7 th January to 4 th March 2018

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1 FROSTBITE SERIES 2018 Sponsored by Fox s Marine and Country 7 th January to 4 th March 2018 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS 1.0 RULES 1.1 These series will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), and the prescriptions of the RYA (except as supplemented and amended by these sailing instructions). 1.2 RRS 26 is changed as described in SI RRS 30.4 is changed as described in SI RRS 40 is changed- Flag Y will not be flown. 1.5 RRS 44.3(a) and RRS 44.3(b) do not apply for this event. 1.6 Personal flotation devices are to be worn at all times whilst on the water. 1.7 The crews of all Official boats, including the Committee boat and safety boats are designated members of the race committee. 2.0 ENTRIES 2.1 Condition of Entry The safety of a boat and her entire management including insurance shall be the sole responsibility of the owner/person in charge who must ensure that the boat and crew are adequate to face the conditions that may arise in the course of the series. Neither these sailing instructions nor any inspection of the boat limits or reduces the absolute responsibility of the owner/person in charge of the crew, the boat and her management. The race organisers shall not be responsible for any loss, damage, death or personal injury caused to the owner/person in charge or crew, as a result of their taking part in the race or races. Moreover, every owner/person in charge warrants the suitability of the boat for the race or races. This condition does not override statutory rights. 2.2 Eligible boats shall be entered by completing registration with the organising authority as specified in the Notice of Race. 2.3 Entries from persons under 18 years of age shall be completed by a parent or guardian. 2.4 The event is open to all boats with a Portsmouth Number. Any boat not listed in the AWSC 2017/18 Racing Handicaps list (see will be allocated a Portsmouth Number by the Race Committee and may be modified on a race-by-race basis. 2.5 A Fox s sticker, if supplied at first registration, shall be displayed on each side of the hull within the first 600mm of the front of the boat. If one is lost, a replacement shall be sought on going ashore. The race committee can impose a discretionary penalty after first publishing any intention to enforce this rule. The timing of any enforcement as well as penalties for initial and subsequent infringements will be advised at least a week before enforcement. 2.6 Entries must comprise the same helm and boat (using the same rig and sail number) throughout the Series. A different combination of helm, boat and rig/sail number will be scored as a separate entry. However, for double handed boats it is permitted for a helm to race with different crew throughout the Series. Frostbite Series 2018 Page 1 of 6 Sailing Instructions

2 3.0 NOTICES TO COMPETITORS 3.1 Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board situated in the Club House. 3.2 Any changes to the sailing instructions will be posted on the official notice board at least 30 minutes before the advertised start of the race or races concerned and will be referenced at the subsequent briefing. 4.0 SIGNALS MADE ASHORE 4.1 Signals made ashore will be hoisted on the flagpole located on the Club balcony at the western end. 4.2 Flag AP with two sound signals (one sound signal when lowering) means 'The race is postponed'. The warning signal will be made no less than 30 minutes after AP is lowered. 5.0 SCHEDULE OF RACES AND BRIEFING 5.1 The 2018 Frostbite Series Sponsored by Fox s Marine & Country Frostbite Series races will be sailed every Sunday from 7 th January to 4 th March 2018, weather permitting Two races to be sailed each race day unless, at the discretion of the OOD, it is necessary to catch up with races postponed or abandoned due to inclement weather, in which case a notice containing details of the rearranged race(s) will be published on the official notice board and on the AWSC website by 1200hrs on the Saturday before the rearranged race(s) Fleet Starts. There will be a maximum of five starts dependent on the fleets entered for the series. Provisionally and dependant upon the number racing and at the discretion of the OOD, there will be starts for Fast, Laser (all rigs), Medium and Slow fleets. Indicative start times per fleet for the first race of the day are:- Fleet Warning Start Fast Asymmetric Laser (ALL rigs) Medium Slow If the Race Committee does not receive enough entries for any fleet mentioned above, the position of that fleet in the start sequence given above will be taken by the next fleet or may be replaced by another class. 