Another foot of snow on the way? Let’s talk sailing! Join us at Y-Knot for 2014’s first:
Racing Rules of Sailing Chalk Talk
Thursday, March 13, 6 – 8pm
Southern Saratoga YMCA
1 Wall Street, Clifton Park
The perfect opportunity to refresh your memory, fine tune your tactics, and satisfy the new Y-Knot requirements for regatta participation.
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Q. It’s the first race of the first day of the Y-Knot Regatta on beautiful Lake George and you and your companion are late getting your Martin 16 away from the dock. As you approach the starting line, you see the committee boat hoist a blue flag with a white square in the middle but you don’t hear a horn. What do you do?
A. Relax, crack open your water bottle and check your sunscreen, you have plenty of time.
B. Get ready to race because that’s the warning signal, and you have 5 minutes before the start.
C. Decide where you want to be at the start, because that’s the preparatory signal and the start is only 4 minutes away.
D. Look for a hole on the starting line right away, because you only have 1 minute before the start.
E. Head back to the dock, that white on blue flag means lunch is ready at the Chingachgook Pavilion.
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Got this one covered? Then let’s talk mark roundings…
Not sure? Join us! (and if you can’t wait for Thursday for an answer, you can find a copy of the rules in PDF format on our regatta page: https://www.yknotsailing.org/regatta/)
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Racing Rules of Sailing Chalk Talk
Thursday, March 13, 6 – 8pm
Southern Saratoga YMCA
1 Wall Street, Clifton Park
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On the agenda:
We may not get to all of these topics at the March 13 Chalk Talk, but we’ll see how far we can go with discussions on:
1. Brief review of Part 1 of the RRS, specifically sportsmanship, fair sailing and decision to race; definitions of terms in the rules. Regatta-specific documents (Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions) that may modify RRS.
2. Right of way rules and limitations (Part 2, Sections A and B).
3. Start sequence (Rule 26), including review of flags and sound signals used in the start and throughout the race. We’ll focus on what you can expect to encounter in a Y-Knot regatta or regional event.
4. Basic starting strategies, and how right of way rules apply at the start.
5. Rounding the windward and leeward marks, right of way at marks and at finish (Part 2, Section C).
6. Basic sailing strategies upwind and downwind, how to deal with tactical issues presented by other boats.
7. Penalties for touching a mark, fouling another mark, not properly rounding a mark; protests (Rules 44, 60, 61, 62)
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