1. ENTRIES: Applicants will be accepted by submitting a
Release of Liability & Entry Form (Click
Here), a 2010 or 2010 Handicap Certificate from SFPHRF for mono-hulls or a
MASF certificate for multi-hulls, along with the entrance fee of $100 for the
complete season or $50 per series. You may change classes or club affiliation
prior to the first race in a Series but not during a series. Anyone needing
assistance to apply for a Handicap Certificate contact either Jon Luscomb CSC/P.R.O.
or Carl Shellenbach PBSC/P.R.O. All applications are due prior to the start
of a series. Make your checks payable to Castaways Sailing Inc. Attention
Fellowship Cup, and send your completed applications, Handicap Certificates,
and checks to: Denise Hartman, Treasurer, Castaways Sailing Inc., 262
Cocoplum Dr. N.,Jupiter, FL 33458.
Note: SFPHRF has changed the measuring criteria for 2009 making older
certificates questionable. Yachts not having a current certificate are subject
to the Race Committee assigning a handicap based on the best average
handicapping data available.
2. RULES: Races will be governed by the ISAF Racing Rules of
Sailing 2009-2012 available via http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/RRS2009-2012-%5B5950%5D.pdf
, the prescriptions of US Sailing, the USSA Appeals, the JYRU Interpretations
and Class Rules except as modified herein.
3. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS & NOTICE OF RACE: This document
constitutes the Notice to Competitors and the Notice of Race. Any major
modifications to these instructions will be distributed by e-mail to registered
yachts. Verbal instructions or instructions broadcast over VHF channel 72 prior
to the warning signal shall supersede any previous instruction. All yachts
intending to race must sail close aboard the committee boat, outboard of the
start line, prior to the first warning, to receive last minute written or verbal
instructions. It is the sole responsibility of each skipper to be familiar with
the particulars of any race and to check in prior to their race start.
4. VHF RADIO COMMUNICATION:
The use of channel 72 to announce race information is a courtesy to the
competitors and should not be used as a substitute for passing alongside and
receiving verbal instructions. The race committee may be set on station before
giving instructions, and racers should wait until the committee boat is ready
before asking for instructions.
Race committees need time to record the racers sail numbers, drive the committee
boat, set the marks, calculate distances, assess the wind, and get ready for the
starting sequence, etc. Competitors should use another channel for ship to ship
conversation to eliminate talk over. Prudent use of Channel 72 will help all
competitors to receive timely course information over the radio. RC instructions
will normally be repeated twice per transmission to help insure accuracy.
5. RACING AREA: The Outside racing area will be in the Atlantic Ocean,
starting North or South of the Lake Worth Inlet. The Inside racing area is on
Lake Worth, South of Peanut Island. Weather dictates the racing area and will
be announced on event day using Channel 72 no later than one (1) hour prior to
the warning signal.
6. THE OUTSIDE COURSES:
6.1 The attached diagrams illustrate general courses to be
sailed. They are labeled Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, and Foxtrot.
6.2 Code flags signifying the course may be flown from the
committee boat.
6.3 MARKS: Course marks may be a combination of government marks,
permanent club marks, and/or orange or yellow inflatable marks.
The designations for the various marks will be as follows:
RB-1: Lake Worth Inlet Outer Marker RW “LW” Mo (A) (Red and
White)
RB-2: Lake Worth Inlet Fl R Bell Buoy “R2”
RB-3: Worth Ave Club Mark
RB-4: Orange or Yellow inflatable mark
RB-5: Orange or Yellow inflatable mark
6.3.1 The marks for each race and the GPS coordinates of all non
government marks will be announced prior to the warning signal for each
race. There may be different courses for different classes.
6.4 The course may be shortened at any mark of
the course in accordance with Part 3 RULE 32 Shortening or Abandoning after a
Start.
7.0 THE INSIDE COURSES:
The attached diagrams illustrate general courses to be sailed. When sailed
inside they will be identified as Alpha Inside, Bravo Inside, Charlie Inside,
etc..
7.1 Code flags signifying the course may be flown from the committee
boat.
7.2 Inside MARKS: Course marks may be a combination of government marks,
or orange or yellow inflatable marks. The course to be sailed, the marks to be
rounded, and the Start & Finish location will be announced by the committee boat
prior the Warning Signal. There may be different courses for different classes.