5.2 A briefing will take place at 1030hrs each race day either in the café or outside in front of the map of the reservoir. 5.3 Competitors are required to sign on before going afloat for each race or group of races when sailed back-to-back. The crew from a boat that does not finish or retires from a race shall notify the Race Committee as soon as possible and shall complete the declaration on the DNF & Retirement Form available from the Centre/Race Office, within her protest time limit. 6.0 COURSES 6.1 Courses and number of laps to be sailed will be displayed ashore at the race briefing. In the event of a change of course or change to the number of laps to be sailed then Code Flag C will be displayed on the committee boat and the new course and/or the new number of laps displayed on a course board on the outer side of the committee boat. Multiple sound signals will be made as Code Flag C is raised. Code Flag C will be removed on the completion of the changed course race. 6.2 The Slow handicap fleet may, at the discretion of the Race Officer, be set a different course from other classes who will all sail the same course varying only in the number of laps sailed. 6.3 Boats sailing on their lap shall not cross the start/finish line (in any direction) unless they are completing a lap at all other times it is deemed an obstruction. 7.0 MARKS 7.1 Course marks will be yellow numbered cylindrical buoys denoted by numbers or letters or unmarked orange or black pillar buoys or as described at the briefing. 8.0 THE START 8.1 Boats will be deemed to have started and recorded as such so long as they have signed in prior to the race in question. The crew from a boat that does not finish (DNF) or retires (RET) from a race shall notify the Race Committee as soon as possible and shall complete the declaration on the DNF & Retirement Form available from the Centre/Race Office, within her protest time limit. Frostbite Series 2018 Page 2 of 6 Sailing Instructions

3 8.2 Boats that fail to complete 1 lap will be scored DNF in accordance with SI 12.1 so long as they have fully met the requirements of SI 5.3 and 8.1. Non-compliance with SI 5.3 or 8.1 may result in a boat being scored DNC. 8.3 Races will generally be started from a Committee boat and the start line will be a line between the mast on the committee boat flying an orange flag and a distance mark as described on the course board. If a club line or an alternative is used then it will be as described at the race briefing. 8.4 RRS 26 is changed and the starting sequence will be as follows: The warning signal (Class flag) will be displayed accompanied by a single sound signal, three minutes later the preparatory signal will be displayed accompanied by a single sound signal, after a further two minutes a single sound signal will be made signifying one minute to the start and after a further minute the warning signal and preparatory signal will be removed and a single sound signal made to signify the start. In practise, with multiple starts, the preparatory signal will stay up until the last start. 8.5 Provisionally, dependent upon the number of entries in each fleet, class warning flags will be: FLEET CODE FLAG PY Fast F Less than 1025 Asymmetric Numeral 6 Any Laser (all rigs) Numeral 7 Laser Standard Laser Radial Laser Medium R 1025 to 1200 inclusive Slow V Greater than Times are to be taken from the visual signals and the absence of a sound signal shall be disregarded. 8.7 A boat starting later than 3 minutes after her starting signal will be scored Did Not Start (DNS) without a hearing. This changes rules A4 and A The starting procedure will be modified to take account of any additional classes sailing as a fleet. 8.9 Boats whose preparatory signal has not been displayed must keep clear of the starting area. Boats repeatedly failing to keep clear of the start area during other classes start sequences may be protested by the OOD Recall procedures will be as RRS 29 with penalties as RRS 30. It is anticipated that all recalled starts will start under a modified black flag sequence either - in the order that they were recalled - or in a single combined start - at 3 minute interval(s) after the last scheduled start (unless it is for the last scheduled start when there will be a 6 minute interval) A black flag start will have a modified start sequence: - Black flag flown at 3 minutes to start with associated Class flag or for combined starts Flag Q - Class flag removed at start (with Black flag removed on last recalled restart) In the event of a recalled start being recalled, the above procedure will be repeated as necessary at anticipated 6 minute intervals. When a race that is started under the Black Flag Rule, is recalled, the sail numbers of disqualified boats will be displayed on the committee boat for at least three minutes prior to any subsequent restart. When the race is restarted, a disqualified boat shall not sail in the course/race area. The penalty for breaking this instruction is initially scored as a disqualification - a second or subsequent race series infringement for racing after a posted black flag infringement becomes a non-excludable disqualification (DNE). This changes RRS A For back-to-back races, races will start as soon as practically possible after the finish of the previous race. Frostbite Series 2018 Page 3 of 6 Sailing Instructions

4 9.0 THE FINISH 9.1 THE START/FINISH LINE MUST BE CROSSED ON EVERY LAP, i.e. each boat must sail between the committee boat and the distance mark. When the committee boat is on station for the finish a blue flag may be flown from its mast. 9.2 The Race Officer may finish any boat, at his/her discretion, that is detached from their class/fleet leader as they cross the line. Their elapsed time will be modified by an appropriate multiplication factor such that that they sailed the requisite number of laps. The intention is only to use this 'early finishing' to maintain an orderly restart sequence for back-to-back racing. An 'early finisher' will be hailed to the effect that they have finished and a sound signal given as they cross the line. 9.3 When finishing, boats shall make every attempt to make their sail number visible to the committee boat. 9.4 After finishing and clearing the finish line, boats shall keep clear of the finishing area and of all boats not yet finished. At the discretion of the race committee, any boat not complying with this instruction may be disqualified without a hearing. 9.5 Boats re-crossing the finishing line will be deemed to be correcting themselves and will be recorded accordingly EXONERATION PENALTY, ADVISORY HEARING & ARBITRATION HEARING 10.1 EXONERATION PENALTY A boat that may have broken a rule of RRS Part 2, or RRS 31 or 44, may, after finishing the race concerned and before the start of a related protest hearing, notify the race committee that she accepts a 30% scoring penalty as stated in RRS 44.3(c), (except that the minimum penalty is two places if that does not result in a score worse than DNF). This penalty does not reverse an OCS score, a disqualification under Rule 30.4 (Black Flag Rule) or a penalty under Appendix P (RRS 44). It is not available for a breach of RRS 2 (Fair Sailing) or of class rules or for misconduct under RRS 69. Nor is it available to a boat that caused injury or serious damage, or gained a significant advantage by her breach: in these circumstances her penalty is to retire When an exoneration penalty is accepted: (a) Neither the boat nor a protest committee may then revoke or remove the penalty. (b) The boat shall not be penalized further in a protest hearing when the protest committee decides that it was appropriate to the facts found and the applicable rules ADVISORY HEARING When there is an incident that will not result in the lodging of a protest or a request for redress, a boat, protest committee or race committee may request an advisory hearing, and notify any boat involved in the incident. An advisor will then call a hearing to learn what may have happened and will state whether any rule appears to have been broken, and by which boat. A boat may as a result notify the race office that she accepts an Exoneration Penalty when it applies to the incident, or choose to retire RYA ARBITRATION When a protest or request for redress is lodged, a boat may at the same time request RYA Arbitration, or the protest committee or race committee may offer it If the parties and a member of the protest or race committee agree that RYA Arbitration is suitable, an arbitrator (who may be a member of the protest committee) will call a hearing conforming to Section B of Part 5 of the Racing Rules of Sailing, except that RRS 64.1(a) will not apply. Instead, when the arbitrator decides that a boat that is party to the arbitration hearing has broken a rule for which the Exoneration Penalty is available, the party will be invited to accept that penalty, and, if it is accepted by a protested boat, the protesting boat will be allowed to withdraw the protest, changing RRS When there is not an agreement to use RYA Arbitration, or when, after RYA Arbitration, a protest is not withdrawn or the Exoneration Penalty is not applicable to the facts, there will be a normal protest hearing, at which the arbitrator may be a member of the protest committee. RRS 66 and 70(Reopening and appeal, respectively) will not apply to the arbitration decision. A boat may still accept an Exoneration Penalty at any time before the start of a protest hearing and receive its protection from further penalization. She may also retire. Frostbite Series 2018 Page 4 of 6 Sailing Instructions

