Club Kawana Radio Yachting—Sailing Instructions

SATURDAY RACING

The Club Championship, Gold Cup and Legends are IOM only scratch racing. There will be one race per month in each series with 3 drops for the year. Medals and trophies will be awarded to the top three in each series.

Both Gold Cup and Club Championships will have a Legends section run concurrently; with Legends in each section open only to those 60 and over.

Racing will start at 1:00pm and consist of 14 races or a 4:00pm finish, whichever comes first.

There will be a 5 minute break after race one for tuning. A further break will be held after race seven. The two worst race scores for the day will be dropped.

The control area is behind the path and anybody not sailing from it will not score for that race. The launch area must be kept clear. Boats should be adjusted away from the launch area.

The PRO may grant time out, or shift the scheduled breaks, at his discretion if he believes it is prudent, affects safety or affects a significant number of boats. Battery changes, rig adjustment etc are to be made during the scheduled breaks. Racing is not to be held up for individual boats to undertake these activities.

A one minute tape will be used and started 2 minutes after “Boats in the Water”.

TUESDAY RACING

Eleven races are to be sailed. Ten will be counted with each skipper having one race as OOD.

Racing will start at 1:00pm two minutes after “Boats in the Water. The tape will be a one minute countdown.

Eleven races are to be sailed. Ten will be counted with each skipper having one race as OOD. There will be a five minute break after race one and a short break after race six. The two worst scores for the day will be dropped. Three months will be dropped for the year. Prizes will be awarded to each monthly winner and trophies to the top three for the year.

The control area is behind the path and anybody not sailing from it will not score for that race. The launch area must be kept clear. Boats should be adjusted away from the launch area.

Handicaps will be adjusted after each race including race eleven.

First Place 15 Seconds

Second Place 10 Seconds

Third Place 5 Seconds

Handicaps for the following week will be adjusted by the difference between the handicap of the highest handicap for the day and +40 seconds.

e.g. Highest handicap for day = 45 seconds

Then adjustment is 5 seconds. 45-5 = 40 for the back marker. Everybody else then comes in 5 seconds.

BOTH DAYS

All skippers are asked to help with the club duties. These include setting the course, bringing in the marks and washing and putting away the Dinghy and motor. If you can’t stay after racing, please come early and help. If you can’t come before racing, please stay afterwards and help.

When CKRYC has a working bee, help out for an hour.

No smoking or alcohol drinks allowed while racing. AND NO BAD LANGUAGE.

Mobile phones – please use your discretion. Move away if you are taking calls so as not to distract other skippers.

CKRYC CODE OF CONDUCT

It is very important that we sail within the Racing Rules of Sailing and that we act like gentlemen on the water.

We sail from a public park and often there are spectators including elderly people, children . A complaint to Stockland could easily have us banned from sailing at Lake Kawana. Swearing and antisocial behaviour is bad for CKRYC, and radio sailing in general. We want to attract people to the sport, not drive them away. Yelling and screaming should not be the norm and it will not be tolerated. Just because you were involved in an incident at one end of the course does not mean you have the right to be angry with every other skipper. When we sail within the rules, everyone wins. But when we forget, or worse, ignore the rules we all lose. When tempers flare, everyone is affected by it.

The use of foul language, threats of violence (or violence) towards another skipper or the OOD

cannot be tolerated. This behaviour serves no purpose. It rarely changes the outcome of the situation and, in most cases, spurs on more yelling and anger which can carry forward to the next week.

When you are involved in an incident, all that is required is polite conversation on the matter followed by one party protesting and the other acknowledging the penalty or requesting that it go to the committee.

Even the best sailors will once in a while put their boats in a situation that results in a protest.

Acknowledging the mistake and doing the penalty turn is usually the outcome and that skipper will call out that they have completed the turn.

CKRYC is about having fun with your friends. Winning races in a friendly competition is just

added appeal. Charging through the fleet and aggressively yelling at all in your way is not part of

what we do and it will not be accepted by anyone.

Skippers who create an atmosphere of uneasiness or anger will be taken aside and spoken to. They

will be asked to control their behaviour and understand what they are doing. If their behaviour

continues to be a drain on the morale of the rest of the skippers, then there can unfortunately, be

only one option left and that is to be asked to leave for the day and if there is no improvement in

behaviour, the Club.

Please remember that we are not competing for money or great rewards. This is a hobby to

be shared with friends. Competition is good and a winning attitude is encouraged but not when it is

thrust in your face. Sail like gentlemen and we all win.