ANGOSTURA TOBAGO SAIL WEEK 2008
11th to 16th May, Crown Point Beach Hotel
Organizing Authority - Trinidad & Tobago Sailing Association
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
1.0RULES
1.1 The regatta will be governed by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF)
Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) for 2005-2008, prescriptions of the Trinidad and
Tobago Sailing Association (TTSA) and by these Sailing Instructions and the
applicable class rules. The regatta is classified as a Category C Event,
in accordance with Regulation 20. RRS 30 (Starting Penalties), shall not apply.
1.2 Handicaps: Racing, Cruiser/Racer, Cruiser, and Charter Classes will race under
the present CSA Rating Rule.
2.0 ENTRIES
2.1 Eligible boats may be entered by completing registration with the TTSA
and paying the US$150 entry fee.
2.2 Entry forms may be obtained from the TTSA office or the official regatta
website www.sailweek.com beforehand or from the Committee Desk at Crown
Point Beach Hotel, and must be handed in at the Committee Desk not later
than 1800 hours on Saturday, 12th May 2007. Late entries may be entertained
at the discretion of the Race Committee.
3.0 NOTICES TO COMPETITORS
3.1 Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board located
outside the Committee Desk, at Crown Point Beach Hotel.
4.0 CHANGES IN THE SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
4.1 Any changes in the sailing instructions will be posted on the official notice
board before 0730 hrs on the day they will take effect.
5.0 SIGNALS
5.1 Code Flag "Lima" will be displayed from the flagpole in front of the Committee
Room to call attention to any posting of Notices to Competitors. Any such
posting shall be deemed to have been delivered to each competitor.
6.0 SCHEDULE OF RACES AND START SEQUENCES
Observe class flags for start sequence
Monday 12th May First Warning Signal: 0955 hours
RACE 1 Navigator, Charter, Cruiser, Cruiser/Racer, Racing,
One-Design.
RACE 1A Cruiser/Racer, Racing, One-Design.
The warning signals for the Cruiser/Racer, Racing and One-Design
classes for race 1A will be approximately 10 minutes after each
of these classes has completed its previous race.
Tuesday 13th May First Warning Signal: 0955 hours
RACE 2 Navigator, Charter, Cruiser, Cruiser/Racing, Racing,
One-Design.
RACE 2A Cruiser/Racer, Racing, One-Design.
RACE 2B Racing, One-Design.
The warning signals for the Cruiser/Racer, Racing and One-Design
classes for races 2A and 2B will be approximately 10 minutes after each
of these classes has completed its previous race
Thursday 15th May First Warning Signal: 1125 hours
RACE 3 Navigator, Charter, Cruiser, Cruiser/Racer, Racing,
One-Design.
Friday 16th May First Warning Signal: 0955 hours
RACE 4 Navigator, Charter, Cruiser, Cruiser/Racer, Racing,
One-Design.
RACE 4A Navigator, Charter, Cruiser, Cruiser/Racer, Racing,
One-Design.
RACE 4B Racing, One-Design.
The warning signals for the Navigator, Charter, Cruiser, Cruiser/Racer,
Racing and One-Design classes for races 4A and 4B will be approximately
10 minutes after each of these classes has completed its previous race.
7.0 CLASSES, FLAGS & IDENTIFICATION
7.1
| CLASS |
FLAG |
| Navigator (Main and Jib) |
Yellow |
| Charter (Main and Jib) |
Blue |
| Cruiser (Jib and Pole) |
Pink |
| Cruiser/Racer (Spinnaker or 2 headsails) |
White |
| Racing (Spinnaker) |
Green |
| One Design (Spinnaker) |
Black |
7.2 One Design classes and groups of boats wishing to level-rate will have a
separate class or will be scored as a separate subclass within their class at
the discretion of the Race Committee based on the number of entries and the
event classes that are established.
7.3 Charter Class boats shall be in the standard charter configuration (rigging,
sails, and equipment) as operated by Moorings, Horizons, etc. Poles,
boathooks, oars or other such devices for holding out the headsail are not
permitted.
7.4 The Race Committee may split a class depending on the number of entries
and shall decide in which class a boat may race. The decision of the Race
Committee is final.
7.5 The Class Flag shall be flown from the backstay while racing. With the
exception of the Trinidad & Tobago courtesy flag (flown at the spreaders), the
only other flag that may be flown while racing is the protest (red) flag.
7.6 Identification Numbers will be issued to each entered boat at the Skippers
Briefing held on Sunday, 11 May 2008. Identification Numbers shall be clearly
displayed on both sides of the competing boats as high and close to the bow
as possible.
8.0 ANCHORS
8.1 Boats are required to remove anchors that protrude outside the lines of the
hull.
9.0 COURSES
9.1 Courses are attached.
Chart shows approximate Positions of the Marks Used in the 2007 Angostura Tobago Sailing Week (Not to be used in lieu of written course description)
10.0 MARKS
10.1 All marks will be inflatable buoys.
11.0 THE START
11.1 Races will be started in accordance with Racing Rule 26, with classes starting
at 5-minute intervals.
