IAN BRUCE MEMORIAL REGATTA
Open and Masters Championship for Quebec, District 2
Laser, Laser Radial and Laser 4.7
May 28th and 29th, 2022
Beaconsfield Yacht Club, Québec, Canada
Sailing Instructions
1 RULES
1.1 The event is governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing.
1.2 If there is conflict between languages, the French text will take precedence.
1.3 Boats shall sail with the sail number provided at registration (DP).
2 CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
2.1 Any change to the sailing instructions will be posted before 0900 on the day it
will take effect, except that any change to the schedule of races will be posted
by 2000 on the day before it will take effect.
3 COMMUNICATIONS WITH COMPETITORS
3.1 Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board located on
the deck at the main clubhouse.
4 SIGNALS MADE ASHORE
4.1 Signals made ashore will be displayed on the flagpole on the main lawn of the
club.
4.2 When flag AP is displayed ashore, « 1 minute » is replaced with « not less than
45 minutes » in Race Signals AP.
5 SCHEDULE OF RACES
5.1 A total of eight races are planned.
Date All Classes
Saturday May 28th First warning signal at 10h00.
Sunday May 29th First warning signal at 10h00.
5.2 To alert boats that a race or sequence of races will begin soon, the orange
starting line flag will be displayed with one sound at least five minutes before
a warning signal is made.
6 CLASS FLAGS
6.1 The class flag for all classes shall be the Laser flag.
7 RACING AREAS
7.1 The racing area is to the south of Beaconsfield Yacht Club, as shown in
Addendum B.
8 COURSES
8.1 The diagram below in SI Addendum A shows the course, including the order in
which marks are to be passed and the side on which each mark is to be left.
8.2 The length of the course will be adjusted to reach a target time of 45-50
minutes per race.
9 MARKS
9.1 The upwind mark and the gate marks (marks 1, 2t and 2b in Addendum A) shall
be orange tetrahedrons. The upwind offset mark shall be an orange ball.
9.2 The start mark shall be a pin with an orange flag, and the finishing mark shall
be an orange ball.
9.3 New marks, as provided in SI 12, shall be a yellow tetrahedron.
10 THE START
10.1 The starting line is between a staff displaying an orange flag on the RC boat at
the starboard end and the course side of the port-end starting mark (pin).
10.2 A boat that did not start within 5 minutes after the starting signal will be scored
Did Not Start (DNS) without a hearing. This changes RRS A5.1 and A5.2.
11 CHANGE OF THE NEXT LEG OF THE COURSE
11.1 To change the next leg of the course, the race committee will lay a new mark
(or move the finishing line) and remove the original mark as soon as
practicable.
12 THE FINISH
12.1 The finish line is between a staff displaying a blue flag on the RC boat at the
starboard end and the course side of the port end finishing mark.
13 TIME LIMITS AND TARGET TIMES
13.1 The time limit for boats to reach Mark 1 shall be 30 minutes. If no boat has
passed the first mark within that time, the race will be abandoned.
13.2 The time limit for the first boat to finish a race shall be 1 hour and 30 minutes.
13.3 Boats failing to finish within 15 minutes of the first boat having sailed the race
to finish, and not subsequently retiring, penalized, or given redress, will be
scored Did Not Finish without a hearing.
13.4 Failure to meet the Target Time established at SI 9.2 will not be grounds for
redress. This changes RRS 62.1(a).
14 HEARING REQUESTS
14.1 The time limit to submit a hearing request is 45 minutes after the race
committee’s arrival at the dock. The arrival time and the protest time limit will
be written on the official notice board.
14.2 Hearing request forms are available from the race office at the clubhouse of
the Beaconsfield Yacht Club.
14.3 Notices will be posted no later than 10 minutes after the protest time limit to
inform competitors of hearings in which they are parties or named as
witnesses, as well as the location and time of their hearing.
15 SAFETY REGULATIONS
15.1 All competitors shall always wear an approved life jacket or other approved
personal buoyancy while afloat (DP).
15.2 A boat that retires from a race shall notify the race committee at the first
reasonable opportunity. (DP).
16 SUPPORT TEAMS
16.1 Team leaders, coaches and other support persons shall stay outside the
starting area and areas where boats are racing from the time of the
preparatory signal for the start until all boats have finished or retired or the
race committee signals a postponement, general recall or abandonment (DP).
17 RISK STATEMENT
17.1 Athletes are entirely responsible for their own safety, whether afloat or ashore,
and nothing reduces this responsibility (see RRS 3, Decision to Race). It is for
athletes to decide whether their boat is fit to sail in the conditions in which it
will find itself. By launching or going to sea athletes confirm the boat is fit for
those conditions and they are competent to sail and compete in them. Nothing
done by the organizers can reduce the responsibility of the owners and/or
athletes, nor will it make the organizers responsible for any loss, damage,
death, or personal injury, however it may have occurred, as a result of the boat
taking part in the racing. The organizers encompass everyone helping to run
the event. The provision of patrol boats does not relieve owners and athletes
of their responsibilities.
18 INSURANCE
18.1 Each participating boat shall be insured with adequate third-party liability
insurance.
ADDENDUM A
Course
Start–1–3(gate)–1–3(gate)–Finish Laser, Radial, Laser 4.7
ADDENDUM B
