RBYC Autumn Series - Notice of Race Final ROYAL BERMUDA YACHT CLUB NOTICE OF RACE FOR JUNIOR and YOUTH DINGHY CLASSES Abbreviations: OA Organising Authority (Royal Bermuda Yacht Club) BSA Bermuda Sailing Association (National Authority) RBYC Royal Bermuda Yacht Club RRS Racing Rules of Sailing NoR Notice of Race SIs Sailing Instructions ISAF World Sailing RBYCSA Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Sailing Academy PRO Principal Race Officer RC Race Committee PC Protest Committee 1. RULES 1.1. The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing. 1.2. BSA Prescriptions and Code of Conduct will apply. These documents will be posted on the official notice board and may be found on the Bermuda Sailing Association website www.rbyc.bm. Constitution documents and Code of Conduct. 1.3. International Class Association rules will apply to all Classes, except as modified by local Class Rules, or the SIs. 2. ADVERTISING For purposes of RRS 80, ISAF Regulation 20, Advertising Code will apply. The OA may require that boats carry event advertising in accordance with ISAF Regulation 20 Appendix1 3. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY 3.1. This series is open to Optimist Championship and Green Fleet Optimist competitors. 3.2. Eligibility to the Event is by invitation from the OA. Entry to the Event will be made on the accompanying event entry form. 3.3. Close of entry is Friday September 23 at 4pm. 3.4. The RBYC reserves the right to decline a request to participate in the event. 3.5. Entries shall be submitted to and marked RBYC RBYC Autumn Series. Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Attn. Sailing Secretary P.O. Box HM 894 Hamilton HM DX Bermuda sailingoffice@rbyc.bm 3.6. A Guardian Release and Declaration Form together with a signed Code of Conduct for Guardians shall be submitted with the entry forms. 3.7. A Junior is classified as 15 years old and under at 31 December 2016. A Youth is classified as someone 16 to 18 years old. August 25, 2016 1 P a g e
RBYC Autumn Series - Notice of Race Final 4. SCHEDULE 4.1. The RBYC Autumn Series will be held September 25, October 9, 23, November 6. 4.2. The event will consist of insert number of races with discards as described in the SI Addendum 2. 4.3. The schedule of racing, the times of starts and the minimum races to be sailed will be as described in SI Addendum 2. 4.4. Opening ceremonies and Prize giving awards (if any) shall be as described in the SI Addendum 2. 5. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS The SIs will be available a minimum of 24 hours before the date of the first race day. Provisional SIs may be available on the event web site (www.rbyc.bm) before this date. 6. RACING VENUES The race area may include: Great Sound; Little Sound; Granaway Deep; Mangrove Bay, North Shore, South Shore and Hamilton Harbour. 7. THE COURSES Courses will be described in the Sailing Instructions Addendum 1. 8. PENALTY SYSTEM Penalties shall be in accordance with the RRS unless changed by the SIs. 9. SCORING Scoring shall be in accordance with the RRS Appendix A unless changed by the SIs. 10. COACH AND SAFETY BOATS 10.1. Coach boats shall be registered with the Organising Authority before the first day of racing (or on the first day for a consecutive day event) and shall declare the competitors with whom they are associated. 10.2. Classes are required to provide one (1) safety boat for every ten (10) boats registered in that class. If this requirement is not met, the RC will not start that Class. 11. RADIO COMMUNICATION 11.1. VHF Channel 69 will be used by the RC for communication purposes unless a new channel is designated. 11.2. Coach boats and support vessels are required to monitor VHF Channel 69 in order to render assistance as requested by the RC 12. PRIZES The number of prizes in each class will depend on the number of entries in that class. August 25, 2016 2 P a g e
RBYC Autumn Series - Notice of Race Final 13. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. The OA 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. 14. INSURANCE Each boat shall carry Third Party Liability Insurance with a minimum of US /BD $250,000 coverage per incident. It will be the responsibility of the individual entrant, at the time of submitting the entry fee, to provide evidence, satisfactory to the OA, of such insurance cover. 15. FURTHER INFORMATION 15.1. Competitors shall wear an approved personal flotation device from the time of launching to the return to the dock. 15.2. On-the-water coaching is permitted for Green Fleet.. The degree to which coaching is permitted shall be as described in the SIs. 15.3. The weather call for Green Fleet competitors will be made by 4pm Friday prior to a race day. August 25, 2016 3 P a g e
