SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

2025 ILCA 4 Youth World Championship

19–26 July 2025

Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club, Los Angeles, USA
Organizing Authority: Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club (Host) and
the International Laser Class Association (ILCA)

Change Log
Amendment 3, July 21st, 2025: SI 6.2, 6.3, 12.3, 22.2.
Amendment 2, July 20th, 2025: SI 1.2, 20.2.
Amendment 1, July 14th, 2025: SI 17.11, 21.1.

1. RULES
1.1 The event will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS).
1.2 The following US Sailing prescriptions apply: the prescriptions to the preamble to Part 5 (No protest
fee), RRS 65.1 (Liability for damage), RRS 76.1 (Acceptance of entries). The 2025-2028 US Sailing
prescriptions will be posted on the official notice board.
1.3 ILCA class rule 7(a) is restricted as follows: “Only one competitor shall be on board whilst racing. The
competitor shall be named on the entry form.”
1.4 In accordance with ILCA class rule 22(e), the use of heartbeat monitor with no additional function or
capability is permitted. The heartbeat monitor device shall comply with the class rule 22.
1.5 Appendix P, Special Procedures for Rule 42, will apply as amended in SIs 15.
1.6 Appendix T, Arbitration, will apply.
1.7 In all rules governing this event:
1.7.1 [NP] denotes a rule that shall not be grounds for protests by a boat. This changes RRS 60.1.
1.7.2 [SP] denotes a rule for which the race committee or technical committee may apply a standard
penalty without a hearing or a discretionary penalty may be applied by the international jury with
a hearing. However, the race committee or technical committee may protest a boat if it considers
a standard penalty is inappropriate. A boat that has been penalised with a standard penalty shall
neither be protested by another boat for the same incident nor can another boat request redress
for this committee action. This changes RRS 60.1 and A5.
1.8 Decisions of the international jury will be final as provided in RRS 70.3(a).
1.9 [NP] [DP] All competitors and support persons shall follow any reasonable instructions given by a race
official.
1.10 If there is a conflict between languages the English text will take precedence.
1.11 RRS 90.3(e) applies.

2. COMMUNICATIONS AND IMPORTANT LOCATIONS

2.1 Notices to competitors will be posted online on the official notice board (ONB) which can be found on
the event website: https://2025ilca4youth.ilca-worlds.org/
2.2 The important locations:
Location
Official Notice Board https://onb.ilca.roms.ar/ilca4youth2025/
Official Flagpole North East side of Boy Scout Building
Race Office 2nd Floor of Boy Scout Building
Equipment Inspection Boat house at the North side of the regatta site
Hearing Room Boy Scout Building, ground floor
2.3 [DP] While afloat, a competitor shall not carry equipment capable of making or receiving voice or data
transmissions, except for equipment provided by the organising authority.

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3. [DP] [NP] FLEET IDENTIFICATION
3.1 While racing in split fleets, each boat shall display a coloured band corresponding to the fleet to which
she has been assigned. The band shall be placed on the bottom mast between the boom vang fitting
and the boom.
3.2 When the organizing authority supplies the ranking-coloured bib vests for event leaders (1st Yellow, 2nd
Blue, 3rd Red) the competitors shall wear it when they are racing for that day.
3.3 A supplied bib vest shall be worn outside other clothing while racing. Competitors shall not deliberately
cut or tear them.

4. CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

4.1 Any change to the sailing instructions will be posted no later than 2 (two) hours before the warning signal
of the race 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.

