2016 Canadian Championships
wnethercote:
Draft Sailing Instructions
Canadian DN Championship Regatta
Canadian Region IDNIYRA
1. The Race Course will be three laps of the National Iceboat Authority INLINE Course. Marks will be orange tetrahedrons; the Darling marks will be smaller than the Windward and Leeward marks.
2. The first race of the day will start at 11:00AM on Saturday, and at 10:00AM on Sunday. Subsequent races each day will start as soon as possible after starting positions are available, but a yacht shall not be required to start sooner than 15 minutes after finishing. No race will be started after 3:00PM on Sunday.
3. A rope or wire starting line may be used: DO NOT SAIL OVER THE LINE! Each yacht’s leeward runner shall be positioned at her starting number.
4. The starting signal shall be the rapid lowering of the starter’s arms (or flag) after he/she raises his arms (or flag) to signify the preparatory signal. If the start is to be delayed after the preparatory signal, the starter will slowly lower his arms (or flag).
4. The finish of the first boat will be indicated by the display of a flag at the leeward end of the finish line. When a flag is so displayed the Bart rule is in effect. The flag will be displayed until all yachts have finished or the time limit has expired, whichever is sooner.
5. The time limit for the first finisher in a race is 6 ½ minutes per mile of rhumb line course length (e.g., for a 1 mile course, 3 laps x 2 legs per lap x 6 ½ minutes = 39 minutes). Any yacht not finishing within 20 minutes of the first yacht shall be scored DNF.
6. There will be a maximum of nine races, with three races required to constitute a series. There will be one discard if six or more races are completed.
7. Intention to protest must be reported to the race committee immediately after the race in question. A written protest must be filed with the race committee or the Canadian Rear Commodore at the launch site within two hours of the finish of the last race of the day.
Warren Nethercote
Canadian Rear Commodore
wnethercote:
Update: Kingston (primary/only? site) got 3 to 4 inches of blowing snow last night. An ice check of Colonel By Lake will be done approx 1330 EST today with a goal of making a go/no go decision this evening.
Warren Nethercote
Canadian Rear Commodore
wnethercote:
CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS POSTPONED
Colonel By lake received 3 to 5 inches of wind-blown snow last night and there is a wet area in the centre of the plate (the racing area). Probability of successfully racing on this plate this weekend is poor, so we are postponing to a future date. There is about 5 inches of ice, so future prospects for the lake are good.
Both Trenton and Montreal lost their ice sheets over the last few days, so we need to wait for the next freeze for bigger ice.
Warren
wnethercote:
Warning: we may hold the Canadian Championships this weekend, 5/6 March, on Lake Mactaquac, New Brunswick. There has already been an email distribution via Nova Ice Yacht Club, New England Ice Yachting Association, and Kingston and Montreal email Groups. Apologies for late announcement here as I was on the road.
Last Weekend there was sailing on good ice at Mactaquac in New Brunswick. The site is accessible from Nova Scotia, PEI, Ontario/Quebec via the Trans Canada and New England via I95. It has been proposed that we hold the Canadians there this coming weekend, subject to a favourable ice report after today's storm. I drove the Trans Canada in the area of the site this morning and there was no, or at worst negligible snow, changing to freezing rain then rain. Looks promising.
Final announcement will be made tomorrow, Thursday.
Point to note: the Eastern Rear Commodore has suggested the possibility of holding BOTH the Canadians and the Easterns as one-day events this weekend, if the ice cooperates on Moosehead.
Warren Nethercote
Canadian Rear Commodore
wnethercote:
The 2016 Canadian Championships are Postponed.
The New England Ice Yachting Association is planning to hold the New England Championships this weekend and Kingston Harbour is being sailed as we speak, so the prospect of any 'from away' participants is weak - hardly the stuff of a national championship. There will likely be sailing and scrub racing at Mactaquac this weekend for those nearby.
Warren Nethercote
Canadian Rear Commodore
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