The 47th Massachusetts State High School Championship 2022
Wed 01-Jun-2022 | 12:00-16:30 |
Thu 02-Jun-2022 | 12:00-16:30 |
Registration Start: | 05-May-2022 at 00:00 |
Registration End: | 30-May-2022 at midnight |
Sailing Instructions
The Massachusetts State HS Championship
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The People’s Republic of Cambridge
June 1-2, 2022
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
- RULES
- This regatta shall be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing 2021-2024(RRS), the Procedural Rules (PR) and Class Rules for Interscholastic Sailing Competition 2021-2024, except as any of these are modified by these Sailing Instructions.
- PR 32 shall be in effect.
- Any questions regarding these Sailing Instructions should be submitted in writing to Principal Race Officer Matt Lindblad.
- NOTICES TO COMPETITORS
- Notices will be posted on the official regatta notice board located west of the main lobby and on tech score.
- CHANGES IN SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
- Any changes in the sailing instructions will be announced orally and posted before the first race in which they take effect.
- SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
- Wednesday: 1200 Report Time Thursday: 1200 Report Time
1210 Competitors Meeting 1230 First Warning Signal
ASAP First Warning Signal 1630 No Starting Signal After
1700 No Starting Signal After
- FORMAT
- The event will be sailed in two divisions using Zim FJs and Whitecap Composite FJs.
- A single round robin is scheduled. Competitors will rotate boats after every two races.
- A-Division will sail Wednesday in Zim FJs, then sail Thursday in Whitecap FJs.
- B-Division will sail Wednesday in Whitecap FJs, then sail Thursday in Zim FJs.
- BOATS & EQUIPMENT
- Competitors have the option of rigging the mainsheet purchase either 3:1 or 4:1.
- The standing rigging shall not be adjusted. The jib halyard is not considered standing rigging.
- Competitors shall report all damage or loss of equipment, however slight, to MIT Dockmaster Stew Craig. or to the Race Committee Finish Boat on the water.
- ROTATION
- The rotation of boats will be in accordance with the online rotation.
- MARKS
- The turning marks shall be pink and green. See diagrams.
- The starting mark will be the farther away pink ball on the port side of the RC signal boat. The starting line will be between a staff displaying a pink flag on the Race Committee Start Boat and the course side of the starting mark.
- The finishing line on an inner and outer trapezoid course will be between two green balls.
- The finishing line on an inner and outer trapezoid PLUS course will be between two yellow balls.
- COURSE
- Courses will be announced orally and taken from the course diagrams on the Official Notice Board and on the Tech Score notice board.
- STARTING SYSTEM
- Races will be started in accordance with PR 18(b)(i).
- PROTESTS
- Protests shall be filed in accordance with the ISSA Procedural Rules.
- Protests shall be filed within 20 minutes after securing boats at the beginning of a shore-side postponement or after the RC docks at the end of the day’s racing. This changes PR 30.
- Protests forms will be available from the counter in the lower lobby of the sailing pavilion. They should be submitted to the score keeper at the computer in the upstairs office area.
- Hearings may be public and deliberations may be private.
- SAFETY
- Competitors who require assistance from rescue boats should signify by waving arms overhead. A competitor who retires from a race shall notify any member of the Race Committee as soon as possible.
- Starts will not be delayed accommodating capsized boats.
- COACHING
- PR 19 will apply.
- The use of drones in the vicinity of the regatta or the MIT Sailing Pavilion is allowed. Deployment and retrieval shall be from the west roof of the sailing pavilion only. All drones shall comply with all local and federal guidelines.
Organizers
Questions about this event should be directed to the organizer(s): MICHAEL KALIN, STEWART CRAIG, Matthew Lindblad