5. [DP] REGISTRATION, BOATS & EQUIPMENT INSPECTION

5.1 Each competitor shall register at the race office and complete all required registration and equipment
inspection formalities before racing. A competitor that does not complete all required registration and
equipment formalities will not be entered to the event under RRS 75.
5.2 Information on equipment inspection will be posted on the official notice board. Boats shall be presented
with all equipment that shall be used in the event, with the bottom mast, boom and all control lines rigged
and with the sail and top section derigged ready for inspection.
5.3 Equipment inspection will take place at the boat park according to the schedule posted on the official
notice board.
5.4 Equipment inspection outside these times will only be possible at the discretion of the technical
committee and on payment of USD $20.
5.5 Equipment, including wet clothing may be inspected at any time for compliance with the class rules and
the sailing instructions according to the following procedures:
5.5.1 A competitor may be instructed by the technical committee, either ashore or on the water, to
proceed immediately to the inspection area for inspection.
5.5.2 Until permission is given by the technical committee, a competitor once instructed to proceed for
inspection, shall have no unauthorised contact with any support person, no person shall join or
leave the boat, no equipment or other item shall be taken on or off that boat and the boat shall
not leave the inspection area.
5.6 In the event of damage, hulls and equipment listed in NOR 7.2 may only be replaced with the written
permission of the technical committee. If the damage occurs between 2 (two) hours before the first
scheduled start on a racing day, and before the start of the last race of the day, provisional verbal
permission shall be obtained from the technical committee, international jury or race committee and the
written permission of the technical committee shall be applied for before the end of the protest time limit
at the end of the day in which the replacement takes place.

6. SIGNALS MADE ASHORE

6.1 Signals made ashore will be displayed at the official flagpole. The location is stated in SI 2.2.
6.2 [DP] [NP] A boat shall not leave the shore until flag D (with one sound signal) is displayed. The warning
signal will be made not less than 60 minutes after flag D is displayed.
6.3 When flag AP is displayed ashore, ‘1 minute’ is replaced with ‘not less than 60 minutes’ in the race
signal AP. This changes RRS Race Signals.

7. FORMAT OF RACING
7.1 The event consists of an Opening series, where ILCA 4 Boys will be split into 2 fleets and ILCA Girls
will be split into 2 fleets and will sail a Qualifying series followed by a Final series. See SI Addendum A.
7.2 12 races are scheduled for each fleet over 6 days, with 2 races a day. If less than 6 races will be
completed in the Qualifying series, the Final series may have more than 6 races sailed, to reach the
total number of 12 races.
7.3 If 4 races have not been completed by the end of the third scheduled racing day the Qualifying series
will continue until the end of the racing day in which a 4 Qualifying race is completed.
7.4 A Qualifying series race will not count until all Qualifying series fleets have completed that race.

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8. SCHEDULE
8.1 Event Schedule:
Date Event
19 July 0900-1300 & 1330-1830 Registration, Equipment Inspection
20 July 0900-1300 Registration, Equipment Inspection
1400 Practice Race Warning Signal
1700 Coaches & Team Leaders’ Meeting
1800 Opening Ceremony
21 July 2 races back-to-back, (Qualifying series)
22 July 2 races back-to-back, (Qualifying series)
23 July 2 races back-to-back, (Qualifying series)
24 July 2 races back-to-back, (Qualifying/Final series, if 4 races have been sailed)
25 July 2 races back-to-back, Qualifying/Final series)
26 July 2 races back-to-back, Qualifying/Final series)
1600 Last possible Warning Signal
1830 Prize Giving Ceremony
This replaces NOR 9.1
8.2 The time of the first warning signal on the racing days will be 1300. The sea breeze does not fill until
late morning. It builds to a peak around 1500 or 1600. This changes the NOR 9.2.
8.3 The schedule may be changed to sail more than 2 races a day, when behind schedule. However, no
more than 3 races a day will be sailed.
8.4 Each day succeeding races will be started as soon as practicable after the finish of the previous race.
8.5 On the last day of the championship, no warning signal will be made after 1600.

9. RACING AREAS
9.1 Addendum B shows the racing area. The racing area is defined as an area extending 100 meters beyond
the entire course in which a boat would normally sail while racing.
9.2 [DP] Boats not racing shall avoid the racing area.

10. COURSES
10.1 Addendum C shows the course designations, including the course signals, the order in which marks are
to be passed, and the side on which each mark is to be left.
10.2 No later than the warning signal, the race committee signal vessel will display the approximate
compass bearing of the first leg.
10.3 The course may be shortened to finish at a rounding mark, or a gate provided four or more legs have
been sailed on an outer course and at least three or more legs have been completed on an inner course
(excluding the leg between mark 1 and mark 1A).
10.4 The leeward gate may be replaced by a single mark, in this case the mark shall be left to port.

