Welcome to Junior
Race Week 2013!
Introductions
JST Co-ordinator: Mark Osborn
Race Officer: Greg Whitaker
Safety Boat Co-ordinator: Billy Billington
Club Bosun: Bob Hindmarsh
Today
Briefing: now
Rota’s for parents: launching, signing on,
beach, race office, safety boat crews
Could all parents please volunteer for a
couple of duties, we rely on your support to
run this week!
Today cont...
Briefing and training for rescue boat crews:
going on now & this afternoon: Stoneworks
quay at 13:45.
All those helping in the race office meeting
in the sailing club post briefing
Race officer’s info
All boats must have clearly legible sail
numbers
Speak to Greg/ Graham if incorrect
All boats must be insured for racing
Club Boats
Please confirm your requirements for club boats
Rota to help get Pico’s down at 08:15 (parents
whose children are using club boats)
Please treat with great care. Pack away carefully.
Adults only to take down Pico masts and to lift
boats on/off racks
Anyone using a club boat (not Feva sailors) to be
at the training room by 08:45 Monday morning
Leaving StoneWORKS
Sign on from 0900 (VERY Important!)
Do not leave till Mark says so, you may launch.
Parents decision whether to race
Take care on the slipways
No running/ playing on the quay
Racing
Two races back to back
Stay on the water between races
Oppies can go to their mothership
Keep clear of finish line once you have
finished
Class Letters and Start
Sequence
Morning
Class T: Feva’s
Class A: Handicap & Single-Handed Picos (single sail)/
Topper/ Tera/ Topaz/ Laser 4.7/ Wanderer/ single handed
Quba’s
Class B: Double-Handed Picos & Quba’s (two sails)
Class O: Oppies
Afternoon (separate race instructions)
Class F: Asymmetric: 29ers, RS 200/500, Laser (full & radial
rigs)
Start Line
Transit of Post on clubhouse and sailing
club flagpole on the quay
Inner and outer distance mark give an
indication of where the line is but are NOT
necessarily on the line!
Pre-Start
Prior to your 5 minute gun keep 20m back
from start line i.e. between beach and
moored boats
No go area between ferry mooring and
Quay
Fairway for ferries along Castle/Tavern
beach shore, keep outside line from ferry
mooring to Tavern buoy
Pre-start cont...
Racing rules apply!
Avoid collisions (sailing is a non contact
sport)
Dangerous drivers will be disqualified,
Mark’s red card system
Look before you tack, particularly for the
Place ferry
Ferries
Keep clear of ferries and other commercial
vessels at all costs
Starts
The start sequence will commence as
close to 09:50 as possible
10 minute gun: class letter and course
displayed (on Sailing Club Balcony)
5 minute gun: preparatory signal (blue
peter)
0 minutes: start (round the ends rule
applies)
Recalls
Individual: Second sound signal and
orange flashing light. Boats that are over
the line must go around one end of the line
and restart
General: Second and third sound signal
and green flashing light whole class will
restart 5 minutes after last class
Courses
At warning signal class letter and buoy
numbers will be displayed
Location of buoys on your race card
Class board green = marks to starboard
Class letter red = marks to port
Rules
Port/ Starboard Rule
Rules Cont...
If you break a rule take a penalty, only a
360 (one tack, one gybe)- the Race Office
will be watching!
Respect for other competitors (no bad
language)
Respect of property
Postponement
AP board (red and white striped)
First warning signal 1 minute after AP flag
removed
May be used between races
Cancellation
Flag N over flag A (all classes) or appropriate
class flag
Race card
RACING iNFO
Courses are 2 laps
Except T class (Fevas) who go round each
buoy 3 times and ignore the turning mark
Turning mark is an orange cone slightly
to seaward of the start line.
If your course is to starboard, leave the
turning mark to starboard and viceversa.
Ignore the club turning mark.
Finish Line
Same as the start line but crossed in the
opposite direction
Sheet in mainsail on downwind finishes so
Race Office can read your sail number
Retirement
During racing go back to Summers Beach
Between races if it is windy you may go
back to Stoneworks Quay if you do not
wish to sail the second race but seek
permission first from Beach Control or a
Safety Boat and sign off
Signing Off
Everyone must sign off IN PERSON at
Stoneworks Quay when they have finished
racing (including people who have retired)
You may leave your boats on Summers
Beach if you wish (because of low spring
tide/for sailing later) but you must still walk
round to Stoneworks to sign off
Emergency Situations/
Abandonment
5 horns/whistles: await instructions from Safety
Boats
Sign in immediately
Yellow/Black tape: -Marks abandoned boats
•
abandoned
tape first
-Never get in an
boat without removing the
Capsizes
No fun capsizes, as this distracts and occupies
the safety boat crews from people who really need
them. Mark’s red card system will be applied
Entertainment
BBQ: 18:00 Friday Summers Beach
Bring your own disposable bar-b-q and
food
Presentations!
Supper available in the club throughout the
week
Parent’s race
Monday: 17:50 warning signal, 18:00 start.
For competent sailors.
Katie Wood i/c.
Junior Race Week Race Card applies.
Gipsy Moth IV
Sir Francis Chichester’s iconic yacht will
be visiting Falmouth and St Mawes
between 20th August and 2nd September.
Owned by the Gipsy Moth Trust, its is
offering full day, half day and 2 hour sailing
experiences.
Ian Clarke:
[email protected]
Mobile: 07415 104423
Any Questions
Happy Sailing!
PS: Pico sailors please remember to take your
masts down by end of August