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ANGUILLA REGATTA 2010 - Round Up
Participants and spectators alike had a fantastic time at last year's Anguilla Regatta.
The spinnaker class was a close fought duel between two Melges 24s, Budget Marine skippered by Robbie Ferron and Pelican Marine Residences skippered by Fritz Bus. However, the other Melges in the fleet, French Connection was always in contention and Kick em Jenny threatened to show the Melges what a well sailed Beneteau can do.
The long 22 mile Friday race saw plenty of excitement with the lead changing hands several times as boats contended with shifting winds and navigation skills that were less than perfect. However, in the end Pelican Marine showed her pedigree and beat French Connection over the line by 29 seconds with Budget Marine another minute behind. Kick em Jenny, Pretty Woman and Panic Attack rounded out the fleet.
Saturday saw three wonderful races with constant breezes in the 12 - 14 knot range and fine weather throughout. The racing was also very close. The first two triangle courses with a long reaching leg and lighter winds favoured the Melges over the bigger boats and it was Budget Marine who held off challenges by French Connection in the first race and Pelican Residences in the second to take two bullets. However, they also managed a first place in the last race of the day which was a shorter "windward leeward" course. They beat Kick em Jenny by a comfortable minute and 23 seconds. Pelican Marine and French Connection came third and fourth with only 2 seconds separating them at the finish. After 4 races the top three boats had 6, 9 and 11 points respectively and anything was possible for the final day.
In the end it was Panic Attack who provided a surprise on the last day with a well raced second place finish in the 15 Mile Prickly Pear course. Pelican Residences won the race but Budget Marine, despite having a less than spectacular race, managed a fourth place finish beating Kick Em Jenny by 5 seconds on corrected time. This meant that both boats finished with 10 points but Budget Marine carried off the overall prize with one more first place finish. Hard to get closer than that.
“SEE YOU THERE!”
The organizing authority is the Anguilla Sailing Association.
Revised April 14, 2010
RULES: The Anguilla Regatta will be governed by: the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing of (2009-2012), this Notice of Race, and by the Sailing Instructions and its attachments. The current CSA rating rule and the CSA Safety rules apply.
ADVERTISING: The regatta will be sailed as a Category “C” event as specified in the RRS (2009-12). Boats may be required to display advertising provided by the organizing authority per ISAF regulation 20.3(d)(i).
ELIGIBILITY: The regatta is open to the following classes (that may be subdivided); boats are subject to the relevant classification rules:
Classes Under CSA rules:
Spinnaker & Non Spinnaker
Open Class (if three or more entries) - simplified CSA
Classes Under Non-CSA rules:
Multihull (if 3 or more enter) - St.Maarten Handicap system
Exhibition Class - 12 Metre
Anguilla Racing Boats - Anguilla Sailboat Racing Authority
Classes may be added or deleted at the discretion of the organizing authority.
ENTRY METHODS: Complete the online entry form at Entry Form 2010. Entry forms can be faxed to the Anguilla Sailing Association in the US at 801-705-3877, or in Anguilla at 264-497-5438. Boats may also enter by e-mailing complete information to regatta@sailanguilla.com or by calling 264-584-7245.
FEES: Entry fee for all boats is US$100 plus a US$70 deposit for bow numbers (only if required). Fees are payable at registration in US Dollars by CASH, TRAVELERS CHEQUE, or MAJOR CREDIT CARD.
SCHEDULE: Registration will be held on Thursday, May 6th, 2010 at the Anguilla Sailing Association building in Sandy Ground, between 4:00pm and 6pm. At that time all entry fees and deposits must be paid and all disclaimers signed.
Last-minute entries can be made on Friday, May 7th, between 8am and 10am.
The Skipper’s briefing will be at 10:00am at the Sailing School on Friday, May 7th.
The first start will not be before 11:00am Friday May 7th 2010
Prizes will be given on Sunday afternoon on the beach at Sandy Ground.
COURSES: The race courses will be on the waters around the western end of the island of Anguilla. Course descriptions and sailing instructions will be available at registration.
NOTE: All boats on all courses MUST stay outside Anguillita Island and Blowing Rock on the west end of Anguilla.
PRIZES: Overall awards will be given for each class. For yachts, prizes will be given on Sunday, 60 minutes after the finish of the last race. For Anguilla Racing Boats, prizes will be given on Sunday at 6:00 PM. All prizes are awarded from the Main Stage.
DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY: As a condition of entry into this regatta, the entrant accepts the sole and inescapable responsibility for the management and safety of his/her boat, and understands and agrees that neither the Race Committee, the sponsors, The Anguilla Sailing Association, its Officers or Members shall accept any responsibility for the loss of life or injury to participants or others, for the loss of, or damage to, any boat, however caused, before, during or after any race. The entrant agrees to be bound by the ISAF Racing Rules and the Sailing Instructions. Entering the Anguilla Regatta constitutes acceptance of all disclaimers made by the regatta organizers.
Permission to use Photographs
The entrant grants permission to use his/her photograph and/or photographs of his or her boat for advertising purposes without restriction.
PRELIMINARY SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Revised April 14, 2010
The official version of these Sailing Instructions will be provided at registration.
1. RULES
1.1 Except for the Anguilla racing boats, the regatta will be governed by the ISAF 2009-2012 Racing Rules of Sailing, the rules pertaining to each class, the Caribbean Sailing Association (CSA) rating rule, the Notice of Race (except as any of these are altered by this document), and by these Sailing Instructions.
1.2 Anguilla Race Boats shall be governed by rules as stipulated by The Anguilla Sailboat Racing Authority.
1.3 RRS Rule 77 is deleted
1.4 In the event of conflict, the English text of the rules and these sailing Instructions shall apply.
2. ENTRIES and REGISTRATION
2.1 Entries should be submitted according to the Notice of Race as early as possible. Registration and payment of fees should be completed as soon as possible after arrival at the Regatta Office on Sandy Ground. Hours are Thursday May 6th, 2010 from 4.00pm until 6.00pm. Late registration will be permitted at no extra charge on Friday, May 7th, from 8am to 10am.
2.2 Handicaps will be applied as follows; and at registration all boats shall have available:
a) Multihulls: St. Maarten Multihull Handicap number
b) Anguilla Boats Anguilla Sailboat Racing Authority
c) Open Class: Simplified CSA rating form
d) All other classes CSA Rating for 2010 according to CSA database
2.3 The organising authority reserves the right to add, amalgamate, cancel, sub-divide or rearrange classes. The organising authority’s decision on the class in which a boat shall race is final and will not be grounds for redress.
2.4 For the Open Class only, the handicap for the first race in the Open Class will be based on the Simplified CSA Rating Rule. Each handicap will be adjusted by the Race Committee for every subsequent race, depending on the boat's performance in the previous race(s).
2.5 Aero Rigs are allowed to compete. This changes RRS rule 54.
3. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS
3.1 Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board located at the Regatta office in the Anguilla Sailing Association School Building, Sandy Ground.
4. CHANGES TO THE SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
4.1 Any change to the sailing instructions will be posted by 7.00am on the day it will take effect.
5. SIGNALS ASHORE
5.1 There should be no signals made ashore, but if signals should be made ashore they will be made from the flag pole in front of the Anguilla Sailing Association building.
5.2 Signals ashore for the Anguilla Boats will be made on the beach by an official.
6. SCHEDULE of RACES
6.1 The schedule of races and starting times for all classes will be handed out at registration and will form part of these sailing instructions.
7. CLASS FLAGS and IDENTIFICATION
7.1 If Class flags are to be flown they should be flown from the backstay or, where this is not possible, from a suitable, highly-visible appendage at the stern of the boat.
7.2 If identification ‘tie-on’ guardrail bow numbers are provided at registration, these shall be displayed on both sides of the forward lifelines. Care should be taken that bow numbers are readable at all times, particularly at the start and finish of each race.
8. THE COURSES
8.1 The diagrams in Addendum A to these sailing instructions show the courses, and the written descriptions give the order in which marks are to be passed and the side of the boat on which each mark is to be left. In the event of a discrepancy, the written descriptions will prevail.
8.2 Courses may be changed by the race committee with appropriate notice given to competitors.
9. MARKS
9.1 Marks of the course will be either an orange or yellow triangle (some may have sponsors names on them) or white or red cylinder shapes with Budget Marine printed on them.
10. START
10.1 Class starts shall be at five-minute intervals. The warning signal for the first class of a race will be given 5 minutes before the starting signal of that class. The warning signal of each succeeding class shall be the starting signal for the preceding class.
10.2 The starting line will be between an orange flag or shape on the committee boat and a nearby white cylinder off the Port side of the committee boat.
10.3 Boats whose warning signal has not been given shall keep clear of the starting area, and boats that have finished should move promptly away from the Finish Line to a safe distance.