11.2 The start line for all classes on all days will be between an orange flag on the
Committee Boat and a yellow inflatable buoy (mark AMBITION SAILING) to
the North of the Committee Boat. The start line will be positioned approximately¾ mile to the West of mark ANGOSTURA BITTERS.
11.3 There will be a distance mark trailed approximately 10 metres behind the
Committee Boat which will be considered part of the Committee Boat.
11.4 No boat shall pass through the start line except when Starting/Finish or
rounding AMBITION SAILING as a mark on the course.
12.0 RECALLS
12.1 Individual recalls will be signaled in accordance with Racing Rule 29.1. An
attempt will be made to hail the boat(s) by radio on VHF Channel 72.
12.2 General recalls will be signaled in accordance with Racing Rule 29.2 and a
new warning signal will be made one minute after the lowering of Code Flag
"First Substitute".
12.3 When a general recall has been signaled, the start(s) for the succeeding
class(es) will be postponed accordingly.
13.0 SHORTENED COURSE
13.1 The shortened course will be signaled by a boat displaying Code Flag “S” at a
rounding mark. This means “Finish between the rounding mark and the boat
displaying Code Flag “S”.
14.0 THE FINISH
14.1 All Numerically Displayed courses on the Committee Boat will have the finish pin
to the south of the Start Boat.
All other courses, the finish line will be between an orange flag on a Committee Boat
and an orange inflatable buoy located approximately 50m south west of mark
Angostura Bitters.
15.0 TIME LIMIT
15.1 The Time Limit will be 1700 hrs for each class. If one or more boats of a class
have finished before 1700 hrs, the time limit will be extended to allow other
boats in that class to finish. Boats finishing after 1800 hrs may be expected
to take their own finishing times.
16.0 PROTESTS
16.1 Protests shall be made in accordance with Racing Rule 60 except as modified
herein.
16.2 Protests shall be written on forms available at the Committee Desk and shall
be lodged there within two hours of the protester’s finishing time and shall be
accompanied by a fee of US$30 or $200TT, which shall be nonrefundable
and donated to the T&T Youth Sailing Program.
16.3 Protests will be heard as soon as practicable after each race. It is the
responsibility of the parties to a protest to find out when and where the
hearing will take place and to attend with their witnesses. On the last day of
the regatta, a request for re-opening a hearing shall be delivered:
a) Within the protest time limit if the party requesting the re-opening was
informed of the decision on the previous day;
b) No later than 30 minutes after the party requesting the re-opening was
informed of the decision on that day.
16.4 Measurement protests must be filed before 1800 hrs on the first day of racing.
16.5 At anytime during the Regatta, should the Official Measurer find a material
error in a boat’s rating certificate, she/he shall notify the Jury. On receiving
such notification, the Jury may call a hearing to request that the Official
Measurer re-issue the certificate and adjust the boat’s scoring for all races in
the regatta.
17.0 PENALTIES FOR BREAKING RULES OF PART 2
17.1 The penalty will be in accordance with RRS 44.1
17.2 Prior to a protest hearing, a yacht may take a 40% penalty for infringing a
rule of Part 2 for which she could have applied RRS 44.1 in the first
instance. The 40% penalty will be applied in accordance with RRS
44.3(c) as amended hereunder.
17.3 RRS 44.3(c) is amended as follows: “the number of boats entered” is
changed to “the number of boats entered in the class”.
17.4 The Protest Committee, at its discretion, may impose a percentage penalty
for the infringement of non-Part 2 Racing Rules.
18.0 RADIO COMMUNICATION
18.1 All radio communication will be on VHF Channel 72.
18.2 Time checks will be given approx. 15 minutes before the first warning signal
on each day.
19.0 SCORING
19.1 The Low-Point Scoring System, RRS Appendix A, shall apply.
In Navigator, Charter and Cruiser Classes all race results will count to their
final score. In Racing, Cruiser/Racer and One Design Classes if a minimum of nine races are sailed then each boats series score shall be the total of her
race scores excluding her worst score. Otherwise all scores will count.
19.2 If a tie cannot be broken in the normal manner, the sum of the corrected times
will be used.
19.3 One or more races will constitute a series.
20.0 RESULTS
20.1 Provisional results will be exhibited at the end of each race on the Results
Board in front of the Committee Room.
21.0 RESPONSIBILITY
21.1 The Trinidad and Tobago Sailing Association, Regatta Promoters Ltd., the
Sponsors or any of their representatives do not accept responsibility for loss
of life or injury to participants or others or for the loss of or damage to any
vessel, however caused.
