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Rules. Racing shall be governed by the Racing
Rules of Sailing (RRS), the prescriptions of the Royal
Yachting Association (RYA), the notice of race, the relevant class
rules except as any of these are changed by these sailing instructions,
and by these sailing instructions. All races are designated category A.
Safety. The safety of a boat and her entire management including insurance shall be the sole responsibility of the owner/person in charge who must ensure that the boat and crew are adequate to face the conditions that may arise in the course of a race. Neither these sailing instructions nor any inspection of the boat limits or reduces the absolute responsibility of the owner/person in charge for the crew, the boat and her management. The race organizers, the Club, its Officers and representatives shall not be responsible for any loss, damage, death or personal injury howsoever caused to the owner/person in charge or crew, as a result of their taking part in the races. Moreover, every owner/person in charge warrants the suitability of the boat for the races.
Personal Buoyancy. RRS 40 shall apply. A single handed sailor shall wear adequate personal buoyancy. When a red flag is displayed on the Club Pontoon before or with the warning signal, all competitors shall wear life-jackets or other adequate personal buoyancy. Wet suits and dry suits are not adequate personal buoyancy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall be the personal responsibility of all competitors to wear a lifejacket or adequate personal buoyancy when conditions warrant. Attention is drawn to RRS 1.2.
Handicaps. All boats racing in handicap races shall sail to their Portsmouth Number and corrected times calculated accordingly. Notwithstanding the foregoing the Committee may at its discretion allot a special number to a boat. A list of special numbers allotted by the committee may be displayed on the Club Notice Board. A boat shall sail to any special handicap so allotted.
Class Rules. Class boats shall comply with their class rules in all races, except that where the class rules require a specified or minimum number of persons on board, that number may be varied, in which case the handicap of the boat concerned shall be reduced by 2. This dispensation shall not apply to Pennant races or the Open Regatta (normally held annually at the end of August).
Entries. An Entry Form for each race will be posted on the Club Notice Board or will be at the desk on the Club Pontoon where entries are being taken. Owners/ persons in charge who wish to sail a boat in any race shall enter or cause to be entered on this form before the warning signal of that race is made.
Notices to competitors. Notices to competitors will be posted on the notice board on the Club Pontoon.
Changes in Sailing Instructions. Any change to the sailing instructions will be posted before the warning signal of the relevant race.
Schedule of races. The schedule of races is detailed in the Club Handbook or in any special notice of race.
Class Flags. Class flags will be in accordance with The Norfolk & Suffolk Yachting Association Handbook, known as the Green Book.
Racing Area. The racing area will be as shown in the illustration on the outside back page of the Handbook or on the relevant notice of race.
Starting Procedure. Rule 26 is changed so the following shall apply: - Signals shall be made at five minute intervals. Signals shall be made as follows: Warning, Class flag, 1 sound; Preparatory, Flag P, 1 sound; Start, Flag removed, 1 sound.
Starting Line. The Club starting line will be a prolongation of an imaginary line drawn through the white signal post behind the officer’s box and the red and white striped post in front of the officer’s box. The inner and outer limits of this line will be marked by pink or orange buoys displaying square white flags.
Starting exclusion zone. The limits of this zone are marked by the starting line buoys and two buoys displaying a flag marked ‘X’ and which are positioned some 30 to 40 meters to leeward of the starting line. Competitors may not sail in this zone until the preparatory signal for their class is displayed.
Committee Boat Starts. The Race Officer may at his discretion start a race from a Committee Boat. When a Committee Boat start is ordered, a board representing naval numeral flag 8 (yellow with a vertical blue stripe) will be displayed on the Club Pontoon to the left of the board indicating the first mark of the course, and a yellow flag will be displayed on the signal mast. The Committee boat will display Numeral Flag 8 and the starting line will be between a signal mast on the committee boat and an outer limit mark. The length of the line will be limited by an inner distance mark. The inner and outer limit marks will each be pink or orange buoys displaying a square white flag.
Starting. At all starts if any part of a boat’s hull, crew or equipment is on the course side of the starting line or its extensions during the minute before her starting signal, she shall sail to the pre-start side of the line around either end before starting. A sound signal will be given one minute before the start of any race.
Individual Recalls. Any boat which is on the course side of the starting line may be recalled by loud hailer using her sail numbers, but the responsibility for returning will rest with the boat concerned. Individual recalls will be in accordance with RRS 29.2 except that code flag X will not be displayed. The class warning signal will remain at the dip until all premature starters have followed the procedure described in SI 16 above.
The Course. Except for the Dolphin, the course to be sailed will be shown by colored boards displaying a white number on the Club Pontoon and, in the case of a Committee Boat start, on the Committee Boat. These boards will be read from left to right and will be continued on a second row, below the first, if necessary. The side (port or starboard) on which each mark is to be left or passed will be indicated by the colour (red or green) of each board. The approximate position of the marks is shown on the map of the racing area. The Dolphin is a large orange cylindrical buoy that is placed to the west side of Pleasure Island. It denotes shallow water to the west and is therefore treated as an obstruction and shall always be passed on the east or deep-water side. The club pontoons are also treated as an obstruction and shall be passed to the east or channel side. The D mark, junior mark & Star mark may be in any part of the course area at the discretion of the race officer. When No 1 mark and A mark are consecutive marks of the course all boats shall pass to the east of Pleasure Island. All marks will consist of pink or orange buoys displaying white rectangular flags bearing a club burgee, except that D mark will display flag D (blue with horizontal yellow stripes at top and bottom), junior mark will display a blue EU flag and the Star mark will display a white flag with a star thereon. The number of rounds will be indicated by a white figure on a black background. When a race has been started from a Committee Boat, boats shall continue to sail the course after completing the specified number of rounds and shall finish when they next cross the finishing line.
Finishing line. The finishing line for all races will be an imaginary line drawn from the central position of the foremost signal mast on the officers’ box to the yellow inflatable buoy but not extending to the east bank of the broad.
Shortening Course. When the course is shortened in accordance with RRS 32 the leading boat shall finish when sailing the prescribed course next crosses the finishing line.
Time Limit. When no boat finishes within one hour of the actual time of the start, the race may be cancelled or abandoned.
Alternative penalties. Unless otherwise prescribed in the Class Rules, the 720 degree turns penalty RRS 44.1 and 44.2 will apply.
Protests. Boats under 6 meters no longer have to fly a protest flag. Protests in respect of each incident in a race shall be made in writing within 30 minutes of the finish of the last boat in that race. The completed protest form, accompanied by a fee of £1, shall be delivered within one hour of the finishing time of the last boat in that race. The fee may be refunded at the discretion of the OOD. RYA protest forms are available on the Club Pontoon.
Scoring System for Regattas. In all regattas scoring will be in accordance with RRS Appendix A and the low point system (RRS A 2.2) will apply. For the purpose of RRS A2.2 a boat which is disqualified will be scored points for the finishing place three more than the total number of boats in the series. A sail-over will not be scored. Points will be scored for races one less than the number available except that if only three or fewer races are available, all shall be scored.
Scoring System for Club Races. Day members and members of Affiliated Clubs competing in points races will not be scored. NPC Members will be scored points according to their finishing positions including the positions of Day Members and Members of Affiliated Clubs. The scoring system for all Club series races will be as described on the notice board on the Club Pontoon or in the Club Rules and Trophies Handbook.
Handicap Races. The definition of All-comers ‘A’ is Boats more than 16¢
3²
overall length and All-comers ‘B’ is Boats 16¢
3²
and under.
Insurance. All boats sailing at the NPC shall have third party insurance for a minimum of £1,000,000.
Amended 14.02.2007
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