11. MARKS
11.1 The colour and shape of the marks will be as follows:
Mark(s) Description
Starting Marks Race Committee vessels displaying orange flags
Course Marks 1, 2, 3S, 3P, 4S, 4P Orange MarkSetBot autonomous marks
Course Mark 1A Blue MarkSetBot autonomous mark
Finish Marks Race Committee vessels displaying Blue flags, or the Race Committee
vessel and a marksetbot.
New Marks Orange Inflatable Tetrahedrons
11.2 When the autonomous marks are used, routine movement of the marks will not be grounds for redress.
This includes minor readjustments or marks returning to station after being pushed away by a boat. This
changes RRS 61.1(a).

12. THE START

12.1 To alert boats that a race or sequence of races will begin soon, the orange starting line flags will be
displayed with one sound signal at least 5 minutes before a warning signal is made.
12.2 The warning signal for each succeeding race will be made as soon as practicable.

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12.3 Start sequence, Fleet flags and Fleet identification (sleeve) colours:
Fleets Fleet Flags Sleeve Colour Start Sequence Course
Yellow
ILCA 4 Boys Yellow/Gold Yellow 1st Start Outer

Blue
ILCA 4 Boys Blue/Silver Blue 2nd Start Outer

ILCA 4 Girls Yellow/Gold Yellow with red Yellow 3rd Start Inner
rhombus

ILCA 4 Girls Blue/Silver Blue with red Blue 4th Start Inner
rhombus

12.4 The starting line will be between the staffs displaying orange flags on the starting marks.
12.5 [DP] [NP] Boats whose warning signal has not been made shall avoid the starting area during start
sequences for other fleets.
12.6 A boat starting later than 4 minutes after her starting signal will be scored did not start (DNS) without a
hearing. This changes RRS A4 and A5.
12.7 Races will be started using either RRS 30.3 (U Flag Rule), or RRS 30.4 (Black Flag Rule.
12.8 RRS 30.4 (Black Flag Rule) is supplemented as follows:
12.8.1 Sail numbers will be displayed for at least 3 minutes. A long sound signal will be made when
the numbers are initially displayed. A boat whose number is so displayed shall leave the
racing area, defined in SI 9.1 before the new preparatory signal. If she fails to do so, she will
be scored DNE.
12.8.2 For the purposes of RRS 30.4 a race is ‘restarted or resailed’ when it has the same race
number as a previously abandoned or recalled race. In case there are split fleets, races are
named Q1 to Qn for the Qualifying series and F1 to Fn for the Final series.

13. CHANGE OF THE NEXT LEG OF THE COURSE

13.1 A change of the next leg of the course will first be attempted by changing the position of the original
marks. When this is not possible the course will be reset using one or more new marks (described in
SI 11). When new marks are already in use, the course may be further reset using the original marks.
Any action or no action by the race committee under this instruction will not be grounds for redress
under RRS 61.4(b)(1).

14. THE FINISH

14.1 The finishing line will be between a staff displaying a blue flag on the race committee finish and the
course side of the other finishing mark.

15. PENALTIES FOR BREACHES OF RRS 42

15.1 Appendix P will apply with the following changes:
15.1.1 If a first penalty is signalled after a boat has crossed the finish line, the penalty will be a 10%
Scoring Penalty calculated as stated in RRS 44.3(c).
15.1.2 RRS P4 is replaced with “An action by the member of the jury or its designated observer under
RRS P1.2 shall not be grounds for a request for redress by a boat under RRS 61.1(a). The
jury may initiate a redress hearing and may give redress for an action under RRS P1.2 by a
member of the jury or its designated observer”.

16. TIME LIMITS AND TARGET TIMES

16.1 Time limits and target times are in minutes are as follows:
Race Time Limit Finish Window Race Target Time
75 20 50
16.2 Boats failing to finish within the time stated in the Finish Window, after the first boat sails the course and
finishes will be scored Did Not Finish (DNF). This changes RRS 35, A4 and A5.
16.3 Failure to meet the target time will not be grounds for redress under RRS 61.4(b)(1).

