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1. RULES

Yachts racing must stay clear of commercial or other vessels limited in their ability to- maneuver in restricted waters.

1.5. Skipper's Meeting

A mandatory meeting for all skippers and navigators will be held at 1500 PDT on Saturday, July 6, 2002 aboard the USS Hornet in Alameda. Note that the party following is- optional, but that the meeting is not; each skipper and navigator is responsible for the material presented at the meeting.

1.6. Notices to Competitors

Any Notices to Competitors, including amendments to these Sailing Instructions, will be available at the skippers and navigators meeting. Any additional notices made after that meeting will be broadcast on VHF channel 71 approximately 30 minutes before each start.

2. THE START

2.1. Starting Line

The Starting Line will be a line extending from an orange panel on the race deck of the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco to a yellow spherical buoy "A". A second spherical buoy "B" may be in place as a limiting mark, and may- or may not be on the starting line; no yacht may pass between this buoy and the shore.

Timing for Elapsed Time and Record Time will be from the starting time. In order to qualify for Record Time, a yacht must make a proper start within one hour of her starting time.

2.2. Restricted Areas

The lines between the closest associated shore to the following areas shall be considered as obstructions: Anita Rock and any buoy marking same; the vertical "H" piling off the Water Quality Control Plant just west of the St. Francis Yacht Club; and the bell buoy off the west end of Alcatraz.

Correspondingly, the South Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge must be left to the south, and the Mile Rock Light and any rocks visible at MLLW adjacent to either the Marin County or San Francisco shores must be left to shoreward.

Furthermore, if any part of a yacht or her equipment crosses any of these obstructions, she shall be considered to have violated RRS 31 (Touching a Mark). The 360 degree turns penalty for correction in RRS 31.2 is replaced by SI 6.6. In addition, correction of the course as offered in RRS 28.1 is not allowed.

2.3. Communications

On each day with a scheduled start, the starting-line Committee will be on station and will monitor VHF channel 71 from one hour before the first scheduled start until one hour after the last scheduled start for that day, or at least until all scheduled starters have passed under the Golden Gate Bridge. All yachts shall monitor VHF channel 71 during this period, wherein late Amendments to the Sailing Instructions may be announced, and attempts will be made to notify premature starters. Also during this period, each starting yacht is invited to check in via VHF channel 71 with the Committee prior to her warning signal. A yacht that will be starting late should also identify herself to the Committee during this period, and provide a best estimate for her expected starting time. (See also, SI 2.9.)

2.4. Race Participation Flag

All yachts shall display the Race Participation Flag (available at the skippers meeting) from the backstay while in the vicinity of the Starting Area and continue to display it until approximately 25 miles from the start (amends RRS 55 – US Sailing Prescription).

2.5. Starting Times & Dates

Yachts will start by class from Monday, July 8th throught Friday, July 12, 2002 according to their PCR ratings. The start sequence of RRS26 will be used, modified to further include a Pre-warning signal 5 minutes before each Warning signal. The Pre-warning signal consists of a yellow shape accompanied by one sound signal. The yellow shape will be removed 1 minute before the associated Warning. All signals will be displayed from the St. Francis Yacht Club's race deck. The times below represent the time of first pre-warning on each day. There may be more than one start on some days. Class breaks and starting times will be announced as soon as administratively possible after the close of entries.

Day 1: July 8, 2002 1325 PDT

Day 2: July 9, 2002 1425 PDT

Day 3: July 10, 2002 1505 PDT

Day 4: July 11, 2002 1545 PDT

Day 5: July 12, 2002 1630 PDT

2.6. Postponement

A postponement will be signaled by the display of the Answering Pennant. Two sound signals will draw attention to it.

The Answering Pennant will remain displayed until one minute prior to the display of the new Pre-Warning Signal. One sound signal will draw attention to the lowering of the Answering Pennant.

2.7. Individual Recall

One or more premature starters will be signaled by the display of the Code Flag "X", and hailing the sail number(s) of the yacht. One sound signal will draw attention to it. The Race Committee will also attempt to notify premature starters via VHF channel 71.

