1 THE COURSE Leg 7 Addendum Amendment 5 Course 1-Pennant 1 Fort Adams Start Castle Hill Gate Start Line Gate Newport Bridge Gate mark 2 to port Newport Bridge Gate Start Line Gate Castle Hill Gate (the port hand mark is the Leaving mark ) Brenton Reef buoys 6, 4, 2 & 2a to port the Course 2-Pennant 2 Fort Adams Start Brenton Reef buoys 6, 4, 2 & 2a to port the Course 3-Pennant 3 Castle Hill Start Brenton Reef buoys 6, 4, 2 & 2a to port the 2 THE MARKS Latitude Longitude Description a. Start Boat-Fort Adams 41 28.850'N 71 20.835'W 33m yacht AXIA Start Boat- Castle Hill 41º28.100 N 71º22.390 W b. Start Pin Variable White square raft mark c. Castle Hill Gate Variable Yellow square raft marks d. Start line Gate Start Boat and start pin e. Newport Bridge Gate 41 o 30.337 N 71 o 21.091 W Bridge pylons 41 o 30.260 N 71 o 20.750 W f. Mark 2 41 o 30.800 N 71 o 20.800 W Yellow square raft marks g. Leaving mark Port mark of Castle Hill Gate second time. Yellow square raft mark h. Brenton Reef 6 41 o 27.443 N 71 o 21.981 W Red lateral beacon i. Brenton Reef 4 41 26.581'N 71 21.820'W Red lateral Buoy Gong as fog signal j. Brenton Point Whistle 41 25.943'N 71 21.784'W Red lateral Buoy Buoy 2 Whistle as fog signal k. Brenton Seal Ledge Bell Buoy 2a 41 26.023'N 71 20.783'W Red lateral Buoy- bell as fog signal l. Rhode Island Sound TSS Exclusion Zone 1 m Rhode Island Sound TSS Exclusion Zone 2 41 11.100 N 41 11.100'N 41 22.600'N 41 22.600'N 41 20.900'N 41 22.000'N 71 20.600'W 71 24.600'W 71 24.600'W 71 20.600'W 71 05.400'W 71 07.500'W Copyright Volvo Ocean Race, S.L.U. 2015 1
41 10.500'N 41 09.250'N n. Nantucket Shoal line 40 o 43.507 N 40 o 44.389 N 40 o 48.000 N o. Boston Harbour TSS Exclusion Zone p. Ice Limits 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 q. Lisbon TSS Exclusion Zone 40 o 48.000 N 40 o 50.400 N 42 o 16.460 N 42 o 19.052 N 44 38.000'N 44 38.000'N 40 45.000'N 40 45.000'N 45 12.000'N 47 52.000'N 55 57.000'N 38 52.000'N 38 40.900'N 38 33.600'N 38 39.600'N 38 52.000 N 71 19.600'W 71 17.500'W 70 o 00.646 W 69 o 18.892 W 69 o 03.000 W 69 o 03.000 W 68 o 58.600 W 70 o 02.936 W 70 o 00.441 W 63 14.500'W 55 14.130'W 52 19.000'W 48 24.000'W 36 03.000'W 35 55.000'W 45 19.000'W 10 14.300'W 10 14.300'W 10 12.000'W 09 39.300'W 09 41.000'W 09 19.000'W 09º 18.265 W r. Oeiras Gate 38 40.563'N 38º 40.058 N Light Lateral Buoy s. Finishing Flag 38 41.640'N 09 13.600'W Blue and Orange Flag t. Finishing mark 38 41.341'N 09 13.676'W Square raft mark with cube branding Positions are approximate. Datum: to WGS 84. 3. THE START (a) The starting area will be off Fort Adams or Castle Hill if we use Course 3. (b) The starting line will be between a staff displaying a START flag on the Race Committee Boat at the starboard end of the line and a square raft mark with cube branding at the other end of the line. (c) The range and bearing to Castle Hill Gate will be displayed on the Start Boat and announced on VHF Channel 72 before the warning signal. (d) Individual Recall notification may be broadcast on the VHF Channel 72. Failure of the Race Committee to notify, delay in notification or the sequence of such notification shall not constitute grounds for redress. This amends RRS 62.1. (e) Addendum Q, excluding Q2.3, Q2.4, Q2.5, Q3.1(c), Q3.2 (b), shall apply from the preparatory signal for the Leg and ceases to apply between boats which have passed and cleared the Castle Hill gate for the second time. (f) When course 2 or 3 is used 3 (e) above shall not apply. (g) When course options 2 or 3 are used Boats should consider they have passed the leaving mark when they start. 4. LEG START EXCLUSION ZONES Marshalling buoys will be laid around the racecourse to exclude spectator boats from the leg start racing area. They do not have any relevance to the Boats. Copyright Volvo Ocean Race, S.L.U. 2015 2
5. RHODE ISLAND SOUND TSS EXCLUSION AREA 6. NANTUCKET SHOAL LINE The Nantucket Shoal Line is a straight line between adjacent marks that a Boat shall leave to port. 7. BOSTON HARBOUR TSS EXCLUSION AREA 8. ICE LIMITS (a) An imaginary line forms the Ice Limit. The imaginary line shall be made up of straight lines between adjacent and forms an obstruction. The Boats shall leave the obstruction to port. (b) Any changes to the defining the Ice Limit are at the sole discretion of the OA. (c) The OA will endeavour to make these changes as soon as possible. (d) It is the OA s objective to make the last change to any particular Virtual Mark no later than the start of Leg 7. 9. LISBON TSS EXCLUSION AREA 10. THE FINISHING LINE (a) The finishing line will be between a staff displaying a blue and orange FINISH flag on shore and an outer limit finishing mark. The RC will be listening on VHF 77. (b) RRS 32.2 final sentence is deleted and replaced with: After one or more boats have finished, the course may be shortened for boats still racing. 11. MEDIA DELIVERABLES (a) Within 4 hours of starting transmit photographs of the seals that have just been applied: to race control. (b) Each 24 hours: 2 mins of video, 5 to 8 photos and 200 words of text or another amount as directed by the watch producers. Copyright Volvo Ocean Race, S.L.U. 2015 3
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LISBON FINISH END Copyright Volvo Ocean Race, S.L.U. 2015 5