Sailing Instructions
2024 Spring Regatta, May 18 & 19, 2024
Lake Yosemite Sailing Association, Merced, CA

1. RULES: The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing.

2. NOTICES TO RACERS/CHANGES TO SIs will be posted on the official notice board located by the back door of the LYSA Clubhouse.

3. CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS: Any changes to the sailing instructions will be posted before 0930 on the day it will take effect.

4. SIGNALS MADE ASHORE will be displayed from the lake end of the LYSA docks.

5. SCHEDULE OF RACES: Number of races: Three races are planned for Saturday, with a lunch break. A fourth race is possible, time permitting. Two races are planned for Sunday. The scheduled time of the warning signal for the first race each day is 1100. Two or more races shall constitute a series.

6. CLASS FLAGS will be the pennant for each Class as announced at the skippers’ meeting.

7. THE COURSES: The 2024 Regatta Course Map shows the courses, the order in which marks are to be passed, and the side on which each mark is to be left. The approximate course length is also shown. No later than the warning signal, the RC will designate the course by a numerical placard displayed on the race deck before your preparatory signal.

8. MARKS are red buoys, approximately 2 ó feet high, except for Mark 4 which is a small island.

9. THE START: Races will be started by using rule 26 with the warning signal made 5 minutes before the starting signal. The starting line will be between the two green buoys. Boats whose warning signal has not been made shall avoid the starting area during the starting sequence for other races.

10. THE FINISH: The finishing line will be between the two green buoys, which also function as the Start line. Boats on the downwind leg from Mark 1 to Mark 8 shall not pass through the Start/Finish line. Boats that have finished shall keep clear of the start/finish area.

11. TIME LIMITS: Boats failing to finish within 30 minutes after the first boat in their fleet sails the course and finishes will be scored Did Not Finish without a hearing. This changes rules 35, A4 and A5.

12. PROTESTS & REQUESTS FOR REDRESS:

12.1 Hearing request forms are available at the desk in the LYSA Clubhouse. Protests and requests for redress or reopening shall be delivered there within the appropriate time limit.
12.2 For each class, the protest time limit is 60 minutes after the last boat has finished the last race of the day or the race committee signals no more racing today, whichever is later.
12.3 Notices will be posted no later than 30 minutes after the protest time limit to inform competitors of hearings in which they are parties or named as witnesses and where the hearings will be held.
12.4 Notices of protests by the race committee, technical committee or protest committee will be posted to inform boats under RRS 61.1(b).
12.5 On the last scheduled day of racing, a request for redress based on a protest committee decision shall be delivered no later than 30 minutes after the decision was posted. This changes RRS 62.2.

13. SCORING: The low point scoring system of Appendix A will apply. There will be no throw outs.

14. SAFETY REGULATIONS: Personal flotation devices are required, per RRS 40. A boat that retires from a race shall notify the RC as soon as possible.

15. EQUIPMENT: All boats racing as a class shall conform to the class specifications. (PHRF Fleet shall conform to their NCPHRF Certificate and the Fleet rules.)

16. PRIZES will be awarded as soon as possible after the last race on Sunday.

17. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY: Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 3, Decision to Race. The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damages or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during or after the regatta.