Asian Airlines Regatta 2022

Asian Airline Regatta

21^st to 24^th October 2019

1. Location.
   • The race area will be in the waters South of Phuket Island.

1.2       The race office will be located at Ao Yon on the south of Phuket Island.  A skipper’s brief will be given on Ao Yon beach prior to each day’s racing.  Three days of racing will take place in the waters immediately south of Ao Yon and incorporate standard windward/leeward races with at least one long distance race.  A practice race may be held for those interested on 21st October 2019

1.3       Racing will be single class in Platu 25 yachts.  Boats will be provided by the organiser and allocated to teams by draw.

2. Rules and Regulations.

2.1       The Regatta will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing 2017-2020 (RRS) of World Sailing (WS) and the Platu 25 Class Rules 2018 published at http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/PLA2018CR270218-[23651].pdf

2.2       The Platu 25 Class Rules are amended for the purposes of this regatta only by changing rule C.2.1.a by reducing the minimum crew number to three.

2.3       All boats will comply with Thailand statutory requirements.

2.4       A race committee will be formed to govern the event.  Committee members may compete, but will not form part of any protest committee where there is deemed to be any potential for a conflict of interest.

2.5       For windward/leeward Courses, the Two-Turns penalty (RRS 44.1) is changed to a One-Turn penalty.  For long distance courses, the standard two-turn penalty will be in force in accordance with RRS 44.1.

3. Entry.

3.1       Eligible teams are invited to enter.  To be eligible, the team must have at least one member from the organisation represented who must be either the team leader, and/or captain of the boat.

3.2       Entries must be received by 2359hrs on 17th October 2018 by writing to simon.ludlow@hotmail.com

3.3       Fees for the regatta are THB 5500 per day of racing per crew member and must be paid by 0900 on 21st October 2019.  The payment account will be notified on receipt of entry.  There is no charge for any practice race.

4. Class.

4.1       Only boats in compliance with the Platu 25 class rules and the amendments in 2.2 in this Notice Of Race are eligible to enter.

5. Handicapping.

5.1       No handicaps will be used.

6. Courses.

6.1       Courses will be decided on the day of race by the committee.  There will be a series of windward/leeward course with at least one long distance race.

7. Scoring.

7.1       Each race will be scored sequentially in order of finishing with first position scoring .75 points.  Non-starting, disqualified or non -finishing boats will be scored last.

7.2       If 5 races are sailed in the series, one windward/leeward race may be discarded.  If 7 races are sailed in the series, then two windward/leeward races may be discarded.  Long distance races are not eligible for discards.

7.3.      In the event of ties for positions at the end of the series, then the positions will be determined on countback with later races taking priority.

8. Advertising.

8.1       Boats will carry any event sponsor’s advertising which will be provided in accordance with WS regulation 20.  In addition, boats may carry additional individual team sponsor’s advertising and also in addition may carry their airline’s or employer’s logo.  Participants are encouraged to carry event sponsor’s advertising on team clothing.

9. Prizes.

9.1  Teams will be competing for the award of the Asia Airline Sailing Trophy  Other prizes may be awarded.

10. Disclaimer of Liability.

10.1     All competitors are remined of RRS rule 4 which states that racing has an element of risk and that the decision to race is that of the Captain of the boat, and theirs alone. No liability will be acknowledged by the sponsors, organisers, officials or the race committee from competitors, their families/dependents or representatives.

11. Sailing instructions.

11.1     Sailing instructions will be posted by 2359 on 16th October 2019 at the latest.

12  Organiser.

12.1  The event organiser is Sail In Asia Ltd, 6/37 Ao Yon Bay Moo 8, Boeray-Khaokad Road, Tambon Vichit, Amphur Muang, Phuket, Thailand.

Sailing Instructions

Asian Airline Regatta

21st to 24th October 2019

1. Rules and Regulations.

1.1 The Regatta will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing 2017-2020 (RRS) of World Sailing (WS) and the Platu 25 Class Rules 2018 available at http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/PLA2018CR270218-[23651].pdf

1.2 Racing will be single class in Platu 25 yachts. Boats will be provided by the organiser and allocated to teams by daily draw. No handicaps will be used. Only boats in compliance with the Platu 25 class rules and the amendments in 1.3 in these Sailing Instructions are eligible to enter.

1.3 The Platu 25 Class Rules 2018 are amended for the purposes of this regatta only by changing rule C.2.1.a by reducing the minimum crew to three.

1.4 Race, protest and technical committees will be formed to govern the event. Committee members may compete, but will not form part of any protest committee where there is deemed to be any potential for a conflict of interest.

1.5 If there is a conflict between the NoR and these SIs, the SIs will take precedence. This changes RRS 63.7.

2. Notice to Competitors.

2.1 Notices will be posted on the race headquarters building which is the Sail in Asia office on Ao Yon beach at: 6/37 Ao Yon Bay Moo 8,Boeray-Khaokad Road, Tambon Vichit, Amphur Muang, Phuket.

