YOUTH GRAND PRIX – power by RELIANCE

NOTICE OF RACE & SAILING ISTRUCTIONS

24th - 27th October 2024

Hvar, Island of Hvar, CROATIA

The Organizing Authority is Sailing club Mornar
The notation [DP] denotes a rule for which the penalty is applied according to the RRS Introduction – Notation.
The notation [NP] in a rule means that a boat may not protest another boat for breaking that rule. This changes RRS 60.1(a).
The notation [SP] means the standard penalties may be used by race committee (RC) without hearing. This changes RRS 63.1 and A5.

1. RULES
1.1. The event will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS).
1.2. WS Appendix UF (Attachment C) for umpired fleet racing will apply.
1.3. Rules 62.1(a), (b) and (d) are deleted.
1.4. The rules for the handling of boats (Attachment B) will apply. Class rules will not apply.
1.5. No Croatian Sailing Federation prescriptions will apply.
1.6. RRS 40.1 applies and will be changed as follows: All competitors shall wear their own personal flotation devices that comply with
ISO12402-5 or higher standard at all times while racing, except briefly while changing or adjusting clothing or personal equipment.
Wet suits and dry suits are not personal flotation devices.
1.7. If there is a conflict between languages the English text shall take precedence.

2. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS
2.1. Notices to competitors will be posted on the online Official Notice Board (ONB) located on the following link:
https://www.racingrulesofsailing.org/documents/9925/event
2.2. Complementary information may be communicated through a social media channel. The link to join the channel will be published on
ONB.

3. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS (SI’s)

3.1. Any change to the SIs will be posted on ONB at least 2 hours before the scheduled warning signal on the day it will take effect.
3.2. Any change to the schedule of races will be posted on ONB no later than 20:00 the previous evening.

4. SIGNALS MADE ASHORE

4.1. Signals made ashore will be published in via official social media channel.
4.2. When flag AP is displayed ashore, ‘1 minute’ is replaced with “not less than 30 minutes” in the race signals.

5. [DP] COMMUNICATION
5.1. From the first warning signal until the end of the last race of the day, except in an emergency, a boat shall not make voice or data
transmissions and shall not receive voice or data communication unavailable to all competitors.

6. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY

6.1. Up to 15 teams will be invited. Invitations will be issued as follows.
6.2. Teams wishing to receive an invitation may register their request with OA by writing or emailing info@windsofhvar.com
6.3. After 15th October 2024, the OA may issue wild card invitations for remaining places.
6.4. Only teams invited by the OA, and who confirm acceptance of the invitation in writing or e-mail will be eligible to enter this event.
6.5. Teams may be entered by their clubs approved by OA.

7. FEES
7.1. A non-refundable entry fee of 350 € per team shall be paid in cash at registration. Entry fee include accommodation, boat rent and
invitations to the Opening Ceremony and Prize giving.
7.2. An initial damage deposit of 500 € shall be paid in cash at registration.
7.3. Each team is responsible for the damage or loss to their boat unless responsibility is otherwise assigned by the umpires or PC. The
damage deposit is the limit of liability of each team for each incident. If a deduction from the damage deposit is decided by the OA, it
may require that the deposit be restored to its original amount before the team will be permitted to continue in the event.

8. CREW
8.1. The total number of crew (including skipper) shall be four (4). All registered crew shall sail all races.
8.2. All crew members shall be younger of 23 years during event.
8.3. There will be no crew weight limit.

9. BOATS
9.1. OA will provide 4 Melges 20 type boats and will allocate them by draw. Each boat will have the following sails: Mainsail, Jib and
Gennaker.

10. [NP] ADVERTISING

10.1. With prior notice and OA approval teams will be allowed to use space on the hull for their advertising.
10.2. Boats may be required to display advertising chosen and supplied by the OA.

11. FORMAT
11.1. Team will be divided into the groups according the number of entries received. Each group will have maximum of 4 teams.
11.2. Event will constitute of 6 qualification races and 3 final races.
11.3. After qualification stage 4 top ranked teams will advance to final stage.
12. SCHEDULE
12.1. The event will be held from 24th to 27th October 2024.

