THE NORTHEAST HARBOR FLEET RACING INSTRUCTIONS 1950 The Northeast Harbor Fleet RACING INSTRUCTIONS 1950 RACING RULES The Racing Rules of the North American Yacht Racing Union will be in force, modified only in so far as is provided in these instructions. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS REGULATIONS FOR ONE DESIGN CLASSES 1. All boats must conform to the specifications of their class. 2. Each boat racing must carry an honorary, regular, or jun- ior member of the Fleet except by special permission of the Chair- man of the Race Committee. 3. Boats may be hauled out of the water for painting or cleaning not more often than once in every two weeks, beginning with the time the boat was put in the water, except by permission of the Race Committee in case of damage to the hull. 4. Each class will observe its own class regulations. 5. All boats must register at the Fleet Office before entering races. 6. In interpreting racing rules, a charterer has the rights and privileges of an owner. SAILS Sails ordered for the various classes shall be made in ac- cordance with the regulations of each class. No member of the Fleet shall order any new sail during the racing season without the permission of the Race Committee. All new sails coming into the Fleet must be measured by the Fleet measurer and a certificate of conformance with class speci- fications be filed with the Race Committee. In all one design classes, only working sails and spinnakers are allowed when racing. 3 CREWS AND PROFESSIONALS JULY SERIES: One professional is permitted on each yacht but may not handle tiller. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER SERIES: One professional is permitted on each yacht on which there is no other person who has passed the 14th birthday, except in the Bullseye Class. The professional must not handle the tiller. In all races where a professional is aboard a boat, that boat shall be credited with 90% of the points it otherwise would have been entitled to. In interpreting the above rules, professionalism shall be de- fined as follows: The act of accepting remuneration in any form for participating in any race shall be considered as professional- ism for the race involved, excepting a person who is in school or an undergraduate at college shall not be considered a professional by The Northeast Harbor Fleet. The above applies also to all special races of the fleet. TIME LIMIT FOR LEADING BOAT IN CLASS Courses I.C. A, Luders Bullseye 1, 2, & Mermaid 18, 20 3 hrs. 3 hrs. 20 min. 3 hrs. 45 min. 3, 4, 7, 8, 13, 14 2 hrs. 25 min. 2 hrs. 40 min. 3 hrs. 5, 6, 11, 12, 15, 19 1 hr. 20 min. 1 hr. 30 min. 1 hr. 45 min. 9, 10 5 hrs. 5 hrs. 30 min. 16, 17, 21 2 hrs. 10 min. 2 hrs. 25 min. 2 hrs. 45 min. 22 2 hrs. 40 min. 3 hrs. 3 hrs. 25 min. POSTPONEMENT OF RACES (Unfavorable Weather) In case of unfavorable weather, the Tuesday and Saturday series races will be sailed on the following day, but there will be no further postponement. Special races will be postponed until the following day unless otherwise designated in the racing schedule or other notice. Postponed races will be signalled by three blasts on the Northeast Harbor fire whistle at 8:30 A.M. for all-day races and 1:00 P.M. for afternoon races. 4 PROTESTS In the ONE-DESIGN classes a yacht having cause to protest another yacht for infringement of these rules occurring during a race must promptly display the official protest flag by making it fast to the main boom. The skipper of a yacht flying a protest flag must notify the Committee Boat immediately after crossing the finish line, at a time convenient to the Secretary of the Race Committee, of the name of the boat being protested, and the Secretary will notify the person protested. All protests must be made in writing, on forms provided by the Fleet, signed by the Captain or his representative. The pro- test must name the rule or rules alleged to have been infringed, and contain a statement of the facts and diagrams. All protests must be filed before 12 noon on the day (Sun- days excepted) following the race. A telephone notification of a written protest already in the mail constitutes a protest filed. In all OTHER CLASSES the above rule for displaying pro- test flag and the filing of protests shall be followed, except that the Fleet protest flag or code flag B may be used and displayed at discretion in accordance with N. A. Y. R. U. Rules. Any protest duly filed in writing will be considered by the Race Committee. PROTEST MEETINGS Race Committee meetings will be held in Fleet Headquarters at 9 o'clock on Tuesday mornings. 