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Denholme Sailing Club
Starting Rules
Denholme Sailing Club's policy for starting a race are as follows:
6 minutes = 1 long blast of horn
3 minutes = 3 short blasts of horn
1 minute = 1 long blast of horn
10 seconds = 1 short blast of horn
Start = 1 long blast of horn
Official Rules
Rule 25 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS AND SIGNALS
Sailing instructions shall be made available to each boat before a race begins. The race committee shall conduct the race using the visual and sound signals defined in the Race Signals and any other signals included in the sailing instructions.
Rule 26 STARTING SYSTEMS 1 AND 2 26.1
A race shall be started by using either System 1 or System 2. Signals shall be made at five-minute intervals. Times shall be taken from the visual signals; the failure of a sound signal shall be disregarded. Signals shall be as follows (flags of a single colour may be replaced by shapes of the same colour):
| Signal | System 1 | System 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Warning | Class flag; 1 sound | Yellow flag; 1 sound |
| Preparatory | Flag P; 1 sound | Blue flag; 1 sound |
| Starting | Flags removed; 1 sound |
Red flag; 1 sound |
26.2 In System 1, when classes are started at ten-minute intervals, the warning signal for each succeeding class shall be displayed at the starting signal of the preceding class. When five-minute intervals are used, flag P shall be left displayed until the last class starts and the warning signal for each succeeding class shall be displayed at the time of the preparatory signal of the preceding class. If there is a general recall, the warning and preparatory signals of any succeeding classes shall be removed immediately after the general recall has been signalled.
26.3 In System 2, each signal shall be removed one minute before the next is made. When classes are started at ten-minute intervals, the starting signal for each class shall be the warning signal for the next. When classes are started at five-minute intervals, the preparatory signal for each class shall be the warning signal for the next. When class flags are used, they shall be displayed before or with the preparatory signal for the class.
Rule 27 OTHER RACE COMMITTEE ACTIONS BEFORE THE STARTING SIGNAL
27.1 No later than the warning signal, the race committee shall signal or otherwise designate the course to be sailed if the sailing instructions have not stated the course, and it may replace one course signal with another, signal that a designated short course will be used (flag S), and apply rule 40 (flag Y).
27.2 No later than the preparatory signal, the race committee may move a starting mark and may apply rule 30.
27.3 Before the starting signal, the race committee may postpone (flag AP) or abandon the race (flag N over H or A) for any reason.
Rule 28 SAILING THE COURSE
28.1 A boat shall start, pass each mark on the required side in the correct order, and finish, so that a string representing her wake after starting and until finishing would, when drawn taut, lie on the required side of each mark and touch each rounding mark. She may correct any errors to comply with this rule, provided she has not already finished. After finishing, a boat need not cross the finishing line completely.
28.2 A mark has a required side for a boat only when she is on a leg that the mark begins, bounds or ends, except that a starting mark begins to have a required side when she is approaching the starting line from its pre-start side to start.
Rule 29 STARTING; RECALLS
29.1 On the Course Side at the Start
When at her starting signal any part of a boatıs hull, crew or equipment is on
the course side of the starting line, the boat shall sail completely to the
pre-start side of the line before starting.
29.2 Individual Recall
When at her starting signal a boat must comply with rule 29.1
or rule 30.1,
the race committee shall promptly display flag X. The signal shall be displayed
until all such boats are completely on the pre-start side of the starting line
or its extensions and have complied with rule 30.1 if it applies, but not later
than four minutes after the starting signal or one minute before any later
starting signal, whichever is earlier.
29.3 General Recall
When at the starting signal several unidentified boats are on the course side of
the starting line or there has been an error in the starting procedure, the race
committee may signal a general recall (flag First Substitute). The preparatory
signal for a new start for the recalled class shall be made one minute after the
First Substitute is lowered, and the starts for any succeeding classes shall
follow the new start.
Rule 30 STARTING PENALTIES
30.1 I Flag Rule If flag I has been displayed before or with her preparatory signal, and any part of a boatıs hull, crew or equipment is on the course side of the starting line or its extensions during the minute before her starting signal, she shall sail to the prestart side of the line around either end before starting.
30.2 Z Flag Rule
If flag Z has been displayed before or with her preparatory signal, and any part
of a boatıs hull, crew or equipment is identified within the triangle formed by
the ends of the starting line and the first mark during the minute before her
starting signal and a general recall is then signalled, she shall, without a
hearing, be given a 20% scoring penalty calculated as stated in rule 44.3(c). If
the race is restarted, resailed or rescheduled, she shall still be given the
penalty.
30.3 Black Flag Rule
If a black flag has been displayed before or with her preparatory signal, and
any part of a boatıs hull, crew or equipment is identified within the triangle
formed by the ends of the starting line and the first mark during the minute
before her starting signal, the boat will be disqualified without a hearing. If
the race is restarted, resailed or rescheduled, she is not entitled to compete
in it. If a general recall is signalled or the race is abandoned, the race
committee shall display her sail number.