BALATON SEASON CLOSING REGATTA 2015
NOTICE OF RACE
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1.1.
1.2.
1.3.
INTRODUCTION
Organizing Authority:
Venue and date of the event:
Participating classes:
Hungarian Yachting Association
Balatonfüred, 2-4 October 2015.
Laser Radial Senior Men Championship
F18, M3, 420 ranking regatta
Laser Radial, Laser 4.7, Cadet regatta
1.4.
1.5.
1.6.
2.
2.1.
Principal Race Officer:
Course Race Officers:
Bence Böröcz
Area A: Bence Böröcz
Area B: Máté Sipos
Chairman of the Protest Committee:
Kata Váradi
RULES
The following rules will apply:
- The Racing Rules of Sailing for 2013-2016, as defined in
Rules,
- the General Sailing Instructions, Regatta Regulations and
Advertising Code of the Hungarian Yachting Association for
2015,
- class rules,
- Appendix P, Special Procedures for Rule 42,
- this Notice of Race.
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3.
ENTRY
3.1.
Pre-entry
Pre-entry will be available from 16 September 2015 in the VIHAR
online system vihar.hunsail.hu). An entry is valid when it has been
finalized online and the entry fee is paid.
3.2.
Entry on-site
For 420 and Laser Radial classes:
in the race office located in the International Sailing Center of
Balatonfüred (8230 Balatonfüred, Zákonyi Ferenc u. 8.), on 1
October 2015, between 18:00 and 20:00 hrs.
For F18, M3, Laser 4.7 and Cadet classes:
in the race office located in the International Sailing Center of
Balatonfüred (8230 Balatonfüred, Zákonyi Ferenc u. 8.), on 3
October 2015, between 8:00 and 9:00 hrs.
3.3.
Entry fee
The entry fee will be 8,000 HUF/person for 420 and Laser Radial
classes and 6,500 HUF/person for all the other classes.
4.
4.1.
NOTICE TO COMPETITORS, SIGNALS MADE ASHORE
Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board located
near the race office.
A coaches and competitors meeting will be held near the official notice
board each racing day, starting from 90 minutes before the scheduled
time of the first warning signal of the day.
Signals made ashore will be displayed at the signal mast of the
International Sailing Center.
When a visual signal is displayed over a course area or a class flag, the
signal only applies to that course area or class. This changes the
introduction of Race Signals.
Flag D with one sound means ‘The warning signal will be made not less
than 30 minutes on course A and 50 minutes on course B after flag D is
displayed.’ This changes instruction 4.2 of the General Sailing
Instructions.
4.2.
4.3.
4.4.
4.5.
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5.
5.1.
SCHEDULE
The following schedule is planned.
Date
2 October 2015.
3 October 2015.
4 October 2015.
Warning
signal
10:30
10:30
10:30
Area A
Area B
420
Laser Radial
3 races
420
Laser Radial
Laser 4.7
Cadet
3 races
420 (2 races)
Laser Radial (3 races)
Laser 4.7 (2 races)
Cadet (2 races)
F18
M3
3 races
F18
M3
2 races
5.2.
5.3.
The order of classes in the table is an example for the starting order.
On the last day of the regatta no warning signal will be made after 15:00
hrs.
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CLASS FLAGS
Class flags will be the following, describing the background color and
the color of the class insignia on the flag.
Class
Class flag (background / class insignia)
F18
white/pink
M3
pink/black
420
blue/black
Laser Radial
green/red
Laser 4.7
yellow/red
Cadet
white/black
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7.1.
7.2.
8.
8.1.
8.2.
8.3.
8.4.
9.
COURSE AREAS AND COURSES
Trapezoid and up-and-down courses will be sailed, as shown in
Attachment 1. The course areas will be among the waters of
Balatonfüred, Siófok, Zamárdi and Tihany.
The location of the course areas is described in Attachment 2. Course
area flags will be the following.
Course area
Flag
Area A
yellow
Area B
red
MARKS
The rounding marks will be the following:
Description
Mark
Area A
Area B
1, 1a, 2, 3, 4
yellow cylinder
red cylinder
P3, P4
red cylinder
new marks
orange cylinder
The marking of the marks may be different from the marks shown in the
course diagrams.
The starting marks will be the race committee signal boat on the
starboard-end and a spar buoy with a red-white flag on the port-end of
the starting line.
The finishing marks will be a race committee boat and a spar buoy with
a blue-white flag.
CHANGE OF THE NEXT LEG OF THE COURSE
To change the next leg of the course, the race committee will first
attempt to move the original mark(s) or lay a new mark (see NoR 8.1).
In the latter case the original mark will be removed as soon as
practicable and when in a subsequent change a new mark is replaced, it
will be replaced by an original mark.
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10. OFFICIAL BOATS
10.1. Official boats will be marked as follows:
Official boat
Identification flag
Race Committee
white RC flag
Protest Committee
yellow JURY flag
Media
white PRESS flag
10.2. Race committee boats on the ends of starting and finishing lines will not
display an identification flag.
10.3. Actions of official boats will not be grounds for redress. This changes
RRS 62.
11.
SAFETY REGULATIONS
Competitors shall wear personal flotation devices at all times when
afloat except briefly while changing or adjusting clothing or personal
equipment. This changes RRS 40. Penalties for this instruction may be
less than disqualification if the jury so decides.
12. SCORING
12.1. One race is required to be completed to constitute a series. Four races
are required to be completed to constitute a series for the Laser Radial
Men Senior Championship event.
12.2. The required number of races to exclude one or two races when
calculating the series score is described in the table below.
F18
Number of
M3
Laser Radial
420
excluded races
Laser 4.7
Cadet
0
1, 2, 3, 4
1, 2, 3
1, 2, 3
1
5, 6, 7, 8
4, 5, 6, 7
4, 5
2
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12.3. The result of the Laser Radial Senior Men Championship will be
determined by extraction from the overall Laser Radial results, without
recalculation.
12.4. The M3 class will be scored by using the wind indexed Texel rating
system.
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13. PRIZES
13.1. The first boat in each class will be awarded with a trophy. The top 3
boats in each class will receive medals.
13.2. Categories will be awarded as described by the Regatta Regulations for
2015.
14.
DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule
4, Decision to Race. The organizing authority will not accept any
liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in
conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta.
Fair wind!
Race Committee
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ATTACHMENT 1 – COURSE DIAGRAMS
AREA A
420:
– 3 – Finish
Laser Radial:
3 – Finish
Laser 4.7:
– 2 – 3 – Finish
Cadet:
– 2 – 3 – Finish
Start – 1 – 2 – P3 – 2
Start – 1 – 2 – 3 – 2 –
Start – 1 – 1a – 4 – 1
Start – 1 – 1a – P4 – 1
AREA B
F18:
M3:
Start – 1 – 2/3 – 1 – Finish
Start – 1 – 2/3 – 1 – Finish
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ATTACHMENT 2 – COURSE AREAS
Area B
Area A
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