5 TABLE OF POINTS AWARDED TO YACHTS FINISHING Place Number of Starters 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 14 15 9 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1st Place 5 6 7 8 2 3 4 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 2nd 1 100 96 96 96 96 96 96 97 97 100 100 10C 100 95 95 95 95 93 93 3rd 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 89 90 91 92 93 93 94 94 94 90 91 92 92 92 93 93 100 92 1st 89 90 90 91 89 89 90 90 4th 80 83 86 88 50 75 2nd 71 75 78 80 82 85 86 87 88 88 81 82 83 84 86 87 88 88 89 67 83 85 86 85 85 86 86 87 5th 33 50 60 67 3rd 57 63 67 70 73 75 77 79 80 25 50 71 73 75 77 78 81 82 83 83 84 79 80 78 80 81 81 82 83 83 6th 40 79 4th 43 50 56 60 64 67 69 33 67 69 71 72 74 75 76 77 20 62 64 73 74 75 76 78 78 78 80 80 7th 5th 58 71 77 29 38 44 50 55 8th 17 60 63 65 67 68 70 46 50 57 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 40 54 33 61 63 65 67 68 70 71 73 73 9th 6th 14 25 36 42 50 53 56 59 30 46 64 65 67 68 70 7th 13 22 47 50 56 58 60 62 43 53 61 64 66 67 68 69 70 10th 63 20 27 33 39 8th 11 47 50 53 55 57 59 31 40 44 58 60 62 63 64 66 67 11th 18 25 36 47 50 52 55 57 10 60 63 63 12th 9th 23 29 33 38 41 44 10th 9 17 35 39 42 45 48 52 54 56 59 59 50 21 27 48 50 52 54 56 57 59 60 13th 8 15 31 45 14th 11th 20 25 33 37 40 43 14 29 35 38 41 46 48 49 52 53 56 57 8 43 12th 19 24 28 32 44 46 48 50 52 53 15th 7 13 22 30 33 36 39 42 13th 7 13 18 26 40 41 44 47 48 50 16th 21 25 29 32 35 38 14th 6 12 17 36 38 41 43 44 47 17th 33 11 16 20 24 27 30 15th 6 26 34 37 40 41 43 18th 11 15 19 23 29 32 16th 6 22 25 30 33 36 37 40 19th 17th 14 18 28 5 10 37 20th 14 17 21 24 27 30 32 34 18th 5 10 17 20 23 26 29 31 33 21st 5 9 13 19th 4 9 16 19 22 25 27 30 22nd 13 23rd 20th 4 8 12 15 19 21 24 27 21st 8 11 15 18 20 23 24th 4 22nd 4 8 11 14 17 20 25th 23rd 4 7 11 14 17 26th 24th 13 4 7 10 27th 25th 4 7 10 28th 26th 3 7 29th 27th 3 30th 28th 29th 30th SCORING SYSTEM: each yacht's points are totaled for all the races in which she started. the privilege of 1. 2. "Worst Race For Series standings, Exemption" in either Series including one not yacht started. must Each then yacht have one shall less have added than the into number her total. of This deducting race completed, the may points be accounted any of one her for worst race in her race Series from her total. Series No yacht total. shall Each have all the races in the Series races Northeast Harbor Fleet Revisions N. A. Y. R. U. SAILING RULES EQUIPMENT Each yacht must carry a suitable anchor and rode (consult class rules), a compass, a fog horn and one life preserver for each person on board. START AND FINISH If the mainmast or leading mast of any yacht be on or across the starting line when the starting signal is made, she must return and start again. The time of a yacht at the finish shall be taken when her mainmast is on the finish line. STARTING AND FINISHING LINE (As indicated in diagram) Consists of three marks forming a triangle off the entrance to Northeast Harbor. The northern mark flies a red flag, the southern a yellow flag and the western a blue flag. The Committee Boat end of the starting line is a white flag on the Committee Boat rather than the flag of the mark to which the boat is moored. For the convenience of managing the races the position of the white flag is subject to change. RED MARK To and from MARK "C: To and from BLUE MARK MARK "B" H""I" and "J" To and from MARK "D; "E" and "F' STARTING LINE E FINISHING LINE N YELLOW MARK Yachts must keep clear of starting area until preparatory signal for their class. 