Jubilee Yacht Club Regatta Committee

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1 Jubilee Yacht Club 2007 Thursday Night Series Sailing Instructions and Handbook Jubilee Yacht Club Regatta Committee Tuck s Point Beverly, Massachusetts

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3 Jubilee Yacht Club 2007 Thursday Night Series Sailing Instructions & Handbook Spring Series: Thursday, May 17, 2007 through Thursday, July 19, 2007 Summer Series: Thursday, July 26, 2007 through Thursday, September 27, 2007 The JYCeason Pass Sign up and pay for the entire 2007 Thursday Night season (20 races), and we ll include entry to both the JYC Regatta Weekend and Phil Small Regatta at no extra charge. A savings of over $90!

4 What s Changed 1.2 revised to cite Mass Bay Sailing Yearbook exclusively 16.2 eliminated committee boat off station and added 30 minute finishing time limit JYC Regatta Committee Events Day Date Event Time Thursday May 10, 2007 Thursday Series Skipper s Meeting 1830 Thursday May 17, 2007 thru July 19, 2007 Spring Series (10 Races) First Gun 1810 Thursday July 26, 2007 thru September 27, 2007 Summer Series (10 Races) First Gun 1810 Sunday August 12, 2007 Kids First Fun Race First Gun 1130 Saturday September 8, 2007 JYC Regatta (2 Races) First Gun 1000 Sunday September 30, 2007 Phil Small Memorial Race First Gun 1100 Friday January 25, Awards Night JYC Regatta Committee Members Name Telephone Boat Name Brant Binns (978) White Feather brant.binns@comcast.net Rick Caccia (978) Escape RGC0322@aol.com Bill Eggleston (978) Bello Vento Egglink85@earthlink.net Steve Hollis (978) Sirocco l.hollis@comcast.net Kurt Hudson (617) Eclipse kurthudson@lc-anderson.com John Kalinowski (603) Sleighride Bob Maxwell (603) Shenanigan jrmaxwelljr@comcast.net Pat Pearce, Chair (978) Stout patrick.pearce@libertymutual.com Dan Poranski (978) Mus Be Luff dporanski@comcast.net Norm Reid (781) Face Off reidn@bc.edu Scott Ross (978) Peregrine scott_ross@millipore.com David Smith (978) Airodoodle maritimeattorney@aol.com Dan Workman (978) Kenda dan.workman@oracle.com If you have any questions, problems, or concerns, please call one of the above committee members or leave a note in the mail slot in the club office. Page Sailing Instructions Jubilee Yacht Club

5 2006 Award Winners 2006 Perpetual Trophies Commodore s Cup: Maureen McKinnon-Tucker, Team Eagle Martingale Cup: Bob Maxwell, Shenanigan Good Sport Award: Gerald Neitzel, We re Aweigh 2006 Thursday Night Series Winners Spring Series Class A 1 st Place: Celest, Dick Price 2 nd Place: Merlin, Peter Dragonas 3 rd Place: Trippin, Joe Noroski Class B 1 st Place: Kenda, Dan Workman 2 nd Place: White Feather, Brant Binns 3 rd Place: Mus Be Luff, Dan Poranski Class C 1 st Place: Peregrine, Scott Ross 2 nd Place: Fall Line, Jack Cochrane 3 rd Place: Shenanigan, Bob Maxwell Class D 1 st Place: Rascal, John Devine 2 nd Place: Kookaburra, Marty Galligan 3 rd Place: Flying Kestral, Leigh Baines Class J24 1 st Place: Airodoodle, Leanne Smith 2 nd Place: Catch 22, Joe Grenier 3 rd Place: Adrenaline Rush, Cheryl Harvey Class J105 1 st Place: Circe s Cup, Kevin Colcord 2 nd Place: Acheiver V, Jim Flanagan 3 rd Place: Shooting Star, Laurie Willard Summer Series Class A 1 st Place: Face Off, Mike Royer 2 nd Place: Trippin, Joe Noroski 3 rd Place: Celest, Dick Price Class B 1 st Place: Kenda, Dan Workman 2 nd Place: White Feather, Brant Binns 3 rd Place: Mus Be Luff, Dan Poranski Class C 1 st Place: Peregrine, Scott Ross 2 nd Place: Shenanigan, Bob Maxwell 3 rd Place: Fall Line, Jack Cochrane Class D 1 st Place: Rascal, John Devine 2 nd Place: Blue Moon, John Wells 3 rd Place: Mustang Sally, Bill Kuszmar Class J24 1 st Place: Arco Iris, Miguel Martinez 2 nd Place: Catch 22, Joe Grenier 3 rd Place: Blue Fox, John Caldwell Class J105 1 st Place: Acheiver V, Jim Flanagan 2 nd Place: Knotless, Ken Bowden 3 rd Place: Circe s Cup, Kevin Colcord Congratulations to the skippers and crews of our 2006 winners! Jubilee Yacht Club 2007 Sailing Instructions Page 3

