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Sailing Instructions
Take aways There are various local takeaways and many of these will deliver to the sailing club. Flyers can
be found along with the local information leaflets or ask one of the Bass week team for info.
The Bass Lake Station café also offer takeaway evening meals. Pizza Van and a Fish and Chip van will be
visiting the site over 4 evenings. See above for detail.
Washing boats Please can all visitors ensure that boats and gear are washed thoroughly to remove all
traces of bio-organisms before arriving at the club site.
Washing up Facilities are located behind the clubhouse. Please make sure you keep this area clean.
Water Drinking water taps are located around the camping field and behind the clubhouse. Please try to
use re-useable bottles where possible to reduce plastic waste.
Water safety Please ensure that all children wear adequate buoyancy aids when playing in or around the
water. Children should be supervised at all times.
The gate code for the week is 1278. Please allow the gate to fully open before you
drive through.
Download Bass course map
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zf5x87oht7ox3to/
basswk_map2015.pdf?dl=0
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1. RULES
1.1 Racing will be governed by the rules as defined in the
Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS).
1.2 The Event Programme will apply insofar as it shows
the schedule and starting times of races
(SI 6.1, 6.2, and 12.1).
1.3 RRS 40.1 applies at all times whilst afloat.
2 CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
2.1 Any changes to the Sailing Instructions, or to the
Sailing Programme, will be posted on the Official Notice
Board, located in the clubhouse foyer, at least one hour
prior to the race or races concerned.
3. COMMUNICATIONS WITH COMPETITORS
3.1 Notices to competitors will be posted on the official
notice board located in the clubhouse foyer.
3.2 The race office is located in the clubhouse.
3.3 While racing, except in an emergency, a boat shall not
make voice or data transmissions and shall not receive
voice or data communication that is not available to all
boats.
4 CODE OF CONDUCT
4.1 Competitors and support persons shall comply with
reasonable requests from race officials.
4.2 Competitors and support persons shall place
advertising (where provided by the organizing authority)
with care, seamanship, in accordance with any instructions
for its use and without interfering with its functionality.
5. SIGNALS MADE ASHORE
5.1 Signals made ashore will be displayed on the flagpole
next to the clubhouse.
5.2 When flag AP is displayed ashore, ‘1 minute’ is
replaced with ‘not less than twenty minutes’ in the race
signal AP.
6. SCHEDULE OF RACES
6.1 The schedule of races will be as shown in the Event
Programme for the regatta.
6.2 The scheduled time of the start of the first race each
day is shown in the Event Programme for the regatta.
6.3 On the last scheduled day of racing, no warning signal
will be made after 13.00.
7 CLASS FLAGS
Class Flag
Fast Handicap IC Numeral 7
Flying Fifteen Naval Numeral 6
RS 200 IC Flag R
Medium Handicap IC Flag J
Lasers & Laser Radial (handicap) Laser Class Flag
Enterprise IC Flag E
GP 14 IC Flag A
Solo IC Numeral 1
Slow Handicap IC Flag H
Mirror, Topper & Tera IC Numeral 6
8. RACING AREA
8.1 The racing area is Bassenthwaite Lake.
9. THE COURSES
9.1 The course to be sailed will be indicated on the
official course board attached to the gunwale of the
Committee Boat, no later than the warning signal for the
first start of a sequence of races.
9.2 The marks of the course, the order in which they are
to be rounded, their required side and the number of laps
will be shown on the official course board.
9.3 The numbers of marks to be rounded to port will
be indicated on a red background and the numbers to
be rounded to starboard will be indicated on a green
background. The number of laps will be indicated on a
black background.
9.4 Separate courses for different fleets may be indicated
on the upper and lower sections of the official course
board. The lower section of the course board will be for
the following classes: Solo, Slow Handicap, Mirror/Topper/
Tera. The upper section will be for all other classes.
9.5 A black square on the official course board shall be
taken to mean the word, ‘then’.
9.6 An additional course board may be positioned on
the shore, located on the jetty near the club slipway to
provide guidance for competitors going afloat. This is
offered to assist competitors but does not replace the
official course which is displayed on the Race Committee
Boat and its display shall not be used as the basis for a
request for redress under RRS 62.1(a).
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