Sailing instructions in MS Word format

1. Schedule
   
   • Saturday September 13^th 2003 at 09:00: Skippers’ meeting – Briefing in Marina Izola
   • Saturday at 12:00 and 12:05 (see part 5) start of the race in vicinity of Marina Izola
   • Saturday at 19:00 Awards dinner and dance party
2. Eligibility
   
   Open to all monohull yachts that comply with the specified requirements listed in Notice of Race.
3. Rules
   
   Race will be held according to

   • Racing Rules of Sailing ISAF 2001-2004,
   • "Pravilnik o razvrstitvi in organiziranju regat za razred regatno-potovalnih jadrnic" (Rules of Classes and Race Organization for Cruising and Cruising/Racing Boats - in slovene only, essential information is repeated in this Notice of Race) (JZS – Sailing Association of Slovenia),
   • J24 Class Rules (for J24 one-design participants),
   • Notice of Race
   • this Race Instructions, and
   • Slovenian laws and regulations

   All yachts not complying with these rules will be disqualified and/or penalized according to the rules.

   Throughout the regatta, all yachts must display their national flag, guest’s national flag and category flag (cruising boat or sports boat).

4. Competing Classes And Categories
   
   Classes are based on Length OverAll (LOA) as follows:

   Category	LOA
   maxi	over 16.00 m
   zero	13.51 - 16.00 m
   alfa	12.01 - 13.50 m
   bravo	11.01 - 12.00 m
   charlie	10.26 - 11.00 m
   delta	9.51 - 10.25 m
   echo	8.76 - 9.50 m
   foxtrot	7.81 - 8.75 m
   golf	6.81 - 7.81 m
   hotel	up to 6.80 m
   J24 one-design	by class rules

   Yachts will also be divided in two categories: cruising boats and sport boats in accordance to the above mentioned “Pravilnik o razvrstitvi in organiziranju regat za razred regatno-potovalnih jadrnic” (JZS).

   In case of only one entry in any class/category, the Race Committee may appropriately assign the single yacht to another class. Cruising and Sport yachts will not be mixed.

5. Start in Two Parts and Finish (Sport boats and cruising boats will start separately)
   
   • The starting line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on the committee boat at the starboard end and the port-end starting mark.
   • First, the sport boats will start and 5 minutes after that, the cruising boats. Starting signal for the sport boats at 12:00 will be at the same time the warning signal for cruising boats. Therefore, sport boats will start at 12:00 and cruisers at 12:05.
   • The finishing line will be between a staff displaying a blue flag on the committee boat at the port end and the starboard-end finishing mark.
6. Starting Signals
   

   Signal	Time	Flags
   Warning for SPORT boats	11:55 (5 min)	displaying flag “JK MIPC”, 1 sound
   Preparatory for SPORT boats	11:56 (4 min)	displaying flag “I”, 1 sound
   One-minute for SPORT boats	11:59 (1 min)	flag “I” removed, 1 long sound
   Starting for SPORT boats and Warning for CRUISING boats	12:00 (0 min)	flag “JK MIPC” removed, 1 sound
   Preparatory for CRUISING boats	12:01 (4 min)	displaying flags “JK MIPC” and “I”, 1 sound
   One-minute for CRUISING boats	12:04 (1 min)	flag “I” removed, 1 long sound
   Starting for CRUISING boats	12:05 (0 min)	flag “JK MIPC” removed, 1 sound

   All signals will also be communicated on VHF channel 69.

7. Course for Sport Boats is Different than Course for Cruisers
   
   • Course for sport boats:   start-1-2-3-1-3-1-2-3-1-finish.
   • Course for cruising boats:   start-1-2-3-1-2-finish.
   • Before Warning signal green or red flag will be displayed:
     • Green flag: All marks must be left to starboard except start and finish (see 5.);
     • Red flag: All marks must be left to port except start and finish (see 5.).
   • The course will depend on the wind direction so that the first leg should be set to windward.
   • The windward mark #1 should be approximately 2 NM from the starting line.

   The course for sport boats

   The course for cruising boats

8. Recalls
   
   The Race Committee will display flag “X” with one sound and communicate on VHF channel 69. The flag will be displayed until all early starting boats are completely on the pre-start side of the starting line or its extensions and have complied with rule 30.1. All recalled yachts must properly start within 4 minutes after the starting signal or they will be disqualified and marked OCS. General Recall will be signalled with two sounds and communicated on the VHF channel 69.

   Time limit for starting is 15 minutes after the starting signal. All yachts that will not properly start within this time limit will be marked DNS.

9. Time Limit
   
   The time limit of the race is 5 hours after the starting signal.
10. Protests and Redress
    
    Protests and requests for Redress must be submitted in writing using the appropriate ISAF form. All filled out forms together with a deposit of 20.000 SIT must be submitted to the Race Committee no later than one hour after finishing. A boat intending to protest must display a protest flag until she is no longer racing. Only properly submitted protests and requests for redress shall be considered as stated in ISAF 2001-2004 Racing Rules of Sailing.
11. Awards
    
    Trophies will be awarded by class/category:

    • at least two entries in a class/category: 1^st place trophy;
    • at least four entries in a class/category: 1^st and 2^st place trophy;
    • at least six entries in a class/category: 1^st, 2^st and 3^st place trophy.

    1st and 2nd place overall cruising boat category trophy, 1st and 2nd place overall sport boat category trophy, 1st place Diplomat – cruising boat, 1st place Diplomat – sport boat. A trophy will be awarded also to the first and second boat overall in each of the categories (cruisers / sport boats) and to the first Diplomat on each of the categories (cruisers / sport boats).
12. Communication, Race Committee and Liability Disclaimer
    
    • Radio communication will be held on VHF channel 69
    • Race Committee: Tomaž Vidrih, Brane Horvat, Andrej Janežič
    • All participating skippers and crew agree to hold harmless and to indemify against any and all liability of losses and/or claims incident thereto, the organization and/or personnel conducting the race.
    • Additional information: Andrej Janežič +386 41 608-953

JK MIPC RACE COMMITTEE