2004
Sailing
Instructions
1.
Courses
The
Committee boat shall display the course number.
When courses 1-4 are selected the
marks to be rounded for the first lap shall be displayed after the course
number.
1.1 PHRF Wednesday Series Courses shall
be selected from course numbers 1 - 4.
1.2
PHRF Sunday Series Courses shall be selected from racecourse numbers
5 – 30 except for The Eisinger Cup Regatta and The Naked Turtle Cup.
1.2.1
Eisenger Cup Regatta will consist of one race selected from course 1
or 2 and one race selected from course 3 or
4.
1.2.2 The
Naked Turtle Cup shall be selected from course numbers 1 – 4, 8, 10, 11, 14-18,
21, 23, 27 – 29. These are
located near Plattsburgh Boat Basin.
Courses 1,
3, and 4 may be shortened at any mark.
Course 2 may
be shortened at the start/finish line only.
RACECOURSE
NUMBERS 5 - 30
A. (s) denotes that the mark is rounded to starboard; otherwise the mark is rounded to port.
B. Start column shows the designated starting mark.
C. Description column denotes the marks in the order they are to be taken. The last denotation is the finishing mark.
D. Distance column is the sum of the point-to-point distances between marks.
E. Wind column is the suggested use for a particular wind strength (knots.) pre-start of the race. Other considerations for course selection are weather and water conditions.
F. No redress or protest will be heard based on course selection.
G. Course may be shortened at any mark described on the course except islands.
H. Chart graphics depicting each course may be viewed here
#
Wind Start
Description
Distance
South
to South South West Wind (180º - 202.5º)
5. 10-15+
GC1
CI, RN2(s), GC3, RN4, RN28,
RN26, RN24, S, N, GC1 15.8
6. 10-15 GC1 CI, RN2(s), GC3, RN4,
GC3(s), RN2, CI(s), GC1 13.9
7.
6-10
NE
RN24(s), RN26(s), RN28,
RN26, RN24, NE 11.8
8. <6- 10 N S, N, S, N 10.4
South
to South South East Wind (180º - 157.5º)
9. 10-15+ N S(s), PI, CPI, PI(s), S, N 15.7
10. 6-10 GC1 S, N, GC1, S, GC1 9.4
11. <6 GC1 S, GC1, S, GC1 7.9
South
South East to South East Wind (157.5º - 135º)
12. <6-15+ GC1 V, GC1, V, GC1 17.2
South
East to East South East Wind (135º - 112.5º)
13. <6-15+
O
RN24(s), B, RN24, O, RN24(s),
V,
RN24, O
15.7
14. <6-10 GC1 E, GC1, E, GC1, E, GC1 9.6
#
Wind Start
Description
Distance
East
South East to East Wind (112.5º – 90º)
15. <6-15+ O E, O, E, O, E, O, E, O, E, O 18.0
East
to East North East Wind (90º-67.5º)
16. <6-15+ O NE, O, NE, O, NE, O, NE, O, NE, O 16.7
East
North East to North East Wind (67.5º - 45º)
17. <6-15
O
NE, O, NE, O, NE, O, NE, O
16.5
18. <6-15+ O N, O, N, O, N, O 18.4
North
North East to North Wind (22.5º - 0º)
19. 10-15+
S
N, CI, RN2(s), GC3, RN4,
GC3(s), RN2, CI(s), GC1 17.2
20. 10-15+ S N, CI, RN2(s), GC3, RN4,
RN28, RN26, RN24, S 15.7
21. <6-15 S N, S, N, S, N, S 15.6
North
to North North West Wind (0º - 337.5º)
22. 10-15
S
GC1, RN24(s), PI, CPI, PI(s), RN24,
S, GC1 16.6
23. <6-10 S GC1, S, GC1, S, GC1, S 11.9
North
North West to North West Wind (337.5º - 315º)
24. <6-15+
O
GC1, V, GC1, V, O
17.2
North
West to West North West (315º - 292.5º)
25. <6-15+
S
O, RN24(s), V, RN24, O, RN24(s),
V, S 15.6
26. 10-15+ E GC1, V, S, V, GC1, E, GC1 18.6
#
Wind Start
Description
Distance
West
North West to West Wind (292.5º – 270º)
27. <6-15+
E
O, E, O, E, O, E, O, E, O
16.2
West
to West South West Wind (270º - 247.5º)
28. <6-15+ NE O, NE, O NE, O, NE, O, NE, O, NE 16.7
West
South West to South West Wind (247.5º – 225º)
29. <6-15+
NE
O, NE, O, NE, O, NE, O, NE
16.5
30. <6-15+
NE
O, NE, O, NE, O, NE
19.3
2.