The Code Flag "X" will remain displayed until all premature starters have returned or until four minutes after the starting signal, whichever occurs first.

2.8. General Recall

A general recall will be signaled by the display of the First Substitute. Two sound signals will draw attention to it. -The First Substitute will remain displayed until one minute prior to the display of a new Pre-Warning Signal.

If only one start is scheduled for that day, or if the recalled start is the last start for that day, then the new starting time for the recalled boats will be 15 minutes after their original starting time; otherwise the new starting time will be 15 minutes after the last scheduled start for that day. The entire sequence of signals will be repeated, beginning with the (yellow) Pre-Warning Signal 5 minutes after the previous Start signal.

If there is more than one general recall on the same starting day, then the restarts will be in the order of the original starting sequence.

2.9. Late Starters

Yachts that are unable to cross the starting line while the committee is on station must take their own time as they cross the starting line and report it during the next official roll-call.

In the event that a yacht is late for the start, and has either not cleared her mooring, or is not within one mile of the starting line at the time of her Preparatory signal, she will not be considered to be racing for the purposes of RRS 42 (Propulsion) and 41 (Outside Help) until she has both cleared her mooring and is within one mile of the starting line.

3. THE COURSE

3.1. Course Description

The course will be from the starting line to the finish line. The handicap distance is 1950 miles.

3.2. Roll Call

Each yacht shall check in during the official roll call each day beginning at 0900 PDT and report her position as of 0800 PDT that day. Once the communication vessel has docked, the start of roll call may instead be at 1200 PDT, or at some other time announced by the communications vessel. Yachts that fail to report, or that report a false position, will be penalized one hour for each day they fail to report, or a false position is reported. This penalty is mandatory for each missed or false report. In order to avoid such penalty, said check-in must reach the Communications Boat no later than 2 hours after the start of the roll call, that same day (i.e. no later than 1100 PDT when the communications vessel is at sea and 1400 PDT thereafter). A relay via another station or vessel is acceptable if and only if it meets this time deadline.

During roll call, all yachts shall monitor VHF channel 16, and endeavor to relay position reports during roll call, if requested to do so. Likewise, any yacht unable to make roll call contact on SSB should attempt to make contact on VHF channel 16. A willful disregard of a timely position-report relay-request by a yacht will be considered as grounds for the requested yacht's disqualification.

A yacht that has already given her 100nm check-in as of 0800 PDT (as per SI 4.4) is only then no longer required to provide a roll-call position report. However, a yacht still racing as of 0800 PDT is encouraged and invited to do so in any case.

Roll call will be conducted as specified in the Communications Instructions which will be issued at the Skipper's Meeting.

If the engine is used for propulsion during emergencies (per RRS 1 and 41), the details shall be entered in the log and reported to the Committee via radio at the next roll call or promptly after finishing, whichever occurs first.

3.3. Withdrawals

Yachts withdrawing from the race after starting shall notify the Communications Boat, or a member of the race committee at Kaneohe Yacht Club.

4. THE FINISH

4.1. Time

All times used for finishing the race are Hawaiian Standard Time (HST, UTC minus 10 hours) in 24-hour format (e.g. noon PDT is 9AM HST)

4.2. The Finish Line

The finish line shall be an extension of a line from the Aeronautical Beacon on top of Puu Hawaiiloa through the light atop Pyramid Rock (as shown on Chart 19359). A temporary buoy, located 1.2 NM from Pyramid Rock, limits the south end of the finish line and must be left to port. The finish line extends 0.5 NM past the buoy, and yachts crossing the finish line beyond this point may not be scored as having finished. The temporary buoy will be yellow in color, and may be equipped with a strobe light at night. The buoy may or may not lie exactly on the finish line. If the buoy is missing, a committee boat may be on station to mark the port end of the line; failing this, yachts should cross the finish line at, or within 0.5 NM north of, the designated position of the buoy.

