee boat at the starboard end a= nd the port-end starting mark.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>10.3. The race committee may, no later than the warning signal, trail a mark from the stern of the race committee boat stat= ioned at the starboard end of the starting line. The trailing mark will be consid= ered to be an extension of the race committee boat. No boat may pass between the trailing mark and the race committee boat.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>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.

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11. RECALLS – When indi= vidual 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 shall not rel= ieve the boat of its obligation to start correctly. This changes RRS 29.1 and 62.1(a).

12. CHANGE OF THE NEXT LEG OF THE COURSE

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>12.1. If the moved mark (or the moved finishing li= ne) 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 wi= th RRS 33.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>12.2. If the moved mark (or the moved finishing li= ne) is visible from the previous mark of the course and the change of position = is 20° or less, the change may not be signaled. This changes RRS 33(a).

13. THE FINISH – The finis= hing line will be between a staff displaying a blue flag on a race committee boat and the nearby mark.

14. TIME LIMIT

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-gri= d-mode: line'>14.1. The time limit for a r= ace is two hours for the first boat in a class to finish.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";layout-gri= d-mode: line'>14.2. If a boat in a class s= ails the course and finishes within the time limit, only those boats in the same class finishing within 20 minutes of the first finisher will be counted as finishing. All other boats will be scored in accordance with the RRS or as changed in the Notice of Race. This changes RRS 35.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>14.3. If the time limit in Sailing Instruction 14.2 has expired for a class, the race committee may no= tify the boats that have not finished. If a boat has been notified that the time limit has expired, she shall immediately return to the starting area to pre= pare for the start of the next race. If no more races will be sailed for the day, she shall immediately clear the course.

15. PROTESTS

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>15.1. Protests will be written and delivered to the Protest Committee Chairperson before the end of "Protest Filing Time," which will begin when the committee boat docks and end 45 minut= es later. These times will be posted on the notice board.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>15.2. Protest notices will be posted within 30 min= utes of the end of "Protest Filing Time" to inform competitors of the place and time of hearings.

<= span style=3D'mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>15.3. Protests will then be heard as soon as possi= ble, in approximately the order of receipt.

16. ALTERNATE PENALTY – A boat th= at may have broken a rule of Part 2 while racing under spinnaker may take a penalty turn at the time of the incident by sailing well clear of other boats, prom= ptly dousing her spinnaker (head below gooseneck), making one turn including a t= ack and a gybe, and then resetting her spinnaker. This changes RRS 44.2.