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Sailing Instructions

Postby Capt. Flak » Sun Dec 01, 2013 11:49 am

The principles on which all Sailing Instructions (SI) should be based are as follows:
1. They should include only two types of statement: the intentions of the race committee and protest committee and the obligations of competitors.
2. They should be concerned only with racing. Information about social events, hotels, etc., should be provided separately.
3. They should not change the racing rules except when clearly desirable. (When they do so, they must follow rule 86 by referring specifically to the rule being changed and stating the change.)
4. They should not repeat or restate any of the racing rules.
5. They should not repeat themselves.
6. They should be in chronological order; that is, the order in which the competitor will use them.
7. They should, when possible, use words or phrases from the racing rules.

SI may included the following:
1. Rules
2. Notice To Competitors
3. Changes to Sailing Instructions
4. Schedule of Racing
5. Racing Format
6. Control Area
7. Courses and Marks
8. The Start
9. The Finish
10. Penalty System
11. Protests
12. Scoring
13. Trophies

Here is the link to the 2015 NCR SI as an example: http://www.ec12.org/2015NCR/2015_SI.pdf

Also be sure to read Appendix J and Appendix L in the Racing Rules of Sailing for more on SI.
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