2011 ENSIGN
FLEET No. 35 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
1 RULES
1.1
The series will
be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012.
1.2 The
following prescriptions of will apply:
a) The owner/skipper must be a full member in good
standing of the Marquette Yacht Club (MYC).
b) The owner/skipper must be a member in good standing of
the National Ensign Class Association.
c) The owner/skipper must be a member in good standing of
the Marquette Ensign Fleet #35
1.3 All
obligations and requirements of the
1.5 Ensign
Class Rules (ECR) apply. Rule 12.A of the ECR is changed as follows:
a)
Outboard
motors may remain attached to the bracket during racing. The prohibition against propulsion other than
sail power within the final 4 minutes of the start sequence shall continue, but
it shall be a defense to a protest under this rule that the boat protested has
not gained any advantage by the violation.
1.6 Under the Ensign Class Rules, Part II,
Rules and Specifictions, 9. Sails, E. 8. Is added to state : The sail
numbers displayed on all sails flown while racing shall match the hull number
of the boat flying the sail.
2 NOTICES TO COMPETITORS
Notices to competitors will be posted on the official
notice board(s) located at the Marquette Yacht Club.
3 CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Any
change to the sailing instructions will be posted on the official notice
board(s) located at the Marquette Yacht Club before 1700 ESDST on the day it
will take effect.
4 SIGNALS MADE ASHORE
4.1 Signals made ashore will be displayed at the Marquette Yacht
Club flagpole.
4.2 When
flag ‘AP’ is displayed ashore, ‘1 minute’ is replaced with ‘not less than 15
minutes’ in the race signal AP.
5 SCHEDULE OF RACES
5.1 Dates of racing: Are every
Wednesday night with the following detail:
5/25/11 Practice
Race
6/01/11 First day of
racing: Early Series
6/15/11 Skip – Regional in
MN
7/27/11 First day of racing:
Late Series
8/17/11 Skip – Celebrity
Race (Nationals)
9/14/11 Last day of racing
5.2 Number of races:
a)
Additional races may be sailed and scored at the Race Committee’s
discretion.
5.3 The
scheduled time of the warning signal for the first race each day is 1755.
5.4 When there has been a long postponement or
when more than one race (or sequence of races) will be held on the same day,
the warning signal for the first race and each succeeding race will be made as
soon as practicable. To alert boats that
a race or sequence of races will begin soon, an orange flag will be displayed
for at least four minutes before a warning signal is displayed. The
5.5 No
warning signal will be made after 2000 ESDST.
6 CLASS
FLAGS
Class flag will be the Ensign
Class burgee.
7 RACING AREA
The
racing area is greater
8 THE COURSES
8.1 The
diagrams in Attachment A1 illustrate the courses
including the approximate angles between legs, the order in which marks are to
be passed, and the side on which each mark is to be left. The course length will be determined by the
Race Committee.
8.2 No
later than the warning signal, the race committee signal boat will display: the
course, the number of laps, the approximate compass bearing to the first mark,
and, if it is known, the distance to the first mark.
8.3 The
Race Committee may use an offset mark at its discretion. If an offset mark is used the letter “O” will
be added to the course name, for example, W-L-O.
8.4 The
Race Committee may use a gate mark at its discretion. If a gate mark is used
the letter “G” will be added to the course name, for example, W-L-G.
9 MARKS
9.1 Marks 1, 2, 3 and the offset mark will
be either an orange tetrahedron or a yellow cylinder unless notified otherwise
from the race committee.
11 THE START
11.1 Races shall be started by using the following signals.
Signal Minutes
before starting Flag and Sound
Standby Aprx.
6 Series of short horns
Warning 5 One long horn, Ensign Class
Flag Raised
Preparatory 4 One long horn, “P” Flag raised
One-Minute 1 One long horn, “P” Flag lowered
Starting 0 One long horn, Ensign Class
Flag lowered
This changes rule 26.
Times shall be taken from the visual signals; the absence of a sound signal
shall be disregarded.
11.2 The starting line will be between a staff displaying an RC
Flag on the committee boat on the starboard end of line and the port-end
starting mark.