VSC RACING MARKS
2.1
VSC permanent marks located within Cumberland Bay are white cylinders
designated by their compass heading as viewed from the center of Cumberland Bay.
2.2
VSC permanent mark located on the Vermont side of Lake Champlain is a
white cylinder designated by “V”.
2.3
Islands are designated by the first letter of each word in its name
followed by an “I”.
2.4
Navigation buoys are either green cans or red nuns designated by its
designation on the most recent NOAA navigation chart.
2.5
The following marks may used to describe a racecourse.
:
Mark
Description
Location
“BWR”
Breakwater
East of Plattsburgh Boat Basin
“CI”
Crab Island
“CPI”
Carlton’s Prize
“E”
White cylinder
Southern tip of Cumberland Head
N 44º 41.436’ W
73º 23.894’
“GC1”
Green Can
Cumberland Bay
“GC3”
Green Can
West of Valcour Island
“GI”
Garden Island
South of Valcour Island
“N” White cylinder Northern Cumberland Bay N 44º 42.783’ W 73º 25.567’
“NE”
White cylinder
Northeastern Cumberland Bay
N 44º 42.072’ W 73º
24.470’
“O”
Orange Tetrahedron Drop
mark with location depending on
“PI”
Providence Island
“RC”
Race Committee Boat
“RN2”
Red Nun
Valcour Shoal
“RN4”
Red Nun
North of Ausable Point
“RN24”
Red Nun
North of Crab Island
“RN26”
Red Nun
Spoon Bay, east of Valcour Island
“RN28”
Red Nun
East of Garden Island
“S”
White
cylinder
Southern Cumberland Bay, North of Crab Island;
N 44º40.250’ W 73º
24.750’
“V”
White cylinder
North of Sawyer Island, Vermont
N 44º 39.320’ W 73º 21.317’
3.
The Start
3.1 Start Rules
Races will be started in accordance with the 2001-2004 RRS rule 26.
3.2 The Start and Finishing Lines
The start and finishing lines
will be between a staff displaying
the blue RC flag on the Race Committee boat and the nearest course mark. The Committee boat shall be on the starboard end of the
starting line.
3.3 Starting Penalties
RRS Rule 30.1 shall be in effect. The Committee boat need not display the I flag.
4.
Time Limits
4.1 PHRF
Wednesday Night Series
First boat must finish with 2 hours from its start.
Boats finishing after 2.5 hours shall be scored
as DNF.
4.2 PHRF
Sunday Series Races, except The Eisinger Cup Regatta
First boat shall finish within 4 hours.
Boats finishing after 5 hours shall be scored DNF.
4.3 The
Eisinger Cup Regatta
The first boat shall finish
within 2 hours for each race. Boats
finishing after 2.5 hours for each race shall be scored DNF.
5.
Protests
5.1
Any protest must be in accordance with RRS Part 5, except
as modified by these sailing instructions.
If these rules are not met the protest will not be heard.
5.2 A boat intending to protest shall notify the O.D. of its
intent to protest immediately after crossing the finish line.
5.3 Protests shall be written on a U.S. Sailing protest form
and given to O.D. not later than two hours
after the last boat in the protestor’s class has finished the race of the day.
5.4
One US Sailing protest form is in the back of this handbook.
Copies of blank forms can be
obtained from the O.D., are located on the Committee Boat, can be downloaded
from VSC or U.S. Sailing’s websites and can be found on page 126 of the
RRS.