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17. HEARING REQUESTS, ENQUIRIES AND PENALTIES
17.1 Hearing request forms are available on the Official Notice Board at ROMS:
https://onb.ilca.roms.ar/ilca4youth2025/
Hearing requests shall be delivered there within the appropriate time limit.
17.2 The protest time limit will be set by and posted on the official notice board by the International Jury and
may be different for each fleet.
17.3 Notices will be posted within 30 minutes of the protest time limit for each fleet to inform competitors of
hearings in which they are parties or named as witnesses.
17.4 Hearings will be held in the Hearing Room.
17.5 In RRS 61.2(b)(2) and 63.7(b) change ‘On the last scheduled day of racing…’ to ‘On the last day of a
series …’.
17.6 To request correction of an alleged error in posted race or series results, a boat shall complete a Scoring
Enquiry Form available on the official notice board.
17.7 A request for redress based on an incident identified in a scoring enquiry will meet the time limit if:
17.7.1 The scoring enquiry was submitted within the time limit specified in RRS 61.2; and
17.7.2 The request for redress is delivered as soon as reasonably possible after being notified of the
race committee’s response to the scoring enquiry. The response will be notified through the
online system.
17.8 A list of boats that have been penalized for breaking RRS 42 will be posted after racing each day.
17.9 [NP] Only the technical committee may protest a boat for an alleged breach of the class rules, rules of
RRS Part 4 Section B or RRS Appendix G. This changes RRS 60.1.
17.10 If a boat is sailed without a centreboard stopper, or with no mast retention line attached (class rule 3(b)
xi), a 30% Scoring Penalty calculated as stated in rule 44.3(c) without a hearing will be added to the
boats score in the last completed race in which she was racing without a centreboard stopper or the
retention line.
17.11 If a competitor sails with GPS enabled watch or any electronic equipment not specifically permitted
(Class rule 22), or with a sail, top mast, or bottom mast has been changed prior to a race without the
permission required by SI 5.6 the competitor will be disqualified without a hearing from the last
completed race where the breach occurred.
17.12 [DP] Penalties for any other breach of class rules are at the discretion of the international jury and may
be less than disqualification.
17.13 All hearing requests, inquiries or declarations that are required by the notice of race or sailing
instructions to be in writing and delivered to the race office, may be submitted using the regatta online
management system (ROMS) https://onb.ilca.roms.ar/ilca4youth2025. In case of any technical issues,
paper forms will be available at the Jury room (hearing requests) and Race Office (all other forms).
17.14 RRS Rule 60.4(a)(2) is changed as follows: “if it alleges a breach of a rule of Part 2 or rule 31 and is
from a boat that was not involved in, and did not see the incident, or”.

18. SCORING
18.1 A minimum of 4 (four) races are required to be completed to constitute the event.
18.2 A boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score(s) as follows:
Races Discards Comments
1-3 0 No discard
4 or more 1 One worst score excluded. If only one Final series race is completed it will not be
excluded.
18.3 RRS A5.2 is changed so that those scores are based on:
18.3.1 In a Single fleet series, the number of boats assigned to compete, or
18.3.2 In the Qualifying series, the number of boats assigned to the largest fleet, or
18.3.3 In the Final series, the number of boats assigned to the fleet.
18.4 When a Qualifying/Final series is sailed:
18.4.1 The Qualifying series races and the Final series races will count for total points in the event.
18.4.2 If no race in the Final series is completed, the overall ranking in the Qualifying series will be
established and this shall count as the official result.
18.4.3 Boats assigned to Gold fleet will be ranked higher in the event than competitors assigned to
Silver fleet and so forth.

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18.5 U16 results will be determined by the series score in the overall competition and will be extracted from
overall results without recalculation.
18.6 The scoring abbreviation for a penalty imposed under SI 15.1.1 and 17.10 will be SCP.

19. TITLES & PRIZES

19.1 Titles and prizes will be awarded according to the Notice of Race.

20. [DP] [NP] SAFETY

20.1 Rule 40.1 Personal Flotation Devices applies at all times afloat.
20.2 Check-out & Check-in process will be managed by the Organizing Authority.
20.3 A competitor that retires from a race shall notify a race committee, safety or jury vessel as soon as
reasonably possible and shall inform the race office immediately after returning to the shore.
20.4 Competitors not racing for any of the racing days shall inform the race office as soon as possible.
20.5 When the race committee displays flag V with repetitive sounds, all official and support vessels shall
monitor the race committee VHF 71 channel for instructions and assist in search and rescue operations.
20.6 If a boat is abandoned, it will be marked with a hazard tape tied through the bow eye to signal that the
competitor is safe.
20.7 Boats and support boats shall not interfere with commercial or naval vessels while leaving or entering
the harbour.