12 CHANGE OF THE NEXT LEG OF THE
COURSE
12.1 To change the next leg of the course, the race committee will move the
original mark (or the finishing line) to a new position and signal the change
with 5 long blasts, and display flag ‘C’ if practical.
12.3 A
shortened course may be signalled by Code Flag “S” and two short horns from the
Race Committee. The finishing line shall
be at a rounding mark, between the mark and a staff displaying flag S.
13 THE FINISH
13.1 The finishing line will be between the staff flying the RC flag on the
race committee boat and the windward mark for an upwind finish, and between the
staff flying the RC flag on the Race Committee boat and the leeward mark for a
downwind finish.
13.2 In the event that the Race Committee boat cannot remain on station at
the finish line, they may substitute the RC flag on the staff of the Race
Committee boat with a buoy or flag. In
this event, boats finishing shall attempt to record the names of the finishing
boat ahead, and behind, as well as their approximate finish time.
14 PENALTY SYSTEM
14.1 Penalties are as outlined in the Racing Rules of Sailing:
2009-2012.
15 TIME LIMITS
15.1 Time limits are as follows, the first boat in the first race
must:
Class
Round Mark 1 by: Finish by:
Ensign 1900 2100
or
30
minutes prior to local sunset
(whichever
is earlier)
The
location for the determination and definition of local sunset is Latitude
46.53N, Longitude 87.38W. Local sunset
times will be posted on the notice board at the Marquette Yacht Club.
For
additional races, the first boat must round the first mark within one hour
after the start of that race and must finish by 2100 or 30 minutes prior to
local sunset, whichever is earlier.
15.2 Boats
failing to finish within (1) one hour after the first boat sails the course and
finishes or after local sunset, whichever is earlier, will be scored Did Not
Finish (DNF). This changes rules 35 and
A4.
15.3 If
no boat complies with either time requirement as described in rule 15.1, the
race shall be abandoned and not scored.
16 PROTESTS AND REQUESTS FOR REDRESS
16.1 Protest forms are available at the MYC. Protests shall be
delivered there within the protest time limit.
16.3 Hearings will be held as soon as practical at the MYC.
16.8 Decisions of the protest committee will be final as provided in rule
70.4.
17 SCORING
17.1 Points
will be awarded using the low point system as described by Appendix A4 except
as follows:
a) A boat not starting, or disqualified, shall be awarded points equal to one more than
the total number of starters in the race.
b) Boats starting but failing to finish within the time limit will be scored as DNF. DNF's will be scored points equal to one-half the
number of yachts not finishing, rounded to the next
highest number, plus the number of yachts that finished. [i.e. if there are 15 boats in the race and
only 6 finish; the score for each DNF would be
(9/2) = 4.5, rounds to 5, add 6 (the number
of finishers) =
11. Each DNF gets 11
c) Scoring
shall be cumulative for each series and an overall. One throw-out shall be allowed for each four
races sailed.
d) In case of a tie, the tie breaking method as
published in the current Racing Rules of Sailing as distributed by the
Governing Body of sailing for the United States, shall be used to break the
tie.
18 SAFETY
REGULATIONS
18.2 A boat
that retires from a race shall attempt to notify the race committee as soon as
possible with a hail or radio-call.
18.3 Races
will not be started in winds above 20 knots sustained or with gusts above 25
knots. The Race Committee has the final
decision regarding weather conditions requiring cancellation or abandonment of
a race in progress. Races will be
abandoned when there is visible lightning in the immediate vicinity. If there is a National Weather Service
Warning indicating the chance for severe weather affecting the immediate area
the race may be postponed or cancelled. Each skipper has the ultimate
responsibility for the safety of his or her vessel and crew and the decision of
whether or not to compete in a given race.
25 RADIO COMMUNICATION
A boat shall neither make radio transmissions while
racing nor receive radio communications not available to all boats. This restriction also applies to mobile
telephones. If the race committee chooses
to communicate via radio, transmissions will be made on channel 69.
ATTACHMENT A1
2011 Course Diagrams
