2008 RACE PROGRAMME

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All racing will be held under International Sailing Federation Rules and SSC Sailing Instructions. The programme will include the following series, plus other special events (e.g. Easter Cup) as noted in calendar:

Spring & 1st PM	Mar 16th – May 25th	11 races	7 to count
Summer & 2nd PM	May 26th – Aug 17th	11 races	7 to count
Autumn & 3rd PM	Aug 24th – Oct 26th	10 races	6 to count
1st Wednesday	Apr 16th – Jun 18th	10 races	6 to count
2nd Wednesday	Jun 25th – Aug 27th	10 races	6 to count
Cooler	Nov 2nd – Nov 16th	6 races	4 to count

Races to count are approx. 60% of total number of races. When races in a series are cancelled, the number to count will be adjusted to maintain this percentage as closely as possible, rounded to the nearest whole number.

Racing will be held for the following fleets:

First race on “2-race” days: (including Spring, Summer and Autumn Series)

Fast Handicap overall (PN up to 1000), with class/fleet results extracted for Catamarans, Fireballs, Merlin Rockets & Fast Handicap only

Medium Handicap overall (PN 1001 - 1200), with class/fleet results extracted for Lasers, Phantoms, Wayfarers & Medium Handicap only

All other races: (including PM, Easter Cup, Wednesday and Cooler Series)

General Handicap

Notes

1. Starting sequence will be 5, 4 and 1 minutes unless otherwise stated. Note that Fast and Medium Handicap fleets are now to be started separately, 5 minutes apart.

2. Class/Fleet results will be extracted from the Fast and Medium Handicap races, subject to there being at least two starters in that Handicap race. Any Class result will stand even if there is only one entrant in that Class.

3. Duties: Average points for helms will be awarded at the end of each series for each Race Officer, Assistant or Support duty undertaken within that series. The number of results to be averaged will be one less than the number of races to count.

4. Times are GMT or BST as appropriate. It is the responsibility of competitors to be ready to start at the scheduled time. Where races are scheduled Back to Back (B/B), the second race will start as soon as possible after the first has finished.

5. SYC: dates which Sussex Yacht Club join in our racing are marked with an asterisk in the race programme.