6 2007 Jubilee Kids First Race A fun race open to all participants in the JYC Thursday Night Series, JYC members and friends of JYC. When: Sunday, August 12, 2007 Entry Fee: It s free! Skippers Meeting: No meeting First Gun: 1100 hours Starting line: Vicinity of Curtis Point G13. Just show up before the first gun. Handicaps: 2007 MBSA Cruising Handicaps will be used Classes: Will be determined by the RC before first gun depending on number of entries and announced over ch. 72. Rules: As per RRS and 2007 Mass Bay Sailing Yearbook except as modified here. No spinnakers. Multiple crew permitted but only 1 parent and 1 child (age 18 or under) may sail the boat at any given moment. Radio & Safety: The RC will monitors ch. 72. You should too! Protests: What? In front of the children? No way! Prizes: Everyone s a winner! Page Sailing Instructions Jubilee Yacht Club

7 Jubilee Yacht Club 2007 Sailing Instructions 1. Rules 1.1. The JYC Thursday Night Series will be governed by the 'rules' as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing The appropriate sections of the current Mass Bay Sailing Association (MBSA) Yearbook except as modified herein, and these Sailing Instructions will apply. 2. Notice(s) to Competitors 2.1. Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board located in the lower hallway of the JYC. 3. Entries 3.1. Eligible boats may be entered in the entire Thursday Night Series, the Spring or Summer series separately, or for any individual Thursday Night race by completing registration with the JYC RC. The entry fee, payable to the JYC Regatta Committee, must accompany the Entry Form. No refunds will be made if an entry is withdrawn after the start of a series or individual race. The JYC RC, at its discretion, may charge an additional fee for late entries Ratings to be used shall be Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF-NE) Each boat entering shall provide the JYC RC with a valid copy of the appropriate rating certificate. Boats not in compliance with this instruction will not have their race(s) scored Single race entries will not be scored for series standings 4. Changes to Sailing Instructions 4.1. Any change to the sailing instructions will be posted before 0900 on the day it will take effect, except that any change to the schedule of races will be posted by 2000 on the day before it will take effect. 5. Signals Made Ashore 5.1. Signals made ashore will be displayed from the JYC yardarm Skippers may call the JYC after 5PM on race day at (978) to inquire (if) signals have been made ashore When flag AP is displayed ashore, 1 minute is replaced with not less than 25 minutes in race signal AP Jubilee Yacht Club 2007 Sailing Instructions Page 5

8 6. Schedule of Races 6.1. The Thursday Night Series will consist of two separately scored series of races The Spring Series will consist of ten races commencing on Thursday, May 17, 2007 and conclude after the tenth race on Thursday, July 19, The Summer Series will commence with the first race on Thursday, July 26, 2007 and conclude after the tenth race on Thursday, September 27, The scheduled time of the warning signal for the first race each day is Classes and Class Flags 7.1. Each boat shall display, from her backstay or a stern staff, the class flag for the class in which she is competing prior to her warning signal until she finishes Each boat that intends to fly a spinnaker shall display, from her backstay or a stern staff, the 'S' flag prior to her warning signal until she finishes Boats intending to fly a spinnaker must declare so for an entire series (Spring or Summer) and will be scored using their PHRF-NE 'racing' rating, whether or not a spinnaker is used within a particular race Boats not intending to fly spinnakers, do not display the S flag and will be scored using their PHRF-NE 'cruising' rating The classes (i.e. fleet breaks) for the Thursday Night series will be announced at the Skippers' meeting in May and will be determined by the number and ratings of boats signing up. The classes will remain in place for both the Spring and Summer Series. The classes will be approximately as follows: Fleet Rating Flag J105 J105 Class TBA A Below 110 A (Alpha) B 110 through 149 B (Bravo) J J24 Class J (Juliet) C 150 through 184 C (Charlie) D 185 and over D (Delta) 7.4. Any boat may elect to move up one race fleet above that determined by the rating splits (e.g., from C to B). This election must be declared for the series. The boat will be scored in the fleet in which it starts. There will be no further handicap adjustment for taking this option. This option shall not be available to boats racing in one design fleets. 8. Racing Area 8.1. The location of the racing area will be, more or less, the area known as Salem Sound and represented approximately, by the area shown in appendix A. Page Sailing Instructions Jubilee Yacht Club

