Starting procedure / Flags2010

this slideshow shows which flags should be displayed and when

THORPE BAY YACHT CLUB

Shore Box / Committee Boat on Station

Club marks to be used

Code flag J

all marks to Port / Starboard

AP

postponedUP - 2 HootsDown – 1 Hoot

Begin start sequence 1 min after

Code Flag X

individual recall

SOUND – 1 extra hoot

General Recall

1st Sub

SOUND – 2 extra hoots

Code flag R

Mass Start

NN1 Slow cats & Sprints

Asymetric MultihullAsymetric Monhull

Slow Cats & Sprints

Code flag D – Asymmetric Cats

Code Flag O – Fast Asymmetric Mono

Fast & Slow Monohull

1st sub – fast monohull

Code Y – slow monhull

Sandhopper

NN0 - Sandhopper

Code Flag W - Cruisers

Cruisers

Code flag P

preparatory

Code flag S

Shorten Course

Committee boat on station at finish

Time Flags Sound Meaning

 T – 3 Display D, O,

NN1One Warning Signal for all Multihulls and Fast

Asyms

 T – 2 Display P One Preparatory for Multihulls and Fast Asyms

 T – 1 Remove P One One Minute for Multihulls and Fast Asyms

 

T Remove D, O, NN1Display 3rd Sub and Y

One Start for Multihulls and Fast AsymsWarning signal for Mono-hulls

  T + 1 Display P One Preparatory for Mono-hulls

  T + 2 Remove P One One Minute for Mono-hulls

 

T + 3 Remove 3rd Sub and YDisplay NN0 Flag

One Start for Mono-hullsWarning for Sandhoppers

  T + 4 Display P One Preparatory for Sandhoppers

  T + 5 Remove P One One Minute for Sandhoppers

  T + 6 Remove NN0 One Start for Sandhoppers

NN1 Slow cats & Sprints

T - 3

Code flag D – Asymmetric Cats

Code Flag O – Fast Asymmetric Mono

NN1 Slow cats & Sprints

T - 2Code flag D – Asymmetric Cats

Code Flag O – Fast Asymmetric Mono

Code flag P

NN1 Slow cats & Sprints

T - 1

Code flag D – Asymmetric Cats

Code Flag O – Fast Asymmetric Mono

T

1st sub – fast monohull

Code Y – slow monhull

T +11st sub – fast monohull

Code Y – slow monhull

Code flag P

T + 2

1st sub – fast monohull

Code Y – slow monhull

T + 3

NN0 - Sandhopper

T + 4NN0 - Sandhopper

Code flag P

T + 5

NN0 - Sandhopper

T + 6

Committee boat on station at finish

Code flag S

Shorten Course

All started races abandoned

Code Flag N -

Code Flag N -

Cade flag H -

Racing abandoned – further signals ashore

Code Flag N -

Code Flag A

Racing abandoned for the day