Amendment #1 to 2008 Spring & Summer and Fall Sailing Instructions dated 5/13/2008

Effective Date – 6/6/2008

The following paragraphs replace their corresponding paragraphs in their entirety.

Course:  The courses will be windward/leeward. See the diagrams below.  The windward mark will be rounded to port. 

Course A: The leeward mark will be a gate, consisting of the race committee boat and a nearby mark located on the opposite side of the race committee boat from the start line. Boats shall sail between the gate marks from the direction of the previous mark and round either gate mark.

Course B: The leeward mark will be the pin end of the start line and shall be rounded to port.

Prior to the warning signal the race committee boat will display on a Course Board, A or B signifying the course to be sailed. The default number of legs shall be four; however the race committee may designate any number of legs by hail or visual signal no later than the warning signal for the next race.  An odd number of legs will mean a windward finish.

The Start: Races will be started by using rule 26 with the warning signal given five minutes before the starting signal.  A J80 Class flag or yellow flag will be used as the warning flag. The starting line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on a race committee boat and a nearby mark at the port end. A boat starting later than five minutes after its starting signal will be scored Did Not Start.  This changes rule A4.1.

The Finish:  The downwind finishing line for Course A will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on a race committee boat and a nearby mark located on the opposite side of the race committee boat from the start line. The downwind finishing line for Course B will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on a race committee boat and a nearby mark. Note: For a downwind finish, this is the start line.

An upwind finishing line for either Course A or B will be between the windward mark and a staff displaying an orange flag on a nearby race committee boat.

In the absence of the race committee, a boat shall take its own finish by noting the boat that finishes previous and subsequent to it as well as the time and report to the race committee as soon as possible.  If there is no longer an established finishing line, a boat shall finish as close to the remaining mark as practicable on a line extending from the required side at a 90 degree angle to the last leg.