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club SAILING INSTRUCTIONS FOR JUNIOR AND YOUTH DINGHY CLASSES Abbreviations: OA BSA RBYC RRS NoR SIs SSIs ISAF RBYCSA PRO RC PC Organising Authority (Royal Bermuda Yacht Club) Bermuda Sailing Association (National Authority) Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Racing Rules of Sailing Notice of Race Sailing Instructions Special Sailing Instructions specific to each event World Sailing Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Sailing Academy Principal Race Officer Race Committee Protest Committee The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, their Officers, Members and Employees bear no responsibility for accidents; damage or injuries to boats or their personnel in any way or from any cause during or related to any regatta under its authority. Attention is drawn to ISAF RRS 4 (Decision to Race). 1. RULES 1.1. The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the RRS. 1.2. The BSA Prescriptions (see NoR), the BSA Code of Conduct (See NoR) and the International Class Rules of the individual Classes except as any of these are modified by local Class rules, the NoR, SIs and Appendices. In the event of document conflict, the relevant Appendix will prevail. See rule 63.7. 2. NOTICES Notices to competitors and changes in the SIs will be posted on the official regatta notice board located at RBYCSA.The notices MAY also be posted on the RBYC website: www.rbyc.bm 3. CHANGES IN SAILING INSTRUCTIONS 3.1. Changes to the Schedule of Races, (see Appendix 2) will be posted before 2000 hrs the day preceding the changes affected in accordance with SI 2. 3.2. Changes to the SIs will be posted before 0900 hrs on the day they take effect. 4. SAFETY 4.1. The RC may stop a boat from launching or require it to return to shore, if it considers the boat, its equipment, helm or crew are unable to sail in the conditions to be encountered. The RC decision will not be grounds for redress. This changes RRS 62.1(a). Neither the existence of this power of the RC nor any failure of the RC to exercise such power in a particular circumstance shall alter the responsibilities of the sailors and parents and guardians as set out above or vary the terms of the Guardian Release and Declaration Form.
4.2. Competitors shall wear a personal flotation device at all times when afloat except briefly while changing or adjusting clothing or personal equipment. An operational whistle shall be securely attached to the personal flotation device. Signal flag Yankee (Y) will not be displayed. This changes rule 40 and the preamble to Part 4. 4.3. Competitors in difficulty shall obey instructions given by the Committee Boat, an Official Boat or Coach Boat. Competitors shall not leave the race area have without the permission of the RC. 4.4. The RC may make random safety checks and will protest any infringing boat. The penalty will be at the discretion of the PC. 5. SIGNALS MADE ASHORE 5.1. Signals made ashore will be displayed from the RBYC flagpole 5.2. When AP is displayed ashore, unless a postponement is signalled, the Warning Signal will be made not less than 30 minutes after AP is lowered. 5.3. A D flag displayed means do not leave the dock 6. RACING AREA AND COURSES 6.1. The racing area is described in Addendum 2. 6.2. Courses are shown in Addendum 1. 7. SCHEDULE The number of races scheduled, the number to constitute a series and the number to be discarded will be specified in Addendum 2. 8. CLASS FLAGS Will be as described in the Addendum 2. 9. MARKS The Starting/Finishing marks will be orange; turning marks will be yellow; change marks will be red/yellow. See Addendum 1. 10. THE START 10.1. The Starting Line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on the Committee or Official Boat and the course side of the port end starting mark. The RC may deploy a keep off buoy astern. Boats shall not pass between this buoy and the Committee Boat. 10.2. A series of short sound signals may be made prior to a warning signal to inform of a Race Committee action. 10.3. The Committee Boat will display, no later than the Warning Signal, the approximate magnetic bearing from the Starting Line to the windward mark, the order in which the Classes will sail and the course(s) to be sailed. 10.4. A boat which starts later than four minutes after her starting signal will be scored DNS without a hearing. This changes rule A4 and A5. 10.5. At least 3 boats of the same Class must come to the starting line for a race to be started. 10.6. If any part of a boat s hull, crew or equipment is on the course side of the starting line at any time during the two minutes before her starting signal, the RC Signal Boat may fly flag V until the starting line is clear as a guide to the competitors. This procedure is not open to protest or redress. Failure of the RC to display V shall not grounds for protest or redress, this changes RRS 62.1a. 11. CHANGING THE POSITION OF A MARK 11.1. 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. When in a subsequent change a new mark is replaced, it will be replaced by an original mark. 11.2. On the Course: 11.2.1. Code Flag C and a red flag or board means: The next mark has been replaced. Sail to the red replacement mark. 11.2.2. Code Flag C and a green flag or board means: the next mark has been replaced. Sail to the green replacement mark.
