General Information

 August 25, 2018

 Skippers’ Meeting  

• Friday:  6:30 pm Front Porch Port Dover Yacht Club

• Sign In with Committee Boat for JAM or SPIN and obtain rating assignment.

Radio Contact

• All yachts are required to monitor VHF channel 72 from 7:00 pm until finishing the race.  

• Radio contact may be required to notify yachts of a shortened course, or of the expiration of a time limit.

Time Limit

• Any yacht not finished Sunrise shall be scored DNF.  (6:39 am)

• If the race is shortened by finishing at a mark of the course, all time limits mentioned above still apply.

 Shortened Course

• The race may be shortened at any mark of the course.  Therefore, it is important for all yachts to monitor VHF channel 72, as it may be necessary to sail in close proximity to each mark.

• See note on time limits. This is not expected to apply!  The fleet normally returns between midnight and 2 am.

Postponement of Starts

• It is our intent to have this race underway before dusk, regardless of light wind conditions.

• Course length will be determined by current conditions.  We don’t want to be out ALL night!

APPROXIMATE MARKER LOCATIONS

Coordinates provided are approximate only, and any errors in these coordinates shall not be grounds for protest or redress.  Skippers are responsible to ensure that these coordinates are correct, and for the navigation of their yachts.

Start

• Start 8:00 pm OR SOONER!

• PDYC Race Course “Happy Face”

• One single start for JAM and SPIN fleets combined

• Moonrise 7:59pm in the East-Southeast; predicted 98% illumination

• Sunset time 8:06pm

 Course

• The committee boat will display the letter of the PDYC race marker that will be the first mark of the course.  This mark shall be taken to port, unless the committee boat flies a green flag in which case it shall be taken to starboard.

• ** Typically this is an ‘out and back’ race, rounding one of the following marks:

  • Turkey Point marker shall be taken to port  

  • Bluff Bar marker shall be taken to port  

  • Nanticoke Shoal marker shall be taken to port  

• Skippers are reminded that a series of sandbars and shoals exist along the shoreline.  Skippers will be required to refer to current charts and navigate to ensure safe passage.

Finish

• The race finish shall be at aid to navigation ED2 (PDYC race marker D)

• A yacht will finish when any part of her hull comes within one of her boat lengths of ED2

• Race committee will NOT be on station.

• Skippers are required to record their own finish times, and are requested to record the time of the next yacht finish.  Please use the form provided. 

Rendezvous

• No official Rendezvous, however, crews are welcome to meet for breakfast at the Dairy Bar.  They open at 6.

Awards

• Members in good standing of the PDYC Racing Division are eligible to receive awards for this regatta.

• Others are encouraged to participate, but are not eligible for awards.