Sailing Rules

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Sailing Rules Tactics

• by
• Bill Giles

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Rules Rule OK!

• ISAF Racing Rules for Sailing
• Class Rules
• Club Sailing Instructions
• Competition Sailing Instructions
• Local Rules
• IRPCS

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General Responsibilities

• To render assistance
• Responsible for your own boat and crew
• To sail fairly
• To retire if in the wrong
• or
• To take your penalty

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More General Rules

• Some only apply when you are racing
• May be penalized for acts before or after racing
• May be disqualified even if you are in the right

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Safety
Your Responsibilities Before You Go Afloat and On
The Water

• Own Safety Equipment
• Own Boat
• Duty to Others
• The Rescue of Others

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RACING

• From the PREPARATORY signal
• (ie 4 minutes before the start signal)
• Until
• You have cleared the finish line
• Or
• Retired

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START STARTING

• From the time you start to approach the line
  until you clear it

• 20 Secs To Go!

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FINISHING

• From the time you touch the finish line
• (with all your gear in its normal place)
• Until you clear the line

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LUFFING

• Turning towards windward
• (Until you are head to wind)

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TACKING

• From the point where you have luffed head to wind
• Until you are pointing at your new course or
  close hauled

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CLEAR AHEAD/ASTERN

• From rearmost part
• At 90 Degrees

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BEARING AWAY

• Turning Away from the Wind

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ON A TACK

• (By reference to Port or Starboard)

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WINDWARD/LEEWARD

• A

• is of course to windward

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PROPER COURSE

• Any course that you might reasonably take.

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MARK of the course

• An object (buoy or boat or other object) having a
  required side)
• Anything permanently attached to it above the
  waterline

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OBSTRUCTIONS

• May be
• another (right-of-way) boat
• Bank, Island etc
• Treat similarly to Marks

• lt2 boat-lengths

• X

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OBSTRUCTIONS

• can ask for to tack

• B

• A

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OBSTRUCTIONS
can ask for for room to duck

• B

• A

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OBSTRUCTIONS
can ask for for room to duck

• B

• A

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OBSTRUCTIONS
can ask for for room to duck

• B

• A

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OBSTRUCTIONS

• No Obstructions

Now there is
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Before You Start

• Crew and Boat Ready
• Safety
• Comfort
• Food and Drink
• Know the SIs
• Sign On
• Memorise Course
• Tides
• Weather

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Sound Signals

• Only to draw your attention to the flag
• Sound delay

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The Start
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Flags
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The Start Flags

• Class Up (-5 Mins)

• Preparatory (-4 Mins)

• Warning (-1 Min)

• Go (0 Min)

And the next class flag up
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Other Flags

• Round The Ends Rule
• Black Flag Rule
• Information Change

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More Flags When Racing
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More Starting- Port/Stbd
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More Starting- Barging
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More Starting- Overlap
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More Starting- Barging
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More Starting- Whoops
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More Starting- Whoops
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More Starting - Luffing
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More Starting - Luffing
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Port Starboard Rule
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Port Starboard Rule
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Port Starboard Rule
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Port Stbd - Again

• Be clear on
• which is which

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Port Stbd - Again

• Watch the Sneaky
• By the lee

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Port Stbd - Again

• Who has the
• Best Side?

• I do!

• I still do!

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Tacking Rule

• X

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Luffing Rule
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Luffing Rule - But Not-
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Mark Rounding - 2 Boat Lengths

• Important Rights
• Within Circle

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Mark Rounding

• Ignore The Mark
• Port/Stbd Rule

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Mark Rounding

• Woops Stbd
• Can't Tack!

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Mark Rounding - Overlaps

• No Overlap
• No Rights

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Mark Rounding - Overlaps

• No Overlap
• No Rights
• (Even if Later)

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Mark Rounding - Overlaps

• No Overlap
• No Rights
• (Even if Later)

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Mark Rounding

• Tacking Loses
• All Rights!!!

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Mark Rounding - Overlaps

• Watch Out for
• the sneakies

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Gybe at Leeward Mark

• Port and Stbd
• Don't Count

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Windward Rule
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Port Stbd - Again

• Even if Blue
• Gybes he is in the
• Wrong!

• Now to windward