SSSS Race Instructions – Eagle Island

Distances:
Short Course           Long Course
20.3 n.m.                  26.5 n.m.

Courses:
Start and finish between the Race Committee Boat and Olympia Shoal.
Long Course: To be sailed by Class 1. Leave the stake boat at the NW corner of
Anderson Island to port. The course can be shortened between the stake boat
and Anderson Island on a line represented by a compass bearing of 180° or at
Itsami Ledge on either the outbound or inbound course.

Short Course: To be sailed by Class 2. Leave the temporary SSSS mark south of
Devils Head to starboard. This course can be shortened at the temporary SSSS
mark, or at Itsami Ledge on either the outbound or inbound course.

Start Times:

Class 2 Alert: Ready for start sequence: multiple short sounds

0929

Warning Signal: class flags for Class 2

0930

Preparatory Signal: P flag up

0931

P flag comes down

0934

Start: Class 2 flag down

0935

 

Class 1 Alert: Ready for start sequence: multiple short sounds

0954

Warning Signal: class flags for Class 1

0955

Preparatory Signal: P flag up

0956

P flag comes down

0959

Start: Class 1 flag down

1000


Time Limit:
10 hours after each class start or two hours after the first finisher in each class,
whichever is shorter.