Sailing Instructions

Edgewood Sailing School
Rhodes 19 Racing
2010 Sailing Instructions

Rules: International Sailing Federation The Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012 (RRS), US Sailing Association prescriptions, Rhodes 19 Class Association rules, this Notice of Race, and these Sailing Instructions will govern the racing. Rule 44.2 is changed, see Penalties below.

Courses: The start/finish line will be in the vicinity of GC "3" near Edgewood Yacht Club, and is between the orange flag on the RC boat and the nearby starting buoy. The start/finish line is open. There are no requirements to sail through or avoid the line, except when starting or finishing. The time limit for each race is 45 minutes. Any boat not finishing within 10 minutes of the first boat may, if it is still racing, be assigned a finishing position by the Race Committee, corresponding to that boat's relative position at the time. Each mark of the course shall be left on the same side as the starting buoy, which means that the diagrams below may be reversed for some wind conditions. The courses include the following, and others that the RC may devise and announce prior to the starting sequence:

Starting Signals: The “dinghy start”, or “Sound Signal Starting System” RRS Appendix S will be used.

Penalties and Protests: A 360° turn penalty, similar to the 720° turn penalty of racing rule 44.2, will apply.  All other provisions of Rule 61 apply. In addition, a protesting boat must notify the Race Committee of its intent to protest, upon completion of the race involved.

Qualifications and Scoring: The High-Point Percentage Scoring System from US Sailing's web page on Long Series will apply to the season, as modified below. The Season will be qualified and scored as a single series independently of daily scores.

• Individual scoring: Each sailor on each boat (whether skipper or crew) will be be assigned points for each race according to their boat's finishing position. Points are assigned using the High-Point Percentage Scoring System. Season scores are computed for each sailor individually.
• Minimum to qualify: A sailor must compete in at least 60% (rounding to the nearest whole number) of the races held in the season to qualify for the season. A race counts if at least 2 boats compete and the race is not cancelled or abandoned.
• Throwouts: Because the High-Point Percentage Scoring System accounts for skippers sailing different numbers of races, no throwouts are needed or allowed.
• Daily score: A Daily Score will be computed as a series of the races on that day and will be posted to the sailing school web site; however, this Daily Score is computed independently and does not influence the computation of the Season scores.

Changes: Notices and changes to these Sailing Instructions will be posted on the sailing school web site at least one hour before the scheduled warning signal of the race in which they take effect.

Cancellations: The Race Committee will cancel races according to its best judgement, and usually if there are thunderstorms in the area or the wind gusts reach 30 knots.