7 STARTS Warning White Flag 2.10 P.M. Preparatory International Class Flag P 2.15 P. M. Start International Class Preparatory A Class } Flag I 2.20 P. M. Start A Class Preparatory Mermaid Class } Flag A 2.25 P. M. Start Mermaid Class Preparatory Luders Class } Flag M 2:30 P. M. Start Luders Class Preparatory Bullseye Class } Flag L 2.35 P.M. Start Bullseye Class Flag B 2.40 P.M. NOTE: In races of the July, August and September Series, no boat will be considered to have started or will be scored which crosses the starting line more than 30 minutes after the starting gun for its class; on the cruise and in special races, one hour after the start of its class. COURSE NUMBERS Course numbers shall be displayed on the Committee Boat five minutes before the first gun. If two numbers are displayed the upper will apply to Classes A, Luders, and International only. The lower number is for the Bullseye Class. If three numbers are displayed the top number will be for the International Class, the middle number for Classes A and Luders, the lower number for the Bullseye Class. ROUNDING MARKS A yacht shall round the course in such a manner SO as to pass each mark on the required side in proper sequence and so that a string representing her wake from the time she starts until she finishes would, when drawn taut, lie on the required side of each Mark. A yacht shall not touch a Mark unless wrongfully compelled to do SO by another yacht. A yacht which has touched a Mark must immediately either hoist a protest signal or reround the Mark properly. Rerounding the Mark shall consist of making a complete circle around it, beginning from the point of contact, keeping at all times on the required side, and keeping clear of all other yachts except ones who have fouled the same Mark. If a yacht fouls another yacht during the rerounding maneuver, she shall be penalized as if she had violated Part II. 8 PENALTIES If a yacht, through failure to observe any of these rules, shall foul another yacht, or cause other yachts to foul, she shall be penalized in the following manner: 1. For violating Part I or Part II, a yacht shall lose 50% of her points gained in the particular race. 2. For violating any rule which obviously has no effect upon the standing of any other yacht, the offender shall lose 25% of the points gained in the particular race. 3. In event of a yacht violating or infringing any other rules not covered in the above penalties, the Race Com- mittee may penalize at its discretion in the following manner: a. 25%, 50%, or 100% of points gained in the par- ticular race shall be deducted. GENERAL CODE SIGNALS BI Proceed at will. CS Finish here. DI Previous signal is annulled. FQ Race Committee FZ Squadron is disbanded. SPECIAL CODE SIGNALS A 1 Class; or start A Class. B Bullseye Class; or start Bullseye Class. C Race is off for all classes. (Two Guns.) F Finish here. (Two Guns.) G Race postponed for 15 minutes. H Race postponed for the day. (Two Guns.) I International Class; or start International Class. J Race is off for all classes except International Class. K Race will be called at . L Luders Class: or start Luders Class. M Mermaid Class; or start Mermaid Class. O "Mark has shifted; this vessel is the mark." P Preparatory. S Class S; or start Class S. White Committee Boat end of the starting line; or Warning. 9 Extracts from the Official Racing Rules of the North American Yacht Racing Union Note "PENALTIES" under The Northeast Harbor Fleet Revisions. PART I DEFINITIONS Terms defined below are capitalized in the text of the Rules. STARTING AND FINISHING-Unless the Instructions provide otherwise: A yacht Starts when, after her start signal, her mainmast first crosses the starting line in the proper direction; and a yacht Finishes when her mainmast crosses the finish line in the proper direction. LEEWARD AND WINDWARD-Leeward, the side on which a yacht is, or was if luffing head to wind, carrying her main boom. Windward, the other side. The Leeward Yacht is the yacht on the leeward side of another yacht. The other yacht is the Wind- ward Yacht. The terms Leeward Yacht and Windward Yacht apply only to two yachts on the same tack. ON A TACK-A yacht is On a Tack except when she is Tack- ing or Jibing. A yacht is on the tack (starboard or port) corres- ponding to her Windward Side. CLEAR ASTERN-A yacht is Clear Astern of another when her hull and equipment are aft of an imaginary line projected abeam from the aftermost point of the other's hull