The designations for the various marks will be as follows:
IN-6: R”4” (Lake Worth east side- navigation mark)
IN-7 R”6” (Lake Worth east side – navigation mark)
IN-8 G”3” (Intra-coastal mark)
IN-9 FL G 4sec “5” (Intra-coastal mark)
IN-10 Orange or Yellow inflatable mark
IN-11 Orange or Yellow inflatable mark
8. THE STARTS:
8.1 Races will be started in accordance with Part 3 Paragraph 26 of the
Racing Rules, with classes scheduled to starting at five minute intervals in
the order of PHRF, JAM, and Multi-hull. A combined start is possible
depending on the number of participants at Race time and will be announced
prior to the Warning signal
8.2 The starting line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag
on the race committee boat and the starting mark.
8.3 Yachts whose preparatory signal has not been made shall keep clear
of the starting area and of all the yachts whose signal has been made. The
starting area is defined as a region extending 50 yards from each side and 100
yards behind the starting line.
8.4 When more than one race is announced per event, subsequent starting
sequences will commence as soon as possible after the last yacht has finished
the previous race.
9. RECALLS:
9.1 Individual recalls will be signaled, in accordance with Racing rule
Part 3 – 29.1, by flying Code Flag X. VHF Channel 72 or verbal hails may
also be used as a courtesy to competitors.
9.2 General recalls will be signaled in accordance with racing rule Part
3 – 29.3. When a general recall has been signaled, a new preparatory signal
will be made one minute after the lowering of code flag ”First Substitute”
with one sound signal.
9.3 When a general recall has been signaled, the starts for succeeding
classes will be postponed accordingly.
10. THE FINISH: The finish line will be between a staff displaying an
orange flag on the committee boat and the finishing
mark.
11. TIME LIMIT: The limit will be 2 .5 hours per race
for each class. A Yacht finishing within the time limit makes it a race for all
Yachts in Class.
12. PROTESTS: Written protests must be in the hands of that day's race
committee or chairman within 24 hours of the last finishing yacht. Protest
hearings will be held as soon as practical at a place and time announced by the
protest committee. Protest forms and procedures are available from web site;
http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/RRS2009-2012-%5B5950%5D.pdf
13. ALTERNATIVE PENALTIES: Yachts breaking a Rule of part 2 may resolve
themselves by making 720 degree turn penalty as outlined under Other
Requirements of Racing Rule 44. Yachts touching a starting mark or a mark of the
course may take a 360 penalty turn under Other Requirements of Racing Rule
44.
14. SCORING: Series Individual honors: All yachts finishing a race will
receive points in the following manner. First place – total of yachts entered +
1/2point, second place- total of yachts entered -1 point, third place – total
of yachts entered –2 points, etc. The yacht with the highest number of points
for a series is first, the next highest number is second, etc.
Fellowship Cup Points: Yachts will be scored by Club affiliation. The
accumulative totals for all yachts within a Club, for all series, will be added
together towards Fellowship Cup Points. The Club with the most points for the
year is awarded the Fellowship Cup.
15. AWARDS (per class per series):
1-3 entries: 1 trophy
4-6 entries: 2 trophies
7-10 entries: 3 trophies
10 or more: 4 trophies
Example of a Course Description on Race Day
The Race Course for Race 1 Janurary 1st for all
classes is Charley - All marks rounded to port.
Race Committee GPS time is 1253 --- mark!
Start Sequence is delayed to 1335 – note AP flag.
All classes separate start
Start location: -- Lat 26 44. 635 -- Lon 80 01. 113
Mark 1 is RB-4 Orange Drop
Mark --- Lat 26 45.134 ---Lon 80 01. 362
Mark 2 is RB-1 Lake Worth
Entrance Outer Buoy -- [RW”LW”MO(A)]
Mark 3 is RB-2 Lake Worth
Starboard Entrance Buoy -- [R “2” LW Entrance Buoy]
Finish location: -- Lat 26 44. 635 -- Lon 80 01. 113 –
same as the start.
Time limit as per NOR, the course may be shortened due to
weather however.
All
yachts please come close aboard to register
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