9 9. Courses 9.1. Courses will be determined using one of the following methods: 10. Marks Variable Course - The course(s) will be signaled and marks will be rounded in accordance with MBSA General Sailing Instruction 11. A variable course will be signaled by letters or numbers displayed by the committee boat, either in a rack or by code flags. Marks shall be rounded in the order displayed, reading from top to bottom Variable course mark listing includes provision for the use of portable marks. When a portable mark is used, distance and bearing to the mark will be displayed from the committee boat MBSA Standard Courses as provided by rule 11.C.ii Competitors are hereby reminded of the MBSA General Sailing Instructions foul ground restrictions with respect to Coney Ledge Can 5 and the area surrounding Baker s Island For Variable Courses, marks will be as listed in appendix A. 11. The Start Races will be started using RRS The starting line will be between a yellow or orange flag displayed on the race committee boat and a nearby mark Starts will usually be in the vicinity of Curtis Point; however, the committee boat may elect to start from any one of the marks listed in Appendix B The starting order of the classes is J105, A, B, J, C, D. 12. Recalls The Race Committee will attempt to hail premature starters in all fleets on VHF channel 72. The failure to hail premature starters, the hail of some, but not all premature starters, or the untimely hail of premature starters shall not be grounds for redress (changes RRS 62.1(a)). 13. The Finish The finishing line will be between a yellow or orange flag displayed on the race committee boat and a nearby mark of the course When approaching the finishing line, each boat shall hail the committee boat and identify herself Each boat is responsible for taking her own time and if possible, the name and sail numbers of the boats immediately ahead and astern. This information shall be provided to the race committee upon request. Jubilee Yacht Club 2007 Sailing Instructions Page 7

10 14. Retiring If a boat retires for any reason, from any race, she must call the race committee on channel 72, or otherwise inform the race committee of their intention to retire as soon as practicable. Boats failing to inform the race committee of their retirement will be scored as DNS. 15. Penalties The Scoring Penalty, RRS 44.3 will apply The 720 Rule, RRS 44.2 applies to the J105 and J24 Fleets for protests within those fleets only. For infractions between the J105 or J24 fleets and any other fleet, RRS 44.3 will apply, as in The first place boat in each fleet will have ten (10) points subtracted from their PHRF- NE handicap for the race on the next calendar week. This penalty will not be carried between the Spring and Summer series. This penalty does not apply to the J105 or J24 fleets. 16. Time Limits The time in which the first boat in any class must finish in order to qualify the race as a valid race for that class, is two (2) hours after her starting signal All other boats in a class must finish within 30 minutes of the first boat in their class finishing. Boats that do not finish within the 30 minute limit will be scored DNF. 17. Protests Protest forms must be filed with the RC no later than 30 minutes after the committee boat has docked Protests pending will be posted on the notice board in the lower hallway of the JYC Participants in the hearings must be available within 30 minutes of the expiration of the protest deadline All JYC protest hearings are open. Open hearings are subject to the following rules: The hearing may be closed at the discretion of the protest committee or JYC Regatta Committee All observers must maintain absolute silence Witnesses who will be called by a party to the protest will not be allowed in the hearing room except when they are called to witness. Once a person enters the hearing as an observer, they are disqualified from serving as a witness. Skippers are to ensure that their witnesses are kept outside during the hearing The protest committee may elect to confer in private in making their findings. After their findings are complete, the hearing will be reopened for the final decision. Page Sailing Instructions Jubilee Yacht Club

11 18. Scoring Races will be scored using a Time-on-Distance method, in which the handicap is multiplied, by the distance of the race, resulting in a time adjustment to the finishing time. A valid PHRF-NE certificate will determine handicaps used during both series The results for either the Spring or Summer Series will be based on the highest point total for the best qualifying races for each series. Points are awarded using the Mass Bay Sailing Offshore Scoring System (Rinderle B Table) as applied to the final results of each race. To qualify, a yacht must sail in at least the minimum qualifiers according to the table below. DNF is scored as 5 points, and DSQ is scored as 0 points. The number of qualifiers are based on the number of races sailed by a given fleet for the series based on the following table: Races Sailed by Fleet Qualifiers Required No Series 1 No Series JYC Race Committee members whose boats do not race on the night the member has RC duty will receive a scoring adjustment at the end of each series. The race(s) will be scored as the average of that boat s completed races during that particular series. 19. Safety The committee boat will monitor VHF radio channel The JYC Race Committee limits its radio operations to closely follow the recommendations of US Sailing under the Racing Rules of Sailing. At times of busy activity (e.g. course selection, starts and finishes), the committee boat may be restricted in its ability to respond to VHF hails. Boats are requested to limit their calls to the committee boats during times of busy activity to emergency communications only. 20. Prizes Prizes for each race of a series will be as follows and are presented after each race: First place trophy for each class with 1, 2, or 3 boats First and Second place trophy for each class with 4 boats First, Second, and Third place trophies for each class with 5 or more boats. Jubilee Yacht Club 2007 Sailing Instructions Page 9

