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1 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS Newport Harbor Yacht Club San Diego Yacht Club February 15-16, 2019 Amended February 14, 2019, 1000 1 rules rules of the Offshore Racing Rule (ORR) shall apply for boats racing under ORR rules . Link: ORR Rule Book. See NOR for contact / application information. rules of the Offshore Racing Rule for Offshore Cruising/Production Racing Yachts racing under ORR-ez. Link: ORRez Rule Book. See NOR for contact / application information. For monohulls, the US Safety Equipment Regulations, (hereafter USSER ), US Coastal level requirements, Effective 1/1/2018, as modified by this Notice of Race and the SAILING INSTRUCTIONS .

2 Islands USSER-Coastal are here: USSER 2018 Advertising on a boat shall comply with the requirements of ISAF Regulation 20 for Category A. All boats are required to carry an active position transponder (YB Tracker) as supplied by the OA. There are no fees associated with this requirement; however boats are responsible for returning the YB Tracker in working order. Broken or lost YB Trackers may be subject to replacement/damage charge of up to $1000. YB Trackers will be available as described in NOR 6. Competitors may retrieve boat position data in compressed form, which is updated every 15 minutes, as a link from the YB Tracking event dashboard: Breaches of INSTRUCTIONS which are annotated [NP] will not be grounds for a protest by a boat.

3 This changes RRS (a). If the jury concludes that a boat has broken one of these rules , or RRS 55, it may impose a penalty other than disqualification. 2 ALTERATIONS TO THE rules RRS Part 2, For determination of the right of way between contestants, Part 2 of the racing rules shall govern, except between sunset and sunrise, the following shall be substituted for Rule 17: When two boats are on the same tack and within three of the larger boat s overall length of each other, the overtaking boat shall keep clear and neither boat shall alter course toward the other. RRS is changed by adding the following sentence to the rule: Boats shall monitor VHF channel 14 while they are transiting the VTS San Pedro Sector (25nm from Pt.)

4 Fermin to the federal breakwater encompassing the port of Los Angeles), and respond promptly when hailed. RRS Spinnaker Poles; Whisker Poles and RRS Use of Outriggers are changed to allow the use of fixed and retractable spinnaker poles and bowsprits for the purpose of setting asymmetrical spinnakers. RRS 51, Movable Ballast is changed to allow the movement of sails that are not set. RRS 51, Movable Ballast, and RRS 52 Manual Power are changed to allow the positioning of movable ballast by power on boats as designed and as rated by the rating authority. All movable ballast systems shall be capable of manual operation if powered systems are inoperable.

5 RRS 52 is changed to allow power and stored energy for sail hoisting, trimming, and adjustment of running rigging for boats rated with those systems by RA. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS February 15-16, 2019 RRS 55 is changed to allow the disposal of biodegradable material used to band spinnakers in the water. RRS 62 Redress: RRS is changed by adding the following: (e) being directed by a government authority to deviate from her proper course." US SAILING prescriptions to RRS and do not apply. RRS , Penalties and Exoneration, is changed by adding: (d) When the protest committee decides a boat that is a party to a protest hearing has broken a rule, it may assign a time penalty to be added to the boat s corrected time.

6 USSER Lifelines is changed to allow boats the option to be equipped with the original equipment lifelines supplied by the boat manufacturer or as class rules specify. 3 NOTICES TO COMPETITORS Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board online ( ) and on the supplemental notice boards at NHYC located in the race office trailer wall in the main boatyard and at SDYC located on the east side of the SAILING Center, facing the water. Changes to the SAILING INSTRUCTIONS : Changes Made Ashore Any change to the SI made prior to 1800, Thursday, February 14, 2019 will be posted to the official notice board and the supplementary notice board at NHYC.

7 Changes Made Afloat Per RRS (c), any change to the SI made after 1800, Thursday, February 14, 2019 will be announced afloat prior to the warning signal for the class to which it applies. The RC signal boat will display flag L to indicate that a change is being made, and the change will be announced via VHF 71. 4 POSITION TRANSPONDER All boats are required to carry an active position transponder as supplied by the OA. There are no fees associated with this requirement; however boats are responsible for returning the tracker in working order. Broken or lost transponders may be subject to replacement/damage charge of up to $1000.

8 Transponders will be available at the following times and locations: Wednesday, February 13, 1000 2100 @ NHYC Thursday February 14 between, 1000 2100 @ NHYC By prior arrangement (call 949-723-6870) between 1100 1300 on 2/15/19 in the vicinity of the starting area via NHYC Mark Set Vessel on VHF 72. YB Trackers are to be returned to San Diego Yacht Club either in person to the SDYC Front Desk, Security Booth or SAILING Office upon completion of the race, or by mail by 2/25/19. Mail to San Diego Yacht Club, 1011 Anchorage Lane, San Diego, CA 92106 (Attn: SAILING Office). If for any reason you are unable to complete the race and return to a port other than San Diego, please call 949-445-0356 or send an email to and let the SDYC SAILING Office know what arrangements you will make to return the tracker.

9 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS February 15-16, 2019 5 SCHEDULE Divisions, Flags, and Scheduled warning signals are as follows: 6 CHECK-IN The race committee intends to be on station beginning at 11:15. [NP] A boat is required to be in the starting area and check in via radio no later than fifteen (15) minutes before her scheduled warning signal. A boat shall check in via VHF Channel 72. A boat must announce her name, sail number, and number of crew on board and be acknowledged by the RC. Boats who fail to check in will be scored DNS without a hearing. This changes RRS A4 and A5. 7 THE COURSE The race committee will publish the course to be sailed on the official notice board ( ), no later than Thursday, February 14 at 18:00.

10 Course 1: Each boat shall start, leave mark 1 to port, leave Catalina Island to port, and finish at San Diego Channel buoy SD . The starting line will be located inside the Los Angeles harbor breakwater due south of the oil islands Freeman & Chaffee, at approximately 33 44 N, 118 09 W. This changes NOR 9. The diagrams in Addendum A show Course 1, the order in which marks are to be passed, and the side on which each mark is to be left. The approximate course length will be nautical miles. Course 2: Each boat shall start, leave Catalina and San Clemete Islands to starboard, and finish at San Diego Channel buoy SD.