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Sailing Instructions
Olson 30 National Championships
CYC, Seattle, WA
June 3-6, 2004
ELIGIBILITY: Boats are eligible if they comply with the Olson 30 class constitution and Coast Guard safety requirements.
REGISTRATION: Registrations are due in the CYC Shilshole clubhouse by 10:00 Thursday, June 3, consistent with the Notice of Race.
SKIPPERS MEETING: There will be a mandatory skippers meeting on Thursday, June 3 at 10:00 am in the CYC clubhouse.
HAUL-OUT RESTRICTIONS: All boats must remain in the water from 11:00 am Thursday June 3 through end of racing on Sunday June 6.
MEASUREMENT: Boat and sail measurement will be held Tuesday June 1 and Wednesday June 2 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Boats will not be weighed this year. Sail measurement will take place in the CYC clubhouse. Boats will be inspected in the dry storage area at the north of Shilshole and adjacent trailer parking lot and guest docks. The Measurers will be available at these times and all skippers are responsible for seeing to it that their boats and sails get inspected and measured before or during these times. Measurement may not be available after these times.
CREW SUBSTITUTION: Crew may be substituted for good reason subject to approval by the National President and subject to weigh-in under the weight limit.
CREW WEIGH-IN AND ELIGIBILITY CHECK: All crew must weigh in to ensure compliance with class rules. Crew may get weighed in the CYC clubhouse on Wednesday, June 2 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm or Thursday, June 3 from 9:00 to 11:00 am. Substituted crew must be weighed at this time or at the time of the request for substitution.
At the time the driver or drivers of each boat are weighed, proof of class membership must be presented to comply with the class constitution. There will be a list of members as of the deadline, May 4 2004. The National President may allow some later-joining members on case by case basis.
Each driver must specify whether he or she is an owner-driver at this time. Owner-driver awards will be presented only to boats with no non-owners driving.
RULES: Races will be governed by the 2001-2004 Racing Rules of Sailing (‘RRS’), the Olson 30 Class Constitution, the prescriptions of US SAILING, and these sailing instructions.
CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS: Any changes in the sailing instructions will be posted on the window next to the upper entrance of the CYC Shilshole clubhouse before 11:00 am on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and before 9:00 am on Sunday.
RESPONSIBILITY: The skipper of each boat is responsible for any unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of his or her crew. If action is taken under RRS rule 69, Allegations of Gross Misconduct, it may result in a competitor being excluded from further participation in the regatta and/or disqualification of that competitor’s boat for all or part of this regatta. This changes RRS rule 64.1.
Occasionally, sailboat racing has resulted in injury or loss of life. All competitors in CYC events participate at their own risk. It shall be the responsibility of the skipper to inform the crew of the risks of sailboat racing, to make sure they understand and accept those risks, to decide whether the crew is competent and adequate for the event, and to decide whether to start or continue in a race.
When a boat is notified that she has been selected for an inspection of required safety equipment or class requirements, she shall report for and submit to the inspection. It is the skipper’s responsibility also to ensure his/her boat’s compliance with the Class Constitution at all times during the regatta. Any boat found to be out of compliance may receive a warning or may be disqualified for all or part of this regatta, depending on the severity of her offense. This changes RRS rule 64.1.
SAFETY: The Special Puget Sound Sailboat Safety Regulations apply. These can be found at the end of these Sailing Instructions. A boat that breaks any safety-related sailing instruction could receive a warning or be disqualified for all or part of the regatta, depending on the severity of her offense. This changes RRS rule 64.1. A boat that leaves the racing area before finishing or before the last race of a day should notify the race committee via VHF channel 67.
SIGNALS MADE ASHORE: Signals made ashore will be displayed from the CYC clubhouse. When flag "AP" - Postponement Signal is lowered after having been displayed ashore, all contestants shall proceed promptly to the starting area.
RACING AREAS: Racing will take place in Puget Sound around and adjacent to Shilshole Bay, as determined by the Principal Race officer to achieve fair racing in various conditions.
COURSES: Each course will be signaled by a row of letters following the placards of the classes that are to sail that course. Each letter designates a mark. The first letter displayed is the starting buoy, the last is the finishing buoy, and those in between are the rounding marks.
Course configurations, mark descriptions and locations are printed inside the back cover of the CYC 2004 Race Book and are appended to these Sailing Instructions. NOTE: The leeward marks may be either to windward and/or leeward of the committee boat.
Start between the starting buoy and the orange flag on the race committee boat. Pass each rounding mark in the order displayed and on the same side as the starting buoy. Finish between the finishing buoy and the orange flag on the race committee boat The start/finish lines are unrestricted.
Gate mark: If flag "G" is displayed at the preparatory and the starting signals for a class, there will be a gate (two marks) instead of a single mark for that class, and boats shall pass between the two gate marks and then round either the port gate mark to port or the starboard gate mark to starboard.
The race committee may use its engine to hold position, and it may do so even when apparently anchored.
WARNING: First warning at 1:00 pm on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and at 10:00 am on Sunday. Subsequent races each day will be started at the discretion of the race committee.
THE START: Races will be started in accordance with RRS rule 26 except a blue shape will replace flag P. A boat starting later than 10 minutes after her starting signal will be scored DNS without a hearing. This changes rule RRS Appendix A5.
INDIVIDUAL RECALLS: The race committee may attempt to hail the sail numbers of the recalled boats. Failure to do so or failure to hear the hail will not constitute grounds for redress.
TIME LIMIT: The time limit shall be two hours for the first boat in each class. If one boat in a class finishes within two hours, all other boats in her class must finish within thirty minutes of the first boat to finish or within two hours whichever is longer. This changes RRS rule 35.
END OF RACING: The Principal Race Officer will try to end racing by 4:00 pm on Thursday June 3rd, by 6:00 pm on Friday June 4th, by 8:00 pm on Saturday June 2, and by 2:00 pm on Sunday June 3rd, but racing may take place after these times.
SCORING: A boat’s regatta score is the sum of her points in all the races. There will be no discarded scores. This changes RRS Appendix A2. The Low Point scoring system of Appendix A will apply. Boats that do not finish, retire, or are disqualified will score points equal to the number of boats that raced in their class in that race plus one. Boats that do not start will score points equal to the number of boats that raced in that race plus two. This changes RRS Appendix A4.2. and A9. Five completed races constitute a regatta.
DINNER: A dinner at the CYC clubhouse after racing on Friday is included in the registration fee.
AWARDS: First through Fifth place trophies will be awarded both overall and only for owner-drivers. Awards will be presented at the CYC Shilshole clubhouse on Sunday after racing.
PROTESTS: Protests shall be delivered to the protest committee in the lower level of the CYC clubhouse no later than one hour after the race committee boat docks. The schedule of protest hearings will be posted on the board along the west wall of the lower level of the CYC Shilshole Clubhouse shortly after the protest time limit. Posting is considered notice given as required by RRS rule 63.2 and satisfies the notice requirement of RRS rule 61.1(b). Hearings will proceed whether or not all boats are represented. Protesting parties may be offered the opportunity to participate in voluntary protest mediation. A protested boat may elect to acknowledge breaking a rule and to accept the appropriate penalty. In such a case, she should notify the protest committee chairman to that effect and the hearing may be waived. This changes RRS rule 63.1.
MOORAGE: Available at Shilshole Bay Marina on J and W docks. The Class has reserved all the spaces for this event. Please observe posted moorage restrictions at Shilshole Bay Marina. The dinghy floats are not available for moorage. Boats from out of Washington State will have their moorage paid by the Class. In-state boats must re-imburse the class for the cost of moorage. All boats should affix the moorage reservation tab visibly inside some window so the Port will know you have paid.
SPECIAL SAILBOAT SAFETY REGULATIONS:
Introduction: We must share Puget Sound with its commercial traffic, including many deep-water vessels and long tows. It is sobering to note that, if your boat is one mile dead ahead of a freighter coming down the Sound at normal speed, and the freighter's helm is put hard over to avoid you, the freighter's bow will miss you, but her stern will not! Obviously this implies that early and decisive action is required to keep your boat out of the path of a large oncoming vessel or tow.
Yachts must not sail across a tow line, too close ahead, or too close alongside of commercial traffic. Deep water vessels have limited ability to change course and speed. Barges under tow can yaw unexpectedly well out to the side at speeds essentially the same as they are being towed. Yachts should not pass less than ONE mile ahead and 1/4 mile to the side of large vessels.
Rule 10 of the International and Inland Rules to Prevent Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) requires that no power driven vessel less than 20 meters (66 feet) in length, and no sailing vessel (of any size) may impede the safe passage of a power driven vessel following a Vessel Traffic System (VTS) Lane Rule 9 of the COLREGS requires that no power vessel of less than 20 meters (66feet) in length and no sailing vessel (any length) shall impede the safe passage of any vessel which can navigate only within a narrow channel or fairway. Puget Sound can be considered a "narrow channel" for most large commercial traffic. "Impede" means cause to alter speed or course or to take evasive action.
A yacht in position where it may impede commercial traffic must exit from the "danger area" immediately. Also, a written report must be made on a protest form, showing the location, time, duration of power use, speed, direction of exit, and that the competitive position of the yacht was not improved. If the last item cannot be demonstrated adequately, a time penalty may be imposed.
Observed and/or reported violations of the safety regulations may be protested. The Race Committee shall have the option of issuing a "warning" when deemed appropriate. Warnings are recorded and may be considered when judging any future reports.