20 Mei 2012
 

 

 
 
     
 
 
  SUPPLEMENTARY SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
1.0 RULES
1.1 The Team event shall be sailed under the 2000-2004 RRS, the RRS Appendix D, when not amended hereafter, and these Supplementary Sailing Instructions. RRS D2.3 (Umpired Races shall apply).
2.0 English shall be the official language.
2.1 A maximum of 5 boats from each state team shall enter in a race. The assignment of the four boats to race shall be made by the Team leader at his discretion and may be varied after each race. The fifth boat which shall not compete is to remain within the waiting area for the duration of the race. Failure to do so may result in disqualification of the team.
3.0 TEAM IDENTIFICATION
3.1 Boats shall carry Malaysia’s national letters and numbers on their sails and a coloured ribbon attached to the peak supplied by the RC or with such variation as the Chief Measurer shall permit.
4.0 FORMAT OF COMPETITION
4.1 Depending on the number of teams entered, the Race Committee will determine the number of flights and matches.
5.0 ORDER OF STARTING
5.1 The order of starting for each flight will be determined by a draw during the team managers meeting and will be posted on the Official Notice Board.
6.0 RACING AREA
6.1 The racing area shall be on the waters off Tanjung Aru beach.
7.0 THE COURSE
7.1 The diagram in Appendix 1 to these SSI shows the course including the approximate angles between legs, the order of marks to be rounded and the side on which each mark is to be left.
8.0 WAITING AREA
8.1 Team leader boats and boats not racing shall remain within the waiting area, which is situated at least 50 meters to leeward of the starting line and 50 meters to windward of the finishing line as show in SSI Appendix 1. Immediately after finishing, boats, which have finished racing, shall leave the racing area and return to the waiting area, keeping well clear of the racing area and racing boats.
9.0 THE START
9.1 The starting line will be between the mast of committee boat displaying a KYC burgee and a black round buoy at the port end.
10.0 STARTING PROCEDURE (for 2 matches)
 
Minutes related to starting Signal Title Flag Signal Sound Signal
-10 Warning Signal

Coloured Flags of the 2 States in match 1, flight 1 will be displayed 1 sound

-9

Preparatory Signal

IC “P” will be displayed 1 sound
-6   IC “P” lowered 1 sound
-5 Start of flight 1, match 1 Coloured Flags of the 2 States in flight 1, match 1 lowered 1 sound
-4 Warning signal for match 2
Preparatory Signal
Coloured Flags of the 2 States in 2 displayed 1 sound
-1   IC “P” will be displayed 1 sound
0 Start at flight 1, match 2 IC “P” lowered 1 sound
11.0 INDIVIDUAL RECALL
  Individual recalls will be made in accordance with RRS 29.2. IC “X” will be flown for 4 minutes only.
12.0 GENERAL RECALL
12.1 A general recalled match shall be restarted 5 minutes after the last match in the flight. IC “First Substitute” will be flown for 4 minutes (altering RRS 29.3.)
13.0 FINISHING LINE
13.1 The finishing line shall be between the mast flying the KYC Burgee on the race committee boat and a buoy flying FINISH flag at the port end.
14.0 TIME LIMIT
14.1 Boats failing to start correctly within 4 minutes after their starting signal shall be scored “DNS”.
14.2 Any boat which does not finish within 10 minutes of the finishing time of the first boat in her race shall be scored “DNF”.
15.0 UMPIRING
15.1 These SSI 15.1 to 15.8 apply to all infringements of the RRS except 78 (Class Rules). For the Purpose of these SSI, “Umpire” means any member of the Jury or other person appointed by the chairman of the Jury. The following RRS are amended as noted hereafter: 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 and Appendix D, Rules 2.3(a), 2.3(b), 2.3(e) and 3.1.
15.2 Written protests shall not be accepted by the Jury. RRS 61.2 and 61.3 will not apply. RRS 62.2 has been amended: The request shall be made orally to an umpire immediately after finishing.
15.3 A protesting boat shall comply with RRS D2.1(a) and shall immediately hail the boat against whom it wishes to protest and shall try to call the attention of an Umpire. The protest flag, a red flag which alters RRS D2.3(a), shall be displayed handheld and shown conspicuously to both protestee and umpire.
15.4 A boat that acknowledges infringing a Rule of RRS Part 2 or RRS 31.1 may exonerate herself by immediately sailing well clear of all other boats and remaining clear while she makes one complete 360 degrees turn, including one gybe. When the infringement occurs at the finishing line, she shall make her turn complying with RRS D2.1(b).
15.5 A boat that infringes a Rule of RRS Part 2 or RRS 31.1 and does not exonerate herself in accordance with SSI 15.4 shall, when instructed by an Umpire, execute 720 degrees turns, complying with RRS 44.2. When a boat acknowledges fault but claims that the other boat involved in the incident has infringed a Rule of RRS Part 2 or that RRS 31.3 applies, shall act in accordance with SSI 15.3 above.
15.6 When RRS 42 is infringed by a boat, an umpire may instruct the boat to exonerate herself by the execution of a 720 degrees turn, complying with RRS 44.2. A boat that has infringed RRS 42 a second time shall be disqualified in the race where the second infringement was recorded, although she may have exonerated herself for each individual infringement. If a boat infringes RRS 42 for a third time, she shall be disqualified from the whole team racing series.
15.7 An Umpire may penalize a boat which does not exonerate herself by executing her penalty turn or turns correctly, or when the Umpire decides that the boat, after completing her penalty, still gained an advantage over the other boat(s) by the infringement. A boat that fails to comply with an Umpire’s instruction or has infringed RRS 14, shall be disqualified without a hearing (amending RRS 63.1).
15.8 When an Umpire decides, upon a protest, that no infringement has occurred, the protest may be waived. The Umpire will show this by hand signals. No flag signal will be used (altering RRS D2.3(b) (1)). The Umpire will instruct a boat to take a penalty by whistling and pointing towards the penalized boat. No flag signal will be used (altering RRS D2.3(b) (2) and D2.3(e)).
16.0 SCORING
16.1 The scoring system will be in accordance with RRS D3 except no penalty points will be used.
17.0 SUPPORT BOATS
17.1 Team managers, coaches and all other support personnel shall remain at anchor within the waiting area as defined in SSI Appendix 2 during the conduct of team racing. The penalty for failing to comply with this requirement may be disqualification of the team associated with the infringing support personnel.