Sailing Instructions
Sunday Racing Program
Notice of Race
Sailing Instructions 2017
Sailing Instructions Revised April 2020
See Summary of Changes Below
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Race Committee
Responsibilities and Guidelines
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Sunday Racing Program Sailing Instructions
Revised April 2020
The Sunday Racing Program Sailing Instructions have been updated to correspond to current practice that we are seeing used at other sailing clubs. The following is a summary of the changes. The new SIs will be effective for the new sailing year starting with races on April 5, 2020.
SI 3 Changes to the SIs may be made and posted prior to 1230 on Sunday. Time was 1200.
SI 5 Added the ability to indicate that races will be sailed
back-to-back by displaying Code Flag B.
SI 7 and Attachment A Change course designations for:
Windward-leeward (W) courses so that the modifier indicates the number of legs instead of the number of laps.
Triangle (T) courses so that the modifier indicates the number of laps and includes an upwind finish without need to add the 1/3 final lap modifier that we currently use.
Here is how the current course designators map to the new designators.
| W with Upwind Finish |
W with Downwind Finish |
Triangle |
Gold Cup and Olympic |
| W ½ > W1 |
W1 > W2 |
T1 1/3 > T1 |
G > G |
| W1 ½ > W3 |
W2 > W4 |
T2 1/3 > T2 |
O > O |
| W2 ½ > W5 |
W3 > W6 |
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SI 10 The committee is no longer required to move the offset mark when changing the position of the weather mark.
SI 12 Invokes US Sailing RRS Appendix V Alternative Penalties to encourage competitors to take penalties when they have broken a rule of Part 2 or rule 31. Appendix V is reproduced below.
V1 Provides for a 1 turn penalty, instead of the current 2 turn penalty, if the foul occurs outside the zone.
V2 Provides for a post race 30% Scoring Penalty if requested prior to a protest hearing.
APPENDIX V – ALTERNATIVE PENALTIES
This appendix is a US Sailing prescription. Rules V1 and V2 provide alternative penalties that encourage competitors to take a penalty when they may have broken one or more rules of Part 2 or rule 31 in an incident. One or both of these rules apply only if the sailing instructions so state. Please report your experiences with and evaluations of these rules to US Sailing by sending an email to rules@ussailing.org.
V1 PENALTY AT THE TIME OF AN INCIDENT
The first two sentences of rule 44.1 are changed to: ‘A boat may take a One-Turn Penalty when she may have broken one or more rules of Part 2 or rule 31 in an incident while racing. However, when she may have broken one or more rules of Part 2 while in the zone around a mark other than a starting mark, her penalty shall be a Two-Turns Penalty.’
V2 PENALTY TAKEN AFTER A RACE
After a race, a boat that may have broken one or more rules of Part 2 or rule 31 in an incident while racing may take a Post-Race Penalty for that incident. A boat takes the penalty by delivering a written notice to the race office that identifies the race number and when and where the incident occurred. The penalty shall be a 30% Scoring Penalty, calculated as stated in rule 44.3(c). However, rules 44.1(a) and (b) apply, and the penalty shall not be taken after a protest hearing involving the incident has begun.