12.2. Thursday 24th October

10:30 – 12:00: Registration
12:00 – 14:00: Practice
16:00 - Skippers meeting

12.3. Friday 25th October

10:00 - Racing (Qualification stage)

12.4. Saturday 26th October

10:00 - Racing (Qualification stage)

12.5. Sunday 27th October

10:00 – Racing (Final Stage)
ASAP – Prize Giving

13. CLASS FLAG

Flag M24 will be class flag.

14. THE COURSES

14.1. The courses will be windward-leeward. Offset mark and leeward gate will be used.
14.2. The diagram in Attachment A shows the course.
14.3. The leeward gate may be replaced by a single mark, which shall be rounded to port.
14.4. There may be one coastal race at discretion of OA with details communicated in a separate notice.

15. MARKS
15.1. 1, 1a, 2s, 2p will be self-positioning orange conical buoys.
15.2. The starting marks will be the RC vessels at the starboard-end and self-positioning orange conical buoy at port-end.
15.3. The finishing marks will be the RC vessel at the port-end and an orange self-positioning conical buoy at the starboard-end.

16. [NP] RACING AREAS

16.1. Position of racing areas will be posted at ONB.

17. THE START

17.1. The starting line will be between staff displaying orange flags on the starting vessel at starboard-end of the line and the course
side of the buoy as the port-end starting mark.
17.2. A boat starting later than 4 minutes after her starting signal will be scored DNS without a hearing. This changes RRS A5.1 and
A5.2.

18. CHANGE OF THE NEXT LEG OF THE COURSE

18.1. To change the next leg of the course, the RC will move original windward marks 1 and 1A or move the finishing line to the new
position.

19. THE FINISH

19.1. The finishing line will be between a staff displaying a blue flag at RC vessel on the port-end of the line and the course side of the
finishing mark at starboard-end of the line.
19.2. The RC vessel at the finish line may maintain its position by using the engine.

20. PENALTY SYSTEM, PROTESTS AND REQUESTS FOR REDRESS

20.1. Attachment C – WS Appendix UF, YOUTH GRAND PRIX – power by RELIANCE 2024 Edition applies.
20.2. A boat shall be exonerated for breaking RRS 31 if the umpires are satisfied that the breach is entirely due to self-positioning mark
adjusting its position.

21. TIME LIMITS AND TARGET TIMES

21.1. [NP] Time limits and target time is shown in the table below:
Race Mark 1 Finish Target
30 min. 10 min. 5 min. 15 min.
21.2. [NP] The race will be abandoned if no boat has passed Mark 1 within the Mark 1 time limit.
21.3. Boats failing to finish within 20 minutes after the first boat sailed the course and finishes will be scored DNF without a hearing.
This changes RRS 35, A5.1, and A5.2.
22. SCORING
22.1. Three (3) race has to be completed by each Group for the event to be valid.
22.2. When four (4) or more races have been completed in the qualification stage, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race
scores, excluding her worst score.
22.3. No discards will be in final stage.

23. [DP] SAFETY REGULATION

23.1. A boat that retires from a race shall notify the RC as soon as possible.

24. [DP] REPLACEMENT OF CREW OR EQUIPMENT

24.1. All requests must be in writing by using online forms at ONB.
24.2. Replacement of crew will not be allowed without prior written approval of the RC.

25. [DP] LAUNCHING AND BERTHING

25.1. All boats shall be afloat by the end of registration period.
25.2. All boats shall be kept in their assigned docks at the club/marina.

26. [DP] HAUL-OUT RESTRICTIONS

26.1. Boats shall not be hauled out during the event except with and according to the terms of prior written permission of the RC or
TC.

27. DIVING EQUIPMENT AND PLASTIC POOLS

27.1. Underwater breathing apparatus (excluding snorkels) and plastic pools or their equivalent shall not be used around boats
between the preparatory signal of the first race and the end of the event.

