SAILING INSTRUCTIONS Open Dutch Championship 2.4 mr class 2012 Organised by Vereniging Watersport De Twee Provinciën ( VWDTP) in conjunction with the Royal Netherlands Yachting Union from 23 to 26 august 2012 Venue: Paterswoldsemeer 1. RULES 1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). 1.2 The equipment rules of Sailing will apply. 1.3 The international 2.4 mr Class rules will apply. 1.4 The prescriptions of the Royal Dutch Yachting Association will apply. 1.6 The Rules for Championships Sailing and Windsurfing will apply. 1.7 If there is a conflict between languages the English text will take precedence. 1.8 The National Anti Doping Regulation for Dutch Sport will apply. 2 NOTICES TO COMPETITORS Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board(s) located at the clubhouse VWDTP 3 CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS Any change to the sailing instructions will be posted not less than 2 hours before the start of the first race on the day it will take effect, except that any change to the schedule of races will be posted by 20:00 on the day before it will take effect. 4. SIGNALS MADE ASHORE 4.1 Signals made ashore will be displayed at the flagpole on the east jetty near the race office of VWDTP. 4.2 When flag AP is displayed ashore, 1 minute is replaced with not less than 30 minutes in the race signal AP. 4.3 When flag Y is displayed ashore, rule 40.1 applies at all times while afloat. This changes the Part 4 preamble
5 SCHEDULE OF RACES Day Date Time warningsignal Time/ Starttime race Thursday 23-8-2012 12:00-15:00 Registration 14:55 15:00 1st. Practice race 16:55 17.00 2nd Practice race Friday 24-8-2012 11:30 Opening 10:00-12:00 Registration 12:55 13:00 Start 1th race 2nd race a.s.a.p. 3rd race a.s.a.p. Saturday 25-8-2012 9:55 10.00 Start 4th race 5th race a.s.a.p. 6th race a.s.a.p. 7th race a.s.a.p. Sunday 26-8-2012 9:55 10:00 Start 8th race 9th race a.s.a.p. 10th race a.s.a.p. Ca. 15.30 Price giving 6 CLASS FLAGS Class flag will be a rectangular code flag T. 7 RACING AREAS Appendix A to this S.I. shows the location of racing area. 8 THE COURSES The diagrams in appendix B to this S.I. show the courses. The 2.4. class will always sail a Windward-Leeward Course. 9 MARKS 9.1 Marks of the course are yellow cylindrical buoys with numbers. 9.2 A new Mark, as provided per instruction 12.1, will be a small spherical red buoy without a number. 9.3 Starting Marks will be staffs displaying a red flag. 9.4 A race committee boat signaling a change of a leg of the course is a mark as provided in instruction 12.3. 11 THE START 11.1 Races will be started by using rule 26 with the warning signal given 5 minutes before the starting signal.
11.2 The starting line will be between the course side of the starting marks. 11.3 Boats whose warning signal has not been made shall avoid the starting area. 11.4 A boat starting later than 4 minutes after her starting signal will be scored Did Not Start without a hearing. This changes rule A4 and A5. 12 CHANGE OF THE NEXT LEG OF THE COURSE 12.1 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. 12.2 When in a subsequent change a new mark is replaced, it will be replaced by an original mark. 12.3 Boats shall pass between the race committee boat signalling the change of the next leg and the nearby mark, leaving the mark to port and the race committee boat to starboard. This changes rule 28.1. 13 THE FINISH The finishing line will be between a staff displaying a blue flag on the race committee boat at the starboard end of the line and a staff displaying a blue flag at the port end. 14 PENALTY SYSTEM Rule 44.1 is changed so that the Two-Turns Penalty is replaced by the One-Turn Penalty 15 TIME LIMITS AND TARGET TIMES 15.1 Time limits are as follows: Race-target time will be about 50 minutes 15.2 Failure to meet the target time will not be grounds for redress. This changes rule 62.1(a). 15.3 Boats failing to finish within 20 minutes after the first boat sails the course and finishes will be scored Did Not Finish without a hearing. This changes rules 35, A4 and A5. 16 PROTESTS AND REQUESTS FOR REDRESS 16.1 Protest forms are available at the race office. Protests shall be delivered there within the protest time limit. 16.2 The protest time limit is 60 minutes after the last boat has finished the last race of the day, or after instruction 15.3 has been applied to that race. 16.3 Notices will be posted within 30 minutes of the protest time limit to inform competitors of hearings in which they are parties or named as witnesses. Hearings will be held in the jury room, located at the boardroom in the clubhouse. 16.4 Notices of protests by the race committee or protest committee will be posted to inform boats under rule 61.1(b).
16.6 Breaches of instructions 11.3, 18, 21 and 23 will not be grounds for a protest by a boat. This changes rule 60.1(a). Penalties for these breaches may be less than disqualification if the protest committee so decides. The scoring abbreviation for a discretionary penalty imposed under this instruction will be DPI. 16.7 On the last day of the regatta a request for reopening a hearing shall be delivered (a) within the protest time limit if the party requesting reopening was informed of the decision on the previous day; (b) no later than 30 minutes after the party requesting reopening was informed of the decision on that day. This changes rule 66. 16.8 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 rule 62.2. 17 SCORING 17.1 Four races are required to be completed to constitute a series. 17.2 (a) When fewer than 5 races have been completed, a boat s series score will be the total of her race scores. (b) When from 5 to 8 races have been completed, a boat s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score. (c) When from 9 to 10 races have been completed, a boat s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her two worst scores 18 SAFETY REGULATIONS 18.1 Check-out and check-in: report to the starting vessel on the starboard side close hauled, to sail along the blue buoy. 18.2 A boat that retires from a race shall notify the race committee as soon as possible. 18.3 The safety of a boat and her entire management, including the insurance, shall be the sole and inescapable responsibility of the owner or competitor participating the regatta. 19 REPLACEMENT OF CREW OR EQUIPMENT 19.1 Substitution of competitors will not be allowed. 20 EQUIPMENT AND MEASUREMENT CHECKS A boat or equipment may be inspected at any time for compliance with the class rules and sailing instructions. On the water, a boat can be instructed by the race committee or a measurer to proceed immediately to a designated area for inspection. 21 ADVERTISING Advertising shall be in accordance with the respective Class rules and ISAF Regulation 20, Advertising Code. Boats shall display advertising if supplied by the organizing authority.
22 OFFICIAL BOATS Official boats will be marked as follows: Race Committee white flag. Rescue yellow flag. 23 SUPPORT BOATS 23.1 Team leaders, coaches and other support personal shall stay outside areas where boats are racing from the time of the preparatory signal until all boats have finished or retired or the race committee signals a postponement, general recall or abandonment. 23.2 Support boats shall be marked with a red flag. 27 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 telephones and tablets. 28 THRASH DISPOSAL Boats shall not put thrash in the water. Thrash maybe placed aboard support and race committee boats. 28 PRIZES The responsible person of the winning boat of the championship acquires the title "Dutch Champion", the medal and the Blue Pennant of the RNYA. Medals for helmsman placed 1,2 and 3. 29 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, 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 regatta. 30 INSURANCE Each competitor shall produce a valid certificate showing proof of valid third-party liability insurance of registration. The race committee may reject or cancel the entry of a boat as provided in rule 76.1 if this certificate is not produced.
APPENDIX A Racing Area
APPENDIX C, Event-setting Clubhouse VWDTP Mooring, craning, parking Parking area Parking area (Cars, trailers, campers)