MYCQ

  MULTIHULL YACHT CLUB, QUEENSLAND

  SAILING INSTRUCTIONS PART B

 

 

To be read in conjunction with Part A of the MYCQ Sailors Handbook.

RACE:

Navigator’s Nightmare 2016

TYPE:

Christmas fun race

DATE:

Sunday 06/11/2016

START TIME:

1300 hrs

    FINISH TIME: 1500 hrs

OFFICER OF THE DAY: TBA             SAFETY REGS: MYCQ Sailors Handbook and Cat 5

THE COURSE:

RADIO SCHEDS:

30 mins before the start time on Ch 72: Contact the Start Boat to register as a starter

START PROCEDURE:

As per AYF Racing Rules of Sailing Part 3 Rule 26.

START:

Between the Start Boat and the Red Entrance Beacon to Aquatic Paradise
THE OBJECTIVE:

The object of the race is to cover the maximum (PCF corrected) distance in the time allowed and the winner is the yacht that achieves this. Distances will be calculated from the Start by the shortest navigable distance to the GPS Turn Around positions and back.

NOTE:

Boats shall not cross or enter the main shipping channel.

TURN AROUND PROCEDURE:

All competitors will mark their turn around position with a GPS Mark.   This position will be relayed to the OOD by VHF Channel 72 within 2 minutes after turning around.
FINISH PROCEDURE:

Competitors will endeavour to finish exactly on the 1530 finish time.

Early finishers will have no penalty applied. They will have already been penalised by covering less than the maximum possible distance.

Competitors unable to finish by 1530 will mark their GPS position at exactly 1530 hrs and relay this to the OOD before 1535. The navigable distance to go to the finish will be calculated and this will be subtracted from the actual distance covered. The resultant distance will be corrected by the PCF for the final result!

THE COURSE:

From the Start,  Leave the Lockyer Beacon to Port

 

To your own selected Turn around Position

 

Leave the Lockyer Beacon to Starboard

 

And thence to the finish:

THE FINISH: On the transit of the Red and Green Entrance Beacons to Aquatic Paradise to Starboard and within 50 mts.

RACE FEE: MYCQ members $5.00   Non MYCQ members $10

NOTE: All persons competing in club events do so at their own risk and indemnify the club and its servants. A condition of entry is that each entrant carries at least five million dollars public liability insurance. All sailors should note that the international regulations for prevention of collisions apply at all times.

Navigators Nightmare to be sailed within the area bounded by red lines.

 Multihull Yacht Club Queensland

 
The MYCQ is Australia's premier Multihull Yacht Club. We count some very experienced sailors among our members, who have achieved many championships, titles, world voyages, Australian and even world circumnavigations. Also included in our membership are most of Australia's principal multihull designers, many builders and other people in the marine industry. This wealth of knowledge is a great asset of our club.
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