Charles River Open Team Race 2008
| Sat 28-Jun-2008 | 07:30-17:30 |
| Sun 29-Jun-2008 | 09:00-16:30 |
| Registration Start: | 30-November--0001 at 00:00 |
| Registration End: | 27-June-2008 at midnight |
Sailing Instructions
1. RULES
1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RSS), the prescriptions of the US Sailing national authority , the class rules of the Intercollegiate Sailing Competition Fall 2005 - Spring 2008, RRS Appendix D - Team Racing Rules, 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 for team identification bibs.
1.4 Boats are prohibited from protesting under Sailing Instruction 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 of the MIT Sailing Pavilion.
3. CHANGES TO THE SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
3.1 Changes to the Sailing Instructions made ashore will be posted before they will take effect.
3.2 A change in the time for the first warning on Sunday will be announced and posted no later than 1 hour after the finish of the final race on Saturday.
4. 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) 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. Only electrical or rigging tape may be used to help prevent gear from snagging. Duct tape shall not be used for this purpose.
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 boats shall be required to provide a $100 damage deposit prior to the start of racing by providing a check at registration in a self-addressed stamped envelope or via credit card on the event website. This deposit does not limit the liability of a competitor. In addition to damage to the provided boats, the damage deposit(s) may be used to pay for the repair of damage to boats or equipment caused by competitors and for the replacement or repair of the identification bibs.
4.3(d) In the event that the damage deposit is partially or wholly used, the team will be required to replenish the deposit in order to continue racing.
5. SCHEDULE
5.1 A competitors’ briefing will be held at 0745 on Saturday. The first warning signal will be 0800 on Saturday and Sunday.
5.2 No warning signal will be made after sunset on Saturday or 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(a) 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 of this event is to provide as many races as possible between evenly matched teams, and to end with Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals Sunday afternoon.
6.2(b) Time permitting, the Quarter-Finals may consist of the top 6 teams as determined by the same method as used for regrouping. These teams will then sail a round robin.
Scores from any previous round will not carry forward into the Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, or Finals. The top 3 teams of the Quarter-Final round and Silver Panda will then sail a best-to-two-wins Match-Bracket Semi-Finals. The top team from the Quarter Finals will be able to choose their opponent in the Semi-Finals.6.2(c) The winners of the Semi-Finals will race in the Finals; the losers from the Semi-Finals will race in the Petite Finals, for third and fourth place in the regatta; the fourth and fifth place teams from the Quarter-Finals will race in Third-Level Finals for fifth and sixth place in the regatta. All other placements will be those used to determine the regroupings in the course of the round-robins.
6.3 Scores from partially completed rounds may count to determine placement in the finals or final order of finish in the regatta. This changes RRS D4.3.
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. Other courses 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 which 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 or green spheres.
10. START AND FINISH
10.1 The start and finish lines will be between the staff from which a 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 warnings for subsequent races being the 30 second signal 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 and SHORTENING of COURSE
11.1 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.
11.2 Races shall not be shortened. This changes RRS 32.1.
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 must be notified of intent to protest at the end of the race.
14.2 Protest forms will be available from the Scorer’s Office.
14.3 Protests will be heard ASAP after the race in which the protest occurred. This modifies RRS 61.2 and RRS 63.2.
14.4 The Race 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.
14.5 Failure of the parties to be present may not be reason to reopen the hearing.
14.6 Three minute justice will be explained at the competitors’ briefing on Saturday.
14.7 All valid protests arising from contact shall result in disqualifications. This modifies RRS 64.
14.8 The Scorers shall be informed of protest results as soon as the decision is rendered.
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.
15.3 The time limit for requests for redress shall be 15 minutes after the finish of the last race in the set in which the incident occurred or 15 minutes after the incident whichever is later.
16. Minimum Crew Weight
16.1 It is the responsibility of each team to ensure that it is not sailing under- weight. To that end the official scale shall be available to competitors throughout the event.
16.2 Competitors shall weigh in wearing only light shirt and shorts, no shoes, socks or hats.
16.3 Combined weight of the entire six-person team shall not be less than 900 - (# of female skippers)* 15 pounds. Teams shall carry penalty weight if the combined weight fails to meet the minimum. Penalty weight shall be one pound of corrector for each pound of weight less than their minimum.
16.4 Providing penalty corrector weights shall be the sole responsibility of the competitors. Only water in sealed jugs shall be acceptable. Competitors shall carry the penalty corrector weights in every race, from boat to boat, and shall secure them in the cockpit of each boat with tie-off lines they supply. Tie-off lines may be on sale from MIT at the price of $1 per foot.
16.5 Teams shall be subject to weigh-ins and reweighs at any time during the regatta. 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 area or teams attempting to circumvent the weigh-in procedure by ingesting food or drink, changing or adding clothing, or any other means of attempting to change their weight, shall be requested to leave the regatta, their races shall be forfeited, and a Rule 69 report may be filed.
16.6 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 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.
16.7 Team weights shall not be subject to a competitor protest. This changes RRS 60.1.
17. Decorum
17.1 All competitors shall treat the staff of MIT Sailing, its patrons, volunteers, and fellow users of the river with respect.
17.2 Requests from the MIT Sailing staff, OA and RC are to be obeyed.
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 MIT Sailing Pavilion or any of its staff or volunteers.
19. Responsibility of the Winner of the Regatta
The winning team of the 2008 CRTR shall be responsible for helping to organize and run the 2009 CRTR.
By their entrance in the 2008 CRTR, all teams entering the regatta accept this responsibility.
Organizers
Questions about this event should be directed to the organizer(s): Fran Charles, Matthew Lindblad, Matthew Cohen, Alvar Saenz-Otero
