CUT CHANNEL RACE (LONG DISTANCE SERIES #2)

August 3, 2013

NOTICE The event information below, used in conjunction with the General Offshore Notice of Race, comprises the complete NOTICE OF RACE for the event. DESCRIPTION This event will consist of one race for PHRF SPINNAKER A, B & C, and PHRF NON-SPIN sailboats holding valid PHRF of the Chesapeake Category 4P certificates, and FBYC CRUISING sailboats having handicap ratings issued by FBYC.

PHRF NON-SPIN will be sailed allowing only one (1) headsail downwind. 

This race is the second race of the Long Distance Series.

PROGRAM There will be a dinner and the awards in the clubhouse following this race. Awards for the Long Distance Series will be given at the Annual Awards ceremony.

Warning The warning signal for the start will be at 1100 hours.

STARTING AREA In the vicinity of FBYC “C”.

COURSE The first mark of the course will be either (1) special buoy “Y”, or (2) a government mark listed in Appendix A.  See GSI 6.4(d) for course display format. After rounding the first mark of the course, yachts shall sail the remaining marks of the course as set forth below.

COURSE A – Approx. 28.4 NM

Mark of Course                                                                                    Leave to:

Chesapeake Bay Buoy 41A (FBYC “L”)                                                               Port

Chesapeake Bay Mid Channel Lighted Whistle Buoy CB (FBYC “Q”)      Port

Chesapeake Bay Lighted Buoy 47 (FBYC “R”)                                                  Port

Piankatank River Lighted Buoy 2 (FBYC “F”)                                                   Port

FINISH LINE Between Piankatank River Light 3 (FBYC “C”) and the orange or yellow flag on the Committee Boat stationed north of FBYC “C”. If the Committee Boat is not on station at the finish, leave FBYC “C” to port, and take your own time when you are within 25 yards of FBYC “C” and it bears 180º magnetic from the helmsman’s position. This information should be passed along to the Race Committee Chairman as soon as possible after returning to the dock.

TIME LIMITS If one boat in a class or subclass finishes within fourteen (14) hours of the actual start time of the race for that class or subclass, then the race will be valid for all boats in that class or subclass.  The time limit for the remaining boats in a class or subclass shall be two (2) hours after the first boat in their class or subclass finishes a valid race.

PROTEST TIME Protests must be filed by 0900 August 4, 2013.

SCORING The score for this race day will be combined as a part of the Long Distance Series.

CBYRA SANCTION This race is sanctioned for CBYRA High Point awards.