and equipment. OVERLAP-When neither yacht is Clear Astern and the yachts are clearly within three over-all lengths of the longer yacht, they Overlap. Two yachts also Overlap when an inter- vening yacht overlaps both of them. For the purpose of Rule 10, an Overlap that exists between two yachts when they Start, or when one (or both) of them completes a tack or a jibe, shall be regarded as beginning at that time. OVERTAKING-A yacht is Overtaking another when she is overhauling her from Clear Astern regardless of their respective courses. Overtaking terminates when an Overlap is established. TACKING-A yacht is Tacking from the moment she is be- yond head to wind until she bears away: if beating to windward, to a full and by course; if not beating to windward, to the course on which her mainsail fills. 10 JIBING-A yacht is Jibing from the moment her main boom crosses her center line until her mainsail fills on the other tack. NORMAL COURSE-A Normal Course is any course a yacht might sail, in the absence of the other yacht, to finish as quickly as possible. The course sailed before beginning to luff or bear away is presumably a Normal Course. MARK-The Marks for each yacht are the objects that the Instructions require her to pass on a specified side. The objects which designate each end of the starting and finish lines are Marks. Every ordinary above-water part of such object (in- cluding a flag and flag pole) is part of the Mark, but no part below water and no accompanying buoy. OBSTRUCTION-Obstructions are craft under way (including another yacht racing having right of way), craft at anchor, craft aground, wrecks, the shore, piers, structures, fish weirs, fish traps, and shoals over which the yacht in question may not be safely piloted. A buoy is not of itself an Obstruction, but it is part of one when the yacht in question cannot safely pass between it and the shoal or object that it bounds. PART II RIGHT OF WAY RULES The Rules of Part II apply between yachts intend- ing to race from the time they begin to sail about in the vicinity of the start until they have left the vicin- ity of the course either between races or after their racing is over for the day. At other times (and at all times between other yachts) the Government Right of Way Rules (summarized in Appendix II) apply. For the purpose of disqualification., the Rules of Part II apply from the yacht's preparatory signal until she has finished and cleared the finish line. Rules That Apply At All Times 1. OPPOSITE TACK RULE-If two yachts are on opposite tacks, the port tack yacht shall keep clear. 2. ON SAME TACK, FUNDAMENTAL RULE-If two yachts are on the same tack, the Windward Yacht shall keep clear; except that a yacht Overtaking another shall keep clear while she is Clear Astern and, when establishing an Overlap to leeward, shall allow the Windward Yacht ample room and opportunity to fulfill 11 her newly acquired obligation to keep clear. (See Rule 10, second sentence.) 3. ON SAME TACK, PASSING MARKS AND OBSTRUCTIONS- If two yachts on the same tack Overlap when one of them reaches a Mark or Obstruction that they are about to pass on the same side, the outside yacht (unless the Anti-Barging Rule applies) shall allow the inside yacht room to pass or round it. But a yacht shall keep clear in anticipation of the passing or the rounding maneuver and during it, if she was Clear Astern when the leading yacht (a) reached the Mark or Obstruction, or (b) altered her course in the act of rounding it, or (c) was too close to it to give room. A leading yacht is under no obligation to give room before an Overlap is established ; and, in case of doubt, it will be pre- sumed that the Overlap was not established in proper time. A leading yacht cannot claim the right to tack under this rule: if she is rounding a leeward Mark and the next leg is a beat to windward; or if the other yacht is Clear Astern and to Wind- ward, and the yachts are beating to windward and are about to tack for or around a Mark or Obstruction. In either case, the leading yacht in Tacking is subject to Rule 5 and thereafter to Rule 1. 