10.4 Any boat or mark attached to the race committee boat shall be considered to be part of the committee boat.
11. GENERAL RECALL
11.1 In the event of a general recall, starts for succeeding classes will be postponed accordingly.
12. THE FINISH
12.1 The finish line will be between an orange flag or shape on the race committee boat and a nearby white cylinder off the port side of the committee boat. The committee boat must be left to starboard.
13. RETIREMENTS
13.1 Any boat retiring shall advise the race committee at the earliest opportunity. Failure to do so may, following a hearing, result in disqualification from the regatta or such other penalty as the jury deems equitable.
14. PENALTY SYSTEM
14.1 Except for breaches of Parts 1 and 2 of the RRS, the jury may apply any penalty that they deem equitable. This changes RRS rule 64.1.
14.2 In addition to the two-turn penalty in RRS rule 44.1, a transgressing boat may accept a 30% penalty without a protest hearing, provided there was no damage caused and the boat did not gain a significant advantage by its actions.
14.3 When a percentage penalty is imposed, it shall be calculated as the percentage of the number of entrants in the class, rounded up to the nearest tenth of a point.
15. TIME LIMIT
15.1 The time limit for all classes on Friday May 7th and Saturday May 8th will be 5:30pm. On Sunday, May 9th the time limit will be 1.30pm. Boats failing to finish within the time limit will be scored DNF. This changes RRS rule 35.
16.2 Protests shall be written on forms available at the committee desk ashore and shall be lodged within 1 hour after the protesting boat’s last finish time of the day. On Sunday May 9th, protests shall be lodged within 30 minutes after the protesting boat’s finishing time.
16.3 Protests will be heard in approximately the order of receipt, starting as soon as possible.
16.4 A system of Arbitration may be used instead of full Jury hearings.
16.5 If the official measurer of the regatta believes, at any time during the regatta, that there is an error in a boat’s measurement certificate, he will notify the Jury which will call a hearing. If the Jury is satisfied that the measurement certificate is in error, the measurer will re-issue the certificate and the scores for all affected races in the regatta will be adjusted. This changes RRS rule 78.3.
16.6 Other than as allowed in 16.4 above, no measurement or rating change may be allowed after the first day of racing. This changes RRS rule 60.1(a).
17.1 Application of handicaps will be made on a time-on-time system.
17.2 The Low Point scoring system, RRS rule A4.1, will apply except that a boat’s score will be the total of all her races. This changes RRS rule A2.
17.3 For all classes one race must be completed to constitute a series.
17.4 Any boat scored DNF will be scored one more place than the last boat to finish in her division. This changes RRS rule A4.2.
18. SAFETY
18.1 All boats shall comply with CSA minimum safety requirements except that multihulls are exempt from the lifeline requirement.
18.2 No boat shall race with an anchor overhanging the bow or forward crossbeam, however written application for exemption from this requirement may be made to the Jury, which may grant any relief it deems appropriate.
18.3 All classes of yachts shall exercise extreme caution in the vicinity of Anguilla Race Boats
18.4 The committee may grant an exception to CSA safety rule #2 requiring lifelines for classic/traditional boats. Please check at registration.
19. USE OF ENGINES
19.1 Any boat, which uses her engine during a race, shall submit a written report of the incident, including the time, distance covered and reasons, to the regatta office within the allotted protest time. The Jury may, following a hearing, take any action it deems appropriate. This changes RRS rule 42.
20.1 All regatta radio communication will be on channel 68.
20.2 Committee Boat will maintain a listening watch throughout racing and may, in accordance with RRS 89.2(c), broadcast the following information (This information is provided only as a courtesy to competitors):
* A designated observer may report a time check 30 minutes before the first start each day.
* The Abandonment or Postponement of any race
* Shortening of the course of any race
* Any amendment to these Sailing Instructions
Errors or omissions
of the observer will not be grounds for redress. This changes RRS rule 62.1(a).
21. PRIZES
21.1 Overall trophies will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in each class on the Main Stage 60 minutes after the final race on Sunday.
22. CONDUCT AND LIABILITY
22.1 The skipper/owner shall be responsible for all actions of his or her crew and guests. In the event of any breach of good conduct or sportsmanship, destruction of property or failure to comply with any reasonable request of any race officer, committee member or agent of the Anguilla Regatta, the skipper/owner and his/her boat will be, following a hearing, subject to disqualification from the regatta.
