Issue 10 of the club’s Sailing Instructions (SI’s) for Club Racing has just been released. This document supersedes all previous versions and is the one to be used for all ‘Club Racing’ (Vs Open Meetings) with immediate effect. Hard copies have been placed in the Race Office and on the Clubhouse noticeboard. They are also available for review (and download) from the club website (under Club/Racing/Racing Documents).
This update has been issued to introduce changes to achieve the following:-
1. Simplify the whole document by editing out the specific instructions that were only applicable to Open meetings.
(A separate set of SI’s for Open meetings held at SBSC will be issued shortly.)
2. Clarify, standardise and formalise a number of undocumented ‘Custom & Practice’ procedures that have been introduced & operated at the club over a number of years. The main ones in this category being the adoption of “Average Lap Racing” and the improvement of the procedures for shortening a race, if required.
3. Tidy up a few sections and perform some admin changes to ensure that the SI’s are consistent with the current Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) & the club ‘Operating Manual’.
I was asked if I could write a note identifying &/or explaining all the differences (para by para) between the previous SI’s and these new ones. Well I could try, but I won’t………
I believe it would be much more beneficial & efficient if everyone would read the new document, in its entirety, themselves. It is about the equivalent of 4 sides of A4 & only takes around 5 minutes to read. Having read it, if there are any issues or clarifications that anyone feels they would like to discuss, I would be happy to address those either in person or via the club forum (so club members can see the discussion) ..…. whichever you prefer.
Happy reading
RF