3. Changes to Sailing Instructions.

3.1 Any amendments to these instructions will be notified to skippers at the morning briefings. Any changes after the brief will be notified by the flying of an L flag on the committee boat. Boats should sail within hailing distance or listen out on VHF Ch72 to receive the notice.

4. Signals made Ashore.

4.1 Any delay to racing will be signalled by the flying of the AP flag outside the race headquarters.

5. Schedule of Events.

5.1 The racing and social timetable is as follows:

Monday 21 October 2019: 1400L Practice race.

Tuesday 22 October 2019: 0900L Team registration.

0915L Team Captain’s Briefing

0930L Race Briefing

1800L Beach BBQ.

Wednesday 23 October 2019: 0930L Race Briefing

Thursday 24 October 2019: 0930L Race Briefing

1900L Dinner and prize-giving.

6. Class flags.

6.1 Only one class will be racing. The class signal will be a Platu flag with a green trailing edge. If a W flag is flown as in addition, the race is to be sailed with white sails only – i.e. no spinnakers. If rules 30.1 to 30.4 are in force, then the appropriate flag will be flown in addition to the class flag. Flags used are detailed at Annex A.

7. Racing Areas.

7.1 The race area will be in the waters South of Phuket Island. A chart is provided at Annex B for reference. This is not to be used for navigation.

8. Courses

8.1 There will be a series of windward/leeward course with an intention of sailing at least one long distance race over the series. Courses and number of races per day will be decided by the race committee and briefed to the crews at the daily race briefings. Changes to these may be made after the briefing at the Race Officer’s discretion and the competitors informed.

9. Marks.

9.1 Marks will be the committee boat and an Outer Distance Marker (ODM) to designate the start/finish line. On windward/leeward courses, the Committee Boat and ODM constitute a gate to be sailed through upwind. Rounding marks may be an inflatable buoy, an official navigation buoy, an island, the Committee boat, safety boat or other boat as briefed.

10. Racing.

10.1 The start sequence will be as per RRS 26 with the class flag starting the sequence 5 minutes before the start. The P flag will be raised at 4 minutes and lowered at 1 minute. Lowering of the class flag indicates the start has commenced.

10.2 The number of laps of the leeward/windward courses to be sailed will be displayed on the committee boat. Sailing a long distance course will be indicated by flying the number 3 flag. If the L flag is flown in addition, come close for instructions, or listen out on Ch72.

10.4 The course may be shorted either by changing the number of laps or moving the upwind mark. In the former case, the committee boat will fly the S flag and boats should finish when they see it flown. In the latter case, the mark will be moved, or substituted by the safety boat flying the M flag.

10.5 The finish line may or may not be the same as the start line.

11. Penalties.

11.1 The two turn penalty (RRS 44.1) is changed to a one turn penalty.

12. Scoring.

12.1 Each race will be scored sequentially in order of finishing with first position scoring .75 points. Non-starting, disqualified or non -finishing boats will be scored as the number of contestants plus one place.

12.2 If 5 races are sailed in the series, one windward/leeward race may be discarded. If 7 races are sailed in the series, then two windward/leeward races may be discarded. Long distance races are not eligible for discards.

12.3. In the event of ties for positions, then the positions will be determined on countback with later races taking priority.

13. Protests.

13.1 Protests will be notified to the committee using any recognised method no later than one hour after the last race of the day. This waives the requirement for a protesting boat to fly a red flag, changing RRS 61.1(a).

13.2 For protests where any rule of RRS Part 2 is alleged to have been infringed, an arbitration hearing may be offered by the race committee prior to any formal protest hearing being heard. RRS Appendix T will apply.

14. Substitution of crew and/or equipment.

14.1 No crew changes or substitution will be permitted without the prior approval of the race committee.

14.2 No equipment is to be replaced without the prior approval of the technical committee, unless it involves replacement of items necessitated by damage and those items are carried onto the water. All replacement equipment must be permitted by the Platu 25 Class Rules, 2018

15. Safety.

15.1 A safety boat will be on the water during racing.

15.2 A boat withdrawing from the race shall make its intentions known to the committee boat or safety boat.

15.3 All skippers and competitors are reminded of RRS 4 which states that racing has an element of risk and a boat’s decision to participate in a race or to continue racing is hers alone. No liability will be acknowledged by the sponsors, organisers, officials or the event committees from competitors, their families/dependents or representatives.

16 Organiser.

16.1 The event organiser is Sail In Asia Ltd, 6/37 Ao Yon Bay Moo 8, Boeray-Khaokad Road, Tambon Vichit, Amphur Muang, Phuket, Thailand.

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