The International Friendship
All Japan Junior Yacht Club Regatta 2012

Sailing Instructions (SI)
1. Rules(1) The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing2009-2012（hereafter as RRS）,except any of these are altered by the Sailing
Instructions.
(2) Appendix P will apply.
(3) If there is a conflict between languages, the English text will take precedence.

2. Notices tocompetitors

Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board of the race office.

3. Changes tosailinginstructions

Any change to the Sailing Instructions(hereafter as S.I.) will be posted at the race office
before 08:00 on the day it will take effect, except that any change to the schedule of the races
will be posted before 17:00 on the day before it will take effect.

4. Signal madeashore

Signals made ashore will be displayed at the flagpole of the race office.
A class flag with one sound means ‘Leaving the harbor is permitted. The warning signal will
be made not less than 30 minutes after the class flag is displayed.’

5. Schedule ofraces

The warning signal of each class is as follows.

A areadittoditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto

Sailingspirits
420
FJLaser 4.7
Sea Hopper-SR
Mini-Hopper
OP Advanced

The warning signal
for the 1st race
10：00
10：00
10：00
10：05
10：05
10：05
10：10

B areaOP Beginners’

10：00

May 4th（Fri）, 2012
Racing area ClassFor the 2nd to the 4th race

To be continued
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto

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No warning signal will be made after 16:00.
A lunch time will be informed by the race committee.
When the following race is intended to be held, the race committee signal boat will display
orange flag with one sound to alert the boats at least 4 minutes before the warning signal isdisplayed.

May 5th (Sat), 2012
Racing area ClassA area
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto

Sailingspirits
420
FJ
Laser 4.7
Sea Hopper-SR
Mini-Hopper
OP Advanced

The warning signal
for the 5th race
9：30
9：30
9：30
9：35
9：35
9：35
9：40

B areaOP Beginners’

9：30

No warning signal will be made after11:00.

6. Class flags and warning signal flags
ClassClass flag

Warning signal flag

Sailingspirits
420
FJ
Laser 4.7
Sea Hopper-SR
Mini-Hopper
OP Advanced
OP Beginners’Sailingspirits class flag
420 class flag
FJ class flag
Laser 4.7 flag
Sea Hopper-SR class flag
Mini-Hopper class flag
OP class flag (Black)
OP class flag (Red)FJ class flag

Laser 4.7 flag

OP class flag (Black)
OP class flag (Red)

7. Racing Area

The races will be held in racing area A for every class except OP Beginners’ class for which
the races will be held in racing area B. Diagram-1 shows these racing areas.

8. The courses(1) Sailingspirits, 420 and FJ class in racing area A use the course, Starting －Mark 1’ －Mark 2 － Mark 3 － Mark 1’ － Mark 3 － Finishing. OP Advanced class, Laser 4.7,
Sea Hopper-SR class and Mini-Hopper class in racing area A use the course, Starting –Mark 1 – Mark 2 – Mark 3 – Mark 1 –Mark 3 – Finishing. (See Diagram-2-1)(2) No latter than the warning signal, the race committee signal boat in racing area A will
display the approximate compass bearing of the first leg.
(3) OP Beginners’ class in racing area B uses the course, Starting – Mark 1 – Mark 2 –Mark 3 – Finishing. (See Diagram-2-2).
(4) Legs of the courses in racing area A and B will not be changed after preparatory signal.
This changes RRS 33.

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9. Marks(1) Mark 1, 2, 3 and 1’(only Racing Area A)
Racing Area A: Mark 1, 2 and 3 will be cyndrical inflated yellow buoys and Mark
1’ will be triangle pyramid inflated orange buoy.
Racing Area B ： Mark 1, 2 and 3 will be cylindrical inflated yellow buoys.
(2) The Starting Marks are the race committee signal boat at the starboard end of thestarting line and the yellow buoy at the port end.
(3) The Finishing Marks
Racing Area A：The Finishing Marks are the race committee boat with a blue flag at
the port end of the finishing line and the yellow buoy at the starboard end.
Racing Area B：The Finishing Marks are the race committee boat with a blue flag at thestarboard end of the finishing line and the yellow buoy at the port end.

10. The start(1) Races will be started by using RRS 26 with the warning signal given 5 minutes before
the starting signal.
(2) The starting line will be between two staffs displaying orange flag on the starting marks.
(3) A boat starting later than four minutes after her starting signal will be scored DNS (DidNot Start). This changes RRS A4.
(4) Boats whose warning signal has not been made shall keep about 50 meters away fromthe starting area during the starting sequence for other races.
(5) Rescue boats may coach competitors of OP Beginners’ class in racing area B duringstarting.

