SAILING INSTRUCTIONS 2016 MUSTO Sail Fremantle Regatta - Fremantle Sailing Club Inc.
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2016 MUSTO Sail Fremantle Regatta
21 – 23 October 2016
SAILING
INSTRUCTIONS
Organising Authority:
Fremantle Sailing Club Inc.
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
1. RULES:
1.1. The regatta will be governed by the ‘rules’ as defined in the Racing Rules of
Sailing (RRS).
1.2. The Yachting Australia Prescriptions and Special Regulations Part 2 shall
apply.
1.3. Arbitration shall apply as detailed in SI18.
1.4. Silver Fleet Optimists only shall fly coloured streamers, as supplied by the
Organising Authority, from the top of the sprit.
1.5. Discretionary Penalties will apply to those SI's marked with a “DP”.
1.6. Standard penalties will apply to those SI’s marked with a “SP”.
2. RACE COMMITTEE:
The Race Committee will comprise of the Race Officers and an FSC Sailing
Administrator. For the purposes of RRS 62.1(a) the Race Committee shall
extend to include anyone performing a function of the Race Committee.
3. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS:
Notices to competitors will be posted on the Official Notice Board, located
inside the FSC Main Clubhouse.
4. CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS:
4.1. Any change to the Sailing Instructions will be posted not less than 90 minutes
before the first race it will affect, except that any change to the Schedule of
Races will be posted by 1800 on the day before it will take effect.
4.2. Changes to these Sailing Instructions ‘made on the water’ will be signalled by a
Race Committee Boat. Flag ‘L’ will be displayed while the changes are being
given. It shall be the responsibility of each boat to obtain the written or verbal
instructions.
5. SIGNALS MADE ASHORE:
5.1. Each class will have signals made ashore at the flag pole adjacent to their
launch area.
Display of:
Naval Numeral 1 will designate Racing Area Alpha.
Naval Numeral 2 will designate Racing Area Bravo.
Naval Numeral 3 will designate Racing Area Charlie.
5.2. When AP flag is displayed ashore, ‘1 minute’ is replaced with ‘not less than
30 minutes’ in the race signal AP.
6. SCHEDULE OF RACES:
6.1. Races are scheduled as follows:
2
Day & Date Event Time
Friday, 21 October 2016 Registration – club foyer 1630 – 1900
Volunteers meeting – sunset
Saturday, 22 October 2016 0800
deck
Competitors meeting – sunset
Saturday, 22 October 2016 0830
deck
Race 1
Saturday, 22 October 2016 First warning signal 1000
Subsequent races to follow
Volunteers meeting – sunset
Sunday, 23 October 2016 0800
deck
First race of the day
Sunday, 23 October 2016 First warning signal 1000
Subsequent races to follow
Sunday, 23 October 2016 Presentation – sunset deck 1630 onwards
6.2. It is intended to complete up to 8 races for Race Areas Alpha and Bravo.
6.3. It is intended to complete up to 12 races for Race Area Charlie.
6.4. There will be an alternative program for Optimist Bronze Fleet.
6.5. Subsequent races will be started as soon as practicable after completion of
the previous race.
6.6. No warning signal will be made after 1530 on Sunday 23 October 2016.
7. SIGNING ON/OFF: SP
7.1 All helmspersons or crew shall sign on the sheets provided at the Dinghy
Clubhouse prior to going afloat for racing.
7.2 All helmspersons or crew shall sign off within 60 minutes of completing racing
for that session, or later at the discretion of the Race Committee.
7.3 Boats failing to comply with Clauses 7.1 and/or 7.2 shall receive, without a
hearing, a 25% scoring penalty, but the score shall be no worse than a DSQ,
in the race held closest to the offence. This changes RRS 35, 63.1, A4 & A5.
8. CLASS FLAGS:
Alpha Course
Class Flag
Optimist Gold Fleet Blue Insignia on a White Background
Optimist Silver Fleet White Insignia on a Green Background
Minnow Black minnow insignia on a blue back ground
Flying Ant Flying Ant Class Flag
Open Bic Open Bic Class Flag
3Bravo Course
Class Flag
Laser Standard Red Laser on White Background
Laser Radial Red Laser on Green Background
Laser 4.7 Red Laser on Yellow Background
420 & 470 420 Class Flag
Flying 15 Flying 15 Class Flag
Sabre Sabre Class Flag
Charlie Course
Class Flag
Contender Contender Class Flag
29er 29er Class Flag
49er/49 fx 49er Class Flag
Catamarans Black Hobie on a White Background 29er Class Flag
Musto Skiff Black Musto Skiff on a white background
SB 20 /Vipers /Sports Black SB20 on a white background
Boats
505 505 Class Flag
Any other racing class will be assigned a course and class flag by the Race
Committee on the day of racing prior to launch.