11.2.3. Code Flag C means sail to the original Yellow mark. 12. THE FINISH The Finishing Line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on the Committee or Official Boat and the course side of the nearby mark. 13. TIME LIMIT 13.1. Time Limit for a race will be sixty minutes after the start of that class. 13.2. When one or more boats in a class finish within the Time Limit, all boats in that class will be recorded as finishing except that boats finishing after the time limit or more than fifteen minutes after the finish of the first boat in her class, whichever is later, will be scored TLE, two (2) points more than the last boat to finish within the Time Limit. This changes RRS 35, A 4.2 and A5. 13.3. Alternative Finishing Line the Whisky rule. 13.3.1. When an official boat displays flag W with two sounds, boats will be finished (whiskied) by this official boat. This process may take place at a mark of the course or on a leg of the course. 13.3.2. When a boat finishes in accordance with this instruction she shall be given a finishing place after all boats which completed the course and boats that were whiskied ahead of that boat. 13.3.3. In the event of expiry of the race time limit, any sailor whiskied, shall return to the start/finish area, or respond as instructed, and be scored TLE. 14. PROTESTS 14.1. Protest forms are available at the RBYC located in a box, marked Protest forms, outside the doors of the basement locker rooms. Completed protest forms shall be filed with the RC not later than sixty minutes after the docking of the Committee Boat. The end of Protest time limit will be posted on the official notice board. 14.2. The same protest time limit applies to all Protests by the RC about incidents they observe in the racing area and to Request for Redress. 14.3. A notice will be posted on the Notice Board as soon as possible after receipt of Protests to inform competitors there is a hearing in which they are parties to a Protest or named as witnesses. 14.4. The posting of hearing notices shall be considered notice as required by RRS 61 and 62.3 14.5. On the last day of racing a request for reopening a hearing shall be delivered: 14.5.1. Within the Protest time limit if the requesting party was informed of the decision on the previous day; 14.5.2. No later than 30 minutes after the requesting party was informed of the PC decision. 14.6. On the last day of racing a request for redress based on a jury decision shall be delivered no later than 30 minutes after the decision was posted. This changes RRS 62.2 15. RETIREMENT A competitor who has retired from a race before finishing shall be bound by SI 4.6 and shall report their retirement to the RC prior to leaving the course. 16. PENALTIES Breaches of NoR 2, and SIs 19, 20, 21, 24 and 25 will not be grounds for a protest by a boat. This changes RRS 60.1 (a). Penalties for these breaches may be less than disqualification if the PC so decides. The scoring abbreviation for a discretionary penalty imposed under these SIs will be DPI Appendix P will apply. Rule P2.3 will not apply and rule P2.2 is changed so that it will apply to any penalty after the first one. 17. SCORING A boat may take a 20% Scoring penalty for a breach of a rule of Part 2 (where there was no damage or injury) after the incident, but no later than 15 minutes after the expiry of the Protest Time Limit This changes RRS 44.1 18. EQUIPMENT SUBSTITUTION Substitution of damaged or lost equipment will not be allowed unless approved by the RC. Requests for substitution shall be made at the first reasonable opportunity. 19. PRIZES
See appropriate Addendum. 20. COACH BOATS AND ON THE WATER COACHING 20.1. Coach Boats shall register with the OA and declare the competitors with whom they are associated. 20.2. Unless specifically instructed to do so by the RC, coaches and other support boats, including relatives and supporters of competitors, shall remain a minimum of fifty (50) metres outside the course boundaries from the time of the Preparatory Signal until all boats have finished or the RC signals a postponement, general recall or abandonment. 20.3. Coaches and support boats are required to monitor the RC operating VHF Channel and render assistance whenever requested to do so by the RC. 21. COMMUNICATION 21.1. VHF communication on the designated operating channel will be used by the RC for communication purposes between the RC and the coaches. 21.2. Except in an emergency, a boat shall neither make nor receive radio, cellular phone or data transmissions while racing. Issued: August 2016
RBYC SIs FOR JUNIOR and YOUTH DINGHY CLASSES - ADDENDUM 1 Course # Mark Rounding Order 8 Start-1-2 3-Finish 9 Start-1-2-3-2-3-Finish
RBYC SIs FOR JUNIOR and YOUTH DINGHY CLASSES - ADDENDUM 2 Name of Event: RBYC Autumn Series 2016 Date of event: September 25, October 9, 23, November 6. Race area: To be determined on the day Schedule: Classes Sept 25 Oct 9 Oct 23 Nov 6 Opti 5 Races 5 Races 5 Races 5 Races Championship *Opti Green 3 Races 3 Races 3 Races 3 Races Time of 1 st Warning Signal: 12:55 hours Total number of races in event or series: Optimist Championship: 20 races Optimist Green Fleet: 12 races Number of discards: 1 every 5 races. Medical Boat Present: [YES coaches, first aid on Signal Boat.] Class flags: Optimist Championship: Optimist Green Fleet Yellow Class logo flag Green Class logo flag Prize giving: TBC, November 6 after races. *Opti Green Fleet see NoR 15.3
Royal Bermuda Yacht Club JUNIOR AND YOUTH DINGHY CLASSES ENTRY FORM Event: RBYC AUTUMN SERIES Organising Authority: Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Closing date for entries: September 23, 2016 Sailor s Name: D.O.B: Sail Number: (please write out month) Boat Class: Boat Marine & Ports Registration Number: Sailing club: Name of Parent/Guardian: Name of coach Home phone Number: Cell phone Number: E-mail address: Home address: Fee: $[0] By coming to the race area or the area where the boats launch for racing, competitors and their parents or guardians confirm they are entirely responsible, throughout the event, for themselves and their boats on land and at sea and nothing done, or not done, by the Organisers will relieve participants of their responsibilities for any harm to a competitor or boat however caused or the responsibility for their own safety, whether afloat or ashore, in accordance with the Guardian Release and Declaration Form. By launching, it is implied that the boat is suitable for, and its helm is competent for the cond itions in which they will sail. The term Organisers include the Organising Authority (OA), the Race Committee (RC), patrol craft crews and anyone helping to run the event. Media Rights: Competitors, through Parents/Guardians/Responsible adults, give absolute right and permission for video footage and photographs of themselves, or the competitor s boat, to be published, in perpetuity, in any media for press, editorial or advertising purposes. Entries must be submitted on or before closing date of entries to the RBYC Sailing Office, sailingoffice@rbyc.bm or in person.