28. RISK STATEMENT

28.1. RRS 3 states: ‘The responsibility for a boat’s decision to participate in a race or to continue to race is hers alone.’ By participating
in this event, each competitor agrees and acknowledges that sailing is a potentially dangerous activity with inherent risks. These
risks include strong winds and rough seas, sudden changes in weather, failure of equipment, boat handling errors, poor
seamanship by other boats, loss of balance on an unstable platform, and fatigue resulting in increased risk of injury. Inherent in
the sport of sailing is the risk of permanent, catastrophic injury or death by drowning, trauma, hypothermia, or other causes.
28.2. The OA will not accept any liability for material damage, personal injury, or death sustained in conjunction with, before, during,
or after the events.

29. INSURANCE
29.1. Each participating team shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance with a minimum cover of 1.500.000 € per event
or the equivalent.

30. CODE OF CONDUCT

30.1. Competitors and Support Persons shall comply with any reasonable request from any official, including attendance at official
functions, co-operation with event sponsors and shall behave so to not bring the event into dispute.
30.2. Competitors and Support Persons shall handle any equipment provided by the OA with care, seamanship, in accordance with
any instructions for its use and without interfering with its functionality.

31. [NP] MEDIA, IMAGES and SOUND

31.1. If required by the OA:
a) Television personnel and equipment (or dummies) supplied by the OA shall be carried on board while racing.
b) Competitors shall wear microphones supplied by the OA during racing and be available for interviews when advised by the OA.
Registered skippers shall wear communications equipment supplied by the OA that will allow commentators to communicate
with them whilst racing.
31.2. Competitors shall not interfere with the normal working of the OA supplied equipment.
31.3. All those who take part in the event as competitors as well as support persons or spectators agree to be overflown by drone
during the duration of the event, this includes person and person’s property.
31.4. By participating in the event, a competitor automatically grants to the OA and the sponsors of the event, the right in perpetuity,
to make, use and show, from time to time and at the discretion, any motion pictures, still pictures and live, taped or film television
and other reproductions of him/her during the period of the competition for this event in which the competitor participated and
in all material related to the this event without compensation.

32. PRIZES
32.1. The first three teams will be awarded.
32.2. Additional Prizes may be given at the discretion of the OA.

33. FURTHER INFORMATION

33.1. For further information, please contact OA at info@windsofhvar.com
Attachment A – Course
Attachment B – The rules for handling of boats

B1 [SP] General
The technical committee can check the boats for any changes that are in breach of NoR B2 or B6 on a random basis. If they find such a
change, they will inform the PC. PC may penalize the boat with one additional point without a hearing. This changes RRS 63.1, A5.1 and
A5.2.

B2 [NP] Prohibited actions

In order to prevent damages and injuries:
B2.1 The following actions are prohibited unless in case of emergency or directed by RC or umpires:
(a) Sailing in a manner that could cause serious damage or injury.
(b) Tying in, binding or dropping the jib.
(c) Any additions or alterations to the equipment supplied.
(d) Use of equipment for a purpose other than that intended.
(e) Moving equipment from its normal stowage position except when being used as intended.
(f) Replacement of any equipment. Exception: damage. In this case, the replacement may be carried out only by the repair
service.
(g) Marking of sails, boat or arranged equipment, perforation of sails or attachment of further tell-tails to the sails.

B3 [NP] Repairs
Substitution of damaged or lost equipment and repairs may only be done by the repair service of the OA, or under their management.

B4 [NP] Crew positioning

B4.1The crew shall not hang, push or pull on the standing rigging to promote the manoeuvre or to project weight outboards. It is
allowed to use the mast or the companionway for promoting the manoeuvre.

B4.2 The cockpit lines may be used with the exception that hanging on to the cockpit lines from the outside is prohibited.

B4.3 The crew shall not stand, sit on the cockpit lines or the pushpits.

