New
Castle, NH
2003
Season:
Memorial
Day, Doublehanded, Whaleback FunDay, John Paul Jones, Singlehanded
Note that the races for which hese
Instructions are applicable are intended to be ³fun² in nature and are expected
to be raced with al competitors attention to the prinicipals of good sportsmanship
and seamanship. All competitors are expected to take their own finish times in
the absence of a committee boat and to be aware of and supportive of other
sailors who may have less experience than they do.
These races will be
governed by the rules as defined in the current Racing Rules of Sailing and
modified by the USSAILING prescriptions.
Competitors may enter
by simply showing up at the ³2KR² at approximately 1200 on Saturdays as scheduled
in KPYC calendar.
Notices to competitors
will be posted on the official notice board located at the Kittery Point Yacht
Club, posted on the website www.kpyc.net
and sent by email to the membership list. Modifications to the notice can
be made by broadcast before the start on channel 68 VHF.
Since the various
mooring areas are not within site of the clubhouse there will be no visible
flags or other signals made ashore.
The warning signal
for the race will be effective at 1155 by GPS indicated Eastern Daylight time.
Unless otherwise
posted and announced there will be a single class start.
The racing area will
be the Gulf of Maine, typically with the start and finish at buoy ³2KR² and
other marks as noted in the coastal area. Note that this area has strong tidal
and river currents, shoals and other normal hazards to navigation. Since the
Port of Portsmouth is a busy commercial port with a Naval shipyard and Coast
Guard Station there is significant shipping and commercial traffic and
occasional military traffice that will be using the channel. All deep draft
traffic will have the right of way as defined in the rules of the road.
The course[s] will
be defined using government buoys usually a start from ³2KR² and a triangle,
first to either Gunboat Shoals and/or Isle of Shoals and finish at 2KR. First
weather mark will be the better choice for an upwind start and will be by
consensus of fleet on channel 68 VHF. Alternative government marks in the
general area may be used and will be noted by notice to competitors.
The starting and
finishing lines will be abeam of the buoy 2KR and between it and the committee
boat if there is one. In the absence of a committee boat all competitors will start
from a line abeam of the 2KR buoy perpendicular to the first leg and finish
with the buoy 2KR abeam and within 2 boat lengths. The Sound Signal
Starting System of Appendix Q will be used.
The time limit for
each race will be calculated at a minimum rhumbline speed of 3 kts for the
first boat to finish. [Boats finishing more than 5 minutes per mile after the
first boat that sails the course finishes will be scored DNF. This changes RRS
35.
Protests shall be
delivered to KPYC within 2 hrs after the last finishing boat docks. The protest
time limit and a list of protests received will be posted on the notice board.
Hearings will be held as soon as possible after racing each day in at the KPYC
clubhouse
Alll races will be
scored individually.
Trophies will be
awarded to at the end of the season.
rev 4/11/01