| PEYC 2025 Races
Prince Edward Yacht Club May 28th until September 24th, 2025 Prince Edward County, Picton, Ontario, Canada Notice of Race (NoR) Amendment May 17th 2025
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | RULES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.1 | The event is governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.5
|
The navigation rules of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (IRPCAS and The Canada Shipping Act, Small Vessels Regulations of Canada shall apply at all times. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | SAILING INSTRUCTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2.1
|
The sailing instructions will be available 1 week before each individual race or 1 week before the first race of a series on the PEYC notice board in the entrance foyer and on the PEYC website (peyc.ca) under the Racing heading. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | COMMUNICATION | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.1 | The official notice board is located at club entrance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3.3 | On the water, the race committee will make courtesy broadcasts to competitors on VHF radio. The channel will be stated in the SIs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.1 | [NP] The event is open to all boats with a valid PHRF-LO certificate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.4
|
Classes are defined as follows:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.5 | Eligible boats may enter by completing the entry form and submitting it, together with the required fee for non-PEYC members, to PEYC by1 hour prior to the first warning signal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.6 | Boats may enter the event by registering online at TBA. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.7 | To be considered an entry in the event, a boat shall complete all registration requirements and agree to all fees.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | FEES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5.1 | Entry fees for individual races and race series:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | SCHEDULE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9.1 | Registration:
Date of registration for each race or race series is from 1 week prior to event to 1 hour prior to warning signal |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9.3 | Dates of racing:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9.5 | The scheduled time of the warning signal
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | EQUIPMENT INSPECTION | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10.1 | Each boat shall have of a valid PHRF-LO certificate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10.3 | Boats may be inspected at any time. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10.5 | [DP] Boats shall also comply with RRS 78.1
(Explanation: RRS 78.1 refers to the that the boat is maintained to comply with her class rules and that her measurement or rating certificate remains valid. RRS 78.1 does not refer to that the boat is sailed as per class rules.) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | COURSES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13.2 | The marks that may be used are as set out in the individual Sailing Instructions or as modified at the skippers’ meeting. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | PENALTY SYSTEM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | SCORING | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15.1
|
The scoring system is Rule A4 except as follows: Solely for the Wednesday evening series in the event that a boat or its crew is acting as Committee Boat for a race it will be awarded third place for that race and boats finishing 3rd or above will have one point added to their place finish. This changes RRS Rule A4. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15.2 | 1 race is required to be completed to constitute a series. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15.5 | (a) When fewer than 5 races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores.
(b) When 5 or more races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her 4 best race scores. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | RISK STATEMENT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22.1 | 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
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | [NP] INSURANCE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23.1 | Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance with a minimum cover of 2,000,000 CAD per incident or the equivalent. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23.2 | Each participating boat shall have provided a copy of the valid insurance policy to the registrar of the PEYC at the time of registration. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | PRIZES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24.1
|
Prizes will be given as follows: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each event/series as further defined in the individual sailing instructions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | FURTHER INFORMATION | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25.1 | For further information please contact the PEYC Fleet Captain: fleetcaptain@peyc.ca |