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The first fleet warning signal for the first race of the day will be made no later than 11 a.m. Otherwise all Flying Scot and E races for the day will be abandoned. The first fleet warning signal for the second race of the day will be made no later than 12 p.m. noon. Otherwise the Flying Scot and E second race will be abandoned.
7. CLASS FLAGS
7.1 The race committee will make every effort to use flags with the logo of each class as its “Class Flag”.
8. RACING AREA
8.1 The racing area is the navigable waters of Delavan Lake.
9. THE COURSES
9.1 Course diagrams for championship series races will be posted on the official notice board. All marks are to be left to port. The race committee or designated helper vessel may set an offset mark to be rounded after rounding the windward mark. Lack of an offset mark is not grounds for protest or redress. The race committee or designated helper vessel may elect to set more than one leeward mark, creating different length legs to windward. For classes Flying Scot and E, the race committee or designated helper vessel may elect to set two marks creating a leeward mark gate. In that case, boats will pass between the marks of the gate from the direction of the previous mark and then shall round either gate mark at her discretion. If one gate mark is missing, the remaining gate mark shall be left to port.
9.2 No later than the preparatory signal for a fleet, the race committee vessel will display the course to be sailed for each fleet in terms of number of windward legs to be sailed, whether the finish is to windward or to leeward, and whether there is an offset mark.
9.3 After the starting signal for the first fleet to start, courses will not be shortened. This changes RRS 32.
10. MARKS
10.1 Marks will be orange and/or yellow inflatable buoys unless otherwise specified. Offset marks may be similar or smaller.
11. THE START
11.1 The starting area is defined as approximately 50 yards from the starting line in any direction.
11.2 Races will be started using RRS 26. The DLYC race committee will not institute the use of the P Flag.
11.3 The starting line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on the race committee vessel at the starboard end and the course side of the port end starting mark or another staff with orange flag displayed on a race committee vessel or designated helper vessel.
11.4 The race committee may institute RRS 30.1, 30.2, 30.3 or 30.4 at its discretion for any start.
11.5 A boat starting later than 10 minutes after her starting signal will be scored DNS by the race committee without a hearing. This changes RRS A4 and A5.
11.6 Boats sailing in the final five minutes before their class starting signal shall be avoided by boats of other classes.
12. CHANGE NEXT LEG OF THE COURSE
12.1 To change the next leg of the course, the race committee vessel or designated helper vessel will move the original mark (or finish line) to a new position. Any mark to be rounded after rounding the moved mark may be relocated without further signaling to maintain the course configuration.
13. THE FINISH
13.1 The finish line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on the race committee vessel or designated helper vessel at the starboard end and the course side of the port end finish mark or another staff with orange flag displayed from a race committee vessel or designated helper vessel.
13.2 The race committee or designated helper vessel may make a sound signal when the first place boat in each fleet finishes. Absence of a sound signal is not grounds for protest or redress.
13.3 If the race committee vessel or designated helper vessel is absent when a boat finishes, she should report her finishing time and her position in relation to nearby boats to the race committee at the first reasonable opportunity.
14. PENALTY SYSTEM
14.1 One- or two-turn penalties to be taken at the time of an incident may be taken according to the class rules of the boat doing the turns. This changes RRS 44.1.
14.2 In class E and C only, a boat may take a one-turn penalty when she may have broken one or more rules of RRS Part 2 in an incident while racing.
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