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Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions |
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Laser Fleet 413 Dates: Sundays, Nov. 6, 2011, through April 22, 2012. The Pete Milnes Regatta is April 29, 2012. There will be no sailing on Dec. 25, 2011 and April 8, 2012. The Fall Series will run from Nov. 6, 2011, through Jan. 1, 2012. The Winter Series will run from Jan. 8 through April 22. Location: Boats launch from Sail Newport and sailing takes place in / around Newport Harbor First Signal: 1 p.m. Registration: Each sailor must register and complete a liability waiver. Failure to properly sign a waiver will nullify registration. Any competitor under 18 years of age must have a waiver signed by a parent/guardian. Registration is available online at www.NewportLaserFleet.org or on site at Sail Newport on Sunday, Nov. 6, between 11 a.m. to noon. For subsequent Sundays, competitors should complete their registration online and sign waivers between 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. at Sail Newport where forms will be available on the porch of the office. The 2011-2012 Fleet 413 fee structure is as follows:
Storage: All Fleet 413 boats shall be stored in the space northeast of the old fenced-in area and east of the sail storage shed. If you have any questions, please ask a veteran member of the fleet or a Sail Newport representative. Storage starts on Nov. 6, 2011, and ends on April 29, 2012. ALL BOATS AND EQUIPMENT MUST BE REMOVED BY April 29, 2012. Any boats stored on the property before Nov. 6, 2011, or after April 29, 2012, are subject to Sail Newport transient storage fees. Contact if you have any questions about storage outside of those dates. Payment: Can be done online with credit card via Paypal when you register at www.NewportLaserFleet.org/frostbite.htm or by a check, made out to Laser Fleet 413. Cash is accepted onsite only by a Fleet 413 fleet captain (Stuart Streuli or Dave Reed) or Fleet 413 Treasurer Dave Moffet. Eligibility: Open to registered sailors in Laser and Laser Radial rigs. Competitors are welcome to switch between Full and Radial rigs as conditions dictate. (See Sail Numbers, below, for more.) Safety & Responsibility: Frostbiting can be dangerous. Competitors choose to sail in this series entirely at their own risk. U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets are to be worn by each competitor the entire time they are on the water. This includes sailing to the racing area and practicing, as well as racing. Buoyancy vests that do not have U.S. Coast Guard approval are not allowed (instead of USCG-approved attire) in Fleet 413. Anyone wearing such vests (instead of a USCG-approved vest) is subject to disqualification. Sailors are required to wear adequate protective gear (e.g. wetsuits or drysuits, hats, neoprene gloves) to ensure their own safety and to gauge their own suitability to participate. Sailors agree to indemnify and hold harmless Sail Newport, Fleet 413 and any and all officers, employees and members of these organizations. Race Committee Responsibility: Each competitor is required to perform Race Committee duty once during the season. If you are not comfortable leading the RC, please indicate this when signing up and you will be paired with someone who is able to lead the RC. The RC sign-up sheet will be available at registration. Sailors doing RC will be scored first for the day on the day they do RC. Sail Newport Notice: Competitors are reminded to respect Sail Newport facilities and staff. We are dependent on this facility for the fleet's continued success. Parking: Parking your car inside the old Sail Newport fenced-in area IS PROHIBITED IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND APRIL. Late arrivals may have to drop gear off and park in the upper parking lot to the southwest of the Sail Newport offices or out by the Mule Barn. DO NOT PARK ON THE GRASS OR ALONG THE ROAD OR ANYWHERE ELSE THAT'S NOT A DESIGNATED PARKING SPOT. You may get a ticket from the park police; you will make the fleet look bad. Starts: Starts will be either 2- or 3-minute dinghy starts at the discretion of the RC. The start will be between a red/orange flag on the committee boat and the pin, which is normally, but not always, a stick with two red pennants. Finishes: Generally between the race committee and a small orange ball set on the opposite side of the committee boat from the starting line. Courses: Marks are to be left to port unless instructed by the race committee:
The RC has discretion to combine courses (i.e. HW), make courses with multiple laps (i.e. W2), and finish races at any mark. In addition the RC may announce course modifications or courses other than those outlined herein. The RC's decision on courses is entirely at their discretion. Sail Numbers: Sailors are required to have UNIQUE sail numbers. If someone has already registered with your sail number, you will be asked to choose a new one. Please use your full sail number to ensure that it is the only one in the fleet. The RC and fleet leadership WILL NOT listen to any complaints about scoring issues arising due to duplicate sail numbers. Sailors may switch between full and radial rigs as desired, however their sail number SHOULD be consistent across rigs. Any sail number discrepancies MUST be reported to the race committee before racing. Protests: Any boat that thinks it has broken a rule in Part 2 of the Racing Rules of Sailing may make a 360-degree penalty turn (as opposed to the normal Two Turns Penalty described in Rule 44). Any skipper wishing to hear a protest must organize the protest committee after sailing. If you foul and don't do your penalty turns you have cheated everyone else and yourself. The race committee chairman for the day is empowered to point out potential rules infractions with a whistle and the hail of the offending sail number. Any disqualifications will require a protest hearing, during which the race committee is able to act as a witness. “If in winning the race you have lost the respect of your fellow competitors then you have not won at all.” – 4-time Olympic gold medalist Paul Elvström Unsportsmanlike Behavior: Will not be tolerated in Fleet 413. Foul language, intimidation, and/or a general lack of respect for fellow competitors may result in a suspension from Fleet 413 activities. Don't be that guy (or girl)! Scoring: Individual days will be scored using low point scoring with no throw out races. Series scoring will be low point with one throw out day for each three days of sailing. For the series scoring, a DNC for any day will be equal to the maximum number of boats that participate in any single day during the 2011-'12 season. This applies for the fall, winter, and overall series. Festivities: Begin promptly at the IYAC on Thames Street immediately after sailing Fleet Contacts: Stuart Streuli (401-864-0511, ) or Dave Reed (401-835-4435 or ). Also fleet announcements will be made via Facebook. |
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