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General Notice of Race

by randyho — last modified 2007-04-16 05:04

A Notice of Race may be amended by the SYC General Notice of Race. To the extent the SYC General Notice of Race conflicts with a Notice of Race, the Notice of Race takes precedence.

  1. Rules

    2. 1.1  Races will be governed by the “rules” as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing (“RRS”).

    1.2  RRS 51 “Moving Ballast” is amended by adding: “A boat rated by PHRF Northwest in consideration of water ballast will be allowed to use water ballast as rated.”

    1.3  RRS 31.2 is amended by adding: “Boats which cause damage to the race committee boat while on station shall be subject to protest by the race committee and shall be liable for any damages.”

  2. Eligibility and Entry

    3. 2.1  To enter an event, entrants must register by entry form at the Seattle Yacht Club or online at www.seattleyachtclub.org/registersail and pay appropriate fees by the registration deadline. Registration after the deadline may be accepted at the discretion of the race organizers and may require an additional late fee.

    2.2  For boats racing in PHRF-NW classes, it is the responsibility of the entrants to ensure that the correct rating for their boat is listed in the PHRF-NW roster or supplement by 1200 hours on the Wednesday preceding a race. Boats racing without a PHRF-NW certificate will not be scored. No entry fees will be refunded.

  3. Safety and Responsibility

    4. 3.1  Occasionally, sailboat racing has resulted in injury or loss of life. All competitors in SYC events participate entirely at their own risk. The organizing authority, SYC, will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after a race. It is the responsibility of each skipper to competently inform their crew of the risks of sailboat racing, to make sure their crew understands and accepts those risks, to decide whether their crew is competent and their equipment adequate for the event, and to decide whether to start or continue in a race.

    3.2  Boats must comply with the then current Pacific Internal Yachting Association (PIYA) Special Regulations Governing Minimum Equipment and Accommodation Standards according to the race category requirement specified in the notice of race. The text of the PIYA regulation is available from SYC, other PIYA member yacht clubs, and the PIYA web site at http://www.ussailing.net/piya.

    3.3  Boats must be operated in accordance with the Puget Sound Sailboat Safety Regulations, as available in the SYC Race Book.

    3.4  Boats must be operated in accordance with the then current US Coast Guard Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) Regulations.

    3.5  The Race Committee may inspect a boat or its equipment at any time before or after racing for compliance with safety requirements.

  4. Time

    5. 4.1  The official race time shall be the local time, either Pacific Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Time.

    4.2  Time limits indicated in the Notice of Race are the maximum allowable time from each boat’s starting signal to her finish time, or a time of day. Boats that do not finish within their time limit will be scored DNF.

  5. Identification

    6. 5.1  A yacht wishing to use sails with numbers different from her own must notify the SYC Sailing Director by the registration deadline.

  6. Changes in Rating

    7. 6.1  A change in a boat’s rating will take effect on the day it is recorded by the rating agency. Changes are not retroactive. When a boat's rating changes between races that are part of a series, the boat shall remain in the same class in which she started the series for the remaining races in the series.

  7. Scoring

    8. 7.1  A boat that did not start (DNC, DNS, OCS), did not finish (DNF), retired after starting, retired after finishing (RAF), or is disqualified (DSQ, DNE, DGM, BFD) will be scored the number of finishers plus one. This changes RRS Appendix A4.2 and A9.

  8. Sailing Instructions

    9. 8.1  Sailing Instructions will be available by the Thursday before the race on the SYC web site at http://www.seattleyachtclub.org or, if not available on the web site, on the notice board at the SYC Portage Bay clubhouse lower entrance.