Incorporating the AMS Cup and Quarterdeck Trophy. The Organising Authority for this event is the Sandringham Yacht Club Inc. (SYC)

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1 2018 SYC Regatta Incorporating the AMS Cup and Quarterdeck Trophy SAILING INSTRUCTIONS The Organising Authority for this event is the Sandringham Yacht Club Inc. (SYC) These Sailing Instructions are valid for the Sandringham Yacht Club AMS Cup and Quarterdeck Trophy Regatta, to be held on Port Phillip off SYC on Saturday 20 January 2018 SI SYC Regatta 2018 Rev 0 Page 1

2 1. RULES 1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in: a) The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) of World Sailing; b) Australian Measurement Rules (AMS) of Yacht Racing Services Association Inc. c) Performance Handicap System (PHS) Rules 1.2 Australian Sailing (AS) Prescriptions and Special Regulations Part 1 will apply. 1.3 Changes to the Racing Rules of Sailing: a) RRS 52: RRS 52 does not apply to the adjustment and operation of sails or the adjustment of movable appendages on any boat. b) RRS 55 is amended adding the following sentence to the rule: However, discarding cotton, wool, or any other similar biodegradable material when setting a sail is permitted. 1.4 Boats shall comply with the requirements of the State Legislation and local authorities, particularly with respect to the avoidance of commercial shipping. c) 2. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board in the Auditorium located on the ground floor of the northern end of the clubhouse and on the Regatta website: 3. CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS Any change to the sailing instructions will be posted before 0900 on the day it will take effect. 4. SIGNALS MADE ASHORE 4.1 Signals made ashore will be displayed on a flagpole located at the Ken King Centre at the head of the marina. 4.2 When flag AP is displayed ashore, 1 minute is replaced with not less than 45 minutes in race signal AP. This changes Race Signal AP. 5. SCHEDULE OF RACES 5.1 Racing will take place on Saturday 20 January The AMS Cup event will consist of up to 2 short windward/leeward races followed by one medium distance race around fixed marks finishing at the SYC tower. 5.3 The scheduled time of the warning signal for the first race is Subsequent AMS division races will be started as soon as possible after the completion of the previous race. 5.5 The Quarterdeck Trophy PHS event will be a medium distance race around fixed marks, with a boat start and SYC tower finish. The scheduled time of the warning signal is no earlier than This event will start together with the AMS division. 5.6 There will be no postponements to times later than 1500 on Saturday 20 January There will be no resails after Saturday 20 January SI SYC Regatta 2018 Rev 0 Page 2

3 6. CLASS FLAG Class flags will be: AMS/PHS Division A AMS/PHS Division B Code Flag V Backstay flag Blue Code Flag E Backstay flag Orange 7. RACING AREAS 7.1 Racing will be conducted on the waters of Port Phillip in the vicinity of Sandringham Yacht Club. 7.2 Boats shall not sail at any time within the following areas, which are designated as an obstruction: a) The area between the Sandringham Breakwater and the Breakwater Light. b) The area between the Breakwater and mark SYC 8 c) The area between the two Anonyma Piles 8. THE COURSE Courses to be sailed are detailed in SI Appendix A. 9. MARKS 9.1 Marks of the course will be inflatable buoys, or fixed marks as described in SI Appendix A. The approximate location of the fixed marks to be used in medium distance races are noted in SI Appendix A. 10. THE START 10.1 The Race Committee boat will be Sm580 Summer Wind 10.2 The starting line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on the Race Committee boat at the starboard end and the course side of the port-end starting mark A crowding mark may be laid adjacent the Race Committee boat. When laid, boats approaching the line to start shall leave the crowding mark on the same required side as the Race Committee boat Boats whose warning signal has not been made shall keep clear of the starting area To alert boats that a race or sequence of races will begin soon, an orange flag may be displayed with one sound signal five minutes before a warning signal is made Races will be started in accordance with RRS Rule 26 with the warning signal made 5 minutes before the starting signal A boat that does not start within 4 minutes of her starting signal will be scored DNS without a hearing. This changes RRS A4 and A CHANGE OF POSITION OF THE NEXT MARK To change the next leg of the course, the race committee will lay a new mark (or move the finishing line) and remove the original mark as soon as practicable. When in a subsequent change a new mark is replaced, it will be replaced by an original mark. SI SYC Regatta 2018 Rev 0 Page 3