4. ON SAME TACK, HAILING FOR ROOM TO TACK AT OB- STRUCTIONSWhen two yachts are standing close-hauled on the same tack towards the same Obstruction and neither yacht can fetch it, the helmsman of the Leeward Yacht, if he cannot tack without colliding with the Windward Yacht, may hail her for room to tack when safe piloting requires him to take action. After such hail, the Windward Yacht shall at once allow the Leeward Yacht room to tack, and the Leeward Yacht shall tack as soon as she has room to do so. If the Leeward Yacht's hail is improper for any reason, the Windward Yacht may hold her course. If she decides to do so, she shall promptly SO advise the Leeward Yacht. In case of doubt, the Leeward Yacht's hail shall be deemed proper. 5. TACKING AND JIBING-A yacht while Tacking or Jibing shall keep clear of a yacht On a Tack. The burden of proof to justify a tack or a jibe made close aboard of another yacht rests on the yacht Tacking or Jibing. When a yacht tacks or jibes into a position that will subsequently give her right of way: (a) She must do so far enough away from the other yacht to enable the latter to hold her course until the tack or jibe is completed and thereafter to keep clear; and (b) in addition, when she is the Leeward Yacht of two close hauled port tack 12 M 181 25 14 8 67 90 5X 26 13 Cove 24 117 49 173 12 9 2 62 139 56 16 rky 27 24 14 23 8 20 14 34 44 119 60 150 69 33 29 17 156 28 21 rky Bowden (FL W)* 72 86 SATM 36 rky 29 2/ 88 N2. 40 59 Bn S5 36 Bn 40 41 Bearl 21 Long Pond 50 Ledge 132 55 155 ant Sh 102 Bn 62 Gilpatrick 35 52 5 Shoal 58 FLev6sec 100ft vis 12 ml Lewis Rock 69 155 78. 6 Ledge 38 560 14 s 56 125 66 34 rky 25 58 WIN 41 74 sft 53 BELL50 37 E sft 50 54 East Bunker 63 EYAS 5 30 48 30 93 105 54 60 71 31 57 65 BnsA 15 rky 50 68 63 Ledge 130 16 84 ESE 35 MS 79 day + 168 50 36 nky Bn 64 60 26 rky 44 73 rky 161 39 67 had 68 GONG 40 37 56 103 90 rky 7 Greenings 50 rky 10 43 Ledo 21 8 23 Old Tam 78 136 138 , 17 S8 29 rky 19 sft H 60 SUITTON I. 53 24 53 60 78 03 31 74 93 T 36 19 57 4 84 63 63 125 sft brk Sh 93 153 165 24 45 5 57 23 46 56 70 37 41 51 51 5 78 20 rky rky 33 29 60 24 33 89 99 sft 55 E 27 Bunker Neck 103 52 48 17 24 33 rky 24 128 63 49 20 40 34 REF 32 20 16 Spr urling Rk 18 149 7 21 32 70 19 91 III 155 36 8 17 5A 48 C 47 E SE/4 46 16 1:16 29 K 14 119 24 S'4A 57 28 14 21 41 Bn 17 24 26 16 10 ITTLI 31 70o 23 S3 20 23 Hadlock 5 Harding Ledge 17 27; 4 136 21 Cove I 3 66 rky 15 8 CRANBERRY sft D Spurling 89 88 34 10 20 8 46 10 15 4 61 6 Long 100 13 15 Cow 4 3 25 10 143 31 10 71 Ledge 14 14 9 CRANBERRY CG 37 9 15 85 Preble 26 23 2.3 134 rky Cove 9 8 2 25 22 17 17 20 16 25 32 28 53 8 97 21 63 II B 16 8 22 14 13 10 5 Il rky 9 28 3 5 21 9 13 5 4 25 9 9.51A 48 9 If 1* 16 26 14 23 20 126 L 23 13 2 7 17 8 24 3 nky Sea Wall 22 12 rky 3 10 139 Great Head 10 8 II 20 10 15 31 22 5 10 8 12 10 16 0 15 Grs 31 17 2 121 14 35 81 II 12 ESP. 17 T5 15 2 21 I m 5 2 B ak 16 10 20 13 and 12 FLev90 16 123 19 15 12 T6 10 12 15 37 05ftvis 25 17 Flynns 8 Deadman Pt. R.K.K 28 36 50 Island rky 16 23 12 REF 17 156 12 12 6 15 35 84 32 26 37 8 8 24 15 8 15 24 nky 57 Dolly Hill 54 133 N2 24 36 REF Ledge 10 a 32 of 70 23 6 4410 43 15 9 39 14 29 3 42 (Gp ww 16 39 16 5 28 10 56 79 81 (3 37 Bunker Head 79 BELL 18 16 26 24 The Thumper 44 E 12 52 59 58 62 117 4 23 nky hrd 2.E 9 50 85 30 42 29 9 55 41 44 99 48 nky III Cove 39 86 Bennet 40 75 77 ESE 96 100 j3 21 57 South Bunker 48 50 Ledge 50 COURSES III 48 66 WHISTLE B A" 24 3 T- Bn Mark A, when not start or finish, means yellow flag. RED ong Ledge REF 66 Start and finish indicated by letters representing colors of flags constituting ends of line. To and from 20 20 hrd 50 rky 30 34 Round all marks in direction of course. MARK 15 (4 20 73 Observe Government Marks on Courses 9, 10 and 18 and S "4A" on all courses. 59 28 60 64 Course Course Miles Start Finish Course Course Miles Start Finish Course Course Miles Start Finish No. No. No. To and from water in (FLW)"I' GONG reported. 