1  RULES 
1.1  Racing will be governed by the ‘rules’ as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing. 
1.2 The International Hobie Class Association Rules will apply, the race is categorized as an "Open" event. 
1.3 The prescriptions of the Philippine Sailing Association will not apply. 
 

2 NOTICES TO COMPETITORS 
 Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice boards located at the TLYC Training Tent and on the TLYC Official Website. 

3 CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS 
 Any change to the sailing instructions will be posted 1 hour before it will take effect, except that any change to the schedule of races will be posted 1 week before it will take effect.  

4  SIGNALS MADE ASHORE 
4.1 Signals made ashore will be displayed at the TLYC Flag Pole 
4.2 When flag AP is displayed ashore, ‘1 minute’ is replaced with ‘not less than 4 minutes’ in race signal AP. 
4.3 When flag Y is displayed ashore, rule 40 applies at all times while afloat. This changes the Part 4 preamble. 

5 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRIES 
5.1 helm must be taken by a female member of the crew, who may, or may not be the skipper.
5.2 If the crew is 2 women, either may helm, without penalty.
5.3 If the crew is mixed, and the female member of the crew releases the helm in favor of a male crew, a penalty will be required. Note that as long as the female remains aft of the male crew, and does not release the helm, and remains in pimary control of the boat, no penalty is required.
 
6  SCHEDULE OF RACES

6.1 The schedule of races will be announced in the Club e mail newsletter.  
6.2 The scheduled time of the warning signal for the first race each day is 1030 hrs. 
6.3 When more than one race will be held on the same day, the warning signal for each succeeding race will be made as soon as practicable.
6.4 For monthly race days there will be a maximum of 5 races per day with no discard.  
6.5 No warning signal will be made after 1600 hrs, from September thru April, or 1430 hrs, from May thru August.   
 

7 CLASS FLAGS 
 Class flags will be: 
 Class                                   Flag 
 Hobie 16                              White  
 
  

8 RACING AREAS  
  The Racing Area will be Taal Lake, or other prescribed location. 

9 THE COURSES 
9.1 The diagrams in Attachment 2 show the courses, including the order in which marks are to be passed, and the side on which each mark is to be left.   Should the above statement not be applicable, the courses will be explained in the race briefing. 

9.2 No later than the warning signal, the race committee signal boat will display the course number. 
 9.3 When there is a gate, boats shall sail between the gate marks from the direction of the previous mark. 

10 MARKS 
Unless otherwise stated in the racebriefing:

10.1  rounding and passing marks will be large yellow roud inflatable buoys. 
10.2 The Outer Distance Starting Mark (ODM) will be a large red buoy 
10.3 The inner distance mark (IDM), if in position, will be a small red buoy 
10.5 A race committee boat signalling a change of course is a mark as provided in instruction 12.2. 
 

11 THE START 
11.1 Races will be started by using rule 26 with the warning signal given 5 minutes before the starting signal.  
11.2 The starting line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on the Signal boat or TLYC Flag Pole and the ODM.   
11.4 A boat starting later than 5 minutes after her starting signal will be scored Did Not Start. This changes rule A4.1. 

12 CHANGE OF THE POSITION OF THE NEXT MARK  
12.1 To change the position of the next mark, the race committee will move the original mark (or the finishing line) to a new position. The change will be signalled before the leading boat has begun the leg, although the mark may not yet be in the new position. Any mark to be rounded after rounding the moved mark may be relocated without further signalling to maintain the course shape.  
12.2 Boats shall pass between the race committee boat signalling the change of course and the nearby mark, leaving the mark to port and the race committee boat to starboard. This changes rule 28.1. 

13 THE FINISH  
13.1 The finishing line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on the Signal Boat or TLYC Flag Pole and the ODM.  
13.2 Hoisting a Blue flag on the signal boat or TLYC Flag Pole will open the finish line. 
13.3 Lowering the Blue Flag when the last boat has finished or the time limit has expired will close the finish line. This adds to the meaning of the Blue Flag in Race Signals 

14 PENALTY SYSTEM 
14.1 For the Beach Catamaran Classes rule 44.2 is changed so that the 720° turn is replaced by a 360° turn. 
 

15 TIME LIMITS AND TARGET TIMES 
15.1 Time limits and target times are as follows:  
 Class             Time limit      Mark 1 time limit     Target time 
  Catamarans   1 hr             15 mins                  40 mins  
    
     
 If no boat has passed Mark 1 within the Mark 1 time limit the race will be abandoned. 
15.2 Boats failing to finish, within 15 minutes after the first boat sails the course, and finishes, will be scored with their observed position on the course at that time. At the discretion of the Race Officer, positions when the boats last rounded a mark may be awarded.  
15.3 At the closure of the finish line referred to in SI 13.3 all boats shall be deemed to have finished and may return to the start for subsequent starts or ashore. This adds to RRS 35 

16 PROTESTS AND REQUESTS FOR REDRESS  
16.1  Protest forms are available at the Training Tent. Protests shall be delivered there within the protest time limit.   
16.2 For each class , the protest time limit is 30 minutes after the last boat has finished the last race of the day. 
16.3 will be posted within 15 minutes of the protest time limit to inform competitors of hearings in which they are parties or named as witnesses. Hearings will be held in the Training Tent as soon as possible after the receipt of the Protest Form. 
16.3 Each Protest Form will only be accepted when handed in with (except for collisions resulting in serious damage) a non-returnable case of cold beer. TLYC highly recommends that, to avoid this protest fee, and cause delays in announcement of results, protestor and protestee discuss the incident and come to an amicable solution, where the protest is either withdrawn, or one party retires. Should the protest be lodged, and the protestor wins the protest, the protestee will reimburse all costs of the protest. 
16.4 A 360 penalty turn will be required for every minute, or portion of a minute, that the male member of the crew takes the helm, and should be done before returning the helm to the other member of the crew. 
The male may do the 360, and the time that takes is not counted as part of the one minute he took the helm. He may sail the boat for an additional 10 seconds, after completing the 360.
in case of protest, the onus is on the protestee, to prove the amount of time he/she was on the helm.
 

17  SCORING 
17.1  The Low Point scoring system of Appendix A will apply.   

18  SAFETY REGULATIONS 
18.1  At the time of registration each skipper and crew shall sign in on the appropriate form with liability waiver, and present it to the RC. 
18.2 At the discretion of the Race Committee Hobie 16 crews that could be under the minimum weight limit of 285 lbs will be weighed  
18.2 A boat that retires from a race shall notify the race committee as soon as possible.
18.3 Responsibility will remain with the skipper, regardless of whether the skipper is at the helm, or not.
  

19  REPLACEMENT OF CREW OR EQUIPMENT 
19.1  For the series of races only the helm named on the entry form will be eligible. If a different helm completes a race in the same boat then they will be considered a separate entry and their results cannot be combined with any other helms results. The registered crew may take over the helm for a very short period in exceptional circumstances.  
19.2 Substitution of damaged or lost equipment will not be allowed unless approved by the race committee. Requests for substitution shall be made to the committee at the first reasonable opportunity.    

20 TRASH DISPOSAL  
 Boats shall not put trash/ garbage/ rubbish in the water. Trash may be placed aboard race committee boats. 

21 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY 
 Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta.