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2004
NLYC SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
All races to be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing / 2001-2004, with
the following clarifications and exceptions.
1. Times shown
on racing calendar are warning signal times (class flag). In two fleet races,
the second fleet warning signal will be five minutes later (C-Fleet precedes
MC / E-Fleet precedes X).
2. To provide time between races of all fleets for the exchange of crews, no race will be started (class flag) sooner than one hour after the finish of the last yacht of the previous race. A gun should be fired if at all possible as the last yacht of the race finishes if less than one hour remains before the scheduled start of the next race.
3. A race will be abandoned if it cannot be started within one hour of the scheduled start time. In back-to-back races, an additional one-half hour will be allowed after abandonment of the first race, before abandoning the second. The C-Tuesday and E-Thursday race must start within one-half hour of the scheduled start time and will have a one and one-half hour time limit.
4. Three yachts of a class in the starting area constitutes a race, except for any E and MC race, in which two will be sufficient. The C-Fleet requires at least 3 yachts to cross the starting line within 30 seconds of the starting signal to constitute a race.
5. No yacht will be awarded race points unless the skipper's dues, and registration fees for said year are paid prior to any race that is to be counted.
6. A yacht cannot be skippered in a crew race by anyone who has previously skippered in the class in a race shown on the current racing calendar. The intent is to have a regular NLYC crew skipper this race.
7. A yacht may be sailed with improper sail or hull lettering and numbering in no more than three NLYC races; and then only by notifying the judge of the race in writing before the class flag of each race. A yacht not complying will receive a DNS. An E scow bearing hull and sail F-48 is exempt from this rule.
8. A DNF will be scored one place below the last boat finishing the race. Example: 20 yachts start, 10 yachts finish - all yachts that don't finish after being ranked as starters will be awarded points corresponding to eleventh place. Judges note: It is important that you list all yachts in the starting area. A DNS will receive points equal to the number of yachts registered in the class as of the date of the race. Any boat that is still racing 45 minutes or more after the first boat has finished will be awarded the median place (rounded up) of all such boats, relative to the position of the last boat to finish. This per ILYA SI#18 and #20. All yachts awarded points in this manner will still be considered finishers. Yachts that have left the course prematurely will be awarded points in keeping with the DNF procedure explained above. Note that NLYC will follow any ILYA rule changes that apply to NLYC Sailing Instructions #8.
9. A penalty race cannot be used as a throw out.
10. All properly filed protests will be heard at the club house at 7:00 p.m. on the Wednesday following the incident, unless other arrangements are made with the judge of the race or the Chief Judge. A protesting yacht must notify the Race Committee of her intentions. A written protest is to be turned in to the Chief Judge or the judge of the race no later than 9:00 p.m. on the day following the incident. Protests not turned in by the 9:00 p.m. deadline will not be heard. Appeals of the decisions are to be submitted to the presiding judge or the Chief Judge no later than 8:00 p.m. on the Wednesday following the hearing of the protest in question, and will be accepted and processed in strict accord with US Sailing rules.
11. A yacht missing scheduled races due to participation in a scheduled regatta may receive averaged points for the missed races. Average points will be awarded for regatta dates only and must be requested through your fleet captain. Average points will be calculated through the last series race immediately preceding the race or races missed. In the event that three races have not been sailed in a given series, the average points will be awarded when three races have been sailed. These requests must be written and filed with the Chief Judge prior to the race or races to be missed.
12. Supplementing Rule 40, if the “Y” flag (life jacket flag) is displayed at any time before or during the race, life jackets or other adequate personal buoyancy must be worn. Non-compliance will result in DNS or DNF depending on when the “Y” signal is made. Regarding X boats, all skippers and crews will wear life jackets shore to shore.
13. In all fleets, races will not be started if wind is consistently gusting over 25 MPH. If these conditions develop after a race is under way, the race will be abandoned. 15. In the MC, C and E fleets, if the wind is consistently gusting over 25 mph, the race will be abandoned.
14. In all fleets, one throw-out for each 5 races sailed.
15. Off-lake guest skippers will be limited to one race in each season series for any given yacht; but may sail other yachts, subject to the same restriction. A yacht may be sailed by more than one guest skipper during the season, but each will be subject to the above limitation. When a yacht is to be sailed by a guest skipper, the judge of the race must be notified in writing before the class flag, or the yacht will receive a DNS. Receipt of notification must be recorded on the scorecard.
16. The X Skipper/Guardian series must be sailed by an X skipper and that person’s parent or legal guardian.
17. In order to be eligible for trophy participation, a yacht must race in at least 50 percent of the races in a series.
18. Recalls. Following the display of the individual recall signal, the RC will attempt to announce – first by VHF radio if appropriate, and second by hailer – the racing number of all boats identified on the course side of the starting line at the starting signal. Such announcement is a courtesy, and failure by the RC to make announcement, or of boats to hear or understand it, shall not constitute grounds for redress. This is per ILYA SI#14, supplementing RRS 62.1(a).
19. Radio
use. The only communication devices that may be used by competitors when racing
(after the preparatory signal) are: (a) a weather monitor, (b) a VHF radio
tuned to receive only RC transmissions that are intended for all boats (channel
72 unless advised otherwise) and (c) a cell phone that may be used for emergency
purposes only. The penalty for breaking this rule will be total disqualification
from the race or series, or such lesser penalty that may be determined by
the jury. Failure to hear a RC transmission shall not constitute grounds for
redress. Except for emergency purposes no transmission shall be made to the
RC or other person when racing. This is per ILYA SI#23.2.
NLYC
Race
and Regatta Committee