Match Racing

SLRYC Match Racing - Sailing Instructions

1. Aim

1.1. To promote another form of racing in the club.

1.2. To minimise the input from officials (no PRO or Scorer).

2. Format

‘Flight’ means two or more matches started in the same starting sequence

(Appendix C RRS).

2.1. The series will be run as a round robin series.

2.2. Each flight will involve up to three matches starting one minute apart.

2.3. To keep a series to a manageable size, the fleet size is limited to not more than 8 boats.

Skippers can nominate for match race events on the Club calendar through the Club’s web site at the Information/Match Racing site. Nominations can

only be made for the next match racing event.

3. Recording results

3.1. Skippers will be allocated a number for the series. That number indicates his/her matches throughout the series.

3.2. Skippers shall record the results of their match on the series sheet. Only one series sheet is required to record the results of all matches in a series.

3.3. When scores are tied at the end of a series, places shall be determined by a further match races. If there is a three way tie, places shall be resolved by a

3 boat match. Where there is more than one tie to be resolved, matches shall be grouped in a flight where possible.

3.4. When a boat is withdrawn during the series, the results for the matches involving that boat will not be counted.

4. Courses

Dependent on the weather.

4.1. Short Course - Start/finish line, windward mark/marks, leeward mark/gate, start/finish line.

4.2. Long Course - Start/finish line, windward mark/marks, leeward mark/gate, windward mark/marks, start/finish.

5. Requirements Before the Start (Appendix C RRS)

5.1. At a boat’s start signal, her hull shall be completely outside the line that is at a 90º angle to the starting line through the starting mark at her assigned end.

5.2. In the pairing list, the boat listed on the left-hand side is assigned the port end. The other boat is assigned the starboard end.

6. Penalties - Selected rules for SLRYC Match Racing

C7.2 All Penalties

(a) A penalized boat may delay taking a penalty within the limitations of rule C7.3 and shall take it as follows:

(1) When on a leg of the course to a windward mark, she shall gybe and, as soon as reasonably possible, luff to a close-hauled course.

(2) When on a leg of the course to a leeward mark or the finishing line, she shall tack and, as soon as reasonably possible, bear away to a course that is more than ninety degrees from the true wind.

(e) If a boat has one or two outstanding penalties and the other boat in her match is penalized, one penalty for each boat shall be cancelled except that a red-flag penalty shall not cancel or be cancelled by another penalty.

C7.3 Penalty Limitations

(c) If a boat has one outstanding penalty, she may take the penalty any time after starting and before finishing. If a boat has two outstanding penalties, she shall take one of them as soon as reasonably possible, but not before starting.

DW 29/09/2022