22.0 CONDUCT
22.1 The captain of each boat participating in this regatta shall be responsible for
the behavior of his crew. In the case of any destruction of property or any
serious breach of reasonable standards of good conduct by any crew
member, or the failure to comply with a reasonable request of any officer or
agent of the Trinidad and Tobago Sailing Association, directed to any
member of any participating boat, that boat may be barred from participating
in any future race in the regatta.
23.0 SAFETY
23.1 CSA Minimum Safety Requirements are applicable. These requirements are
posted on the Caribbean Sailing Association website www.caribbean-sailing.com.
In the event of a conflict between these requirements and applicable class rules
for recognized classes sailing in the regatta, the class rules will apply.
COURSES
ALL RACES,ALL CLASSES PLEASE OBSERVE CLASS FLAGS FOR START SEQUENCE
Monday 12 May
YACHT SERVICES ASSN OF T&T
RACE 1
Navigator, Charter & Cruiser 15.5 mls
| Angostura Bitters |
Port |
| Caribbean Club |
Stbd |
| Hilton |
Stbd |
| YSATT |
Stbd |
| Hilton |
Stbd |
| Power Boats |
Port |
| Finish |
|
Cruiser/Racer, Racing & One Design
RACE 1
Course will be numerically displayed on a notice board on the Start Boat.
RACE 1A
Will be same as Navigator, Charter & Cruiser race described above.
Tuesday 13 May
TSTT
RACE 2
Navigator, Charter & Cruiser 13.5 mls
| Angostura Bitters |
Port |
| YSATT |
Stbd |
| Hilton |
Stbd |
| YSATT |
Stbd |
| Hilton |
Stbd |
| Caribbean Club |
Port |
| Power Boats |
Port |
| Finish |
|
RACES 2, 2A & 2B
Cruiser/Racer,Racing & One Design
Courses will be numerically displayed on a notice board on the Start Boat.
Thursday 15 May
GULF INSURANCE
| Angostura Bitters |
Stbd |
| Gulf Insurance |
Port |
| IFD |
Stbd |
| Gulf Insurance |
Stbd |
| Power Boats |
Stbd |
| Finish |
|
Cruiser/Racer 16mls
| Angostura Bitters |
Stbd |
| Gulf Insurance |
Port |
| IFD |
Stbd |
| Gulf Insurance |
Stbd |
| Power Boats |
Stbd |
| Angostura Bitters |
Port |
| Power Boats |
Stbd |
| Finish |
|
Racing & One Design 16 mls
| Angostura Bitters |
Stbd |
| Gulf Insurance |
Port |
| IFD |
Stbd |
| Gulf Insurance |
Stbd |
| Power Boats |
Stbd |
| Angostura Bitters |
Port |
| Power Boats |
Stbd |
| Finish |
|
Friday 16 May
CARIBBEAN CLUB
RACE 4 & 4A
Navigator, Charter & Cruiser
RACE 4,4A &4B
Cruiser/Racer, Racing & One Design
Courses will be numerically displayed on a notice board on the start boat.
CRUISER/RACER, RACING & ONE DESIGN CLASS COURSES
FOR MONDAY 12th, TUESDAY 13th AND FRIDAY 16th MAY
All Courses below, the Start will be to the North of the Committee Boat and the Finish to the South of the Committee Boat.
COURSE #1 (Approx 1.75 miles)
ANGOSTURA BITTERS…………..PORT
FINISH
COURSE #2 (Approx 3.75 miles)
ANGOSTURA BITTERS…………..PORT
POWER BOATS……………………PORT
FINISH
COURSE #3 (Approx 3.25 miles)
ANGOSTURA BITTERS…………..PORT
CARIBBEAN CLUB………………..PORT
POWER BOATS…… ……………..PORT
FINISH
COURSE #4 (Approx 5.75 miles)
ANGOSTURA BITTERS………….PORT
AMBITION SAILING..……………..PORT
ANGOSTURA BITTERS…… ……PORT
FINISH
COURSE #5 (Approx 6.75 miles)
ANGOSTURA BITTERS………….PORT
POWER BOATS…………………...PORT
ANGOSTURA BITTERS…… ……PORT
POWER BOATS…………………...PORT
FINISH
COURSE #6 (Approx 5.75 miles)
ANGOSTURA BITTERS…………PORT
AMBITION SAILING..…………….PORT
ANGOSTURA BITTERS…………PORT
CARIBBEAN CLUB………..……..PORT
POWER BOATS…………………..PORT
FINISH
COURSE #7 (Approx 8.75 miles)
ANGOSTURA BITTERS………… PORT
POWER BOATS…………………. .PORT
ANGOSTURA BITTERS……… ..PORT
CARIBBEAN CLUB……….……... PORT
POWER BOATS………………….. PORT
FINISH
COURSE #8 (Approx 9 miles)
ANGOSTURA BITTERS ……… PORT
CARIBBEAN CLUB……………..PORT
POWER BOATS…………………PORT
ANGOSTURA BITTERS………..PORT
CARIBBEAN CLUB……………..PORT
POWER BOATS………………...PORT
FINISH
