1. Management
Little Current Yacht Club is the organizing authority of the 2011 LCYC Race Series (Race) and has appointed the Little Current Yacht Club Local Race Committee (Race Committee) to conduct the Races and related activities. The Race Committee has the authority to interpret the rules and conditions of each Race and to reject the entry of any boat at any time before the start of each Race. The Cooper Cup race will start on June 18, 2011; the Eaton Cup on June 19, 2011; the Centis Cup will be held on July 9, 2011; the Bousquet Challenge on September 10, 2011; and the Anchor Inn/Labatts Fall Classic on September 11, 2011. The fleet will be divided into divisions and classes according to rating/handicap and other factors at the discretion of the Race Committee.

2. Rules

RRS3: Acceptance of the rules:

By participating in a race conducted under these racing rules, each competitor and boat owner agrees to be governed by the rules.

The Race shall be governed by the “rules” as defined in the current Racing Rules of Sailing for 2009-2012 (RRS), which include the following (except as changed by the Sailing Instructions):

a.) The prescriptions of the Canadian Yachting Association.
b.) This Notice and Conditions of Race (Notice of Race).
c.) The Sailing Instructions and any amendments.
d.) The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.
e.) Applicable Canadian Coast Guard Rules and Regulations.
f.) Starts will be held in accordance with rule RRS# 26.
g.) Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) rules as administered by the Race Committee, using Lake Erie PHRF or a national average, as published on-line, and applying the credits for roller furling, fixed prop, etc. as found on our PHRF rating sheet.

3. Responsibilities of Skipper and Crew

a.) Little Current Yacht Club, its officers and members, the members of the Race Committee and sponsors shall not be liable for any loss of life, injury to persons or damage to property that may occur during or related to the race.

NOTE: See RRS-4 decision to race in racing rules of sailing.

b.) As used in the Notice of Race and the Sailing Instructions, the term “Skipper” means the person who is designated on the Entry Form as “Skipper” and who is in charge of the boat, whether or not the owner.
c.) The safety of a boat and its crew is the sole and inescapable responsibility of the Skipper, who must insure that the boat is fully sound, thoroughly seaworthy and sailed by an experienced and physically fit crew. The Skipper must be satisfied with the soundness of the hull, spars, rigging, sails and gear and must insure that all equipment is properly maintained and stowed and that the crew knows where it is kept and how it is to be used.
d.) Little Current Yacht Club strongly recommends (but does not require) that all personnel on deck wear personal flotation when starting and finishing without exception, and at all other times except when the Skipper of the boat directs that it may be set aside. Competitors are reminded that it is the competitor’s individual responsibility for wearing personal buoyancy adequate for the conditions (RRS 1.2) and that each boat is solely responsible for deciding whether or not to start or to continue racing (RRS 4). Competitors are required to notify the Race Committee at the earliest opportunity if the boat withdraws from the Race on VHF channel 80.
e.) Due to the nature of the waters we sail, it is the responsibility of the skipper to use sound judgment and accurate navigation to avoid the shoals that are adjacent to our racing area. The Little Current Yacht Club will not be responsible for poor navigation.

4. Conduct
The Skipper shall be responsible for the conduct of the crew before, during and after the race. In the event of a serious breach of conduct, the destruction of property or the failure to comply with a reasonable request of the Race Committee, the Race Committee may request that the Protest Committee act under RRS 69.1.

5. Eligibility
To be eligible, boats must be of a seaworthy offshore type, at least 22 feet LOA with accommodations and equipment in accordance with Equipment Requirements and have a permanently installed inboard engine fitted with a propeller or an outboard motor that must remain mounted in its normal operating position throughout the race.

Division I– Spinnaker/Gennaker

It is expected that there will be one cruising class, which will be scored using the PHRF handicap system with either symmetrical or asymmetrical spinnakers or gennakers. Class splits will be handed out at the Skipper’s meeting.

Boats in the cruising division are subject to the following limitations:
• Use either an asymmetrical or a standard spinnaker; you cannot use both.
• Headsails must be flown hanked to the headstay or in the headstay groove except that

asymmetrical spinnakers may be flown as provided below. 
• Staysails may not be flown on sloop-rigged boats. Other boats may fly a staysail in the

foretriangle provided that the combined areas of the staysail and the headsil do not exceed

the maximum LP stated on the boat's "PHRF Application Questionnaire for Cruising Boats

and Boats without PHRF Certificates".
• If a roller-furler credit is given:
° all headsails must be cut for the roller-furler;
° the roller-furler must be used throughout the race; and
° during headsail changes, the old sail must be dropped to the deck and the new sail then put

on the roller-furler and hoisted.
• Asymmetrical spinnakers may be flown provided they
(i) are flown without a whisker or spinnaker pole and
(ii) are attached to a tack point or are attached to a tack line that is led to a tack point that is no

more than 12 inches fore or aft of the jib tack.
• Whisker or spinnaker poles may be used only for headsails or symmetrical spinnakers.