4.3. Restricted Areas

The "Danger Zone" shown on chart 19357, extending north from Mokapu Point and including Mokumanu island, is restricted and no vessel may enter or transit this area. Any vessel doing so is subject to the penalty defined by SI 6.6. In addition, correction of the course as offered in RRS 28.1 is not allowed. For reference, the NW corner of the Danger Zone is taken as 21° 29.00N, 157° 44.00W."

4.4. Race Participation Flag

When 25 miles from the finish each yacht shall display her Race Participation flag until she is finished and moored (amends RRS 55 – US Sailing Prescription).

4.5. Communications

As she approaches the finish, each yacht shall contact "KYC Base" (SSB) or "Pacific Cup Finish" (VHF) with her position and ETA (Hawaiian Standard Time) as follows:

100 miles from the finish SSB 4146 kHz

25 miles from the finish SSB 4146 kHz

5 miles from the finish VHF 71

At the finish VHF 71

After the finish VHF 68 for escort vessel

Following each contact, each yacht shall continue to monitor the appropriate SSB or VHF channel for further communications if necessary.

Additionally, when 25 miles from the finish each yacht shall advise the finish committee whether she wishes to enter Kaneohe Bay via the Sampan channel or main channel (vessels with drafts of 7 feet or more are advised to use the main channel).

Each yacht shall make contact with the finish-line committee as she approaches the finish. A yacht finishing at night shall illuminate her sail numbers as necessary to assist the Committee in recording her finish.

A finishing yacht that is unable to make contact with the Committee shall sound a horn, record her own estimate of her finish time, and subsequently to her arrival ashore, confirm her official finish time with the Race Committee. Any communications from an official representative of the finish line race committee, including any navigational advisories offered only in the interest of safety, will not be considered outside assistance for the purposes of RRS 41.

4.6. Time Limit

The time limit for finishing the race is 1500 HST, Friday July 26, 2002.

4.7. Entrance to Kaneohe Bay

A "follow-me" boat representing the Pacific Cup Yacht Club will be available to escort any yacht desiring assistance through either channel to the Yacht Club mooring and berthing area. After finishing, each yacht shallcontact the escort boat on VHF channel 68, even if assistance is not desired. It is understood that whether or not assistance is offered or accepted, the safe pilotage of each vessel remains solely her skipper's responsibility.

4.8. Agricultural Inspections:

The State of Hawaii requires all yachts entering the State to comply with Hawaii agricultural requirements. Information will be available at the Skipper's Meeting.

4.9 Minimum Equipment Inspections:

Entrants should be aware that yachts may be inspected after they finish for compliance with the minimum equipment requirements specified by the Notice of Race. This inspection is almost a certainty for the first three or four yachts in each division. In some cases, an Inspector may board the yacht while on the way to the Kaneohe Yacht Club mooring after her finish, in order to conduct the inspection. Yachts should, therefore, keep their safety gear in place and available for such inspection. If the inspector does not board while underway, the gear should be kept in place until after the yacht is moored at KYC.

Particular attention will be paid to MOB gear including lifesling and jacklines, and also emergency water, heavy weather jib, storm jib, trysail, ground tackle and, during a night approach, navigation lights.

If a yacht has any deficiencies during the original, pre-race inspection, such deficiencies should have been corrected and the corrections properly documented through either a second inspection or, in the case of minor deficiencies, written notice to the Inspections Committee The name of any yacht having deficiencies whose correction has not been so documented will be transmitted, together with a description of the deficiencies, to the Kaneohe Yacht Club inspectors. This information will be reason for particular attention during the post-race inspection. The moral: make sure that your inspection record is clean and, if there are deficiencies, make sure that they are both corrected and the corrections properly documented with the Inspections Committee. Don't risk a DSQ for a missing safety item.

5. SCORING

5.1. Scoring System

The Low-Point Scoring System, RRS, Appendix A4.1, will apply.

Scoring will be within each class and also overall, based on elapsed time, minus time-on-distance time allowances computed from PCR ratings as defined in the Race Notice.