72 F 77 BY 8 ADCA-twice 6.2 BY BR 15 AIA-twice 3.6 RY RY 1 ABDA 7.5 RY MARK 'B' H" "I" and sft 2 ADBA 7.5 BY RY 9 ABGEA 13.2 RY BY 16 ACKJA 5.8 BR RY BLUE MARK 63 3 ABCA 6.2 RY BR 10 AEGBA 13.2 BY RY 17 AJKCA 5.8 RY BR To and from 72 4 ACBA 6.2 BR RY ACHA 3.3 BR RY 18 AFA 7.3 BY BY MARK 'D' "E" and 5 ACDA 3.1 BR BY 12 AHCA 3.3 RY BR 19 ALA 3.7 BY BY 76 6 ADCA 3.1 BY BR 13 ACHA twice 6.6 BR RY 20 ALA-twice 7.4 BY BY 76 75 7 ACDA-twice 6.2 BR BY 14 twice 6.6 RY BR 21 AMA twice 5 BY BY STARTING LINE & 22 ALADCA 6.8 BY BR FINISHING LINE The required side of an island by red line on the chart. East and South Odd course numbers: Leave all marks to starboard. Even course numbers: Leave all marks to port. YELLOW MAR Bunker Ledges are not islands. yachts, she shall hail before Tacking if, on completion of her tack or shortly thereafter, the other yacht will have to alter course to keep clear. If two yachts are Tacking or Jibing at the same time, the one on the other's port side shall keep clear. 6. ALTERING COURSE-A right of way yacht shall never alter course when the other yacht is unable to respond owing to her position, or in such manner as to balk or mislead her when she is in the act of keeping clear. Rules That Apply Only at the Start 7. ALTERING COURSE BEFORE STARTING-The right of way yacht may alter course before Starting in any reasonable manner; but not quickly if such alteration would affect the course of the other yacht. 8. ON WRONG SIDE OF STARTING LINE AT START SIGNAL- A yacht on the wrong side of the starting line or of its exten- sions when her start signal is made, shall, until she has Started, keep clear of all yachts that were on the right side of such line when their start signal was made. 9. ON SAME TACK, ANTI-BARGING RULE-A Leeward Yacht is under no obligation to give any Windward Yacht on the same tack room to pass to leeward of a Mark of the starting line that is surrounded by navigable water; but a Leeward Yacht shall not after the start signal deprive a Windward Yacht of room at such Mark either by heading above the first Mark or by luffing above close-hauled. Rules That Apply Only After Starting 10. ON SAME TACK, LUFFING-A yacht may luff a yacht Clear Astern or a Windward Yacht as she pleases and head to wind if she pleases, until the helmsman of the Windward Yacht (when sighting abeam from his normal station and sailing no higher than the Leeward Yacht) comes abreast of the mainmast of the Leeward Yacht. Thereafter, or if he (when sighting abeam from his normal station) was forward of the mainmast of the Leeward Yacht when the Overlap began, the Leeward Yacht may not sail above her Normal Course while that Overlap con- tinues to exist. When there is doubt, the Leeward Yacht may assume that she has the right to luff unless the helmsman of the Windward Yacht (when entitled to do so) has hailed "Mast Abeam," or words to that effect. The Leeward Yacht must be governed by 13 such hail; and, if she deems it improper, her only remedy is to protest. The Windward Yacht, unless an Obstruction or other object restricts her ability to respond, is subject to disqualification if a luff has to be curtailed because of the proximity of the yachts. In case a yacht has the right to luff all yachts to windward of her, all such yachts shall respond to her luff, even if an inter- vening yacht would not otherwise have the right to luff. 11. ON SAME TACK, BEARING Away-When two yachts are sailing on a free leg of the course: If they Overlap, the Windward Yacht shall not sail below her Normal Course; if one is Clear Astern, steering a course to pass to Leeward and is clearly within three overall lengths of the longer yacht, the other shall not sail below her Normal Course. PART III SAILING RULES OTHER THAN RIGHT OF WAY Except as otherwise stated in Rules 12 and 24, the Rules of Part III apply to a yacht from her pre- paratory signal until she has finished and cleared the finish line. The Race 12. KEEPING CLEAR BEFORE PREPARATORY SIGNAL AND AFTER FINISHING-A yacht shall keep clear of the starting area and the first leg of the course before her preparatory signal, and of the finish line and the last leg of the course after Finishing. 