B5 [NP] Bowsprit
B5.1 Having the bowsprit extended, except when in the process of setting, flying or taking down the Gennaker is prohibited. The bowsprit
shall be fully retracted at the first reasonable opportunity after taking down the Gennaker. A boat that does not retract the bowsprit
fully may be warned and given an opportunity to correct the error.
B5.2 Extending the bowsprit before getting on the new leg of the course, after entering the zone of a rounding mark without a Gennaker
set is prohibited.
B6 [DP][NP] Shrouds and forestay
It is prohibited to adjust shroud and forestay tension at all times while afloat. Backstay tension may be adjusted while racing.
Attachment C - WS Appendix UF
YOUTH GRAND PRIX – power by RELIANCE 2024 Edition

Version: 7 October 2024

Umpired fleet races shall be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by this appendix. Races shall be umpired. The rule changes in
UF1 have been approved by World Sailing under Regulation 28.1.5(b) on the condition that only the provided options are used. This appendix
applies only when it is referred to in the Notice of Race and made available for all competitors.

UF 1 CHANGES TO THE DEFINITIONS, THE RULES OF PART 1 AND 2, AND RULE 70

UF 1.1 Add to the definition Proper Course: ‘A boat taking a penalty or manoeuvring to take a penalty is not sailing a proper course.’

UF 1.2 Add new rule 7 to Part 1:

7 LAST POINT OF CERTAINTY

The umpires will assume that the state of a boat, or her relationship to another boat, has not changed, until they are certain
that it has changed.’
UF 1.3 [Spare]
UF 1.4 When rule 20 applies, the following arm signals are required in addition to the hails:
(a) for room to tack, repeatedly and clearly pointing to windward; and
(b) for ‘You tack’, repeatedly and clearly pointing at the other boat and waving the arm to windward.
UF 1.5 Rule 70 is deleted.
UF 1.6 [Spare]
UF 2 CHANGES TO OTHER RULES UF

2.1 Rule 28.2 is changed to:

28 SAILING THE COURSE

28.2 A boat may correct any errors in sailing the course, provided she has not rounded the next mark or crossed the finishing line to
finish.
UF 2.2 Rule 31 is changed to:
31 TOUCHING A MARK
While racing, neither the crew nor any part of a boat’s hull shall touch a starting mark before starting, a mark that begins,
bounds or ends the leg of the course on which she is sailing, or a finishing mark after finishing. In addition, while racing, a
boat shall not touch a race committee vessel that is also a mark.
UF 3 ON WATER PROTESTS AND PENALTIES
UF 3.1 In this appendix, ‘a penalty’ will mean the following:
A One-Turn Penalty taken in accordance with rule 44.2.
UF 3.2 The first sentence of rule 44.1 is changed to: ‘A boat may take a penalty when, in an incident while racing, she may have broken one
or more of the rules of Part 2 (except rule 14 when she has caused damage or injury), rule 31 or rule 42. However, when she may
have broken a rule of Part 2 and rule 31 in the same incident, she need not take the penalty for breaking rule 31’.
UF 3.3 On the Water Protests by Boats and Penalties
(a) While racing, a boat may protest another boat under a rule of Part 2 (except rule 14) or under rule 31 or rule 42; however, a
boat may only protest under a rule of Part 2 for an incident in which she was involved. To do so she shall hail ‘Protest’ and
conspicuously display a Yankee flag at the first reasonable opportunity for each. She shall remove the flag before, or at the
first reasonable opportunity after a boat involved in the incident has taken a penalty voluntarily or after an umpire’s decision.
(b) A boat that protests as provided in rule UF3.3 (a) is not entitled to a hearing. Instead, a boat involved in the incident may
acknowledge breaking a rule by voluntarily taking a penalty. An umpire may penalize any boat that broke a rule and was not
exonerated, unless the boat took a penalty voluntarily.
UF 3.4 Penalties and Protests Initiated by an Umpire
(a) When a boat
(1) breaks rule 31 and does not take a penalty,
(2) breaks rule 42,
(3) gains an advantage despite taking a penalty,
(4) commits a breach of sportsmanship, or
(5) fails to comply with rule UF3.6 or to take a penalty when required to do so by an umpire,
(6) breaks course limits instructions if any and NoR B2, B4 or B5.
(7) fails to comply with rule UF2.1 (rule 28.2) an umpire shall disqualify her under rule UF3.5(c),
an umpire may penalize her without a protest by another boat. The umpire may impose a penalty or more, each
signaled in accordance with rule UF3.5 (b), or disqualify her under rule UF3.5(c), or report the incident to the protest
committee for further action. If a boat is penalized under rule UF3.4 (a) (5) for not taking a penalty or taking a penalty
incorrectly, the original penalty is cancelled,
(b) An umpire who decides, based on his own observation or a report received from any source, that a boat may have
broken a rule, other than rule UF3.6 or rule 28 or a rule listed in rule UF3.3 (a), may inform the protest committee for
its action under rule 60.3. However, he will not inform the protest committee of an alleged breach of rule 14 unless
there is damage or injury.
UF 3.5 Umpire Signals
 An umpire will signal a decision as follows:
(a) A green and white flag with one long sound means ‘No penalty.’
(b) A red flag with one long sound means ‘a penalty is imposed or remains outstanding.’ The umpire will hail or signal to
identify each such boat.
(c) A black flag with one long sound means ‘A boat is disqualified.’ The umpire will hail or signal to identify the boat
disqualified.

