2009-10 WFSC Frostbiting Notice of Race (NOR)

Notice of Race for Winthrop Frostbiting Sailing Club

hosted by Winthrop Frostbite Sailing Club & Cottage Park Yacht Club

1. Organizing Authority: Winthrop Frostbite Sailing Club, Inc. (WFSC)

2. Host Club: Cottage Park Yacht Club, Orlando Road, Winthrop, MA 02152; (617) 846-2792

3. Rules

3.1 Racing will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2009-2012, the prescriptions of US Sailing, except as modified by the current prescriptions of the IC Technical Regulations for the Interclub Dinghy Class, the International Laser Class, the Rhodes 19 Class and the Sailing Instructions. The following rules are in effect:

a. Life jackets shall be worn at all times when on the water, except for brief periods to change clothing.

b. All boats, except Lasers, must be equipped with a bailing bucket, paddle and bow line of not less than 6 feet which floats (e.g. polypropylene).

c. No yacht shall leave the dock until the crash boats leave the dock.

d. All yachts shall remain in the general sailing area when not racing.

3.2 Propulsion

a. RRS 42.2(d) is changed to "sculling repeated movements of the helm to propel the boat forward"

b. RRS 42.3(b) is relaced by "During and immediately after tacking and gybing a boat's crew may move their bodies to roll the boat provided the the boat's mast does not move aggressively away from vertical more than once"

3.3 Cancellation or postponement

a. 20:20 Rule- If the air temperature is 20 F or lower and the wind velocity is 20 mph or higher, racing shall be postponed or cancelled for the day. Other combinations of temperature and wind that are not suitable for safe racing shall result in postponement or cancellation for the day.

b. The decision to race shall be made jointly by the Race Committee Chairman and the Commodore.

c. At or before 1:30 pm, the decision to race or cancel should be made.

d. A decision to cancel racing prior to a scheduled race day will be posted on the WFSC website.

4. Entry: Interclub dinghies, Lasers, Rhodes 19.

5. Fleet Membership: Dues are payable to the Treasurer of WFSC before racing.

6. Measurement

6.1 Interclub dinghies

a. It is the responsibility of every competitor to make sure that his or her boat, sail and equipment measure to the current IC Technical Regulations for the Interclub Dinghy Class (effective April 20, 1997).

b. Minimum crew weight is 315 lbs for skipper and crew (in full sailing gear and with any necessary weights. If more than 10 lbs are required, the weight must be of neutral buoyancy, e.g. bottles filled with water.

6.2 Lasers shall adhere to the ILCA Class Rules, with the exception that a practice sail may be substituted for a sail manufactured by a licensed builder with the provision that practice sails must match the leech, luff, girth and batten dimensions of class approved sails, and must be made of Dacron.

6.3 Rhodes 19 Class shall adhere to the Rhodes 19 Class Rules.

7. Schedule

7.1 The schedule is available on the WFSC website. The warning for start of the first race shall not be earlier than 1 pm, with additional races to follow.

7.2 Any changes to the schedule will be posted on the WFSC website at least 2 weeks prior to the change.

8. Sailing Area: Courses will held in the area that is West of CPYC

9. Sailing Instructions: The Sailing Instructions will be available on the WFSC website.

10. Penalty System: The one turn penalty, Rule 44.2, will be in effect

11. Scoring: RRS Appendix A shall be used with the following change to A2: Each boat's daily score shall be the total of her race scores.

12. Parking: Only members of Cottage Park Yacht Club are allowed to park in the club parking lot. All others must park on the surrounding streets.