JOHN SHEPPARD JR. MEMORIAL REGATTA
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UNITED STATES SUNFISH CLASS ASSOCIATION 2021 MIDWEST REGIONAL
Lake Bluff Yacht Club
Lake Bluff, IL
August 21-22, 2021
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
1. RULES
The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing for 2021-2024.[1]
2. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS
Notices to competitors will be posted on the official bulletin board located on the outside of the Lake Bluff Yacht Club compound. Information will also be available at www.lakebluffyachtclub.org.
3. CHANGES TO THE SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
3.1 Any change to the Sailing Instructions will be posted on the official bulletin board before 1000 on the day it will take effect, except that any change to the schedule of races will be posted by 1900 on the day before it will take effect.
3.2 Oral changes to the Sailing Instructions regarding course configurations may be given on the water by the Race Committee. Such oral changes to the Sailing Instructions shall be given before the Warning signal for a race and shall only relate to missing equipment or marks that have moved off station due to weather or other conditions.
4. SIGNALS MADE ASHORE
Signals made ashore will be displayed from a flagpole near the compound located on the beach. If a postponement is signaled ashore, the warning signal will be made not less than 45 minutes after AP is lowered. Boats are requested to stay ashore during the postponement period.
5. SCHEDULE
Saturday, Aug 21st,
1000 hrs Competitor Meeting
1100 hrs Warning for Race #1 with additional races to follow. Lunch on the water.
1600 hrs No Warning signal will be made after this time
Sunday, Aug 22nd,
1000 hrs First Warning
Additional races to follow
1430 hrs No Warning signal will be made after this time
6. CLASS FLAG
The class flag will be a flag with a Sunfish class emblem.
7. RACING AREA
The racing area will be on Lake Michigan, directly east of the Lake Bluff, IL South Beach as conditions, in the judgement of the Race Committee, allow.
8. COURSES
8.1 The courses will be Windward-Leeward (W), Triangle (T), or a combination thereof (Olympic (O)) as diagrammed on Attachment A at the end of these Sailing Instructions.
8.2 A placard or board with the course W, T or O with number of legs will be displayed from the Race Committee boat prior to the Warning Signal for each race.
8.3 When there is a gate, boats shall sail between the gate marks from the direction of the previous mark and round either gate mark. In the event that a gate is not in place, the single leeward mark shall be left to port.
8.4 Leeward gates may be used at the discretion of the race committee. If used they will be announced prior to the warning signal for the race either verbally or on the course board, or both.
8.5 In the event the windward offset mark is missing, the single windward mark shall be left to port.
9. MARKS
9.1 Course marks will be orange tetrahedrons or yellow or gold inflatable marks. The placement of such marks will be discussed at the competitor’s meeting. The windward offset mark will be a red buoy.
9.2 New marks, as provided in Instruction 12, will be red buoys.
10. THE START
10.1 The races will be started in accordance with Rule 26. As a courtesy, a preliminary signal of five short horns will be given shortly before the warning signal. The failure to give such a preliminary signal shall not be grounds for redress.
10.2 The starting line will be between an orange flag on the Race Committee boat on the starboard end of the line and the course side of a buoy on the port end of the line.
11. INDIVIDUAL RECALLS
As a courtesy, and in addition to the requirements of Rule 29.1, the Race Committee will attempt to signal individual recalls by hailing individual boats over early. The failure of competitors to hear or understand the hails, the timing of the hails and the order of the hails will not be grounds for redress. This changes RRS 62.1(a).
12. CHANGE OF THE POSITION OF THE NEXT MARK
When the race committee changes the leg of a course, the new mark will be a red buoy. When in a subsequent change a new mark is replaced, it will be replaced by an original mark.
13. THE FINISH
The finishing line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on a race committee boat, and the opposite end finish mark.
14. PENALTY SYSTEM
Appendix V - Alternative Penalties shall be in effect.