UF 3.6 Imposed Penalties

(a) A boat penalized under rule UF3.5 (b) shall take a penalty.
(b) A boat disqualified under rule UF3.5(c) shall promptly leave the course area.
UF 4 RACE COMMITTEE ACTIONS
UF 4.1 After boats have finished, the race committee will inform competitors about the results on the official notice board.

UF 5 PROTESTS; REQUESTS FOR REDRESS OR REOPENING; APPEALS; OTHER PROCEEDINGS

UF 5.1 No proceedings of any kind may be taken in relation to any action or non-action by an umpire.
UF 5.2 [Spare]
UF 5.3 A boat intending to
(a) protest another boat under a rule other than rule UF3.6 or rule 28, or a rule listed in rule UF3.3(a),
(b) protest another boat under rule 14 if there was contact that caused damage or injury, or
(c) request redress shall inform the race committee in the following way: call the race committee via radio VHF channel

77 not later than two minutes after finishing or retiring.

UF 5.4 The time limit defined in rule UF5.3 also applies to protests under rule UF5.10 and UF5.11. The protest committee shall extend the
time limit if there is good reason to do so.
UF 5.5 The race committee will promptly inform the protest committee about any protests or requests for redress made under rule UF5.3.
UF 5.6 The third sentence of rule 61.1(a) and all of rule 61.1(a ) (2) are deleted.
UF 5.7 The first three sentences of rule 64.2 are changed to: ‘When the protest committee decides that a boat that is a party to a protest
hearing has broken a rule, it may impose penalties other than disqualification, and may make any other scoring arrangement it
decides is equitable. If a boat has broken a rule when not racing, the protest committee shall decide whether to apply any penalty
to the race sailed nearest in time to that of the incident or make some other arrangement.’
UF 5.8 Hearings
Except for a hearing under rule 69.2
(a) Protests and requests for redress need not be in writing.
(b) The protest committee may inform the protestee and schedule the hearing in any way it considers appropriate and may
communicate this orally.
(c) The protest committee may take evidence and conduct the hearing in any way it considers appropriate and may communicate
its decision orally.
(d) If the protest committee decides that a breach of a rule has had no effect on the outcome of the race, it may impose a scoring
penalty of points or fraction of points or make any other arrangement it decides is fair, which may be to impose no penalty.
(e) If the protest committee penalizes a boat in accordance with rule UF5.7 or if a standard penalty is applied, all other boats will
be informed about the change of the penalized boat’s score.
UF 5.9 The race committee will not protest a boat.
UF 5.10 The protest committee may protest a boat under rule 60.3. However, it will not protest a boat for breaking rule UF3.6 or rule 28, a
rule listed in rule UF3.3 (a), or rule 14 unless there is damage or injury.
UF 5.11 The technical committee will only protest a boat under rule 60.4 when decides that a boat or personal equipment does not comply
with the class rule, rule 50, or the rules in the equipment regulations of the event, if such exist. In such a case, the technical
committee shall protest.
UF 5.12 Rule 66.2 is changed to ‘A party to the hearing under this appendix may not request a reopening.’