2005
Atlantic National
Championship
Regatta
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
September 23, 24, 25
Sailing Instructions
CEDAR POINT YACHT CLUB
WESTPORT, Connecticut
Telephone (203)-226-7411
 Depot Liquor Inc.  40 Railroad Place, Westport, CT 06880
203-227-3467
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
2005 ATLANTIC NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
September 23, 24, 25
-
RULES
The regatta will be governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing 2005 - 2008, the prescriptions of the United States Sailing Association herein referenced, the Rules of the Atlantic Class Association, the Notice of Race (except as any of these may be modified by these Sailing Instructions) and these Sailing Instructions.
2 ENTRIES
Any boat belonging to or under charter to an active member in good standing of the Atlantic Class Association and of a recognized yacht club shall be eligible for entry in this regatta.
3 NOTICE TO COMPETITORS
Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board located in the meeting room on the ground floor of clubhouse.
4 CHANGES IN SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Any change in sailing instructions will be posted on the official notice board on the west wall of the clubhouse before 0800 on the day it will take effect, except that any change in the schedule of races will be posted by 1900 hours on the day before it will take effect.
5 SIGNALS MADE ASHORE
5.1 Signals made ashore will be displayed on the race committee boat at the dock or on the flagpole outside the clubhouse.
5.2 Code flag “AP” (Answering Pennant) with two sound signals will mean “the race is postponed.” The warning signal will be made not less than 60 minutes after “AP” is lowered with one gun unless races are abandoned for the day.
-
Code flag “L” (yellow and black squares) with one sound signal will mean “A notice to competitors has been posted on the official notice board.”
-
Code flag “B” (red) hoisted with one sound signal will mean “ protest time has begun”; when lowered, means “protest time has ended”.
6 SCHEDULE OF RACES
September 23 9.00 Skippers Meeting
10.30 Harbor start - Boats ready to leave CPYC for racing area.
11.30 Warning signal. A second race is planned.
September 24 0900 Harbor start - Boats ready to leave CPYC for racing area.
1000 Warning signal. A second race is planned.
September 25 0900 Harbor start - Boats ready to leave CPYC for racing area.
-
Warning signal. A second race is planned.
The warning signal for the final race must occur before 1500, and the starting signal with race underway must occur before 1530, except as provided in Article 8 of these sailing instructions.
7 RACING AREA
The racing area will be approximately 1.5 miles SE of the Saugatuck River mouth
8 NUMBER OF RACES
Six races are scheduled, two each day. Make-up races are permitted on Saturday Sept 24th, and Sunday Sept 25th, with a limit of three races on each of these days. At least three races shall be completed to constitute a championship series. If the last race on Sunday is required for a completed series, the 1500/1530 deadline is extended by one hour.
9 COURSES
9.1 The course will be either a windward-leeward “W” course or an Olympic “O” course. The preference is to sail a “W” course unless conditions clearly favor an “O” course.
9.2 The “W” course will be a five leg windward-leeward course (windward-leeward-windward-leeward-windward). The diagram in the Attachment shows the order in which the marks are to be passed, and the side on which each mark is to be left.
9.3 The “O” course will be a 45-90-45 triangle followed by windward, leeward, windward. The diagram in the Attachment shows the course, approximate angles between legs, the order in which marks are to be passed, and the side on which each mark is to be left.
9.4 The course length shall be no less than six (6) nautical miles and no more than ten (10) nautical miles.
9.5 Courses shall be laid out with the weather mark ( Mark 1 in the diagram) to be left to port.
9.6 If a W course is set, yachts shall pass between the marks that define the leeward gate ( marks 2S and 2P) rounding either mark 2S to starboard or mark 2P to port from the direction of the course from the last mark ( Mark 1) – see diagram
9.7 If a W course is set, the leeward gate marks (2S & 2P) will be approximately 180-200 feet apart.
9.8 If an O course is set, there will be no leeward gate set (see Attachment)
9.9 Course shall not be shortened. This alters RRS 33.1.
9.10 Before the warning signal, the race committee shall post the course type (W or O), plus the
compass heading and the distance to the first mark.
10 MARKS
10.1 All turning marks will be orange inflatables. These marks are identified as 1,2, 2S, 2P, and 3 in the Attachment
11 THE START
11.1 Races will be started in accordance with RRS 26. A “gather” gun if possible, or other sound signal will be fired APPROXIMATELY one minute before the starting sequence EXCEPT following a general recall or a postponement.
11.2 The starting line will be between an orange flag on the race committee boat at the starboard end and the port end starting mark.
11.3 Each day prior to the warning signal of the first race all boats must check in and be acknowledged by the race committee.
RECALLS
-
Individual Recalls: The Race Committee will display Code Flag “X” (blue cross on white field) with a sound signal in accordance with rule 29.2. The Race Committee will attempt to hail premature starters.
-
General Recalls: The Race Committee will display Code Flag “First Substitute” (a yellow and blue pennant) and two additional sounds signals after the starting signal. A new Warning Signal will be made one minute after the “First Substitute” is lowered which will be accompanied by one sound signal.
-
After a general recall, Rule 30.1 will automatically be in effect. The race committee may hail premature starters during the minute before the starting signal.
-
At the discretion of the race committee, Rule 30.3 may be invoked by displaying the black flag.
13 THE FINISH
The finishing line will be between an orange flag on a race committee boat and the course side of the adjacent turning mark (labeled 1 in diagram)
ATTACHMENT
W Course – Windward – Leeward – Windward- Leeward - Windward
Round 1
Round 2
Finish
 