21. OFFICIAL VESSELS

21.1 Official vessels will be marked as follows:
Vessel Flag
Jury Blue flag with letters JUDGES
Race Committee Blue flag with red anchor and white letters RC
Technical Committee White flag with letters TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Press, Media Yellow flag with letters MEDIA
Official White flag with letters OFFICIAL
Safety Green flag with letters SAFETY
21.2 Failure of an official vessel to fly an identifying flag shall not be grounds for redress by a boat. This
changes RRS 61.1(a).
21.3 Actions by the official vessels, drones or helicopters shall not be grounds for redress by a boat. This
changes RRS 61.1(a).

22. SUPPORT VESSELS

22.1 Support persons shall comply with the Support Vessel Regulations. See NOR Attachment 3.
22.2 [NP][DP] On racing days, boats shall not be towed unless the race committee displays flag T or with
the verbal permission of the race committee. Towing is not allowed between the launching beach and
the white buoys. When under tow, boats shall not exceed 6 knots of speed.

23. TRASH DISPOSAL

23.1 Trash may be placed aboard support or official vessels.

24. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

24.1 Competitors participate in the event entirely at their own risk. See RRS 3, Decision to Race. The
organising authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained
in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the event.

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 ADDENDUM A – QUALIFYING & FINAL SERIES FORMATS
A1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 This addendum applies when boats are divided into fleets to sail a qualifying series and a final series.

A2. QUALIFYING SERIES

2.1 For the qualifying series boats will be assigned to fleets of, as near as possible, equal size and ability.
2.2 Initial assignments will be made by a seeding committee appointed by the organizing authority and will
be posted by 2000 on the last day of registration.
2.3 In the qualifying series boats will be reassigned to fleets after each day of racing. If all fleets have
completed the same number of races, boats will be reassigned based on their ranks in the series. If all
fleets have not completed the same number of races the series scores for reassignment will be
calculated for those races, numbered in order of completion, completed by all fleets.
2.4 Reassignments will be made as follows:
2 fleets format 3 fleets format 4 fleets format
Rank in Series Fleet Assignment Fleet Assignment Fleet Assignment
1st Yellow Yellow Yellow
2nd Blue Blue Blue
3rd Blue Red Red
4th Yellow Red Green
5th Yellow Blue Green
6th Blue Yellow Red
th
7 Blue Yellow Blue
8th Yellow Blue Yellow
9th Yellow Red Yellow
And so on

2.5 Reassignments will be based on the ranking available at 2000 that day regardless of protests or
requests for redress not yet decided.
2.6 If all fleets have not completed the same number of races by the end of a day, the fleets with fewer
races will continue racing the following day until all fleets have completed the same number of races.
All boats will thereafter race in the new fleets.
2.7 If four races have not been completed on the last scheduled day of the qualifying series, the qualifying
series will continue until the end of the racing day in which a fourth qualifying race is completed.
2.8 If at the end of the qualifying series some qualifying series fleets have more race scores than others,
any extra races will be abandoned & cancelled so that all boats in the qualifying series have the same
number of race scores.

A3. FINAL SERIES

3.1 Boats will be assigned to final series fleets based on their ranks in the qualifying series.
3.2 There will be the same number of fleets in the final series as there were in the qualifying series.
3.3 The final series fleets will be, as nearly as possible, of equal size but so that the Silver fleet is not
larger than the Gold fleet and the Bronze fleet (where it exists) is not larger than the Silver fleet and
the Emerald fleet (where it exists) is not larger than the Bronze fleet. Boats with the best qualifying
series ranks will race all final series races in the Gold fleet; boats with the next best qualifying series
ranks will race in the Silver fleet; boats with the next best qualifying series ranks will race in the Bronze
fleet (where it exists); and boats with the next best qualifying series ranks will race in the Emerald fleet
(where it exists).
3.4 Any recalculation of qualifying series ranking after boats have been assigned to final series fleets will
not affect the assignments except that a redress decision may promote a boat to a higher fleet.
3.5 Different final series fleets need not complete the same number of final races. Boats assigned to Gold
fleet will be ranked higher in the event than competitors assigned to Silver fleet and so forth, except for
a boat disqualified from a final series race under RRS 6, or 69.

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ADDENDUM B – CHART SHOWING RACING AREA

ADDENDUM C – COURSE DIAGRAMS

Fleet Racing

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