Sailing School

The regattas shall be governed by the “rules” as defined in the 2001-2004 Racing Rules of Sailing, the prescriptions of the United States Sailing Association (US Sailing), the rules of the appropriate individual class associations, this Notice of Race, except as any of these are altered by the Sailing Instructions, and the Sailing Instructions. The regattas are classified as a Category A events as defined in Appendix 1 – 20.3.2

Each skipper is expected to have a copy of these rules on board. Skippers indicate their acceptance of these conditions and instructions by entering club races.

Each skipper shall be a full member in good standing, a member applicant of CCYC, or a member of the junior fleet.

Payment of CCYC and respective fleet or class dues are required before a boat ranks as a starter.

The skipper and boat shall comply with all Federal, State and Coast Guard requirements regarding the ownership, registration and safety regulations/equipment for their boat.

A fleet or class may provide for additional requirements and equipment as follows:

Each skipper shall be a member in good standing of the National Rhodes 19 Class Association and Rhodes Fleet 12. Each skipper shall be an owner, charterer, or regular crew. Class officers determine whether a particular skipper is a “regular crew”.

Each skipper in the Championship series shall be a member in good standing of the ILCA and Lightning Fleet 5.

Rule 2.3(a) of The Chicago Tartan Ten Association is changed as follows: There is no crew weight limit while racing.

Rule 2.3(b) of The Chicago Tartan Ten Association is changed as follows: There is no crew limit while racing.

In the event of a disputed rating, the LMPHRF rating shall prevail. If the offshore fleet is unable to assign a rating, the skipper shall apply for an official LMPHRF rating. Until such time as the LMPHRF rating is received and submitted to the offshore fleet the original rating shall be used.

Notices to competitors shall be posted on the official notice board located on the North wall of the club's main assembly area.

Any changes to the sailing instructions shall be posted two hours before the day’s first scheduled start.

Signals made ashore shall be displayed by the Race Committee on the flag staff located in front of the clubhouse.

One sound made by the Race Committee while the Race Committee is leaving for the racing area indicates the Race Committee’s intentions to start the races as scheduled.

When races are postponed, the Warning Signal for the first race will not be made less than 45 minutes after the “AP” is lowered.

It is the intention of the Race Committee to attempt to run multiple one-design races on the weekends, should conditions permit. The Race Committee requests that the one-design classes remain in the immediate area for the start of any subsequent race. If no subsequent race is to be sailed, the Race Committee shall display Code Flag “AP” over “A”.

Offshore boats shall display sail numbers on mainsails, overlapping headsails and spinnakers. Boats without proper sail numbers shall not be scored.

Offshore boats shall display a class flag beginning with its preparatory signal until it finishes. Class flags shall be displayed from the backstay. Boats without a class flag shall not be scored.

With the exception of the Wednesday Evening Series, and our CCYC hosted Area III races, there shall be one class and start for all offshore fleet series.

Racing shall take place in the open waters of Lake Michigan East of Montrose Harbor.

SECURITY ZONE NOTICE

The Captain of the Port Chicago, Zone, Lake Michiganhas established a Security Zone at the following location: Dever Water Intake Crib and all waters of Lake Michigan within the arc of a circle with a 100-yard radius of the Dever Crib with its center in approximate position 41°54.55’N, 87°33.20’W. No vessel may enter a security zone without the permission of the Captain of the Port.

The area bounded by specially marked buoys placed in the immediate vicinity and surrounding a water intake crib designates an obstruction. A boat protested for transiting the area shall be scored Disqualified Not Excludable (DNE).

Boats racing must not pass through the start/finish line after starting except to finish or when the starting mark is a rounding mark of the course.

See the racing circle course diagrams included with these Sailing Instructions. On all racing circle courses, marks are passed to port.

The Race Committee shall signal a racing circle course and first mark by course placards displayed before or with the first one-design class’ warning signal. Eight racing circle courses (A, B, C, D, F, G, H1 & H2) shall be available for use on weekends at the discretion of the race committee. See Appendix C: CCYC RACE CIRCLE COURSES.

See the racing circle course diagrams included with these Sailing Instructions. On all racing circle courses, marks are passed to port.

