Sunday May 15-2016 Results

An eventful day with a boat going aground on the island in Sullivan’s Pond and Boots wading out to fetch it. A shout out to #625 Janice Anderson who joined us for the first time and finished the day in third place and won a race as well. Michael Kennedy was out for the first time this year and it showed a little. Fun all around with eleven boats on the line to start the day.

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Soling Sailing Thursday Evening May 13, 2016

Only a few of us braved the cold, which was a cruel end to a beautiful day in Nova Scotia.

The wind came out of the north and feature gusts, massive wind shifts and some huge holes to contend with. With darkness creeping over the pond we packed it in and headed home to warm up.

We sailed about 8 races,no scoring was done – but we had fun.

EC-12 Sailing Tuesday May 10-16

Only two boats made to the water for an abbreviated evening at Sullivan’s Pond.

The weather was nice, but as I arrived Boot’s boat was sailing off out of control toward the north end of the pond. We watched and followed as it finally fetched up alongside a small grassy island near the inflow from Lake Banook.

Boots made his way out and I followed him shortly to help. With the boat recovered we headed back. Boots went first, picking his way across the rocks. I followed – stepping on a dry rock but my rear foot slipped on the grass stepping off the shore. What followed was a slow motion train wreck resulting in me falling backwards into the water, getting up and falling again.

That was the end of my evening of sailing, and the end of Boots’ main boom and vang.

I love sailing but now that I am model racing I am not supposed to get wet.

2016 Opening Regatta

Sailing at Cranberry II Regatta 2010

Notice of Race/Sailing Instructions
2016 Opening Regatta

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
Sunday April 24, 2016
Sullivan’s Pond, Dartmouth NS
Sponsored by Halifax Area Model Yacht Club

1. Rules
1.1 The event will be governed by the RULES as defined in the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing for 2013-2016
(RRS) as changed by Appendix E of the RRS – Radio Sailing Racing Rules, the Notice of Race (NoR) issued for the event, these Sailing Instructions (SI), the Equipment Rules of Sailing (ERS) and Soling 1M Class Rules.
1.2 The Sailing Instructions shall prevail in case of conflict with the Notice of Race.
1.3 Racing rule(s) Appendix E6.6(f) is deleted and replaced with  ‘an entanglement or grounding because of the action of a boat that was breaking a rule of Part 2 or of a vessel not racing that was required to keep clear’.
2. Notices to Competitors
Notices to competitors will be given orally near the launching area.
3. Schedule of Races

Sunday April 24, 2016
Registration/Practice  12 to 12:40 PM
Skippers Meeting       12:45  PM
First Race/Heat          1:00  PM
Last Race/Heat           3:40  PM

4. Scoring system shall be Low Point System,

5. Changes in the Sailing Instructions by a verbal announcement shall be made by the Race Officer (RO) to call attention to the change.

6. A description of the course, marks, including starting and finishing marks stating the order and side on which each is to be left shall be posted on the course board.

9. Starting Procedure – The warning signal made One (1) minutes before the starting signal. The starting line will be as described in the course description.
Following one general recall, RRS 30.1 shall apply to the restart.
Following a second general recall for that same race, RRS 30.3 shall apply to all subsequent restarts of that race.

10. Protests
10.1 Protests will be accepted in accordance with RRS E6 except that RRS E6.5 (Time Limit) is amended by the inclusion of the following:
10.2 A boat intending to protest shall inform the race committee no later than one minutes after the last boat finishes and prior to the preparatory signal for the next race, whichever is the lesser. This changes RRS E6.5.
10.3 Hearing of Protests. Protests and requests for redress will be held at a time and place determined by the race committee except where HMS applies, when protests and requests for redress will be heard in accordance with HMS 1.4.
10.4 The race committee may use IRSA SYRPH, a SYstem for Reducing Protest Hearings. This will apply after the heat and before the related protest hearing that may result from this procedure.
10.5 The protest committee will consist of three persons, which may include competitors, competent persons and Regional, National or International Judges. If a party to a hearing objects to a competitor being a member of a protest committee, because he is an interested party, he may object under rule RRS 63.5.

Conduct
Competitor behaviour can impact unfavourably on the sport and all competitors are advised that their actions will be under scrutiny and in the event of any behaviour that is in breach of Principles of Sportsmanship and Fair Play, or which may bring the sport into disrepute may result in a protest hearing under RRS 2. or for extreme breaches, in accordance with RRS 69.1 or:
The RO may offer a competitor a two turns on the spot penalty to avoid a protest hearing however the RO is not obliged to make this offer nor is a competitor obliged to accept it in which case a protest hearing shall proceed.
Penalties available to the Protest Committee include exclusion from the race in question, the series, or other action within the Committee’s jurisdiction. The Race Officer and all race officials have been directed to record any incidents that will be dealt with to the full extent available to the Committee.