STANDING SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
OF THE
FREMONT SAILING CLUB
1.0 RULES
The current International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Racing Rules for Sailing (RRS), the prescriptions of US Sailing Association (USSA), the applicable class rules, the City of Fremont rules for the use of Lake Elizabeth (except as any of these are altered by these sailing instructions), and these sailing instructions shall govern.
Regattas shall be designated "Category A" as defined in ISAF Regulation 20.
The penalty for violating class measurement and equipment rules shall be a warning. This modifies RRS Rule 64.3.
2.0 ENTRIES
Races are open to members in good standing of the Fremont Sailing Club. The Fremont Sailing Club may invite non-members of the Fremont Sailing Club to compete in a series without requiring membership.
All yachts must register on each race day by filling in the registration sheet for that class yacht before the end of the Skipper's Meeting.
3.0 NOTICES TO COMPETITORS/CHANGES IN SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Notices to competitors and any changes in these sailing instructions will be posted before the end of the Skipper's Meeting on the day that they will take effect on the official notice board located on the grassy area at the end of the launch ramp. Notices to competitors and changes in these sailing instructions will apply only on the day that they are posted.
4.0 SIGNALS MADE ASHORE
Signals made ashore are signals displayed at the grassy area at the end of the launch ramp.
Code flag 'AP' with two sound signals when raised and one sound signal when lowered means: 'The race is postponed. The warning signal will be made not less than 15 minutes after the 'AP' is lowered.'
5.0 SCHEDULE OF RACES
The Race Schedule will be published in the Fremont Sailing Club newsletter, The Windjammer, as a Race Notice for each series. The Fremont Sailing Club Race Captain maintains the official race calendar.
On each race day, a Skipper's Meeting will be held at 11:30 AM on the grassy area at the end of the launch ramp.
The Warning Signal for the first Race of the day will be at 12:00 noon. No Warning Signal shall be made after 4:00 PM on any race day.
The time of the warning signals for races following the first shall be at the discretion of the Race Committee. The Race Committee may start a class while other classes are still sailing a previous race. During the Skipper's Meeting, the Race Committee may announce a planned postponement between any two races (e.g. for lunch, etc.). The Race Committee will display a code flag 'AP' and follow the procedures specified in Section 4, Signals Made Ashore, during this postponement regardless of where the code flag is displayed. For the convenience of the competitors, the Race Committee may post the planned duration of the postponement on the official notice board; however, the display/lowering of the code flag will take precedence over any announced time.
5.1 Rescheduling Of Abandoned/Canceled Races
Races which are abandoned or canceled while there are still racing days remaining in the series may be (re-)sailed later in the day or will be added to the next scheduled race day. There will be no special notice provided for these rescheduled races.
Races which are abandoned or canceled on the last day of the series may be canceled, or may be conducted during the subsequent series or on a makeup race day at the sole discretion of the Race Captain. All competitors of the completed races in the series will be notified of the makeup races or schedule changes by a notice in the "Windjammer", or by email or mail.
6.0 CLASS FLAGS
The class flags will be the class main sail insignias, or other flags designated by the Race Committee at the Skipper's Meeting.
7.0 RACING AREA
All races will be held at Lake Elizabeth in Central Park in Fremont. Central Park is located at the intersection of Paseo Padre Blvd and Stevenson Blvd. The entrance to the parking and launching area is on SAILWAY LANE off of Paseo Padre. Yachts may be ramp or hand launched. Lake Elizabeth has no cranes available.
8.0 COURSE DESIGNATIONS
| COURSES | |||||||
| NUMBER | ROUNDING MARKS | ||||||
| 1 | Start | 2P | 7P | 4P | 2P | 4P | Finish |
| 2 | Start | 2P | 7P | 5P | 2P | 5P | Finish |
| 3 | Start | 2P | 7P | 4P | Finish | ||
| 4 | Start | 2P | 7P | 5P | Finish | ||
| 5 | Start | 2P | 6P | 2P | 6P | Finish | |
| 6 | Start | 2P | 5P | 2P | 5P | Finish | |
| 7 | Start | 2P | 6P | 4P | 2P | 5P | Finish |
| 8 | Start | 2P | 1P | 4P | Finish | ||
| 9 | Start | 2P | 4P | Finish | |||
| 10 | Start | 2P | 5P | Finish | |||
| 11 | Start | 2S | 3S | 6S | 2S | 6S | Finish |
| 12 | Start | 1S | 3S | 5S | Finish | ||
| 13 | Start | 2P | 1P | 6P | 4P | Finish | |
| 14 | Start | 2P | 6P | 4P | Finish | ||
| 15 | Start | 2P | 8P | 4P | 2P | 5P | Finish |
| 16 | Start | 3P | 1P | 6P | Finish | ||
| 17 | Start | 3P | 1P | 5P | 3P | 6S | Finish |
| 18 | Start | 3S | 8S | 3S | 8S | Finish | |
| 19 | Start | 3P | 1P | 5P | Finish | ||
S (starboard) and P (port) following the mark numbers in the table above indicate the side on which each mark is to be left.
The following modifiers may be displayed following the course designation:
A Substitute Mark 1 for Mark 2 for all roundings. The direction of rounding remains unchanged.
R Sail the course in reverse order. The direction of rounding is also changed.
X Repeat the rounding marks of the course prior to finishing.
The modifiers may be combined, e.g. 9ARX would indicate to sail course 9, twice around, in reverse, and replace Mark 2 with Mark 1 in all instances. The course sailed would be Start-4S-1S-4S-1S-Finish.
9.0 MARKS
All marks, except mark 8, are yellow vertically floating posts with black numbers and located in the general area shown on the chart in Section 7. Mark 8 is a fixed vertical white post with black numbers.