The Race Committee shall signal the first mark by placards displayed before or with the first one-design class’ warning signal.

The Race Committee shall indicate an offshore course by signal flags or placards displayed before or with the first offshore class’ warning signal. In addition, a green flag flown from the Race Committee shall indicate that rounding marks are to be passed to starboard and a red flag indicates that rounding marks are to be passed to port.

The Weekend Series shall be sailed using any of the Courses 1, 9 and A, E as described below.

CCYC maintains a racing circle between the Wilson Avenue Crib and the Montrose Point Light. The racing circle consists of eight spar buoys arranged in a circle approximately three-quarter (3/4) nautical mile from a ninth spar buoy at the circle’s center. The spar buoys are designated by their location relative to the circle’s center: Center, North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, and Northwest. In addition, CCYC maintains four additional spar buoys. They are designated as marks E2, SE2, V, and T. The descriptions and approximate latitude and longitude of CCYC course marks and LMSRF Area III Metro marks are listed in Appendix A: Marks.

CCYC uses other marks that are maintained by LMSRF-Area III, and government aids to navigation. All racers should have knowledge of their location as published in the most recent Light List, Aids to Navigation, and LMSRF Race Book.

The Race Committee may use inflatable marks in place of or in addition to these marks. If possible, the Race Committee may notify racers when an inflatable mark is used.

Before the first preparatory signal of the day, the Race Committee requests that all boats come within hailing distance of the Race Committee and present their sail number and class flag. After the first preparatory signal, all boats whose preparatory signal has not been made shall keep clear of the starting area. For purposes of this instruction, the starting area extends half the length of the actual starting line beyond either end of the starting line and half the starting line distance behind and in the direction of the first mark of the course to be sailed.

The starting line shall be between an orange flag on the Race Committee boat at the starboard end of the line and the port-end starting mark. The port-end mark may be either the Center mark or an inflatable mark.

The Race Committee shall signal their intention to begin a One-design Fleet starting sequence by displaying a white flag with a sound one minute before the first class’ warning. The Race Committee shall signal their intention to begin an Offshore Fleet starting sequence by displaying a white flag with a sound five minutes before the warning. This modifies rule 26.

The Race Committee shall signal their intention to begin the starting sequence by displaying a white flag with a sound five minutes before the warning. This modifies rule 26. The first warning signal is scheduled for 18:40.

The Race Committee shall signal a general recall by displaying the First Substitute with two sounds. The start for a recalled class shall be appended to the end of the starting sequence in the order in which it occurred. The First Substitute shall be removed without a sound. This changes rule 29.3.

If the Race Committee is unavailable for a particular race, a class may use a rabbit start. See Appendix B: THE RABBIT START for details.

It is the intention of the Race Committee to finish races for the one-design fleet and offshore fleet on separate Finishing Lines.

The Finishing Line shall be between an orange flag on the Race Committee and the Center mark or an inflatable mark located to the Race Committee’s port side.

The Finishing Line shall be between an orange flag on the Race Committee and the nearby yellow inflatable mark located to the Race Committee’s starboard side.

The finishing line shall be between an orange flag on the Race Committee and the Center Mark.

In the absence of the Race Committee at the finishing line, the first (or next) boat to finish in a class shall finish by passing the finishing mark close abeam and recording her finish time or position. She shall then establish a finishing line perpendicular to the course from the last mark, and record the finish times of subsequent finishers in her class. In addition, each boat finishing should record her own time and report it to the Race Committee as soon as possible. The time differences between boats taken by the first boat to finish after the departure of the Race Committee shall establish the basis for the result calculation.

Boats failing to finish within the time limits shall be scored Did Not Finish. This changes rule 35.

Boats retiring from a race must notify the Race Committee before leaving the race area or as soon after returning to the harbor as possible.

Protesting boats are requested to notify the Race Committee by hail, or by VHF radio, of their intention to protest shortly following the finish of the race in which the infringement occurred.

Protests shall be submitted on USSA protest forms only, and lodged with the Race Committee within two (2) hours of the time the Race Committee docks. Protests submitted not using USSA protest forms shall be disallowed.