FINAL Royal Bermuda Yacht Club JUNIOR/YOUTH EVENT PARENT/GUARDIAN RELEASE AND DECLARATION FORM Event: Organising Authority: Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) Sailor s Name: D.O.B: (please write out month) Sailing club: Name of Parent/ Legal Guardian: Home phone no: Cell phone no: E-mail address: Home address: Parent/guardian Declarations: I confirm that the above named sailor is my legal dependent (sometimes referred to herein as my child ) and I would like him/her to participate in the above noted event and I confirm that my dependent is competent to take part. I will be responsible for my dependent at all times and available at the event venue including during the time my dependent is afloat, or in the event that my dependent is enrolled in a sailing school or similar organisation, or if I have arranged another adult to supervise my dependent, the coaches, instructors or other such persons supervising my child will be so responsible (I and such other persons are sometimes referred to herein as Guardians ). During any racing or training event the boat used by my dependent will have valid third party insurance of at least $250,000 or the equivalent in another currency. Rights to use Names & Likenesses: My child and I automatically grant to the organising authority without payment the right in perpetuity to make, use and show any motion pictures, still pictures and live, taped or filmed television of or relating to the event. Disclaimer of Liability: Each sailor and their Parents/Guardians, including my child and me, are responsible for the sailor s safety, whether afloat or ashore, and nothing reduces this responsibility. It is for each sailor and his/her Guardians to decide whether the sailor and the sailor s boat are fit to sail in the conditions. By launching or going to sea each sailor and his/her Guardians confirm that the sailor and his/her boat is fit for those conditions and he or she is competent to sail and compete in them. Nothing done by the organisers reduces the responsibility of the owners of boats used by sailors and/or sailors and/or Guardians, nor will it make the organisers responsible for any loss, damage, death or personal injury, however it may have occurred,
FINAL as a result of the sailor taking part in the event. The term organisers as used herein includes all persons helping to run the event including without limitation members of the Race Committee and the organising authority and its officers and employees. The provision of patrol or safety boats does not relieve owners and sailors and Guardians of their responsibilities. I and my child hereby release the organisers from any liability for any loss, damage, death or personal injury accordingly. Signature of parent/ legal guardian: Signature of dependent sailor: This Form should be fully completed, signed and returned to the Organising Authority.
FINAL Royal Bermuda Yacht Club JUNIOR/YOUTH EVENT PARENT/GUARDIAN CODE OF CONDUCT The purpose of the following is to set out the obligations of an adult s involvement in a child s sailing experience while taking part in a sailing event run by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club ( RBYC ). By signing this declaration and release, the Parent/Guardian agrees to observe the following standards: not adults. children, and courtesy, and by demonstrating positive support for all sailors, coaches, officials and spectators at all times. spectator such as booing and taunting, refusing to shake hands or using profane language or gestures. ng to hostility or violence. ls and their authority during sailing and will never question, discuss, or confront officials during sailing, and will take time to speak with officials at an agreed upon time and place. tsmanship in relation to all RBYC junior/youth sailing events. I also agree that if I fail to abide by the aforementioned rules and guidelines, my child and I will be subject to disciplinary action by RBYC that could include, but is not limited to, the following: - I may receive an oral warning by an RBYC official; - I may receive a written warning by an RBYC official; - I may be suspended from attending RBYC junior/youth sailing events. A written document of the incident may be kept on file by RBYC; - Submission by RBYC of a written report to the appropriate class authority or to the Bermuda Sailing Association for further discipline; - My child being disqualified from a race or series of races; - My child being barred from participating in RBYC junior sailing events. Signature of parent/ legal guardian: Signature of dependent sailor: This Form should be fully completed, signed and returned to the Organising Authority.