9.1 Limiting marks
When using Mark B for starting or finishing, yachts shall not pass between Mark A and the northern shore. The restricted area is to be considered an obstruction.
When the starting line is a committee boat, a limiting buoy may be set to protect the committee boat. Yachts may not pass between the limiting buoy and the committee boat at any time. The area between the limiting buoy and the committee boat is considered to be a part of the committee boat and as such if a yacht passes between the limiting buoy and the committee boat, it will be deemed to have touched the committee boat and shall exonerate herself accordingly.
10.0 THE START
10.1 Sequence
Races will be started in accordance with RRS rule 26 except that the Warning Signal will be given 3 minutes before the starting signal and the Preparatory Signal will be given 2 minutes before the starting signal.
10.2 Starting Line
The Starting Line will be one of the following:
1 between mark B and a staff with an orange or red flag on the north shore;
2 between a temporary mark and a staff with an orange or red flag on the race committee boat.
3 another line designated by the race committee
10.3 Restricted Area
Rule 22.1 shall be observed in the starting area.
11.0 RECALLS
11.1 Individual
Individual recalls will follow the procedure outlined in Rule 29.1.
11.2 General
General recalls will follow the procedure outlined in Rule 29.2. After a general recall, the I Flag Rule 30.1, (around an end) will be in effect for that class.
12.0 CHANGE OF COURSE AFTER THE START
The Race Committee may shorten the course by finishing a race at any rounding mark. The committee will establish a Finish Line at a mark of the course which has yet to be rounded and will signal the leading yacht by hoisting code flag "S" accompanied by two horns prior to the leading yacht crossing the new Finish Line.
13.0 THE FINISH
The Finish Line will be one of the following:
1 between mark F and a staff with an orange or red flag on the north shore;
2 the starting line;
3 another line designated by the Race Committee;
Unless otherwise specified by the Race Committee, finish line 2 will be used whenever the course is reversed and finish line 1 will be used in all other cases.
14.0 TIME LIMIT
The time limit on each race will be sixty minutes. If one yacht in a class finishes within that time limit, the other yachts in that class will have an additional half hour from the time the first yacht finished in which to finish. Yachts which fail to finish within that time will be scored DNF (did not finish). This modifies Rule 35.
15.0 PROTESTS AND APPEALS
Protests and Appeals must comply with Part 5 Protests, Redress, Hearings, Misconduct, and Appeals and Appendix F.
Protesting yachts must notify the Race Committee within one half hour of the return of the Race Committee to the skippers meeting area. Protest forms will be available from the Race Committee. Protests not presented in the standard format may be refused by the Protest Committee. In the event that the protest is refused on the grounds of format, the protesting party shall have an additional one-half hour to re-file the protest.
15.1 Protest Hearings
All valid protests shall be heard after the last race of the day. Notice of hearing will be given to each party orally by the Protest Committee. Both parties to the protest shall be allowed to review the original written protest prior to the hearing. Copies of the original protest and Protest Committee's decision will be sent to both parties within one week after the hearing.
15.2 Appeals
Appeals of a decision by the Protest Committee shall be submitted to the SF YRA Appeals Committee following their guidelines for submitting an appeal.
16.0 SCORING
16.1 System
Scoring will be by the RRS Appendix A and the Low Point Scoring System. Scores are calculated separately for each class.
For the following 3 conditions, points shall be awarded equal to one (1) plus the number of boats in the class starting that race.
DNF Did Not Finish
RAF Retired After Finishing
OCS On Course Side or failure to comply with starting
procedures
For the following condition, points shall be awarded equal to one (1) plus the number of boats in the class starting that race plus the number of boats in the class qualifying as non-starters in that race. For a boat to be considered as a non-starter in a race, the boat must be present at the lake, have registered for the day's racing, and not have started the race.
DNS Did Not Start
For the following 2 conditions, points shall be awarded equal to two (2) plus the number of boats in the class starting that race.
DSQ Disqualified
DSE Disqualified Not Excludable
For the following condition, points shall be awarded equal to one (1) plus the number of boats in the class starting and not starting (scored DNS) in the best attended race of the series. Boats will be considered to have not competed if they are not scored as a finisher or as one of the other categories listed in this section. This condition is used to calculate series scores, not daily scores.
DNC Did Not Compete
For the following condition, points shall be awarded to a skipper equal to his or her average finish, rounded down to the next lower whole number, of all other races he or she started or qualified as a non-starter (i.e. is scored DNS) in the series. The skipper must have competed in a least one other race in the series to be scored. This condition is used to calculate series scores, not daily scores.
RC Skipper Performing as Race Committee
16.2 Throw-outs
Each skipper's score for a series will be the sum of his or her scores excluding one of his or her worst scores for every three races in the series.
17.0 PRIZES
17.1 Series Awards
Trophies will be awarded to Fremont Sailing Club skippers in each fleet for each series of races according to the following schedule of the number of skippers who start, qualify as non-starters (i.e. are scored DNS), or are scored RC, in at least 60% of the races in a series:
| No. of Skippers | No. of Trophies |
| 3 - 5 | 1 |
| 6 - 9 | 2 |
| 10 - 14 | 3 |
| 15 - 19 | 4 |
| 20 -24 | 5 |
| 25 - 30 | 6 |
17.2 Season Awards
Season trophies will be awarded for the combination of series; Spring, Summer, and Fall in a calendar year. The season scores will be the sum of the series scores of each skipper in the Spring, Summer, and Fall series. If a skipper did not compete in any race of a series, points for that series will be calculated as 6 times the DNC points for a race of his or her class in that series. Season results will only be calculated for skippers who compete in at least one race in a season.
Approved Date : 21 April 2007