9. RACING AREA:
9.1. Alpha Course will be to the South of Success Harbour.
9.2. Bravo Course will be approximately 1.0nm to the West of Alpha Course.
9.3. Charlie Course will be approximately 0.5nm to the South of Bravo Course.
9.4. Optimist Silver Fleet races may be conducted in the harbour at the Race
Committee’s discretion. To signal this change in course area while afloat the
Race Committee Signal boat will display L flag over Optimist Silver Class
Flag to indicate a change to the sailing instructions for the Optimist Silver
Class. It shall be the responsibility of each boat to obtain the written or verbal
instructions.
410. THE COURSE:
10.1. The diagrams in Attachment A show 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.
10.2. No later than the Warning Signal, the Committee Boat will display (via a
course board) the course to be sailed.
10.3. Three Race Areas will be used. Classes racing on each area are listed in SI 8.
11. MARKS:
11.1. The Alpha Course marks will be pink inflatable buoys.
11.2. The Bravo Course marks will be red inflatable buoys.
11.3. The Charlie Course marks will be yellow inflatable buoys.
12. THE START:
12.1. For Alpha and Bravo courses, races will be started using rule 26.
12.2. For Charlie course, races will be started in a 3 minute starting sequence
as described below, this changes RRS rule 26
Minutes before starting signal. Visual signal. Sound signal. Means.
3. Class Flag. One. Warning
2. P,I,U,black flag. One. Preparatory
1. Prep removed. One long One minute
0. Class removed. One. Starting signal.
12.3. If flag U has been displayed as the preparatory signal, no part of a boat’s
hull, crew or equipment shall be in the triangle formed by the ends of the
starting line and the first mark during the last minute before her starting
signal. If a boat breaks this rule and is identified, she shall be disqualified
without a hearing but not if the race is restarted or resailed or postponed or
abandoned. RRS 29.1 does not apply if Flag U is used as a preparatory
signal. This changes RRS 26, 29.1 and 63.1.
12.4. The starting line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on the
Committee Signal Boat at the starboard end and a staff displaying an
orange flag on the port end starting mark or boat.
12.5. The Committee Signal Boat will display an orange flag with one sound
signal no less than five minutes before the first warning signal of a race or
sequence of races to notify competitors that races will start soon.
12.6. Boats whose warning signal has not been made shall avoid the starting
area during the starting sequence for other races. DP
12.7. A boat starting later than 4 minutes after her Starting Signal will be scored
Did Not Start without a hearing. This changes RRS 63.1, A4 & A5.
12.8. There will not be a fixed starting sequence. Boats are required to monitor
the class flags displayed in order to determine which class or classes are
5being started. Once all boats of a class have finished, or retired, or the time
limit for a race has expired, that class may restart at any time.
12.9. The Race Committee may start multiple fleets together.
13. CHANGING OF THE NEXT LEG OF THE COURSE:
To change the next leg of the course the race committee will move the original
mark or (finishing line) to a new position.
14. THE FINISH:
14.1. The finishing line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on a
Committee Signal Boat at one end and a staff displaying an orange flag on
the other finishing mark. See course diagrams for details.
14.2. After her starting signal a boat shall not sail through the Start or Finish line
in either direction while the Committee Boat is displaying an orange or blue
flag unless she is starting, finishing, correcting an error in compliance with
RRS 29.1, or taking a penalty at or near the finishing line in compliance
with RRS 44.2. Boats failing to comply shall be scored DSQ without a
hearing. This changes RRS 63.1 & A5
15. TIME LIMITS:
Target time per race will be 45 minutes for the Alpha/Bravo courses and 35
minutes for the Charlie Course. Boats failing to finish within 20 minutes after the
first boat in their fleet sails the course and finishes, will be scored Did Not Finish,
without a hearing. This changes rules 35, A4 and A5.
16. RETIREMENT AND OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE: DP
Any boat retiring from a race shall, where possible, notify an official Race
Committee Boat prior to returning to shore. Should a boat be unable to notify a
Race Committee boat they shall advise the Race Office immediately on
returning ashore.
17. PROTESTS AND REQUESTS FOR REDRESS:
17.1. Protest forms are available at the Race Office, located inside the FSC
Main Clubhouse foyer. Protests and requests for redress or reopening
shall be delivered there within one hour of the finishing time of the last
boat to finish on each course area in its last race of the day or the race
committee signals no more racing today, whichever is the later. This
changes rule 61.3.
17.2. Notices will be posted no later than 30 minutes after the Protest Time
Limit to inform competitors of hearings in which they are parties or named
as witnesses. Hearings will be held in the protest room (FSC Library)
beginning at the time posted.