23. TRASH
23.1 Trash or garbage shall not deliberately be thrown overboard, and must be disposed of properly in designated shore containers.
Planned Racing Start Times
| Friday, 7th May | |||||
| Start Boat: Honeymoon Suite, VHF 68 | |||||
| Class | Flag Colour | Warning | Prep. | Start | Course |
| Open | Green | 10:55 | 10:56 | 11:00 | Red |
| Cruising | Black | 11:00 | 11:01 | 11:05 | Red |
| Non-Spinnaker | Yellow | 11:05 | 11:06 | 11:10 | Red |
| Spinnaker | White | 11:10 | 11:11 | 11:15 | Red |
| Saturday, 8th May - Morning | |||||
| Start Boat: Honeymoon Suite, VHF 68 | |||||
| Class | Flag Colour | Warning | Prep. | Start | Course |
| Open | Green | 9:25 | 9:26 | 9:30 | Green |
| Cruising | Black | 9:30 | 9:31 | 9:35 | Green |
| Non-Spinnaker | Yellow | 9:35 | 9:36 | 9:40 | Green |
| Spinnaker | White | 9:40 | 9.41 | 9:45 | Green |
| Saturday, 8th May - Succeeding Races | |||||
| Start Boat: Honeymoon Suite, VHF 68 | |||||
| Class | Flag Colour | Warning | Prep. | Start | Course |
| Open | Green | As announced | TBA | Green | |
| Cruising | Black | " | TBA | Green | |
| Non-Spinnaker | Yellow | " | TBA | Green | |
| Spinnaker | White |
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TBA | Green | |
| Sunday, 9th May | |||||
| Start Boat: Honeymoon Suite, VHF 68 | |||||
| Class | Flag Colour | Warning | Prep. | Start | Course |
| Open | Green | 9:25 | 9.26 | 9:30 | White |
| Cruising | Black | 9:30 | 9:31 | 9:35 | White |
| Non-Spinnaker | Yellow | 9:35 | 9:36 | 9:40 | White |
| Spinnaker | White | 9:40 | 9:41 | 9:45 | White |
| Anguilla Race Boats |
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1:45 |
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2:00 | Orange |
Revised April 28, 2010
Minimum Safety Equipment Requirements
The following minimum safety equipment requirements have been drawn up by the Caribbean Sailing Association and are recommended for the Caribbean Regattas as they are currently sailed. They may not be appropriate for offshore races. They are not necessarily applicable to any specific regatta simply because the CSA handicap is being used. Reference to their applicability must be made in the Sailing Instructions.
Each boat shall have:
1. All through-hull fittings sealed with soft wood plugs, or other suitable material.
2. Lifelines and bow and stern pulpits, or lifelines secured in such a way as to form a stern pulpit, which shall be not less than 18" in height. Lifelines may be split at the bow to facilitate sheeting. Lifelines shall be taut, with not more than seven feet between supports (taut being defined as having no apparent sag between supports). Lifelines shall be attached securely and in such a way that no part of the system is elastic in nature.
3. At least one fire extinguisher, charged and in date, and accessible from the deck. (NOTE: Exceptions to this requirement may be made by the race committee for classic/traditional boats.)
4. Two buckets for fire-fighting, of not less than two gallons capacity, fitted with lanyards of suitable strength and length.
5. One anchor, with chain of suitable size for the boat's length and displacement, and with a suitable rode of at least 150 feet in length. No part of the anchor shall overhang either end of the boat while racing.
6. A First Aid kit suitable for rendering First Aid treatment in minor emergencies.
7. Charts covering the area to be raced.
8. Lifejackets with a whistle attached and constructed to an accepted standard, for each person on board . Lifejackets shall be of a suitable size for the intended wearer and must be readily accessible.
9. One life ring capable of supporting the largest member of the crew in the water and positioned above deck so that it is immediately available for use in an emergency.
10. One floating heaving line at least 50 feet in length, positioned above deck so that it is immediately available for use in an emergency.
11. Four red hand flares, and two orange smoke flares.
12. A VHF radio capable of transmitting and receiving on emergency and race committee channels.
13. A compass suitable for navigation.
14. A shutoff valve, in working order, fitted to each fuel tank.
15. Watertight hatches, companionways, and ports capable of being sealed while racing.
16. Cockpits that are self-bailing and fitted with adequate drains.
17. Water on board in quantity enough so that at the finish of a race there remains at least one pint per person.
For additional information please visit the CSA website www.caribbean-sailing.com
Revised January 29, 2009