Cooper River Yacht Club
Collingswood, NJ
CRYC Comet Regatta – September 14th, 2024
Sailing Instructions
1. RULES The regatta will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2021-2024, the prescriptions of US SAILING, and the appropriate Comet class rules. In the event of a conflict between the Notice of Race and these Sailing Instructions, the SIs take precedence.
2. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS Notices to competitors will be posted online prior to that regatta day at the club website www.cooperriveryc.org. During the Regatta the notice board is located on the front of the clubhouse on the deck.
3. CHANGES IN SAILING INSTRUCTIONS Any changes in the sailing instructions will be announced orally by the Race Committee at the skippers meeting, and, when possible, posted before the first race in which they are to take effect.
4. SCHEDULE -
9:30-10:30 Check in and Registration (Please Pre-Register to avoid delays on site)
11:00 Skippers Meeting – all skippers meetings will be in front of club house deck
11:30 First Warning, up to 5 races to follow
16:00 No Warning after this time
17:00 Refreshments and Awards
5. THE COURSES Course boards will be displayed on the committee boat
Course T = Triangle,
Course W = Windward-Leeward
Windward-Leeward courses may have an offset mark at the windward mark if more than 10 boats are sailing. Other drop mark courses may be used at the discretion of the race committee.
6. MARKS Turning Marks will be white balls. Starting pin and finish pin will be a yellow ball with orange a blue stripes. Offset mark, if used will be orange.
7. SIGNALS All signals will be sound signals or oral instructions from the committee boat. Flags may be displayed as a courtesy as described below. Signals made ashore will be hoisted on the club flagpole.
A three minute dinghy start sequence shall be used in accordance with Appendix U of the RRS Individual Recalls will be hailed orally, Flag X may be displayed in addition to the hail.
If an I flag start is imposed, the I flag will be displayed throughout the starting sequence as a reminder Rule 30.1 is in effect it will not be used as a starting signal, the same would go for other starting rules flags (Z, and U).
8. START The Start will be between a staff with an orange flag on the RC boat and the course side of the starting mark.
9. FINISH The Finish will be between a staff with an blue flag on the RC boat or finish boat and the course side of a finishing mark. If the Finish is downwind, the finish line and mark are to the opposite side of the RC boat.
10. PROTESTS Protests shall be filed with the PRO after the RC boat has docked. Protest time limit is 30 minutes after the last boat has finished for the day. Notification of the RC of a pending protest at the finish is requested. Protest forms are available in the club house.
11. SAFETY
11.1 A boat requesting assistance from support boats should signal by waving hands overhead.
11.2 A boat that retires shall notify the Race Committee either before leaving the course area, or immediately upon arriving ashore.