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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 1 Sausage Triangle 35
Scope 1 Round the Cans 37
Abbreviations 1 The Windward Leg 37
Racing Rules of Sailing 1 Off-Set Mark 38
Terminology 1 The Downwind Leg 38
Tidal Compensation 39
RYA RACING CHARTER 2 Assessing the Tide and the 'Sailing Wind' 39
APPLICATION OF RYA RACING Compromise for Tide 39
CHARTER 3 Course Description 41
Resolution of Racing Disputes 3 The Start Line 41
Unacceptable Behaviour 3
STARTING PROCEDURES 45
RYA GUIDANCE 4 Laying the Course 45
Race Officials’ Code of Conduct 4 Flag 'Y' 45
Race Management Principles: What should Displaying the Course 45
underpin the race management team’s Starting 45
approach 5 Postponement Signals 46
The Attention Signal 47
REQUIREMENTS FOR RACING 6 The Warning Signal 48
Authority to Run Racing 6 The Preparatory Signals 48
Organising Authority 7 One Minute to the Start 50
Event Organisation 8 Sighting and Calling the Line 51
Pre-Evaluation of the Event 8 Individual Recall - Flag ‘X’ 52
Organising Committee 10 st
Format of Racing 10 General Recall – 1 Sub 53
Race Office 11 DURING THE RACE 54
Race Committee 12 Race Control after the Start 54
Race Committee Equipment 15 Changing the Course 54
Personal Equipment 15 Mark Missing 58
The Protest Committee or International Jury Shorten Course – Flag ‘S’ 58
- Judging 15 Abandon 59
Safety 17 The Last Resort 60
Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions 20
Rule 42 Management 61
PREPARING TO RUN RACING 23 THE FINISH
Working Plan 23 Location of the Finish Line 62
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Consistency 23 Laying the Finish Line 62
Race Management Briefings 24 The Blue Flag
Competitors' Briefing 24 The Finish of the Race 63
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Safety Briefing 25 Recording the Finish 64
Decision to Race 26
Sound Signals at the Finish 65
COMMUNICATION 27 POST-RACE TASKS
Visual Signals 27 Accounting for All Boats 66
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Course Boards 28 Scoring 66
VHF 29
Results Service 67
COURSES 30 Protest Time 67
Location 30 Redress Hearings 67
Course Geometry 30 Race Committee Protests 67
Windward-Leeward 35 Debrief and Evaluation 67

Version March 2018