The Charles River Open Team Race Regatta
Hosted by The MIT Sailing Pavilion
June 24 and 25, 2006
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
1. RULES
1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), including Appendix D and Appendix 'Q' Sound Signal Starting System.
1.2 If there is a conflict between the Notice of Race and the Sailing Instructions, the Sailing Instructions shall take precedence.
1.3 USCG-approved Type III PFDs shall be worn at all times while on the water except while actively adding or removing clothing. Competitors shall supply their own PFDs. PFDs shall be worn outside of all clothing except the team identification bibs.
1.4 Boats are prohibited from protesting under Sailing Instructions 1.3. This changes RRS 60.1(a).
2. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS
Notices to competitors will be posted on the Official Notice Board located to the west of the lobby at the sailing pavilion.
3. CHANGES TO THE SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
3.1 Changes to the Sailing Instructions made ashore will be posted before it will take effect.
3.2 A change in the time for the participants' meeting on Sunday will be announced and posted no later than 20 minutes after the finish of the final race on Saturday.
4aaa BOATS PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZING AUTHORITY
4.1 420s and FJs will be provided by MIT. Claims regarding the performance of the boats will not be grounds for granting redress. This changes RRS 62.1(a).
4.2 Redress will not be granted for knots becoming untied or the loss of pins or rings. The exception to this is a halyard knot at the top of a sail if neither the competitor nor the competitor's team rigged the boat. This changes RRS 62.1(a).
4.3 The following limitations shall apply:
4.3(a) The boats shall be sailed with the rigging and fittings as supplied. Replacement of broken or damaged gear may only be made with gear sanctioned by the OA. Electrical or rigging tape may be used to help prevent gear from snagging.
4.3(b) Standing rigging shall not be adjusted nor tensions altered except by using the jib halyard or at the direction of the OA.
4.3(c) Every effort shall be made to avoid damage to hulls, rigging and sails. All teams will be required to provide a $300 damage deposit prior to the start of racing by providing a check at registration in a self addressed stamped envelope. In addition to damage to the provided boats, the damage deposit(s) may be used to pay for the repair of damage to official boats caused by competitors, and for the replacement or repair of the identification bibs.
4.3(d) $300 is the extent of each team's liability for any one incident. If the damage deposit is partially or wholly used, the team will be required to replenish the deposit in order to continue participating in the racing.
5. SCHEDULE
5.1 A participants' meeting will be held at 0845 each day at the MIT Sailing Pavilion. The time of the warning signal for the first race will be announced at the meeting. Competitors should be prepared to go sailing immediately after the meeting.
5.2 No warning signal will be made after sunset on Sunday.
6. REGATTA FORMAT
6.1 The regatta format and number of races will be determined by the race committee, based on the number of teams and the expected weather conditions. The regatta format may be changed on the water; see SI 3.
6.2 The planned format is multiple group round-robins, with the groups reconstituted after each round-robin based on the results of completed races. The regrouping may take into account the won/lost record (weighted by the group) and race scores. An elimination ladder may be used. The goal for this event is to provide as many quality races as possible between evenly matched teams, and to end with a Match Bracket Sunday afternoon, consisting of at least a Semi-final and Finals.
7. RACING AREA
The racing area will be on the lower basin of the Charles River.
8. COURSE
8.1 The course will be a digital N -- see below. Other course may be employed and an illustration will be posted on the official notice board prior to the change.
8.2 The Race Committee may change a leg of the course that begins at a rounding mark by changing the position of the next mark or the finishing line, but no mark shall be moved when any boat is on the leg that it terminates. Subsequent legs may be changed to maintain the course configuration. There will be no visual or audible signals for a course change. This changes RRS 33.
8.3 Courses will not be shortened. This changes RRS 32 and Race Signals 'S'.
8.4 Digital N Course
9. MARKS
The rounding marks will be orange, red or pink spheres. The port-end starting and finishing marks will be white spheres.
10. START AND FINISH
10.1 The start and finish lines will be between the staff from which an flag is displayed on a race committee boat and the course side of the nearby mark.
10.2 The start shall be a 2 minute rolling start with the first warning approximately 1 minute before the 2 minute signal and the subsequent warning being the 30 second of the previous start, unless there is a postponement, abandonment or a general recall. This changes RRS Q3.
10.3 The race number may be displayed from the RC signal boat.
10.4 A boat starting more than two minutes after her starting signal will be scored "DNS" without a hearing. This changes RRS 63.1 and D3.1.
11. ABANDONMENT
Races may be abandoned at any time. This changes RRS 32.1. Abandonment will be signaled by oral instruction. Abandoned races may be re-sailed and if so, a new warning signal for the abandoned race will be made as soon as practical.
12. INDIVIDUAL RECALLS
If flag X is displayed, it will remain displayed until all OCS boats are completely on the pre-course side of the starting line or its extensions, or for one minute, whichever occurs first.
13. TIME LIMIT
There will be no time limit for any race.
14. PROTESTS
14,1 The finish boat and the parties to the protest at the end of the race must be notified of intent to protest.
14.2 Protest forms will be available from the Scorer's office.
14.4 Protests will be heard ASAP after the race the protest occurred.
14.5 The protest committee may require that protests be heard on the water after the parties involved have finished the race. The "three-minute justice" system may be used, which changes RRS 63.2 regarding time for preparation for the hearing, and RRS 63.6 regarding witnesses.
14.6 Three minute justice will be explained at the skipper's meeting on Saturday.
14.7 Valid protests arising from contact shall result in disqualifications. This modifies RRS 64.
14.8 The Scorers shall be informed of protest results.
15. REDRESS
15.1 Requests for redress arising from a race shall be reported to the finish boat. All other requests for redress shall be reported to the scorer's office on the form provided.
15.2 Requests for redress shall be heard by a committee appointed by the Race Committee.
16. MINIMUM CREW WEIGHT
16.1 The combined weight of the entire six person team shall not be less than 870 - (# of female skippers)* 15 pounds. Thus, a team with 2 women skippers would have a weight minimum of 840 lbs. The team shall carry penalty weight if the combined weight fails to meet the minimum. Penalty weight will be one pound of corrector for each pound of weight less than their minimum.
16.2 Providing penalty corrector weights shall be the responsibility of the competitors. Only water in sealed jugs shall be acceptable. Competitors shall carry the penalty corrector weights in every race, from yacht to yacht, and shall secure them in the cockpit of each yacht with their own tie off lines.
16.3 Teams shall be subject to weigh-ins and reweighs. The weigh-ins shall be at the discretion of the OA, RC, umpires and or jury if any. Teams requested to weigh-in shall report immediately and directly to the weigh-in area in the clothing used to sail their last race. Teams not reporting immediately to the weigh-in or teams attempting to circumvent the weigh-in procedure by ingesting food or drink, changing or adding clothing or any other means of changing their weight shall be requested to leave the regatta, their races shall be forfeited and a Rule 69 report may be filed.
16.4 Underweight teams shall be given losses in all races sailed between their previous weigh-in and being found underweight. If they have not yet been weighed then they shall be given losses in all races up to that point. In the event there are two teams who have been given losses under this SI in the same race there shall be no win given for that race for any reason.
16.5 Team weights shall not be subject to a competitor protest. This changes RRS 60.1.
17. DECORUM
All competitors shall please treat the staff of MIT Sailing, its patrons, volunteers helping run the regatta, and fellow users of the river with respect.
18. SAFETY
In accordance with RRS 4, the responsibility for a boat's decision to participate in a race or to continue racing is hers alone. The responsibility for the safety of the boat and each competitor lies solely with each individual and not with the the MIT Sailing Pavilion or any of its staff or volunteers.
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