4 12. THE FINISH 12.1 Windward/Leeward Course Finish: The finishing line will be between a staff displaying a blue flag on the Race Committee boat at the starboard end and the course side of the port-end finishing mark Passage Race Course Finish: The finish line will be between the sighting indicator on the race control tower and SYC 4, with SYC8 being the inner limit mark. 13. PENALTY SYSTEM 13.1 For the Windward/Leeward races RRS 44.1 is changed so that the Two-Turns Penalty is replaced by the One Turn Penalty. 14. TIME LIMITS 14.1 The time limit for Windward/Leeward races shall be 30 minutes after the first finisher in a boat s division The time limit for Passage races shall be 5 hours or sunset, whichever is earlier Boats failing to finish within the time limit will be scored Did Not Finish (this amends RRS 35 and A4.1). 15. PROTESTS AND REQUEST FOR REDRESS 15.1 Protests shall be lodged at the regatta office or sent to Boating@syc.com.au within ninety (90) minutes of the finish time for the last finishing yacht in the last race for the day for the protesting yacht s division or the race committee signals no more racing today, whichever is later, and shall be in accordance with RRS Part 5. Protest forms are available at the regatta office Protest hearings will be heard at the regatta office as soon as practical after the close of protest time. A schedule of hearings will be posted on the official notice board. The Protest Committee may apply a penalty other than DSQ (including no penalty) Breaches of Sailing Instructions 18, 20, 22, are only protestable by the Race Committee. (This changes RRS 60.1) A request for reopening a hearing shall be no later than 30 minutes after the party requesting reopening was informed of the decision (this amends RRS 66). 16. ARBITRATION 16.1 An arbitration hearing may be conducted for all protests lodged in accordance with RRS 61 which allege an infringement of a rule of Part 2 or 4 or Rule 31. Such hearings will be held subsequent to the protest being lodged and prior to a hearing. Hearings will be in accordance with RRS Appendix T The race score for a boat that takes a Scoring Penalty shall be the score she would have received without a penalty, made worse by adding the number of places equal to 30% of the difference between her finishing position score and the score for Did Not Finish rounded to the nearest whole number (0.5 rounded upward). The scores of other boats shall not be changed; therefore, two boats may receive the same score. However, the penalty shall not cause the boat s score to be worse than the score for Did Not Finish SI SYC Regatta 2018 Rev 0 Page 4

5 17. SCORING 17.1 The AMS Cup series will consist of up to 3 races. 1 race is required to be completed to constitute a series The PHS Quarterdeck Trophy will consist of 1 race. 1 race is required to be completed to constitute a series Low Point System of RRS Appendix A will apply, with no exclusions. This changes RRS Appendix A AMS race results will be calculated by the application of the AMS Time Correction Factor (TCF) as printed on each boats AMS Certificate as a multiplier of the boat s elapsed time PHS results will be calculated by the application of a Time Correction Factor (TCF) as a multiplier of the boat s elapsed time. 18. SAFETY REGULATIONS 18.1 All boats shall comply with Australian Sailing Addendum A, Special Regulations Part 1 for Race Category A boat that retires from the race shall notify the Race Committee as soon as possible 18.3 No anchors shall be carried on deck forward of the stem or with any part protruding outboard. 19. OFFICIAL BOATS 19.1 Official boats may be identified by a SYC burgee The position of an official boat shall not be grounds for redress (this amends RRS 62). 20. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS 20.1 Radio communications will be on VHF Channel The Race Committee may broadcast the course to be sailed, names / sail numbers of OCS boats, and /or other information of interest to competitors on VHF 77. The Race Committee may also transmit course information by Short Message Service (SMS). Any failure of, or defect in such a broadcast will not be grounds for redress. This alters RRS 60.1 and Except in an emergency, a boat while racing shall neither make nor receive electronic transmissions (radio, s, mobile phone etc.) or other communications which are not available to all boats. 21. EQUIPMENT RULES 21.1 Equipment may be inspected at any time for compliance with the AMS rules and sailing instructions. When instructed by an equipment inspector, a boat shall proceed immediately to a designated area for inspection. 22. ADVERTISING A boat shall comply with the advertising requirements of the Notice of Race. SI SYC Regatta 2018 Rev 0 Page 5

