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Spring Series 2009 April 2, 9, 16, 30 and May 7

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS Spring Series 2009 April 2, 9, 16, 30 and May 7

ELIGIBILITY Category III yachts or better with additional requirement to have personal lights, (during races that extend into darkness), whistles and radar reflector installed.

START/FINISH LINEBetween the Committee Boat and start/finish buoy offshore of the Des Moines Marina.

COURSE Defined by course designations on Committee Boat. See Section IV, “Marks and Abbreviated Courses”.

SHORTENED COURSE The Race Officer may choose at any time after the start to shorten the course. The Code flag “S” will be displayed with two sound signals on the committee boat. Skippers will then continue to sail the originally posted course, rounding each mark as required until they can lay a course directly to the new finish line and will finish between the Committee boat flying Code Flag “S and its mark.

START TIMESEvening races: First warning 1825 hrWeekend races: First warning 9:25 hr

TIME LIMITThe time limit for the first race of each race day will be three hours after their starting signal.

RACE SCORINGSpring, Summer, Fall and Winter Series are five races. Each series will allow one throw‐out race to be scored for each yacht if at least five races are sailed in that class in the series. On weekends the race committee may chose o run several races.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTION The “Laggard Rule” may be imposed at the option of the Race Committee for race days where multiple races are planned for that day.

SERIES RACE FEE $30.00 per Series.

Information: For additional information or to obtain an entry form, write to TTPYC, P.O. Box 98700, Des Moines, WA 98198-0700, call Tom Davis (206) 999-5115, tdavisconst@hotmail.com.

2009 Duwamish Head Race Results

Please go to our website for the PDF preliminary race results: http://www.ttpyc.org/

Wipeout and Rescue

Five famous yacht racers recovered from a capsize and continued on to Shilshole Marina where they were rescued by the novice sailors at the Seattle Sailing Club. The yacht was retrieved by a 50 ton crane at the north end of the marina and all will live to tell grand tales of the huge seas and hurricane force winds on the 2009 Duwamish Head Race.

January 16, 2009 Dick Rose Presentation, 2009 Racing Rules

Puget Sound sailors will have a chance to get a head start on understanding changes in the racing rules at a seminar by Dick Rose, an internationally recognized rules expert and the rules columnist for Sailing World magazine.

The seminar will be held at the Magnuson Park Theater, 7110 62nd Ave., NE, Seattle on Friday Jan.16 beginning at 7 p.m. Proceeds from ticket sales will go to the Sailing Foundation, and Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle is sponsoring the seminar.

Rose is a longtime member of the Racing Rules Committee of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) and was part of the working group that developed the changes in the Racing Rules of Sailing that will take effect Jan.1, 2009.

By far the most significant changes are major revisions in rules that apply at marks and obstructions, in Part 2, Section C of the rules.

"The old Section C rules, particularly old Rule 18, were by far the most complicated of the 2005-2008 rules," Rose said. "While competitors generally liked the 'game' they produced, many sailors and officials called for simplification."

In response, the rules committees of US Sailing and the Royal Yachting Association developed several drafts of possible revisions to Section C, and proposed rules were tested on the water by various fleets in 2006. Some of those tests were conducted by the fleets that race in CYC races on Lake Washington.

The ISAF then appointed five rules experts from the U.K. and the U.S.A., including Rose, to develop the new Section C rules.
Rose said sailors who have new rule books should bring them to the seminar.

Rule books also will be available for purchase.

Tickets will be on sale at the door at $15 for Adults and $5 for students, payable by cash or check at the door.

The Sailing Foundation provides grants to help high school and college teams travel to national championships and assists in acquiring boats for youth racing fleets in the Puget Sound area. Corinthian Yacht Club is the largest sailboat racing club in the Northwest.

The theater where the seminar will be held is part of the Magnuson Park Community Center. To reach the theater, enter Magnuson Park from Sand Point Way at NE 74th Street ( the location of the security gate used when the park was a U.S. Navy Base). Then turn right on 62nd Avenue NE, and the Community Center is the large brick building about 100 yards up the street on the left.

Sponsored by Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle - www.cycseattle.org http://www.cycseattle.org/2009_specific/rules_program.html

Windjammer Series 2009 January 17, 31 February 21

Special Instructions:

A minimum of three crew are required, including skipper, on each competing yacht.

Start Line

The start line is the line between the RC flag posted on the end of the Des Moines fishing pier extending to “K” mark.Finish Line The finishing line shall be a line extended from the RC flag on the end of the Des Moines fishing pier extending to “K” mark.

Courses

Blake Island Start between the RC Flag and start mark “K”. leave “K” mark to starboard. Proceed north passing Blake Island (Mark O) in either direction, proceed south to the finish line between the RC flag and start mark “K”. Leave “K” mark to starboard.

Start Time:

First Warning 0925

First Start 0930

Time Limit: No yacht may finish later than 12 hours after their starting signal.

Manzanita Start between the RC Flag and start mark “K”. Leave “K” mark to starboard. Proceed north passing mark “C” (Three Tree Point) leaving the mark to port; proceed south around Point Robinson and southwest to the red nun “Manzanita Buoy” (Mark G), leaving the mark to port; proceed northeast to the finish line between the RC Flag and “K” mark. Leave “K” mark to port.

Start Time:

First Warning 0925

First Start 0930

Time Limit: No yacht may finish later than 12 hours after their starting signal.

Vashon Island Start between the RC Flag and “K” mark. Leave “K mark to starboard. Proceed southwest, leaving Vashon Island and the Point Vashon Dolphin on the north end of Vashon Island to starboard proceed southeast to the finish line between the RC Flag and “K” mark. Leave “K” mark to starboard.

Start Time:

First Warning 0855

First Start 0900

Time Limit: No yacht may finish later than 15 hours after their starting signal.

Distances For handicapping purposes, the course lengths are established at:

Blake Island 22.8 NM Manzanita 19.0 NM Vashon Island 29.8 NM Shortening

Courses: ALL Wind Jammer races will use the following: Shortened course when the Race Committee flies the “S” flag:Start between the TTPYC Race Committee “RC” flag at the end of the Des Moines fishing pier and “K” mark, leaving “K” mark to starboard. Then round “C”, “J”, “A”, “K”, “C”, “J”, “A” marks to port finishing between the RC flag on the pier and “K” mark to port.

Recording Times: Competitors shall record their own race start signal, midpoint, and finish times using GPS time, at designated shortened course rounding marks when bearing 180 magnetic degrees within a distance of 100 yards of the mark, and at the finish. These times may be used if race committee is not on station to take the time. Shortened course times may be used if no boat in that class completes the entire course within the time limit.

Withdrawals: Please call the Race Committee on channel 72. If you can’t reach them please call (206) 999-5115 and leave a message. We need to know if you quit.

Protests:

Protests must be in writing and given to the race committee or e-mailed to tdavisconst@hotmail.com or mailed to TTPYC and post marked no later than 48 hours after the last yacht finishes. Protests will be heard on the Thursday following the race at 7:00 PM. Location to be announced.

A post-race party will be held at Anthony’s Home Port while we wait for race results.
Information:For additional information or to obtain an entry form, write to TTPYC, P.O. Box 98700, Des Moines, WA 98198-0700, call Tom Davis (206) 999-5115, tdavisconst@hotmail.com.