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Rules |
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Racing will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing, the prescriptions of the RYA, the IRC rules, this Notice of Race and the Sailing Instructions issued by the RTYC. This notice of race cannot be amended by the Organising Authority sailing instructions |
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Organising Authority |
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The organising authority is the Royal Torbay Yacht Club (RTYC). |
| 2.2 |
RTYC Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions and entry forms are available from : |
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Royal Torbay Yacht Club |
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Beacon Hill |
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Torquay |
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TQ1 2BH |
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Tel 01803 292 006 |
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Event |
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The actual races to be sailed in Offshore week is not yet finalised. We are waiting for information from Ports to verify they can handle the number of boats on those days also the Tide Paterns mean that a single Port refusing to take SDCRA boats on a given day may cause the whole schedule to change. This clause will change as information becomes available. An indication is: |
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Sun June 14 St Peter Port to Jersey |
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Mon June 15 Jersey to Granville |
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Tues June 16 Lay day in Granville |
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Wed June 17 Granville to Jersey |
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Thurs June 18 St Helier to Carteret |
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Fri June 19 Carteret to St Peter Port (or Alderney) |
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Sat 20 June St Peter Port (or Alderney) to Finish (South Devon) |
| 3.2 |
This is intended as a fun event and destinations and start times of races may change during the event. |
| 3.5 |
One Race will constitute a series. |
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Eligibility |
| 4.1 |
The Owner/Skipper shall be a Member of the SDCRA as defined in the SDCRA constitution. |
| 4.2 |
Boats shall be entered by completing registration with the Organising Authority. This shall be completed and accepted by the Organising Authority Prior to the start of any race. |
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THIS SERIES NEEDS A SEPARATE ENTRY FORM AVAILABLE FROM RTYC.There is an additional fee of £20 for SDCRA members to Enter Offshore Week also see 4.4 below. (The reason for this additional charge is the increasing cost of insurance for offshore events) |
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If a Owner/ Skipper is a member of the Organising Authority Club then they should enter the racing following the rules for club members set out in the NOR for the Club. |
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If a boat wishes to sail under the IRC handicapping system then a copy of a valid IRC handicap Certificate shall be supplied to the Organising Authority and the SDCRA results secretary. If the handicap changes the Organising Authority and the SDCRA results secretary shall be supplied with a new certificate prior to the start of a race where that certificate is valid.
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| 4.7 |
For safety reasons boats shall conform at a minimum to ISAF Offshore Special Regulations Category 3 with Life Raft. |
| 4.8 |
The Organising Authority may specify a minimum SSS stability rating. |
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Courses |
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Courses shall be as described in the NOR and Sailing Instructions issued by RTYC. |
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DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY |
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Competitors participate in the race entirely at their own risk. See RRS Rule 4. |
| 6.2 |
A boat is entirely responsible for her own safety, whether afloat or ashore, and nothing, whether in this Notice of race or in the Sailing Instructions or anywhere else, reduces this responsibility. |
| 6.3 |
It is for the boat to decide whether she is fit to sail in the conditions in which she will find herself. By launching or going to sea, the boat confirms that she is fit for those conditions and her crew is competent to sail and compete in them. |
| 6.4 |
The boat is required to hold adequate insurance and in particular to hold insurance against third party claims in at least the amount stated in clause 7 below for the duration of the race. |
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Nothing done by the organisers can reduce the responsibility of the boat nor will it make the organisers responsible for any loss, damage, death or personal injury, however it may have occurred, as a result of the boat taking part in the racing. |
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The organisers encompass everyone helping to run the race and the event, and include SDCRA, the organising authority, the race committee, the race officer, patrol boats and Beachmasters. |
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In the event that assistance is rendered to any competitor, no liability for any loss, damage or injury is accepted by SDCRA, the Organising Authority, the Race Committee or the crew of any rescue craft. |
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INSURANCE |
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Each boat is required to hold adequate insurance including third-party cover of not less than £2,000,000 and it is the owner or owner's representative's sole and inescapable responsibility to ensure that the insurance is in place and is adequate. |
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No responsibility will be accepted by SDCRA, the Organising Authority, or any other party involved in the organisation of the Race. |
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Scoring System |
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The event will be scored using RRS Appendix A and a boat's score will be the sum of her race scores except :- |
| 8.2 |
after 4 races are sailed her worst score will be discarded |
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after 6 races are sailed her 2 worst scores will be discarded |
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after 9 races are sailed her 3 worst scores will be discarded. |
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and after 11 races are sailed her 4 worst scores will be discarded. |
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A boat that Did Not Compete shall be scored 10 points more than the number of boats that started the race. |
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This modifies RRS A9 and RRS A2. |
| 8.3 |
RRS A3 final sentence is modified to read |
| 8.4 |
However, when a handicap or rating system is used a boats corrected time, rounded to the nearest second, shall determine her finishing place. |
| 8.5 |
The IRC boats may be included in the Personal Progressive Handicap event in order to have sufficient boats to make progressive handicap work but only boats that are NOT IRC rated will be eligible for prizes . |
| 8.6 |
IRC boats will have their own Series and Prizes |
