Sailing
Instructions
1 Rules The races will be governed by the rules as
defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing.
2 Notices to Competitors Notices to competitors will be posted on
the official notice board located in the yacht club.
3 Changes to the Sailing
Instructions Any change to the
sailing instructions will be posted before 0930 on the day it will take effect,
except that any change to the schedule of races will be posted one week in
advance of the new race date. Posted
instructions may be superseded by written or verbal instructions given by the
race committee to each skipper prior to the warning signal.
4 Signals Made Ashore Signals made ashore will be displayed
on the MYC flagpole. When the AP flag is displayed ashore 1 minute is replaced
with not less than 30 minutes in the race signal
AP. When Y flag is displayed ashore,
rule 40.1 applies at all times while afloat.
This changes the Part 4 preamble.
5 Schedule of Races Dates, starting times, and number of
throw outs will be indicated in the HRF race schedule. At the finish of a race, the Race Committee
will indicate its intent to conduct a subsequent race with the display of code
flag ‘Second Substitute’.
6 Class Flags Class flags will be: PHRF Div. 1 Code
Flag one
` PHRF
Div. 2 Code flag two
PHRF
Div. 3 Code
Flag three
` Melges
24 M24 class flag
Main
& Jib fleet Code Flag five
E
scows E class flag
7 Courses No later than the warning signal the race
committee signal boat will display the buoy numbers to be rounded or will
display the approximate compass bearing to the first mark and the number of
legs of the course.
8 Marks
9 The Start Races will be
started by using rule 26 with the following addition. An attention signal may be made one minute
before the warning signal for the first class to start. The attention signal will be a series of
short beeps. The race committee will designate the course to be sailed before
or with the attention signal.
Boats, whose warning signal has not
been given, shall avoid the starting area. A boat starting later than 5 minutes
after her starting signal will be scored Did Not Start. This changes rule A4.
10 Individual Recalls Will be signaled in accordance with RRS
29.2. The race committee shall
Try to hail any
boat recalled on VHF channel 73. Failure
to make a broadcast or to time it accurately will not be grounds for a request
for redress. This changes rule 62.1 A
11 Change of course after the start A
change of course after the start will be signaled before the leading boat has
begun the leg, although the new mark may not yet be in position. Any mark to be passed after passing the new
mark may be relocated to maintain the course configuration. When in a subsequent change a new mark is replaced,
it will be replaced by an original mark.
This alters RRS 33.
12 The Finish The finish line will
be between the orange flag on a RC boat and the nearest mark of the
course.
13 Time
Limit A Muskegon Lake race shall have
a time limit of two hours from the class starting
signal.
One hour after
the first boat sails the course and finishes will be scored Did Not
Finish. This changes rules 35 and A4.
14 Protests A boat intending to protest is requested
to report her intention and the boat[s] being protested to the race committee
at the finish. This changes RRS
61.1[a]. Protests shall be written on
US Sailing protest forms available from the race committee or the MYC bar and
must be delivered to the race committee within one hour of the docking of the
race committee boat.
15 Protest
Arbitration [this changes RRS 60.1[b], 63.1, 63.6, and 66.]
An arbitration meeting will be held prior
to the protest hearing for all protests involving part two of the Racing Rules
of Sailing. After a protest form is
delivered, one designated representative
[Conforming to RRS
63.3[a]] of each party will appear before an arbitrator. No witnesses are
permitted.
After
hearing the testimony of each representative, the arbitrator shall reach one of
the following conclusions:
1] There was no breach of the rule. If representatives agree, the protest is
withdrawn and can not be reopened. If
any representative disagrees, the matter goes to the protest committee for a hearing.
2] There was a breach of a rule by one of
the boats involved. The representative
[s]of the offending boats have the option of accepting a 40% alternative
penalty [calculated as in RRS 44.3[c] or submitting the matter to protest
committee. If the penalty is accepted,
the matter can not be reopened or made the subject of a redress request.
3] The matter should go to the protest
committee for a hearing. When the
protest is referred to the protest committee, the arbitrator shall not be a
member of the protest committee.
16 Safety Regulations A boat that
retires from a race shall notify the race committee as soon as possible.
17 Radio Communication A boat shall neither make radio
transmissions while racing nor receive radio communications not available to
all boats. This restriction also applies
to mobile telephone
18 Disclaimer of Liability Competitors compete in the racing entirely at their own risk. See rule
Four. Decision to race. The organizing authority will not accept any
liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in
conjunction with, or prior to, during, or after the race.
19 Insurance Each participating boat shall be insured
with valid third –party liability insurance with a minimum cover of $ 300.000.00 per
event or equivalent.
End of HRF Sailing Instructions
Dated: 5/12/2006