Sailing Instructions.
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SUPPLEMENTARY SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
September 18th 2016, Barts Bash
1.AUTHORITY
These Sailing Instructions are issued by the Race Committee of the Indian Point Yacht Club.
2.RULES
Series races will be Governed by the 2013-2016 Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) the prescriptions of Sail Canada the prescriptions of Sail Nova Scotia and the rules of the classes racing as one design fleets (if any).
Additional rules to guide the contestants (printed in the RRS book) include
BASIC PRINCIPLE – SPORTSMANSHIP AND THE RULES (in the Introduction)
Part I Fundamental Rules Section 1 (Safety)
Part I Fundamental Rules Section 2 (Fair Sailing)
Part I Fundamental Rules Section 4 (Decision to Race)
4.RACING AREAS
The area of Mahone Bay including Indian Point, Martins River and the Islands of Mahone Bay
5.COURSES
Courses will be communicated as follows:
Announced at skippers meeting
Announced over VHF channel 73
Displayed on the White Board on the Committee Boat.
6.CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Will be communicated as follows
Announced over VHF channel 73
Displayed on the White Board on the Committee Boat.
7.CLASS FLAGS
Barts Bash Race Flag
8.SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
All yachts competing should comply with the safety requirements listed in the Canadian Safe Boating Guide.
9.RESULTS
Will be on The Barts Bash Web site
10.STARTS
Warning signal will be at 1300
Start signals will be made from the Tug: Miss Jenna
Starts will be conducted as per Rule 26:
Races shall be started by using the following signals. Times shall be taken from the visual signals; the absence of a sound signal shall be disregarded.
| Signal | Orange Flag and 3 short sounds | 1 minute before starting signal |
| Warning | Class flag; 1 sound | 5 minutes |
| Preparatory | P flag: 1 sound | 4 minutes |
| One-minute | Preparatory flag removed;1 long sound | 1 minute |
| Starting | Class flag removed; 1 sound | 0 |
11.START AND FINISH
The starting and finishing line shall be the extension of a line through the orange flag on the Committee Boat (starboard end of line) and the yellow mark (port end of line).
A yacht must sail between the orange flag on the Committee Boat (starboard end of line) and the mark (port end of line) to be scored as starting and Finishing.
All competitors should have a working VHF radio, to monitor channel 73
The starter may broadcast race instructions to the racing yachts on VHF channel 73 for the following:
Course designation
Recalls
Shorten course
Finishes in poor visibility
12.TIME LIMITS
All boats must have completed the course before 1700 hrs to be scored.
13.USE OF VHS RADIO
All racers are encouraged to monitor VHF CH 73 during racing for the purposes of safety and are asked to report retiring from the race and crossing the finish line after dark or in poor visibility. Except in an emergency, 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.
14.WITHDRAWAL OR DISABLEMENT
In the interest of safety and to prevent needless emergency response, yachts must report withdrawal or disablement to the Race Committee either in person, by telephone or radio on VHF Channel 73 as soon as possible. Committee Cell phone is 902-237-2196
15. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta.
16.RIGHTS TO USE NAME AND LIKENESS
By participating in this event, competitors automatically grant to the organizing authority and the event sponsors the right, in perpetuity, to make, use, and show, at their discretion, any photography, audio and video recordings, and other reproductions of them made at the venue or on the water from the time of their arrival at the venue, until their final departure, without compensation.