1
 
1
1
 
2S
2S
2P
2P
  
2S
2P
START
Leeward Gate
Note: Marks 2S and 2P will not be on location at the start; they will be set in the vicinity of the start line unless there is a course change. The diagram is intended to be schematic and representational, but not precise.
O Course : Triangle – Windward – Leeward - Windward
O Course : Triangle – Windward – Leeward -Windward WWinWWindward
1
Finish
2
3
Start
14 TIME LIMIT (ALTERS RRS Rule 35)
14.1 The time limit is four (4) hours. When the lead boat finishes within the time limit, the race is valid.
14.2 Only boats that have finished within sixty (60) minutes after the first boat will be scored in their order of finish.
14.3 Boats failing to finish within sixty (60) minutes of the first boat, but still racing, and not subsequently disqualified, shall be awarded equal points, the average of the points that would be received by that group had they finished.
15 COURSE CHANGE
The race committee may change the direction of the next leg of a course by:
-
Displaying code flag “C” (red, white, and blue horizontal bars) and the new course to the next mark in degrees magnetic from a nearby committee or patrol boat.
-
As the boats approach the mark that starts the next leg, sound signals will be used to call attention to the course change. The placement of the new or relocated mark may be underway as the lead boats round the mark.
16 ABANDONMENT
The race committee may abandon or cancel a race in progress in accordance with Rule 32.
17.1 MARK MISSING
Code flag “M” (white X on blue field) and repetitive sound signals. “Round or pass the object displaying this signal.”
17.2 POSTPONEMENT
Answering Pennant (AP—red and white vertical bars) and two sound signals. “Races are postponed until later in the day. “AP” will be lowered (accompanied by one sound signal) one minute before a new warning or other signal.
17.3 ABANDONMENT
Abandonment for the day: Code flag “N” (checkered blue and white) over code flag “A” (blue and white swallow tail) plus three sound signals.
17.3.1 ABANDONMENT AND RESAIL
Code flag “N” (checkered blue and white) plus three sound signals. “Race in progress is abandoned and will shortly be re-sailed.” “N” will be lowered (accompanied by one sound signal) one minute before a new warning signal or abandonment.
17.4 COME WITHIN HAIL
Code flag “L” (yellow and black squares) and one sound signal. “Oral instructions may be given from the committee boat.”
18 LIFE JACKETS
Code flag “Y” (red and yellow diagonal stripes) displayed by the race committee. When displayed with two sound signals prior to the warning signal, or at a rounding mark before the first boat rounds, skippers and crews shall thereafter wear life jackets throughout the race.
It is the responsibility of skippers and crews to wear life jackets when conditions warrant, whether or not code flag “Y” is displayed.
-
PROTESTS
19.1 Any boat protesting another must follow Rule 61 with the following provisions or exceptions:
19.1.2 Immediately hail the protested boat.
19.1.3 Display a red flag.
19.2 After finishing, or as soon as possible after withdrawing from the race in which the foul occurred, notify the race committee of the number of the protested boat.
19.3 File a written protest with the race committee within one hour after the race committee reaches shore.
20 SCORING
Scoring shall be in accordance with RRS Appendix A, Low Point System, except that only in the event of five or more races being completed will each boat is allowed one “throw-out” race (the worst race score will be discarded). A withdrawal will be allowed as a “throw-out” but a DSQ will not be allowed as a “throw-out.”
21DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
Competitors participate in the Regatta entirely at their own risk. See Rule 4, Decision to Race. The organizing authority 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.
22 RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
A boat shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor receive radio communications. This restriction also applies to mobile telephones.
23 INSURANCE
Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third party liability insurance with minimum coverage of $300,000.
-
TIDES
Mouth of the Saugatuck
September 23 |
| September 24 |
| September 25 |
High
|
3:40am 3:57pm
|
| High | 4:36am
4:53pm
|
|
High
|
5:35am
5:54pm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Low
|
9:48am
|
| Low | 10:43am |
|
Low
|
11:43am
|
|
10:35pm
|
|
| 11:34pm |
|
|
|
Share with your friends: |