The Protest Committee will attempt to hear protests in the order of receipt. Representatives of boats who are parties to a protest shall remain on call in the vicinity.

A skipper on Race Committee duty for a particular day shall be scored as having raced that day and shall receive points equal to the average points scored for his or her other qualifying races for the series.

For a race to be scored in a series there must be a minimum of three boats ranking as starters.

The Low-Point Scoring System, Appendix A of The RRS, shall apply with the following stipulations:

Five races are required to be completed to constitute a series. The number of races to be scored shall be 60% of the number of races completed.

A boat’s series score will be the average of her best race scores for a number of races equal to the number of races to be scored.

For a race to be scored in a series there must be a minimum of three boats ranking as starters.

The Low-Point Scoring System, Appendix A of The RRS, shall apply with the following stipulations:

Four races are required to be completed to constitute a series. The number of races to be scored shall be 60% of the number of races completed.

A boat’s series score will be the total of her best race scores for a number of races equal to the number of races to be scored.

To qualify for a series a boat must finish the number of races shown in the following table. The overall score shall be based on the “MAXIMUM SCORED” indicated for each series. All races finished beyond the maximum number of races scored may be used as throw-outs.

Each boat Starting and Finishing and not thereafter retiring, or being penalized or given redress shall be scored as follows:

A boat’s score for an individual race is determined by taking the number of finishing boats in a class and assigning a squared number, starting at 40 X 40, in order of finish until the last place boat is scored:

For example, if a boat finishes six races in the Weekend Series, the five best races shall be scored, the point totals added, and divided by five. The remaining race shall be used as a throw-out. If the boat finished only four races the point total shall still be divided by five (the “Maximum Races Scored”).

In the event of a cancellation or abandonment that is not subsequently made up, it may be necessary to reduce the maximum races scored to the number of races actually finished.

In order to encourage participation, ten bonus points shall be added to the final average for each race a boat finishes in a series. The points shall be added even if the race is used as a throw-out. Bonus points shall not be added if the race is abandoned, not started by the Race Committee, or if the boat is scored DNF.

The Race Committee shall monitor channel 72 VHF. Boats may notify the Race Committee of their withdrawal or need for assistance on this channel. On multi race days, the Race Committee may make a courtesy broadcast as to when the warning signal for subsequent races shall be made.

Additional awards may be given at the discretion of the Race Committee with approval of the CCYC board of directors.

The Hildegard Perpetual Trophy, built by Irving Campbell in 1947 is awarded to the Lightning Class Champion.

Providing personnel to staff the Race Committee and patrol craft is the responsibility of each fleet. It is the duty of each racing CCYC club member to perform the Race Committee duty for which s/he is assigned. If a skipper cannot make the assigned date, it is the skipper’s personal responsibility to find an alternate. It is expected that the assigned racer shall provide additional crew members to serve with them as directed at the time the Race Committee assignment is made. It is the responsibility of the assigned committee boat and patrol craft personnel to familiarize themselves with the proper operation, launching and storage of the watercraft and equipment before the day of their duty assignment

Failure to perform a Race Committee or patrol craft assignment may result in penalties to be assessed by the Race Committee, up to and including being scored DNE (disqualification not excludable) for one or more races completed. Penalties shall continue to be assessed until the Race Committee or patrol craft assignment is fulfilled.

If personnel assigned for the day’s committee does not show up, or if crew is inadequate for the proper conduct of a race, the principal race officer or Race Committee captain may abandon the race.

The first start shall be at 1830 and shall be the slowest rated boat participating in the series. Ratings/start times shall be as with spinnakers. The starting/finish line is either an imaginary line perpendicular to the center pin and the first mark of the course or an imaginary line created by the center pin and a nearby temporary starting mark (if this is in position) placed approximately 6 boat lengths away from the center pin. To start, a boat shall either pass between the two starting marks or pass the center pin as close as safely possible to one’s port. The first mark of the course shall be announced by radio broadcast by 1820 by the captain of the OS fleet or an OS fleet designate. The finish shall be recorded by the first boat to either cross the starting/finish line or to pass the center pin to port at the end of the race or by Race Committeeif present.Boats with later starting times must stay clear of starting boats.