13. ROUNDING THE COURSE-A yacht shall Start and Finish in accordance with these rules and the Instructions, and shall round the course in such manner as to pass each Mark on the required side in proper sequence, and so that a string represent- ing her wake from the time she Starts until she Finishes would, when drawn taut, lie wholly on the required side of each Mark. Objects other than Marks may be passed on either side. 14. TOUCHING A MARK-A yacht shall not touch a Mark unless wrongfully forced to do so by another yacht, in which case she must protest. The Race Committee shall waive the penalty for touching a Mark if a becalmed yacht touches a Mark through no fault of her own. 15. TAKING OWN TIME AT FINISH-In the absence of the Race Committee, a yacht shall take her own time when she fin- 14 ishes, and report the time taken to the Race Committee as soon as possible. If there is no longer an established finish line, the finish line shall be a line extending from the required side of the finish Mark, at right angles to the last leg of the course, and 100 yards long or as much longer as may be necessary to insure adequate depth of water in crossing it. PART V MANAGEMENT OF RACES General Authority of Race Committee 35. Under the direction of the organization sponsoring a race, the Race Committee shall be responsible for making ar- rangements for and managing the race, and all yachts entered or racing are subject to its direction and control while in the vicinity of the course. The Race Committee or other authority may provide special rules for Team Racing and Series Com- petitions, for which no special provision has been made in these Rules. The Race Committee may reject any entry without stating the cause and may refuse to recognize a Class Rule that conflicts with an Instruction or a Racing Rule. The Race Com- mittee shall be governed by these Rules, by the Instructions, and by recognized Class Rules, and shall decide all questions in strict accordance therewith. When no Rule applies, the Race Com- mittee, in the case of a clear-cut and flagrant violation of the principles of fair sailing other than one mentioned in the Pro- prieties, may disqualify the offender after a hearing. 15 MAN OVERBOARD! There is a right way and a wrong way to maneuver to pick up a man overboard, and the life of a shipmate may hang on your skill. Therefore frequent opportunities should be taken to practice this maneuver in varying conditions of weather, and this practice provides lots of fun and interest. 1. On the wind. Keep away and jibe, then luff into the wind, so that, on reaching the man, the boat is nearly head to wind, and has almost lost way. Better be to leeward of the man, for the wash from the lee bow is apt to thrust him out of reach. W In Figure I boat is close hauled on port tack, man has fallen overboard at X. Put your helm up and proceed as indicated. 2. Reaching. If you follow the same maneuver here as in Figure I, when you come head to wind you would find the man inside your turning circle and out of reach, and you would be under the necessity of getting way on again to bring him close aboard. There lies the danger of the wrong way and lost time. W In Figure II boat is reaching, man has fallen overboard at X. Hold your course for a boat length or a length and a half. Sheet home your mainsail, then jibe and round to as indicated. 16 3. Before the wind. Much more judgment and skill is required in this maneuver than in Figures I and II, particularly on a dark night with a sea running. W x In Figure III boat is running before the wind. Boom to starboard. Man has fallen overboard at X. Round up to port (to starboard if your boom is out to port) and reach for about three boat lengths. Then steer her home, come on the wind and tack. You are now on the reverse course and in position to shoot into the wind and loose headway at the right moment to pick up your man. Try these maneuvers with a cushion or lobster buoy for the fun of doing it, for the skill it develops and against the day (or worse, night) when a shipmate needs your quick and skillful action. 