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Race Management Seminar

Buckeye Lake Yacht Club

selected to host US Sailing

Race Management Seminar

Saturday, February 17
9:00 am – 5:00 pm

On Saturday, February 17, US Sailing will sponsor a Basic Race Management Seminar hosted by the Buckeye Lake Yacht Club.

  This seminar is intended for those with some race committee experience but is also useful for newcomers, racing sailors, and sail-race watchers as well.

Successful completion of the course and testing can lead to US Sailing certification as a Club Race Officer

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Instructors:
     Steve Harris, National Race Officer
     Jamie Jones, National Race Officer
     Geoff Endris, Regional Race Officer

The seminar consists of one day, February 17, 2024 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm held at Buckeye Lake Yacht Club – 5019 North Bank, Buckeye Lake, Ohio 43008

There are approximately 90-120 minutes of REQUIRED pre-course work to be completed prior to the in-person session.  Attendance and participation in the in-person session is required to complete and pass the course.

About 10 days prior to the course, you will receive an email from US Sailing inviting you to participate in the course through Canvas, US Sailing’s online learning platform.

The lead instructor will email you with additional course materials.

US Sailing Course Registration Fee: $40
A discounted US Sailing introductory membership is available to first-timers during the registration process.

Continental Breakfast and coffee will be provided by BLYC.  Lunch is available for purchase from the Club kitchen.

Registration closes Wednesday, February 7.  Walk-in registrations are not permitted.

Questions?  Contact seminar organizer Steve Harris.

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Racing Rules Weekly Quiz

Each week this season, we will offer a “quiz” question regarding the Racing Rules of Sailing.  Read the scenario below, formulate your answer, then move your mouse over the box to reveal the correct answer.

Need further explanation?
something we can discuss on the porch on Sunday.

This Week’s Question

Boats S (on starboard tack) and P (on port tack), both close-hauled, are converging on a beat. P will safely cross S. However, when they are less than two lengths apart, the wind veers (shifts to the right) ten degrees. S luffs (changes her course) in response to the wind shift such that P is unable to keep clear. There is minor contact with no damage or injury, and both boats protest. You are on the protest committee; which boat should be penalized? (From Perry, Quiz 6)

Answer

Boat S is penalized under rule 16.1, Changing Course. Rule 16.1 states, “When a right-of-way boat changes course, she shall give the other boat room to keep clear.” S changes course when so close to P that P is unable to keep clear and there is contact. Therefore, S failed to give P room to keep clear, thereby breaking rule 16.1. The fact that S’s change of course is in response to a windshift is not relevant to the application of rule 16.1. P breaks rule 10, On Opposite Tacks, but is exonerated (not penalized) under rule 21, Exoneration, or rule 64.1(a), Decisions: Penalties and Exoneration, because she is compelled to break rule 10 by S’s breach of rule 16.1. S also breaks rule 14, Avoiding Contact; but as the right-of-way boat, she is exonerated (not penalized) for breaking rule 14 as the contact does not cause damage or injury (see rule 14(6)). P does not break rule 14, because S changes course so close to P that it is not possible for P to avoid the contact

This quiz was borrowed from the Inland Lake Yachting Association‘s #FairSailing initiative
Learn more at sailzing.com

Excerpted from Dave Perry’s100 Best Racing Rules Quizzes, available from US Sailing. For a comprehensive explanation of the rules, read Dave Perry’s Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing through 2024, which is also available from US Sailing.

Racing Rules Weekly Quiz

Each week this season, we will offer a “quiz” question regarding the Racing Rules of Sailing.  Read the scenario below, formulate your answer, then move your mouse over the box to reveal the correct answer.

Need further explanation?
something we can discuss on the porch on Sunday.

This Week’s Question

The race committee displays flag U as the preparatory signal. At the start, several boats are OCS (on the course side of the starting line) including Boat X. The race committee signals a general recall and restarts the race. Boat X starts cleanly and wins the race, but on shore her score is posted as DSQ. She requests redress. You are on the protest committee; should X be scored DSQ? (From Perry, Quiz 51)

Answer

The race committee acts improperly when it scores Boat X DSQ. Rule 30.3, U Flag Rule, states that a boat shall not be disqualified under this rule if the race is restarted (see also rule 36, Races Restarted or Resailed). Therefore, Boat X is entitled to redress, under rule 62.1(a), Redress; and it would be reasonable to reinstate her in her finishing position in the race and move the other boats down accordingly (see rule 64.2, Decisions on Redress). Furthermore, the protest committee can call a hearing, under rule 60.3(b), Right to Protest; Right to Request Redress or Rule 69 Action, to consider redress for any other boats that were improperly scored DSQ by the race committee.

This quiz was borrowed from the Inland Lake Yachting Association‘s #FairSailing initiative
Learn more at sailzing.com

Excerpted from Dave Perry’s100 Best Racing Rules Quizzes, available from US Sailing. For a comprehensive explanation of the rules, read Dave Perry’s Understanding the Racing Rules of Sailing through 2024, which is also available from US Sailing.

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