6 23. PRIZES AMS Cup will be awarded to the lowest scoring boat in AMS division. The Quarterdeck Trophy will be awarded to the lowest scoring boat in PHS division. The prize giving will be held at the SYC clubhouse following racing on Saturday 20 January DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See Rule 4, Decision to Race. The organising authority and/or Australian Sailing will not accept any liability for any material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta. SI SYC Regatta 2018 Rev 0 Page 6

7 Appendix A COURSES AND MARKS The course to be sailed will be signalled by numerals displayed on the Race Committee Boat. A1: Windward / Leeward Courses Mark Mark 1 Mark 1a Mark 3s / 3p Mark 2 Change of course Mark 1 Change of course Mark 2 Start Pin Mark Finish Pin Mark Colour Yellow Yellow with white band Yellow Orange Yellow with black band Orange with black band Orange Blue Windward / Leeward Courses Number Course Course 1 Start - 1-1a - 3s/3p Finish Course 2 Start - 1-1a - 3s/3p - 1-3s/3p Finish Course 3 Start - 2-3s/3p - 2 Finish Course 4 Start - 2-3s/3p - 2-3s/3p Finish All marks are to be rounded to port, except at a gate. In the event of a missing leeward gate mark, the remaining gate mark shall be left to Port. Windward / Leeward Course SI SYC Regatta 2018 Rev 0 Page 7

8 A2: Passage Race Marks and Courses: Mark Description Approx. Latitude Approx. Longitude SYC 'S 'E SYC 'S 'E SYC 'S 'E SYC 'S 'E SYC 'S 'E SYC 'S 'E SYC 'S 'E SYC 8 Approximately 0.1nm from Race Control tower on bearing of 243deg R2 Yellow buoy 'S 'E R3 Yellow buoy 'S 'E R4 Yellow buoy 'S 'E P2 Yellow can 'S 'E P3 Pile 'S 'E Spoil Ground Yellow can 'S 'E T1 Yellow beacon 38 o 00.01'S 'E Outer Anchorage Gate Pile 'S 'E Two yellow inflatable buoys Approximately 0.5nm 1.0nm to windward of the starting line The Race Committee may use any of the courses. The following course descriptions list the order in which marks are to be passed and the side each mark is to be rounded. The course distances shown are approximate. SI SYC Regatta 2018 Rev 0 Page 8

9 Passage Race Courses: Course 10 Course 11 Course12 Course 13 Course 14 Course 15 Course 16 Course 17 Course 18 Course 19 Course 20 Start Gate R3 SYC4 SYC5 - SYC6 SYC7 SYC4 SYC1 SYC3 Finish All marks to Port Start Gate - R3 SYC5 SYC4 SYC7 SYC5 Finish Approx. distance 20.5nm Start Gate - R4 SYC4 SYC5 SYC7 Finish Approx. distance 22nm Start Spoil Ground SYC3 SYC4 T1 SYC3 Finish Start T1 SYC6 SYC3 - SYC4 SYC5 SYC2 SYC3 SYC4- SYC1 - SYC3 Finish Approx. distance 20nm Start Gate SYC3 OA SYC7 SYC4 SYC6 SYC3 Finish Approx. distance 20nm All marks to Port Start Gate SYC3 OA SYC1 SYC4 SYC6 SYC1 Finish All marks to Port Start P3 P2 - SYC1 SYC4 R2 SYC1 Finish Approx. distance 23nm Start Gate SYC5 R3 SYC3 SYC4 SYC5 SYC7 Finish All marks to Port (except as otherwise indicated) Start Gate SYC5(S) R3(S) SYC1 SYC4 SYC7 SYC5 Finish All marks to port Start R4 SYC1 SYC4 SYC7 SYC2 SYC5 Finish Approx. distance 22.5nm SI SYC Regatta 2018 Rev 0 Page 9