17 RACING SCHEDULE 1950 July Races DAY DATE EVENT POSTPONEMENT * Tuesday July 4, Independence Day Regatta None * Wednesday July 5, Sears and Adams Tryouts July 6 Thursday July 6, Tuning-Up Race July 7 Saturday July 8, 1st Series Race July 9 Tuesday July 11, 2nd Series Race July 12 Saturday July 15, 3rd Series Race July 16 Tuesday July 18, 4th Series Race July 19 *Thursday July 20, Southwest Harbor Regatta July 21 Saturday July 22, 5th Series Race July 23 Monday July 24, 6th Series Race July 25 * Wednesday July 26, July Cruise July 27 Thursday July 27, July Cruise July 28 Friday July 28, July Cruise July 29 Saturday July 29, 7th Series Race July 30 * Monday July 31, Seamanship Race None August Races Tuesday August 1, 1st Series Race August 2 * Thursday August 3, Seaman's Race None Saturday August 5, 2nd Series Race August 6 Tuesday August 8, 3rd Series Race August 9 Friday August 11, Mt. Desert Yacht Club Team Races None Saturday August 12, 4th Series Race August 13 Tuesday August 15, 5th Series Race August 16 Wednesday August 16, Team Races None * Thursday August 17, Hayward Cup Race August 18 Saturday August 19, 6th Series Race August 20 Monday August 21, 7th Series Race August 22 * Wednesday August 23, August Cruise August 24 Thursday August 24, August Cruise August 25 Friday August 25, August Cruise August 26 Saturday August 26, 8th Series Race August 27 Tuesday August 29, 9th Series Race August 30 September Races Saturday September 2, 10th Series Race September 3 * Monday September 4, Labor Day Regatta None Cruising Class Races Friday July 7, Cruising Class Race None Friday July 14, Cruising Class Race None Friday August 4, Cruising Class Race None * Wednesday August 9, Cruising Class Race August 10 Thursday August 10, Cruising Class Race August 11 Friday August 11, Cruising Class Race August 12 Friday August 18, Cruising Class Race None * Details to be sent out in special notice 18 19 2 1/4" 3 1/2" 4 1/2" A CLASS 20 TMD SPINN. HALYARD LIZARD LRED 23" 194 SQ FT FOOT 11'-0" - MERMAID CLASS SCALE 12-1 DIMENSIONS L.O.A. 23'-0" MT. DESERT YACHT YARD INC. L.W.L. 14'-3" MT. DESERT. ME. BEAM 5'-8'1" DRAFT 3'-3 PLAN 196-3 HALF-BREARTH SAIL PLAN SPINNAKER SHOWN FOLDEO In HALF FEB. 16, 1948 SCALE is I'-0" T.A.EARL PRINTED 2- -50 21 1/1 LUDERS CLASS 22 foot LARCHMONI CLAS s 11-8" 4'-8'12 33 BULLSEYE CLASS 23 TIDE TABLES Northeast Harbor, Maine 1950 Eastern Standard Time July DAY HIGH Low DAY HIGH Low 1 11:55 5:45 17 6:12 17:51 12:21 18:15 2 0:04 6:35 18 0:25 6:49 12:47 18:44 12:59 18:58 3 0:56 7:25 19 1:08 7:29 13:37 19:37 13:40 19:44 4 1:47 8:14 14:28 20:32 20 1:54 8:13 14:25 20:35 5 2:40 9:04 15:19 21:29 21 2:45 9:00 15:14 21:32 6 3:33 9:55 16:11 22:29 22 3:40 9:54 7 4:30 10:48 16:09 22:34 17:04 23:30 23 4:41 10:51 8 5:29 11:42 17:09 23:39 17:57 24 5:47 11:52 9 6:29 0:30 18:11 18:50 12:34 25 6:55 0:46 10 7:26 1:25 19:15 12:56 19:39 13:25 11 8:18 2:16 26 8:00 1:52 20:25 14:13 20:16 13:59 12 9:07 3:04 27 9:02 2:54 21:09 14:59 21:16 15:00 13 9:51 3:47 28 9:59 3:51 21:50 15:40 22:11 15:56 14 10:30 4:25 29 10:51 4:42 22:28 16:18 23:02 16:48 15 11:08 5:01 30 11:39 5:29 23:07 16:56 23:50 17:38 16 11:45 5:37 31 6:14 23:45 17:34 12:24 18:26 The hours of the day are numbered consecutively from 0 to 23. 12 is Noon. All hours greater than 12 are in the afternoon. Tide turns in the Western Way two hours before and in the Eastern Way two hours after the time of change in Northeast Harbor. 24 TIDE TABLES Northeast Harbor, Maine 1950 Eastern Standard Time August DAY HIGH Low DAY HIGH Low 1 0:36 6:58 17 0:49 7:03 13:08 19:13 13:12 19:24 2 1:21 7:40 18 1:35 7:47 13:51 19:59 13:59 20:16 3 2:07 8:22 19 2:27 8:36 14:34 20:49 14:50 21:12 4 2:54 9:06 15:20 21:42 20 3:23 9:29 15:46 22:16 5 3:43 9:54 16:09 22:39 21 4:25 10:31 16:49 23:25 6 4:39 10:45 17:02 23:40 22 5:35 11:38 7 5:40 11:40 17:58 17:58 23 6:47 0:38 8 6:42 0:41 19:06 12:48 18:55 12:40 24 7:55 1:46 9 7:40 1:39 20:11 13:55 19:48 13:35 25 8:55 2:47 10 8:32 2:28 21:09 14:56 20:36 14:25 11 9:18 3:14 26 9:48 3:40 21:21 15:11 22:02 15:50 12 10:00 3:54 27 10:35 4:27 22:03 15:53 22:49 16:38 13 10:37 4:31 28 11:18 5:10 22:43 16:33 23:32 17:22 14 11:14 5:07 29 11:57 5:49 23:23 17:13 18:04 15 11:51 5:44 30 0:13 6:26 17:54 12:35 18:46 16 0:05 6:22 31 0:53 7:03 12:30 18:37 13:12 19:26 The hours of the day are numbered consecutively from 0 to 23. 12 is Noon. All hours greater than 12 are in the afternoon. Tide turns in the Western Way two hours before and in the Eastern Way two hours after the time of change in Northeast Harbor. 25 INTERNATIONAL CODE FLAGS AND PENNANTS NUMERAL A L W PENNANTS B M X 1 C N Y 2 D Z 3 E P REPEATERS 4 F 5 First Repeater G R 6 H S Second Repeater 7 I T 8 Third Repeater J U CODE AND 9 ANSWERING PENNANT K V O