Club racing notice of race (NOR)

1. For the purpose of this NOR and the club racing SIs, club racing is defined by the following seasonal series:-
   • Saturday series
   • Spring series
   • Evening series
   • Summer series
   • Ladies series
   • Winter series
2. The schedule for club racing and race officer duty can be found in the event programme; available in the club handbook and on the club website.
3. If you cannot do any of your scheduled race officer duties, you must organise a replacement.
4. Competitors shall be club members or have permission to race from an executive committee member.
5. All competitors shall sign on before sailing and sign on after sailing on the sheets provided in the club foyer.
6. Scoring penalties (see SIs) are applied if you fail to do your race officer duty or you fail to sign on or off.
7. Races will be started at their scheduled time (or rescheduled time if postponed on the day) regardless of whether or not any competitors are late, unless unusual weather conditions hold up all boats similarly.
8. All boats shall carry third party indemnity of £2,000,000.

Club racing sailing instructions (SIs)

1. Racing will be governed by the following publications (editions current at series start):-
   • Racing rules of sailing (RRS)
   • Prescriptions of the RYA
   • These sailing instructions (SIs)
2. Boats shall race in one of three fleets:-
   • Cruiser
   • Monohull dinghy
   • Multihull dinghy
3. RRS rule 44.1 is changed such that catamarans shall do a single penalty turn.
4. Average lap racing shall be assumed unless otherwise stated on the day.
5. A start line, finish line, course and number of laps shall be specified on the day.
6. Scoring
   1. The low point scoring system of RRS Appendix A shall apply.
   2. Handicap races shall be scored using these rating systems:-
      • Cruiser: Musto IRC
      • Monohull dinghy: PY
      • Multihull dinghy: Texel
      • Mixed fleet: PY with suitable conversions
   3. The monohull dinghy fleet shall be scored as two separate divisions based on an inclusive PY split of 1200 and over.
   4. Boats failing to sign on or off shall be scored DNX: boats in series + 1.
   5. Boats that performed their scheduled race officer or rescue duty shall be scored OOD: 1.5 points.
   6. Boats failing to perform their scheduled race officer or rescue duty shall be scored OOX: boats in the series + 1 and it shall not be discardable.
   7. The number of discards allowed shall be 40% of the races sailed, rounded to the nearest integer.
7. Committe boat starts
   1. The committee boat mast shall form one end of the start and finish lines.
   2. Fleet flags used for committee boat starts shall be:-
      • Cruisers: C flag
      • Monohull dinghies: D flag
      • Multihull dinghies: K flag
      • Mass start: M flag or all relevant fleet flags
8. Roof starts (this changes RRS rule 26).
   1. A mass start will be used unless otherwise stated and detailed on the day.
   2. Roof start sequence is, left to right:-
      • 5 Mins: 1 light + beep.
      • 4 Mins: 2 lights + beep.
      • 1 Mins: 3 lights + beep.
      • Start: 4 (all) lights + beep.
      • Individual recall: 1 beep and lights flashed.
      • General recall: 2 (or more) beeps and lights flashed.
      • All lights shall be extinguished after a successful start.
   3. Finishing boats shall be given a beep and/or a flash of the lights.
   4. At the discretion of the race officer, boats due to finish may be given 1 or more short beeps and/or a flashing of the lights as they approach their last mark.
   5. At the discretion of the race officer, a finishing line may be identified by all lights being on, but this is not always possible due to average lap racing.