17.3. On the last scheduled day of racing a request for reopening a hearing
shall be delivered:
a) Within the protest time limit if the requesting party was informed of the
decision on the previous day.
b) No later than 30 minutes after the requesting party was informed of the
decision on that day.
6This changes rule 66.
17.4. On the last scheduled day of racing a request for redress based on a
protest committee decision shall be delivered no later than 30 minutes
after the decision was posted. This changes rule 62.2.
17.5. Breaches of SI’s marked “DP” will not be grounds for a protest by a boat.
This changes rule 60.1(a). Penalties for these breaches may be less than
disqualification if the Protest Committee so decides. This changes RRS
64.1.
18. ARBITRATION:
18.1 Rule 44.1 is changed to permit a boat that has broken a rule of Part 2,
Part 4 or rule 31 to take a penalty after racing but prior to any protest
hearing. Her penalty shall be a scoring penalty equal to a finishing place
mid-way between the boat's actual finishing place and the score for a
disqualification. Half points shall be disregarded and the points of other
boats shall not be adjusted. Rule 63.1 is changed such that an arbitrator
may allow a protest to be withdrawn.
18.2 An arbitration hearing will be conducted for all protests lodged in
accordance with rule 61 which allege an infringement of a rule of Part 2,
Part 4 or rule 31. Such hearings will be held subsequent to the protest
being lodged and prior to the protest hearing.
18.3 The time and place of the arbitration hearing will be decided by the
arbitrator and such advice may be given verbally. One representative of
each boat will attend the arbitration hearing and no witnesses will be
allowed. The arbitrator will decide the manner in which testimony is given.
18.4 After taking testimony, the arbitrator will make one of the following
conclusions:
(a) The protest does not comply with rule 61 and the protestor should
withdraw the protest.
(b) The matter shall proceed to a protest hearing. This may be because rules
not suited to arbitration may be involved or because evidence is too
complex or divergent or because injury, serious damage or a significant
advantage may have occurred or because of the apparent severity of the
alleged infringement or for any other reason decided by the arbitrator.
(c) No rule was broken and the protestor should withdraw the protest.
(d) A rule was broken by one or more of the boats involved, the infringing
boat(s) may accept a scoring penalty as detailed above and if so
accepted, the protestor should withdraw the protest.
18.5 An arbitration hearing shall not be re-opened. No conclusion of an
arbitrator shall be subject to appeal or be grounds for redress.
18.6 Should the protest proceed to a protest hearing then the arbitrator may be
a member of the Protest Committee. Any evidence given by an arbitrator
7during a protest hearing shall be given only in the presence of the parties
to the hearing.
19. SCORING:
19.1. 3 races are required to be completed to constitute a series.
19.2. When fewer than 5 races have been completed, a boat’s series score will
be the total of her race scores
19.3. When from 5 to 7 races have been completed a boat’s series score will be
the total of her race scores excluding her worst score.
19.4. When 8 or more races have been completed a boat’s series score will be
the total of her race scores excluding her worst 2 scores.
19.5. Laser Masters event consists of the first 3 races Saturday and the first 3
races Sunday (A maximum of 6 races to be scored as per 19.1 to 19.3
above). The Laser Masters event consists of one division only for
skippers over 35 (Laser Standard and Radial) and need to confirm this at
registration. Laser Masters who sail the complete regatta will be included
in the results for both the regatta and the Laser Masters. Laser skippers
shall be eligible for one prize only.
20. SUPPORT BOATS: DP
20.1 All Support boats, coach boats and spectator boats must be Registered
Online with the Organising Authority and display the appropriate
blue/yellow identification flag handed out at Registration.
Click Here to Register your support/coach boat for the 2016 Musto Sail
Fremantle Regatta
20.2 Unless directed by the Race Committee, support boats, coach boats and
spectator boats shall not enter the course area, starting area, finishing
area or go closer than 100 metres to any boat racing from the time of the
first Preparatory signal for the first class to start until all boats have
finished or retired or the Race Committee signals a postponement or
abandonment (unless requested to assist in a rescue). The penalty for
failing to comply with this requirement may, after protest, be the
disqualification of any boats associated with the infringing support
personnel.
21. REPLACEMENT OF CREW OR EQUIPMENT: DP
21.1. Substitution of skippers will not be allowed.
21.2. Substitution of crew will not be allowed without prior written approval of
the race committee
21.3. Substitution of damaged or lost equipment will not be allowed unless
approved by the Race Committee. Request for substitution shall be
made to the Race Committee at the first reasonable opportunity.