The decision of the Race Committee shall be final in all scoring.

5.2. Ties

In the event of a tie, the winner shall be the boat with the highest corrected average daily run calculated from the best daily run and the worst daily run, as recorded by the Communications Boat log for each daily roll call. In making this calculation, any boat that fails to check in for any daily roll call shall be assigned a worst daily run of zero nautical miles (amends RRS A7). Except for missed-report days, the worst daily run excludes runs of less than 24 hours (i.e. the first and last days).

6. PROTESTS AND PENALTIES

6.1. Protests

Protests and the assessment of penalties for infringement of any of the rules will be governed by RRS Part 5 with the additional provisions of this section.

A yacht that wishes to protest another yacht for infringement of any rule shall follow the procedures of RRS 61, with the following additional provisions:

6.2. Notification

The race committee must be notified of the intent to protest, including the name of the protested yacht, during the first official roll call following the incident, and again when checking in prior to the finish.

6.3. Protest Flag

A protest flag need not be displayed continuously until the finish, provided that it is initially displayed for at least one hour, and that it is displayed again from at least 5 miles from the finish until finished (amends RRS 61.1).

6.4. Protest Time Limit

The time limit for filing of the written protest shall be three hours after the protesting yacht's finish.

6.5. Alternative Penalty

A protested yacht may acknowledge infringement of a rule of RRS Part 2 and accept an alternative penalty of one hour. If she chooses to do so, she must notify the race committee at the next official roll call and again immediately after she finishes the race (amends RRS 44.1).

6.6. Protest Hearings

Protest hearings will be held at Kaneohe Yacht Club at 1500 -on ThursdayJuly 25th, 2002, or at some other time and date agreed to by the parties concerned and posted on the bulletin board at Kaneohe Yacht Club.

The Protest Committee or Race Committee may assess a time or percentage penalty in lieu of disqualification per RRS 64.1, except in special circumstances. The following penalties will apply as indicated (added to the yacht's elapsed time), subject to the discretion of the Committee if the circumstances warrant, except where noted as mandatory.

• Touching a Starting Mark without exoneration per RRS 31: Two hours
  
• Not returning after a premature start: Two hours
  
• Not returning after general recall: Two hours plus the delayed starting time.
  
• Sailing through a restricted area: Two hours if the yacht survives. (See SI 2.2, 4.3).
  
• Failure to report during Roll Call: One hour per infraction (mandatory).
  
• The penalty for giving a false position report shall be not less than one hour for each incident (1-hour minimum, mandatory).
  
• The penalty for the willful disregard of any timely position-report relay-request by a yacht will be her mandatory disqualification.
  
• Infringement of a rule of RRS Part 2: Two hours (except one hour as an alternative penalty for acknowledgment of an infringement - see SI 6.5
  

7. AMENDMENTS TO THE Notice of Race

7.1. Flares

The ORC requirements for Pyrotechnic signals (section 4.22) include 12 SOLAS red parachute flares not more than 6 years old.

As an alternative, an entrant may elect to meet the equivalent 2002/2003 ORC requirement instead, as follows: 6 red SOLAS parachute flares, not older than the stamped expiry date (if any) or if no expiry date stamped, not older than 4 years. (Note that the 6-flare requirement of the 2002/2003 ORC may not be mixed with the 6-year requirement of the 2000/2001 ORC).

7.2. Gear packed with liferafts

Flares, water or other equipment which is packed into a liferaft may not be used to meet other sections of the ORC requirements (other than section 4.19 and Appendix A-2.0). This limitation does not apply to gear packed into a "grab bag" (section 4.20 and appendix A-4.0).

7.3. Tethers

The requirement of ORC section 5.02 that a "safety line purchased in 1/2001 or later shall have a coloured flag embedded in the stiching..." is modified to substitute the word "should" for "shall".

7.4. Drinking water

NOR section 7.1.2 references ORC 3.16(e), this should read 3.16(c). NOR section 7.1.3 references ORC 3.16(b), this should read 3.16(c).

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