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2008 SPRING/FALL SERIES RACING INSTRUCTIONS
2008 THURSDAY
NIGHT SERIES INSTRUCTIONS
2008 INVITATIONAL RACE SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
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General Race Information
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The Spring and Fall Series are each
scheduled for five races. Please see Race Instructions above.
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The Thursday Night Series A & B are each
scheduled for five races. Please see Race Instructions above.
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The Saturday Skippers Meeting will be held
1 hour before the race scheduled start unless otherwise indicated. At the
discretion of the race committee, the race may be delayed to await
favorable winds. Skippers
and
their
representatives
are
encouraged to attend
the Skippers Meeting.
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The race fee is due before the start of a
race. Fees may be paid for each race, or for an entire series on a
discounted basis. Fees include a social hour after the races, normally
with beverages sponsored by the Race Committee.
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Each race will be On the North East River
beginning and ending at, or
near Day
Marker #14.
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The committee boat will monitor VHF
Channel 71.
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The race course will be displayed on the
committee boat. The letters will be hung on the side of the boat opposite
the starting line, so as not to interfere with the race course.
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SCORING:
The Low Point scoring system is used for the Spring and fall Series.
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Scoring for
NERYC Series Races is done using the
Performance Handicap
Racing Fleet (PHRF) system, on a time-distance basis.
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A boat's finishing position is used as her
race score, except first place boat will receive a score of 0.75.
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A boat that came to the starting area but
did not start, did not finish, or was disqualified shall be scored points
for the finishing place one more than the number of boats that started the
race .
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A boat that did not come to the starting
area shall be scored points for the finishing place one more than the
number of boats entered in the series as of that date except Race
Committee- see next rule.
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A skipper serving as Race Committee shall
receive points for his or her service equal to the average of his or her
best three races of the series, provided that his or her class is racing.
He or she shall only committee one time for the purpose of point retention
in a series. Race committee points will be calculated
at the
end of each series.
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Spring and Fall sail racing series total
scores shall be based on each yachts best 3 races of the series, which may
or may not include Race Committee duty point calculation at end of series.
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A minimum of two boats appearing at the
start makes a race.
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Ties will be broken in favor of the boat
that had the most firsts, seconds and so on, and if a tie still remains,
then in favor of the boat ahead in the last race.
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A race can be postponed or cancelled due to
unsuitable weather, at the discretion of the Sail Race Committee.
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If a series consists of five completed
races, the series score will be determined by adding each boat’s three
best scores. The winner will be the boat with the lowest total score. A
boat must complete at least three races to qualify for the series title.
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Any boat which is disqualified from a race
may not use that race as a “discard” race, regardless of how many races
are completed in that series. For scoring purposes, a disqualified boat
will be assigned a score equal to the total number of boats in its class
in that race plus one.
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The season title for each fleet is
determined by adding each boats final standing in the Spring and Fall
Series. A tie would be broken in favor of the boat with the most first
place finishes in the combined Spring and Fall Series. If a tie remains,
total second, third, and subsequent finishes would be compared until the
tie is broken.
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RACE RESULTS: Will be announced as soon as possible after the race and will
also be published on the NERYC web site.
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All trophies will be awarded at the annual
Sail Awards Banquet in November.
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The Invitational Race start will be off
Turkey Point in the vicinity of RG A mark. The course will be set and
announced by the Race Committee on race day. The time interval between
fleet starts for the Invitational will be determined on race day by the
race committee. Results and prize-giving will take place at the post-race
party after the race at NERYC. See NOR
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