11. The finish

The finishing line will be between two staffs displaying orange flag on the finishing marks.

12. Time limit(1) The time limit will be 15 minutes after the first boat of each class sails the course andfinishes.
(2) Boats failing to finish within above time limit will be scored Did Not Finish (DNF).
This changes RRS 35, A4 and A5.

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13. Protests
and requestsfor redress(1) Protests and requests for redress or reopening shall be delivered at the race office before
the protest time limit that is 60 minutes after the last boat of each class has finished thelast race of the day. The protest committee chairman may extend the protest time limit. It
will be posted on the official notice board at the race office.
(2) Notices of protests by the race committee or protest committee will be posted on theofficial notice board to inform boats under RRS 61.1(b) before the protest time limit.
(3) A list of boats that have been penalized under Appendix P for breaking RRS 42 will beposted before the protest time limit.
(4) Hearings will be held sequentially. Notices will be posted within 15 minutes after theprotest time limit to inform competitors of hearings in which they are parties or named
as witnesses.
(5) A request for reopening a hearing under RRS 66 may be delivered before 9:00 of thenext day of the decision. However it shall be delivered no later than 15 minutes after thedecision on the races held on May 5th. This changes RRS 66.

(6) Breaches of S.I. 10.4, 15, 16(1)(2), 17, 19, 20 and 21 will not be grounds for a protest bya boat. This changes RRS 60.1(a).
(7) Breaches of the class rules, NOR 2, S.I. 10(4), 15 16(1)(2), 17, 19, 20 and 21 may beless than disqualification if the protest committee so decides. The abbreviation of thescore for the penalties at the discretion of the protest committee based on this S.I. is DPI.
(8) Breaches of S.I. 16(3) and 18 will not be the grounds for the request for redress.
This changes RRS 62.1(a).

14. Scoring(1) At least 1 race is required to be completed to constitute this regatta where 5 races areexpected. Even if no race is completed due to weather condition, any extended race is
not held. A boat’s score will be the total of her race scores. This changes RRS A2.
(2) Scoring for club competition is made in accordance with the Notice of Race.

15. Check-out
and check-in(1) A club team representative person shall sign for all club team members on the checkout/in form prepared in the race office.
(2) A check-out sign shall be done from 60 minutes to 30 minutes before the warning signalof the 1st race of each day.
(3) A check-in sign shall be done no later than 60 minutes after the final race of the daycompleted. The race committee chairman may extend the check-in time limit.
(4) A boat that would retire from a race shall notify her intension to a nearest race
committee boat and a club team representative person shall describe the reason in acheck-in form and deliver to the race committee.

16. Safety
regulations(1) A competitor shall wear a life jacket at any time afloat.
(2) An OP Beginners’ class boat is required to put a recognizable ribbon lent by the race
committee at the peak of the sail.

(3) The race committee may rescue a competitor if they can not get any response to theirinquiry for the intention of the competitor whether the competitor will continue the raceor retire from the race, when they judge the competitor is in danger and unable to decideanything himself because of fatigue after they recommend the retiring from the race .

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Replacementof crew orequipment(1) Substitution of competitors will not be allowed without prior written approvals of therace committee.

18. Officialboats

An official boat of race committee will display the following flags.

(2) Substitution of damaged or lost equipment will not be allowed unless authorized by therace committee. Requests for substitution shall be made to the race committee at the firstreasonable opportunity.

The race committee signal boat
A race committee boat
A rescue boat
A doctor boat
A protest committee boat

19. Supportboats‘JJYU’ flag‘RC’ flag‘RESCUE’ flag
‘Red Cross’ flag
‘JURY’ flag(1) A support boat shall be approved by the organizing committee delivering a designatedapplication form at entry under the Notice of Race.
(2) A support boat shall display the flag lent by the race committee at the time of theregistration, but the flag pole shall be prepared by each club.
(3) The number of the crew of a support boat is required to be less than a half of hercapacity (raise the decimals to a unit).
(4) A support boat shall keep away from the racing area from the time of the warning signal
for the first class to start until all boats have finished or the race committee signals a
postponement or abandonment.
(5) A support boat may be requested to help rescue activities and in such case, the race
committee signal boat will display the white flag with the consecutive short sounds.
In this case, S.I. 19(4) will not apply.

20. Radio
communication

Except in an emergency, a boat shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor
receiving radio communications not available to all boats. This restriction also applies tomobile telephones and GPS.

21. TrashdisposalCompetitors and support boats shall not put trash in the water.

22.Disclaimerof liability

Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. (See RRS 4 Decision toRace). Organizing Authorities and/or any party, person involved in this organization will
accept no liability whatever for any personal material damage or personal injury or deathsustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta.

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