5 When redress is offered and accepted at the RYA Arbitration, the protest committee or race committee may seek to have this reviewed by asking for a full hearing. When redress is offered and not accepted, or not offered at all, the boat may have her request heard before a protest committee PROTESTS AND REQUESTS FOR REDRESS 11.1 A boat which fails to start or finish correctly or to sail the course as set and thus fail to comply with RRS 28 may be disqualified without protest or a hearing. The race committee shall record the finishing time or place as appropriate as well as noting the disqualification. Boats may apply for redress if they believe an error has been made. This changes RRS As an alternative to a protest hearing for an alleged breach of a rule in Part 2 of the Racing Rules of Sailing, the Exoneration Penalty (and Advisory Hearing and RYA Arbitration procedures) of the RYA Rules Disputes Procedures will be available Notice of intended protest shall be lodged with and acknowledged by the Race Officer at the end of the relevant race. For back-to-back races, this shall be done verbally whilst still on the water and before the next race is sailed Protests forms are available at the Centre/Race office. Protests or requests for redress or reopening shall be delivered there within the appropriate time limit For each class or fleet, the protest time limit is 30 minutes after the last boat of her class or fleet has finished the last race of the day The crew of boats that made one and/or two turn penalties shall complete the declaration on a form available from the Centre/Race Office, within her protest time limit The Protest Committee will hear protests as soon as possible in approximately the order of receipt of the protest forms Notices will be posted within 30 minutes of the protest time limit to inform competitors where and when there is a hearing in which they are party to a protest or named as witnesses Notice of protests by the race committee or the protest committee will be posted to inform boats under RRS 61.1(b) Breaches of Sailing Instructions 1.4, 4, 7, 8.8 and 14 will not be grounds for protest by a boat. This changes RRS Penalties for these breaches may be less than disqualification if the protest committee so decides On the last scheduled day of racing a request for reopening a hearing shall be delivered: (a) Within the protest time limit if the requesting party was informed of the decision on the (b) previous day. No later then 30 minutes after the requesting party was informed of the decision on that day On the last scheduled day of racing a request for redress from a protest committee decision shall be delivered no later than 30 minutes after the decision was posted. This changes RRS A 5 donation to the RNLI will accompany all protest forms SCORING 12.1 The low points scoring system, RRS Appendix A2, will apply. Ties will be broken by the procedure laid down in RRS Appendix A8. Race scores for DNS, DNF, RET, DSQ and DNC will be in accordance with RRS Appendix A Boats that complete less than 1 lap will be scored DNF in accordance with SI 12.1 so long as they have fully met the requirements of SI 5.3 & 8.1. Non-compliance with SI 5.3 or 8.1 could result in a boat being scored DNC The number of races to be discarded will be as follows: 18 races sailed - 6 discards 15 to 17 races sailed 5 discards 12 to 14 races sailed 4 discards 9 to 12 races sailed - 3 discards 6 to 8 races sailed - 2 discards 3 to 5 races sailed - 1 discard Less than three races sailed - no discard. Frostbite Series 2018 Page 5 of 6 Sailing Instructions

6 13.0 RACE TIME LIMIT 13.1 The time limit for the first competitor in each fleet to complete each race will be 2 hours. All boats finishing within 30 minutes of the first boat in their fleet will be scored. The remaining boats will be classed as DNF LOCAL VARIATIONS 14.1 By entering the event, all competitors agree to read and abide by the Alton Water Sports Centre Rules and Regulations, see Frostbite Series 2018 Page 6 of 6 Sailing Instructions