22. EQUIPMENT AND MEASUREMENT CHECKS: DP
A boat or equipment may be inspected at any time for compliance with the
class rules and sailing instructions. On the water, a boat can be instructed by
8a race committee equipment inspector or measurer to proceed immediately to
a designated area for inspection.
23. ADVERTISING: DP
Boats shall display the event sponsor’s name(s) and logo(s) on the hull.
These items will be supplied at registration by the Organising Authority and
shall be affixed in accordance with the instruction template (Attachment B) for
photographic and promotional purposes.
24. OFFICIAL BOATS
Official boats will be identified via a white numbered flag.
25. RADIO COMMUNICATION: DP
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.
26. PRIZES:
Prizes will be awarded to:
o The first three boats in each fleet with 8 or more boats
o The first two boats in each fleet with 5-7 boats
o To the first boat in each fleet with 4 boats or less
o The first female in fleets with over 4 females
There will be a separate prize program for Optimist Bronze Fleet.
Additional prizes may be awarded at the discretion of the Organising
Committee.
Fleets shall be organised and raced at the discretion of the Race
Committee.
Presentations will be held on the Sunset Deck at Fremantle Sailing
Club at approx. 1630 on Sunday 23 October 2016 or as soon as
possible following the racing.
Prizes will be presented to prize winners or their nominated
representative at the Presentation Ceremony only.
27. DISCLAIMER
Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4,
Decision to Race. The Organising Authority, their officers, members,
volunteers, servants and agents will not accept any liability or responsibility
for material damage, personal injury, death or inconvenience sustained in
conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta.
28. WARNING:
Sailing and activities associated with it involve risks of personal injury, loss
and damage and even death. The risks include but are not limited to, the risk
of injury from collision, capsizing, falling overboard, being trapped under the
9sail or boat after capsize and impact with equipment. Any of these events can
also result in death.
The risks involved in this activity are heightened by;
Adverse weather conditions
Inadequate training
Fatigue
Inexperience
Failure to maintain the boat
Failure to supply and use the recommended safety equipment
Failure to observe the RRS and the FSC Sailing Instructions.
This warning is given as a risk warning pursuant to Section 5I of the Civil
Liability Act 2002 (as amended). Having given this risk warning, Fremantle
Sailing Club will not be held liable for any personal injury or death, however it
may occur.
29. INSURANCE:
Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third party liability insurance
with a minimum cover of $5 million ($10 million recommended) per incident or
the equivalent.
30. MEDIA:
In submitting the entry form, all competitors, parents, legal guardians,
custodians provide their permission for all photographs, video, TV and sound
recordings to be the property of the organisers and used for any purpose
including public viewing and posting on FSC or Class Association websites,
social media and publications.
10ATTACHMENT A
RACING AREA 1 - ALPHA
TRAPEZOID WINDWARD LEEWARD
O1 L1
Start, 1, 2, 3P, 5, Finish Start, 1, 3S or 3P, Finish
O2 L2
Start, 1, 2, 3S or 3P, 2, 3P, 5, Finish Start, 1, 3S or 3P, 1, 3S or 3P, Finish
O3 D2
Start, 1, 2, 3S or 3P, 2, 3S or 3P, 2, 3P, 5, Finish Start, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, 3S or 3P, Finish
I2
Start, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, 2, 3P, 5, Finish
I3
Start, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, 2, 3P, 5 Finish
1
1
2
4S 4P
4S 4P
3S 3P Start/Finish Line
Start/Finish Line
5
3S 3P
Note :
This symbol may be a boat or pin
mark
11ATTACHMENT A
RACING AREA 2- BRAVO
TRAPEZOID WINDWARD LEEWARD
O1 L1
Start, 1, 2, 3P, Finish Start, 1, 3S or 3P, Finish
O2 L2
Start, 1, 2, 3S or 3P, 2, 3P, Finish Start, 1, 3S or 3P, 1, 3S or 3P, Finish
O3 D1
Start, 1, 2, 3S or 3P, 2, 3S or 3P, 2, 3P, Finish Start, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, 3S or 3P, Finish
I2 D2
Start, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, 2, 3P, Finish Start, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, 3S or 3P, Finish
I3
Start, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, 2, 3P, Finish
1
1
2
4S 4P
4S 4P
Start Line
3S 3P
Start Line
Finish Line
Finish Line
3S 3P
Note :
This symbol may be a boat or pin
mark
12ATTACHMENT A
RACING AREA 3 - CHARLIE
WINDWARD LEEWARD
L2 Start, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, Finish
L3 Start, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, Finish
L4 Start, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, 4S or 4P, 1, Finish
1
4S 4P
Start Line
Finish Line
Note :
This symbol may be a boat or pin
mark
13ATTACHMENT B
Logo Attachment Template
between 50mm and 75mm
between 200mm
& 250mm from bow
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