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Running Club Racingat
Hayling Island Sailing Club
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Resources:
• Race Management Handbook• HISC Website• HISC Yearbook• Weather websites – Chimet,
Windguru,etc
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Plan - Before the Weekend
• Familiarise with sailing instructions.• Familiarise with Racing Rules of Sailing.• Contact members of the race team.
(email & phone in Dutyman)• Decide how you will organise the team
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Plan – Race Team• RO• Line sighter• Timekeeper• Flag signaller• Sound signaller• Recorders• Mark layer RIB• Safety RIB
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Plan - Before the Weekend
• Check Tides - times- strength
• Check weather – follow trend• Prepare course options
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Plan - Before the Weekend
• Speak to the club marine department and find out what the state of the boats will be.
• Consult the calendar and see what else (open meets etc) is happening at the same time
• Will you need to run ‘Sportive Club’ ?
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Plan - Before the WeekendSafety
• Read Risk Assessment – will this affect racing?
• Consider how you will deploy safety boats• Be aware of CODE RED procedure
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Race day 2.5 hr before start
• Report to the Club Office • Collect duty list, weather forecast &
CRO’s handbook• Check equipment resources are in
place and you know where they are! (committee boat on pontoon ?)
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Race day – Safety
• Club Racing Risk Assessment Form• Complete the 1st part of form• Check safety resources – are there
sufficient for prevailing conditions ?
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Race day – Team Briefing
• Explain plan for day• Duty allocations• Time checks• Radio checks
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Race day – Safety Briefing
• Check safety boats are aware of their responsibilities
• Positioning of RIBs before, during and after racing
• Consider appointing a ‘safety leader’• Time checks – when to go afloat• Radio checks
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Race day - 2 hr before start
• Decide on format – area & courses• Set the courses• Check that the sign on/off sheets and
the flag schedule is posted on the ONB • Allocate duties
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1 – 1.5 hrs before start • Finalise course & post on ONB• Copy courses for RIBs & race team• Race team to committee boat
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Committee Boat Tasks
• Equipment check – flags etc.• Radio checks – patrol boat call-signs• Leave the dock (earlier if in Bay)• Go to start area – water depth !• Anchor – check holding
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Pre-start procedures• Record boats / class / sail number• Monitor wind direction / strength• Check time (timekeeper)• Communicate with mark layer RIB(s)• Set up flags
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Layout of Flags & Halyards• Orange flag• Class (Warning) flags• Preparatory – P flag (or I or
Black ?)• AP• X• 1st Sub• N• S• Blue flag
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Number of boats x length of the boat plus 10% to 50%
Other factors are:size and manoeuvrability of boatssea conditionswind strengthcurrent
Start Line Length
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Laying start line
Drop, drop, drop
Always stream parallel to the committee boat!
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Starting Procedures
• Timekeeper Rules !• Use Flag Sequence Sheets
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Postponement
Display AP
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Postponement
These signals can be used for any reason whatsoever!
Reasons can include:
Mark drifting
major wind shift leading to heavily biased line
mistiming between signals
misfiring of sound signals
broken halyards on the committee boat
etc. etc.
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Postponement
AP over a numeral
Hours postponement
AP over H Further signals ashore
AP Indefinite postponement
AP over A No more racing today
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Individual Recall
Identify those boats that are OCS (On the Course Side of the line)
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Individual Recall
Record OCS
Watch the boat(s) to see if they return
Leave displayed for 4 minutes if they do not return
When all returned remove X (without a sound signal) and delete OCS from record
Display X
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General Recall
Identify boats that are OCS (On the Course Side of the line)
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General Recall
Display 1st Sub
To be used:when there are several unidentified OCSs
or if there is an error in procedure
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Monitoring the Race
• Observe the Fleet• Check Progress• Shorten ?
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Shorten Course
Display S
Displayed at a rounding mark: finish between the mark and the staff displaying ‘S’
Display over class flag(s) if not shortening all classes
Use when wind dies, another race needs to be fitted into the day, etc
Consider time limit and target times
Club Line Shorten – procedure in SIs.
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Finishing Line
• 7 boat lengths long• 90o to last mark• 90o to sailing wind for beats or runs• Cross from direction of last mark
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Finishing Procedure
• Prepare Line• Blue Flag• Record – written – use finish sheets• Record – audio• Time• Sounds
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Race Results
• Race officer to check results• Record OCS, DNS, etc.• Presentation is important to ensure
accuracy• Return to results office – work with
results secretary• May phone from race area
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Two Races in a Day
• Shorter time limits• Short first race• Consider order of classes – do not stick
rigidly to list order
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Any other business…
• Protests• Requests for redress• Sign-off Risk Assessment form