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D A T E S E V E N
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March 29 |
Sat |
Committee Boat
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Regatta #1 |
Spring Series day 1 |
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April 26 |
Sat |
Committee Boat
Scott O'Hara |
Regatta #2 |
Spring Series day 2 |
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May 10 |
Sat |
Committee Boat
Ted Souter |
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Scratched due to weather |
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May 24 |
Sat |
Races before
Memorial Day Party that Saturday |
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Scratched due to no wind |
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June 7 |
Sat |
Committee Boat ? |
Regatta #3 |
Spring Series day 3 |
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June 14 ? |
Sat |
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Regatta #4 |
Spring Series day 4 |
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June 21 ? |
Sat |
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Regatta #5 Final |
Spring Series day 5 |
SCHEDULE
and FORMAT
The IMYC Yacht racing schedule and
format will be announced by the Race Committee in the
Racing Schedule. The Racing Schedule will specify
racing dates, individual regattas/series/combination,
trophies, handling of delayed or postponed races,
skipper’s meeting details and any other necessary
information. Make up races and reschedule will be
scheduled as needed.
SCORING
Contestants will receive 1.5 points
for each first place finish, 2 points for second, 3
points for third and so on. The winner is the
contestant with the lowest point total for the event.
In the event of a tie, the lowest total corrected time
will determine the winner.
RULES
Races shall be sailed under the
Racing Rules of Sailing for 2005 - 2008 of the
International Sailing Federation. The Racing Rules can
be downloaded free of charge from the following link:
http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/0508_RRSintro-[435].pdf
PROTESTS AND FOULS
All skippers should hail for their
rights well in advance of any disputed situation. Any
yacht which acknowledges her foul may exonerate herself
by completing a 360-degree maneuver immediately after
the foul, but not before she has started. Protests must
be presented in writing to the Race Committee within 30
minutes of the return to dock of the acting race
committee chair in order to be considered valid.
HANDICAPING
IMYC will use the Time Correction
Factor (TCF) system for determining corrected finish
times and scores. The starting values will be
determined based on standard IMYC PHRF handicaps and
calculated such that in average wind conditions the
results will be the same as PHRF. The difference is
that the TCF will increase the time difference on slow,
light wind race days and decrease the difference on
fast, windy days. Adjustments will also be included for
sail area, fixed props, etc. as described in the Ratings
Adjustments section.
TIME CORRECTION FACTOR
All corrected times will be
calculated as:
Corrected Time = That Yacht’s
Elapsed Time times its TCF
Where TCF = ___________650_______________
550 + Adjusted IMYC PHRF Rating
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Examples:
IMYC PHRF Rating
TCF Elapsed Time
Corrected Time
242 0.821
4,387 sec 3,600 sec
200 0.867
4,154 sec 3,600 sec
155 0.922
3,905 sec 3,600 sec
RATINGS ADJUSTMENTS
Each yacht’s TCF will be modified
to reflect the adjustments described in this section
prior to the computation of that yacht’s corrected
time. Each participant may, before each regatta,
designate their Ratings Class as: RACING, CRUISING, or
NOVICE. The declaration is purely at the discretion of
the competitor, except that any competitor who has a
declared class of Novice and finishes in first place in
any race during this racing year shall automatically
have his class changed to Cruising prior to the next
race. Absent any declaration, a yacht shall be scored
with a Ratings Class of Racing. Adjustments shall be made to a
yacht’s IMYC TCF based on the following guides:
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EQUIPMENT |
ADJUSTMENT |
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FIXED or NON-RETRACTABLE
PROPS |
Reduce elapsed time by 1.5% |
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For MASTHEAD RIG: |
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MAX JIB SIZE less than 150%
or greater than 155% LP |
Reduce or Increase elapsed
time by 1% per 10% of LP |
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For FRACTIONAL RIG: |
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MAX JIB SIZE less than 150%
or greater than 155% LP |
Reduce or Increase elapsed
time by 0.5% per 10% of LP |
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SPINNAKER – None |
No Adjustment |
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SPINNAKER – Cruising |
Increase elapsed time by
0.5% |
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SPINNAKER – Racing |
Increase elapsed time by
1.0% |
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CLASS – Racing |
No Adjustment |
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CLASS – Cruising |
Reduce elapsed time by 1% |
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CLASS – Novice |
Reduce elapsed time by 2% |
TIME LIMITS
Time limits and cancellation or
postponement for weather conditions will be at the
discretion of the race committee.
PROPULSION AND SAIL
ATTACHMENT
The only allowable source of
energy for propelling a yacht through the water shall be
the wind. Section 50 of the Racing Rules is modified to
allow ANY means of sail attachment, placement,
and sheeting, so long as the wind provides the
only source of energy.
MARK ROUNDINGS AT THE FINISH
LINE
Mark rounding will NOT be an
integral part of finishing. When a Mark forms one end
of the finish line, the final leg shall extend from the
last Mark directly to the finish line.
SIGNAL FLAGS
The start of the race will be
signaled in the following manner. Flags are
lowered one minute prior to the hoisting of the next.
Minutes
Before
The race committee will endeavor to
notify each yacht Recalled by two horn sounds and by
Hailing, but it is the responsibility of each yacht to
make a proper start.
For convenience, each visual signal
is expected to be accompanied by a sound signal.
However the visual signals will govern. The signal
occurs at the time the flag reaches the top of its
travel.
The course and any other necessary
information for each race will be displayed on the
Committee Boat prior to the Preparatory Signal. It
is the responsibility of each competitor to acquire the
necessary race information. While the Committee
Boat posting is the official site of the information,
for convenience
VHF channel 71 will be used when possible to aid
in race related communications.
