Sunday 16^th and Monday 17^th August 2009

HIGH & LOW WATER PORTSMOUTH (BST)

ORGANISATION

This event is organised as part of the East Wight Combined Clubs’ Series. Race Management will be provided by SVYC with assistance from BSC and BHYC.

ELIGIBILITY& ENTRY

Helms must be members of an affiliated RYA Club. The Entry Requirements and the Disclaimer of Liability apply. There is no Entry Fee.

REGISTRATION & BRIEFING

In addition to complying with the entry requirements, entrants in centreboard dinghies (incl multihulls) must sign the Sign-On Sheet for their class at SVYC, BSC or BHYC at least 30 minutes before the scheduled race start time. Failure to do so will result in the boat not being recognised as racing. PYs MUST be entered on the appropriate Sign-On Sheet. A facility for visiting boats to sign-on on the water in the vicinity of the start line may be provided. There will not be a briefing.

RULES & SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

Races shall be governed by the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing 2009 – 2012, RYA Prescriptions, Class Rules, this Notice of Race and the Sailing Instructions.  Races will be sailed under the East Wight Sailing Instructions, as varied by this Notice of Race, except the SVOD Class which will be sailed under SVYC Sailing Instructions as varied by this Notice of Race.  They can be downloaded from here.  Class flags are as shown below.

PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES

All competitors in centreboard dinghies, small multihulls, and windsurfers, and those required to do so under class rules, shall wear adequate personal flotation devices at all times while afloat except briefly while changing or adjusting clothing or personal equipment.

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

COURSES

All races in the Solent Classes Regatta will start from a Committee Boat Starting Line and will finish on a Committee Boat Finishing Line.  All races in the Inshore Regatta except races 11 & 12 will start from one of the Club Lines (see below) and finish on the Club Finishing Line. Races 11 & 12 will start from a Committee Boat starting line and will finish on the Club Finishing Line.

EWCC S.I.8.6 (boats not to pass through the start/finish line) shall not apply for races in the Inshore Classes Regatta. After starting and until the finish no boat shall pass through either the starting line or finishing line except from the direction of the last mark of the course.

SAILS & EQUIPMENT CHECKS

Spot checks to establish conformity with Class Rules may be made at the direction of the Race Committee before, during or after the Regatta.

SUPPORT BOATS

These are welcome but are governed by EWCC Sailing Instruction 22.1.

SCORING SYSTEM

The Low Point Scoring System (RRS Appendix A) will apply for combined prizes. 

RESULTS

Results will be posted on the Notice Board at SVYC as soon as possible after the day's racing.

PRIZES

Prizes for first, second and third in each race, depending on the number of entrants, will be presented at a prizegiving to be held at the SVYC at 18:45 on Monday 17^th August. All competitors are encouraged to attend.  Bar snacks will be available.  Trophies awarded are:

Solent Classes Regatta            Sunday                          Monday

1   Handicap Cruiser                 Handicap Cruiser Cup   Ian Gilchrist Salver

2   Sportsboat                           A prize                           A prize

3   Daring                                  Solent Cup of 1909        A prize

4   Redwing                               Bizarre Bowl                  Baly Beach Bell

5   Bembridge One Design        A prize                           A prize

Inshore Regatta

1   Seaview Mermaid                 Buffs Cup                       Balmer Cup

2   National Squib                     A prize                           A prize

3   International Laser              Lakin Cup                      Reynolds Cup

4   Seaview Mermaid (Modern)  Bruce Donald Cup         Donald Bowl

     Seaview Mermaid (Classic)   Edwards Tankard           A prize

5   Handicap Dinghy (PY>1250)                                      Weir Trophy        Jim St Clair-Ford Tankard

6   International Optimist         Simonds Cup                 Simonds Cup

7   Handicap Dinghy (PY<1250)                                      Almond Cup        Hunter Cup

8   Seaview Mermaid (Modern)  John Scott-Hughes Bowl        Buffs Tankard

9   National Squib                     A prize                           A prize

10 SVOD (Cadets)                     Cade Cups - boys/girls  Dobbs Tankard

11 SVOD Amber fleet                Sir Edward Blount Cup  Sir Edward Blount Cup

12 SVOD Victory fleet               Gordon Walker Salver                           Victory Cup

In addition to the above prizes and trophies, the following trophies will be awarded:  

SVYC STARTING LINES

There are two Club starting lines.  The starting line to be used will be indicated by an orange or green board placed at the beginning of the course displayed.

The Orange starting line is the extension of a line formed by bringing the SVYC flagstaff in line with an orange and white vertical marker board on the wall of the SVYC building. The outer limit mark of this line is the Line Post (L) which is on this line. The inner limit mark of this starting line is the orange dan buoy (IDM1), unless signalled otherwise by code flag E no later than the warning signal.

The Green starting line is the extension of a line formed by bringing the SVYC flagstaff in line with a green and white vertical marker board on the wall of the SVYC building.  The outer limit mark of this line is Boom buoy (blue spherical with a white band - 15). The inner limit mark of this line is the green dan buoy (IDM2), unless signalled otherwise by code flag E no later than the warning signal.

If a limit mark of the starting line as defined above is a floating buoy and it is lying on the pre-start side of the starting line, boats when starting shall leave on the required side both the limit mark and the point on the starting line nearest to the limit mark.

On the Orange and Green lines the transit lights are momentarily obscured by the SVYC flagstaff at the appropriate point of transit.

SVYC FINISHING LINE

Races with a black L shown as the last mark of the course will finish on the Club finishing line unless the course is subsequently shortened to finish at a mark of the course.

The Club finishing line is between the Line Post (L) and the SVYC flagstaff.  The outer limit mark of this line is the Line Post (L). For boats with fixed keels the inner limit mark of this finishing line is the point on the finishing line nearest to the orange dan buoy (IDM1); when finishing, such boats shall leave on the required side both the point on the finishing line nearest to IDM1 and the IDM1 buoy itself. There is no inner limit mark for other classes. Boats required to pass through the finishing line on completion of each round of a race must do so between the limit marks as defined in this SI.

In a race where a lap finishes through the Club Finishing Line as indicated by a black L, a shortened course will be signalled by displaying Flag S from ashore in accordance with RRS 32.2(b).

A J BARRETT - Secretary SVYC

J CURTIS - Sailing Director SVYC