Division II– White Sail Only

The White Sail Only class will have the same requirements as shown above for Division I, except spinnakers and gennakers will not be allowed, for the purposes of handicapping white sail boats will receive a 12 second a mile credit in relation to spinnaker boats.

6. Entry
The Race Committee must receive the following items before the race:
• Completed Entry Form and non-refundable entry fee as per the race fee schedule.
• Copy of the boat’s current valid handicap or rating certificate unless previously designated by

LCYC.

• For boats without a valid 2011 PHRF certificate, a completed copy of the “PHRF

Application Questionnaire for Cruising Boats and Boats without PHRF Certificates".

7. Registration
The Skipper of each boat or a representative with the Skipper’s written authorization shall register the boat at the Skipper’s meeting.

Fees: The cost for each individual race will be $25 for member and $40 for non-members. If you pre-register for all four (4) races before the start of the season the cost will be $75 for members only.

The Centis Cup is not a qualifier for the Manitoulin Island  "Boat of the Year" trophy and will have a cost the same as the other races.

The Race Committee can be reached on VHF channel 80.

8. Sailing Instructions

The sailing instructions for each race will be distributed at the Skipper's meeting which shall be held at the LCYC Clubhouse. The Cooper's Cup, the Bousquet Challenge and the Centis Cup will be held at 8:30 AM on race day. The Eaton Cup and Anchor Inn/Labatts Fall Classic meeting shall be held the evening prior to race day immediately following the awards dinner/presentation. Anyone not attending the previous day's race can pick up the instructions from the website or at the clubhouse. Any modifications discussed at the skipper's meeting will be posted on the club bulletin board. The Race Committee can be contacted on race day on channel 80 prior to the race and all participants should start monitoring one hour prior to the race for any last minute changes.

9. Course
The course and the exact start and finish locations will be included with the sailing instructions for each race.

10. Courtesy Broadcasts
An unofficial designated observer may report all visual signals displayed by the Race Committee over VHF radio channel 80. Information so reported is provided as a courtesy to competitors and does not alter the competitors’ responsibility to observe the Race Committee’s visual signals, which govern the conduct of the race. Errors or emissions by the observer, or a competitor’s failure to hear an observer’s report, will not be grounds for granting redress.

11. Individual Recalls
In addition to signaling in accordance RRS 29.1, the Race Committee may hail, or announce by VHF radio channel 80, the sail numbers of boats subject to individual recall. The failure to do so, an incorrect or late hail or announcement, or the order in which sail numbers are hailed or announced shall not be grounds for redress. This changes RRS 62.1.

12. Scoring
Each boat shall be ranked by her corrected time in division and class. The boat with the lowest corrected time wins. Handicaps will be figured using nautical Miles.

PHRF: Time allowances of PHRF boats will be calculated on a time-on-distance basis.

13. Protests and Alternative Penalties
a.) There will be a Protest Committee constituted in compliance with RRS Appendix M.
b.) RRS 44.1 and RRS 44.2 shall apply.

RRS 44.1 Taking a Penalty “A boat that may have broken a rule of Part 2 while racing

may take a penalty at the time of the incident. Her penalty shall be a Two-Turns Penalty

unless the sailing instructions specify the use of the Scoring Penalty or some other penalty.

However, if she caused injury or serious damage or gained a significant advantage in the race

or series by her breach her penalty shall be to retire."

RRS 44.2 Two Turns Penalty “After getting well clear of other boats as soon after the

incident as possible, a boat takes a Two-Turns Penaltyby promptly making two turns in the

direction, including two tack and two gybes. When a boat takes the penalty at or near the

finishing line, she shall sail completely to the course side of the line before finishing."       
c.) Penalties imposed by the Protest Committee include disqualification, but in lieu of disqualification, the Protest Committee may penalize a boat by an amount that the Protest Committee deems appropriate.

14. Awards
° Flags will be awarded after each race to boats in each class on the following basis: 1st for the

three boats, 1st and 2nd for five boats, or 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for seven or more boats in class.
° The Manitoulin Island “Boat of the Year” trophy will be awarded at the end of the season to

the boat with the best record in three races. If a boat sails all four races, the best three

finishes will be used in the calculation.

15. Website and Email

Competitors are required to supply a working email address on the entry form as a condition to enter into the race or it will be each competitor's responsibility to contact the Race Committee for changes made to a race.

The Race Committee will attempt (but not be obligated) to notify each competitor of amendments to the Notice of Race and/or Sailing Instructions by email to the address so provided.