15. TIME LIMIT
15.1 The time limit for each race shall be one hour from the starting signal.
15.2 If no boat reaches the first mark within 30 minutes after her starting signal, the race shall be abandoned.
15.3 Boats failing to finish within twenty minutes after the first boat sails the course and finishes within the time limit will be scored Time Limit Expired (TLE) without a hearing. This changes RRSs 35, A4 and A5.
16. PROTESTS, ARBITRATION, AND REQUESTS FOR REDRESS
16.1 A boat intending to protest shall notify the protestee immediately as well as the Race Committee promptly after the finish of the race as to her intent to protest and the identity of the protested party.
16.2 Protest forms are available at the beach shelter. Protests shall be delivered there within the protest time limit.
16.3 The protest time limit is 30 minutes after the race committee reaches shore. The same protest time limit applies to all protests by the race committee and jury, and to requests for redress. This changes RRSs 61.3 and 62.
16.4 Notices will be posted within 30 minutes of the protest time limit to inform the competitors of hearings in which they are parties or named as witnesses. Hearings will be held in the Jury Office in the beach shelter beginning 30 minutes after the end of protest time, as posted on the bulletin board.
16.5 Notices of protests by the race committee or the jury will be posted in the compound to inform boats under RRS 61.1(b).
16.6 For the purpose of RRS 64.4 (b), the "authority responsible" is the measurer appointed by the race committee.
17. SCORING
17.1 The low point scoring system of Appendix A will apply, except as modified as follows:
(a) When fewer than six (6) races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores. This modifies RRS A2.1.
(b) When six (6) to eleven (11) races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst race. This modifies RRS A2.1.
(c) When twelve (12) races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her two worst scores. This modifies RRS A2.1.
17.2 One race will constitute a regatta.
17.3 A boat scored TLE will receive points equal to the number of finishers of the race plus two points, but shall not be scored worse than DNF. This changes RRSs A4.2 and A5.
18. SAFETY
18.1 All boats are required to check in with the designated race committee boat prior to the warning signal of the first race after leaving shore. Failure to check in may result in a discretionary penalty.
18.2 A boat that retires from a race shall notify the race committee as soon as possible. Failure to so notify the Race Committee may result in a discretionary penalty.
18.3 All competitors shall wear a US Coast Guard approved life jacket at all times while on the water except for brief times when changing into or out of sailing gear. Failure to do so shall result in disqualification. Only the Race Committee shall be able to protest a competitor for violation of this Rule. This modifies RRS 40.
19. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
Competitors participate in this regatta entirely at their own risk. See RRS 4, Decision to Race. The Organizing Authority or the Race Committee will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta.
20. RADIOS AND MOBILE PHONES
On board radios shall monitor only channel WX and transmit only on channels 9 and 16 while on the water. Except in an emergency, a boat shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor receive radio communications not available to all boats. This restriction also applies to mobile telephones.
21. SUPPORT BOATS
21.1 Team leaders, coaches and other support personnel shall stay outside areas where boats are racing from the time of the preparatory signal for the start until all boats have finished or retired or the Race Committee signals a postponement, general recall or abandonment.
21.2 Team leaders, coaches or other support personnel may not communicate in any way with a competitor from the time of the preparatory signal for the start until all boats have finished or retired or the Race Committee signals a postponement, general recall or abandonment.
JOHN SHEPPARD JR. MEMORIAL REGATTA
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UNITED STATES SUNFISH CLASS ASSOCIATION 2021 MIDWEST REGIONAL
ATTACHMENT A
COURSES
1. The diagram attached shows the components that make up all courses. "S/F" indicates a starting/finishing line. "1" indicates a windward mark. "2" indicates a jibe mark. "3" indicates a leeward mark or a leeward gate.
2. The sequence in which marks are to be rounded (substitute G for 3 when a gate is in use) is as follows:
COURSE MARK SEQUENCE
W 1 S/F-1-offset–3-S/F
W 2 S/F-1-offset-3-1-offset–3-S/F
W 3 S/F-1-offset–3-1-offset–3-1-offset–3-S/F
W1-1/2 S/F-1-offset–3-1-offset-S/F
T S/F-1-offset–2-3-S/F
O S/F-1-offset–2-3-1-offset–3-S/F
