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Welcome to another DWSC race briefing. Heading into Summer race there are a few changes upcoming that our racing members should be aware of, these are outlined below. As always if anything is unclear, please ask.
The Sunday series starts on the 29th March, this is the morning after the clocks change – don’t forget! Wednesday evenings start on the 1st April at 6:30pm.
I look forward to seeing you all on the water this summer!
Simon Odling, Rear Commodore Sailing
Please review the schedule for both Sundays and Wednesday evenings. The start order for Sunday morning and afternoon racing has remained the same as winter – but with one crucial change.
The GL split point between fast and slow fleets has changed to 1025.
Sunday Race 1 | ||
Warning | Not Before 11:00 | |
Preparatory | 11:01 | |
Start 1 | Fireball & Menagerie Fast Fleet – GL 1025 & below | 11.04 |
Start 2 | Aero – 5, 6, 7, 9 | 11.07 |
Start 3 | Flying Fifteen | 11.10 |
Start 4 | ILCA (Laser) – 4, 6, 7 (4.7, Radial, Std) | 11.13 |
Start 5 | Menagerie Slow Fleet – GL 1026 & above | 11.16 |
Sunday Race 2 | ||
Warning | Not Before 13.15 | |
Preparatory | 13.16 | |
Start 1 | Fireball | 13.19 |
Start 2 | Menagerie Fast Fleet – GL 1025 & below | 13.22 |
Start 3 | Flying Fifteen | 13:25 |
Start 4 | Menagerie Slow Fleet – GL 1026 & above | 13.28 |
This summer we are running a changed Wednesday evening based on participation data and keeping the Fast/Slow fleet split.
Don’t forget the first 2 weeks start 30 minutes early!
Wednesday Evening Race | 2/4, 09/4, 27/8, 3/9 | 16/4 – 20/8 | |
Warning | 18.30 | 19.00 | |
Preparatory | 18.31 | 19.01 | |
Start 1 | Flying Fifteen Menagerie Fast Fleet GL 1025 & below | 18.34 | 19.04 |
Start 2 | ILCA (Laser) | 18.37 | 19.07 |
Start 3 | Menagerie Slow Fleet GL 1026 & above | 18.40 | 19.10 |
Start 4 | Aeros (5, 6, 7, 9) | 18.43 | 19.13 |
On Sunday mornings if the 1st race is delayed and does not start before 12pm it will be automatically cancelled, and the afternoon race may be sailed as planned.
No major updates here – please remember to use your series sail number to prevent any issues with results.
No sign off or retirement sheet will be printed out and provided, instead if you retire from a race you should sign off as in the example below.
At Draycote we the Great Lakes Handicap System. There have been some updates this year, more than usual and as such the pursuit race starts have changed for some classes.
With the Fast/Slow fleet split point set at 1025 please check which start to use for Sunday & Wednesday racing.
Please check your Pursuit Race start time begore the first race at Easter.
If for any reason a fleet does not start on its allotted start time it must not start with or in between another fleet’s start. This has been an issue during the summer.
The fleet should send a representative to the OD boat, taking care to avoid interfering with any other starts to request that they start at the back of the sequence. Where no General Recall has happened, this would be on start 6 after the Slow Menagerie fleet have started.
The same applies to any fleet planning on starting after the main sequence for any reason – speak to the OD beforehand and let them know your plans.
If this does happen please also be courteous to the slower boats ahead of you, you probably aren’t actually racing them and most of the time its faster to avoid each other!
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