MULTIHULL YACHT CLUB, QUEENSLAND

SAILING INSTRUCTIONS PART B

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

RADIO SCHEDS: after 0933 hrs on Ch 72 VHF: Contact Start Boat to register

START PROCEDURE: As per ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing Part 3 Rule 26

START LINE: Between the start boat and the Green entrance beacon to Scarborough Harbour.      

COURSE: From the start, observing all navigational marks, except shipping channel marks, unless otherwise specified, and then

Round Deception Bay Red to Starboard
Leave North Reef Beacon to Port
Leave Outer Measured Mile to Starboard
Leave Mud Is. to Starboard
Leave St. Helena Red to Starboard
Leave St. Helena South Cardinal to Starboard

And thence to the finish

FINISH LINE: Within 50 mts of the Green Is West Cardinal and with the mark bearing 120º                               

APPROXIMATE RACE DISTANCE:   approximately 26 nm     TIME LIMIT:  None, see safety regs.

Note: All cardinal marks are to be observed as marks of the course with the “island sides” of the marks being “no go” areas

FINISH TIMES: Competitors shall record their own finishing times and submit to the OOD by radio as soon as possible after finishing. By submitting a time, you are making an automatic declaration that you have sailed in accordance with the rules. Yachts not finishing MUST report to the OOD or another competing yacht to be registered as DNF.

RACE FEE: $5.00

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 at sea apply at all times.