Welcome to Junior Race Week 2013!

1. Welcome to Junior Race Week 2013!

2. Introductions • JST Co-ordinator: Mark Osborn • Race Officer: Greg Whitaker • Safety Boat Co-ordinator: Billy Billington • Club Bosun: Bob Hindmarsh

3. Today • Briefing: now • Rota’s for parents: launching, signing on, beach, race office, safety boat crews • Could all parents please volunteer for a couple of duties, we rely on your support to run this week!

4. Today cont... • Briefing and training for rescue boat crews: going on now & this afternoon: Stoneworks quay at 13:45. • All those helping in the race office meeting in the sailing club post briefing

5. Race officer’s info • All boats must have clearly legible sail numbers • Speak to Greg/ Graham if incorrect • All boats must be insured for racing

6. Club Boats • Please confirm your requirements for club boats • Rota to help get Pico’s down at 08:15 (parents whose children are using club boats) • Please treat with great care. Pack away carefully. Adults only to take down Pico masts and to lift boats on/off racks • Anyone using a club boat (not Feva sailors) to be at the training room by 08:45 Monday morning

7. Leaving StoneWORKS • Sign on from 0900 (VERY Important!) • Do not leave till Mark says so, you may launch. • Parents decision whether to race • Take care on the slipways • No running/ playing on the quay

8. Racing • Two races back to back • Stay on the water between races • Oppies can go to their mothership • Keep clear of finish line once you have finished

9. Class Letters and Start Sequence • Morning • Class T: Feva’s • Class A: Handicap & Single-Handed Picos (single sail)/ Topper/ Tera/ Topaz/ Laser 4.7/ Wanderer/ single handed Quba’s • Class B: Double-Handed Picos & Quba’s (two sails) • Class O: Oppies • Afternoon (separate race instructions) • Class F: Asymmetric: 29ers, RS 200/500, Laser (full & radial rigs)

10. Start Line • Transit of Post on clubhouse and sailing club flagpole on the quay • Inner and outer distance mark give an indication of where the line is but are NOT necessarily on the line!

12. Pre-Start • Prior to your 5 minute gun keep 20m back from start line i.e. between beach and moored boats • No go area between ferry mooring and Quay • Fairway for ferries along Castle/Tavern beach shore, keep outside line from ferry mooring to Tavern buoy

13. Pre-start cont... • Racing rules apply! • Avoid collisions (sailing is a non contact sport) • Dangerous drivers will be disqualified, Mark’s red card system • Look before you tack, particularly for the Place ferry

14. Ferries • Keep clear of ferries and other commercial vessels at all costs

17. Starts • The start sequence will commence as close to 09:50 as possible • 10 minute gun: class letter and course displayed (on Sailing Club Balcony) • 5 minute gun: preparatory signal (blue peter) • 0 minutes: start (round the ends rule applies)

18. Recalls • Individual: Second sound signal and orange flashing light. Boats that are over the line must go around one end of the line and restart • General: Second and third sound signal and green flashing light whole class will restart 5 minutes after last class

19. Courses • At warning signal class letter and buoy numbers will be displayed • Location of buoys on your race card • Class board green = marks to starboard • Class letter red = marks to port

20. Rules • Port/ Starboard Rule

21. Rules Cont... • If you break a rule take a penalty, only a 360 (one tack, one gybe)- the Race Office will be watching! • Respect for other competitors (no bad language) • Respect of property

22. Postponement • AP board (red and white striped) • First warning signal 1 minute after AP flag removed • May be used between races

23. Cancellation • Flag N over flag A (all classes) or appropriate class flag

24. Race card

26. RACING iNFO • Courses are 2 laps • Except T class (Fevas) who go round each buoy 3 times and ignore the turning mark • Turning mark is an orange cone slightly to seaward of the start line. • If your course is to starboard, leave the turning mark to starboard and vice-versa. • Ignore the club turning mark.

27. Finish Line • Same as the start line but crossed in the opposite direction • Sheet in mainsail on downwind finishes so Race Office can read your sail number

28. Retirement • During racing go back to Summers Beach • Between races if it is windy you may go back to Stoneworks Quay if you do not wish to sail the second race but seek permission first from Beach Control or a Safety Boat and sign off

29. Signing Off • Everyone must sign off IN PERSON at Stoneworks Quay when they have finished racing (including people who have retired) • You may leave your boats on Summers Beach if you wish (because of low spring tide/for sailing later) but you must still walk round to Stoneworks to sign off

30. Emergency Situations/ Abandonment • 5 horns/whistles: await instructions from Safety Boats • Sign in immediately • Yellow/Black tape: -Marks abandoned boats • -Never get in an abandoned boat without removing the tape first

31. Capsizes • No fun capsizes, as this distracts and occupies the safety boat crews from people who really need them. Mark’s red card system will be applied

32. Entertainment • BBQ: 18:00 Friday Summers Beach • Bring your own disposable bar-b-q and food • Presentations! • Supper available in the club throughout the week

33. Parent’s race • Monday: 17:50 warning signal, 18:00 start. • For competent sailors. • Katie Wood i/c. • Junior Race Week Race Card applies.

34. Gipsy Moth IV • Sir Francis Chichester’s iconic yacht will be visiting Falmouth and St Mawes between 20th August and 2nd September. • Owned by the Gipsy Moth Trust, its is offering full day, half day and 2 hour sailing experiences. • Ian Clarke: ic.gipsymothtrust@btinternet.com • Mobile: 07415 104423

36. Any Questions

37. Happy Sailing! • PS: Pico sailors please remember to take your masts down by end of August