12 20.2. Trophies for the Spring Series and the Summer Series overall winners are presented annually at the JYC Awards banquet. Awards for each class are according to the same restrictions as above. 21. Disclaimer of Liability Competitors participate in the races and the series entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. The JYC Regatta Committee, and the JYC, 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. Page Sailing Instructions Jubilee Yacht Club

13 Appendix A.1 JYC Variable Marks Mark Letter Name Location/Description Latitude Longitude A N2 Beverly Entrance 42 32'23" 70 51'29" B G15 Q fl Quick Flash, Hospital Point 42 32'29" 70 50'44" C R16 4 sec Between Haste & Willows 42 32'14" 70 51'08" D G13 4 Sec Slow Flash, Curtis Point 42 32'34" 70 50'21" E Portable Windward F Portable Start Buoy G N14 Near Mingo Beach 42 32'43" 70 50'12" H C7 Near Haste & Outfall 42 32'10" 70 50'01" I C5 Coney Ledge (foul area to West) 42 31'40" 70 49'46" J N6 West end tail of Eagle Bar 42 31'48" 70 49'17" K G3, 4 sec Chappel Ledge, near Gray Rock 42 31'08" 70 49'28" L R4, 4 sec Eagle Is '17" 70 49'06" M N2 Archer Rk, West of Cat Is '43" 70 49'25" N RG fl(2+1) Marblehead Bell 42 30'15" 70 49'03" O C7 Northeast of Cat Is '59" 70 48'47" P N6 Between Eagle & Bakers Is '41" 70 48'14" Q C5 Pope Head (Foul Area) 42 31'41" 70 47'58" R N4 South of Hardy Rks ' '01" S G9, Q fl Powers Rk '24" 70 47'17" T Twice Around U R10, 2.5 sec West of Misery Is '35" 70 48'02" V G11, 4 sec Bowditch Ledge 42 32'33" 70 48'33" W Not assigned X R12, 4 sec John Ledge, NW of Bowditch 42 32'38" 70 48'53" Y G17, 2.5 sec Near Salem Willows 42 31'55" 70 51'20" Z G21, 4 sec Near Winter Island 42 31'34" 70 51'45" Note: Latitude and longitude are approximate and should be used for reference only. Jubilee Yacht Club 2007 Sailing Instructions Page 11

14 Page Sailing Instructions Jubilee Yacht Club Appendix A.2 A (N2) Z (G21) C (R16) Y (G17) B (G15) D (G13) G (N14) JYC Variable Marks H (C7) I (C5) K (G3) M (N2) J (N6) N (RG2+1) L (R4) X (R12) O (C7) V (G11) P (N6) U (R10) R (N4) Q (C5) S (G9) Do Not Use for Navigation Appendix A.2

15 The meanings of visual and sound signals are stated below. An arrow pointing up or down ( ) means that a visual signal is displayed or removed. A dot ( ) means a sound; dots with dashes ( --- ) mean repetitive sounds. When a visual signal is displayed over a class flag, the signal applies only to that class. Postponement Signals Signals Before the Start AP Races not started are postponed. The warning signal will be made 1 minute after removal unless at that time the race is postponed again or abandoned AP over H Races not started are postponed. Further signals ashore. AP over A Races not started are postponed. No more racing today. P Preparatory Signal Recall Signals X Individual Recall I Rule 30.1 is in effect Z Rule 30.2 is in effect Black Rule 30.3 is in effect 1 st Substitute General Recall Pennant 1 Pennant 2 Pennant 3 Course Change Signals Pennant 4 Pennant 5 Pennant 6 AP over numeral pennant 1-6 Postponement of 1-6 hours from the scheduled start time. Abandonment Signals S No later than the warning signal: Sail the short course. At a rounding or finishing mark: Finish between the nearby mark and the staff displaying this flag. --- C The position of the next mark has been changed. N All races that have started are abandoned. Return to the starting area. The warning signal will be made 1 minute after removal unless at that time the race is abandoned again or postponed. N over H All races are abandoned. Further signals ashore N over A All races are abandoned. No more racing today. Other Signals L Ashore: A notice to competitors has been posted Afloat: Come within hail or follow this boat. --- M The object displaying this signal replaces a missing mark Y Wear personal buoyancy. (no sound) Blue flag or shape. This race committee boat is in position at the finishing line.

16 Jubilee Yacht Club Regatta Committee Tuck s Point Beverly, Massachusetts