Visualization of the tactical position of a Racing Sailboat at a Markrounding

In the Zone there are four basic tactical position;
Or was it six? :-)



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Do not, I repeat DO NOT, become RED!
(I mean the second one.....)

Theorielezingen bij TEAM HEINER

Een bericht van TEAM HEINER

Zoals elk jaar organiseren wij traditiegetrouw theorielezingen in het vroege voorjaar.

Het programma is als volgt:

-          BOOTTRIM (27 februari): Over de krachten op een zeilend jacht; wat maakt het loef- of lijgierig? Waarom veranderen de krachten als de wind verandert en hoe zet je de mast recht?

-          ZEILVORM (6 maart): Hoe krijg je bolling in een zeil, welke trim mogelijkheden zijn er om de bolling te veranderen en hoe moet de zeilvorm er eigenlijk uit zien?

-          WEDSTRIJDTACTIEK (13 maart): Hoe ga je om met de tegenstanders op de wedstrijdbaan die allemaal hetzelfde willen bereiken en allen om dezelfde baan, boeien en tegenstanders moeten varen om hun doel te bereiken?

-          WEDSTRIJDSTRATEGIE (27 maart): Wedstrijdstrategie is het bepalen van je plan, er vanuit gaande dat er geen tegenstanders op het baan zijn. Met welke factoren moet je rekening mee houden en welke niet?

-          METEO door Guus da Graca (3 april): Kan je voorspellen wat de wind gaat doen, kan het zijn wat voor de ene zeiler als geluk overkomt, voor de ander kennis is?

De lezingen worden gegeven door Roy Heiner, met uitzondering van de lezing over meteo. Dit onderwerp neemt meteoroloog Guus da Graca voor zijn rekening. De avonden vinden plaats bij Team Heiner in Lelystad, en duren van 19.00 tot ca 21.30 uur. Kosten bedragen Eur 30,= pp per avond, incl BTW, een hand-out en een kopje koffie.

De geïnteresseerden kunnen zich bij mij aanmelden door een mail te sturen naar natasha ad teamheiner dot com.

Zij ontvangen dan dan een bevestiging en een routebeschrijving.

PODCASTs on the Racing Rules of Sailing by Bryan Willis

Nobody knows the racing rules of sailing like Bryan Willis. Having chaired international juries at major events throughout the world including the Sydney Olympics and recent  America's Cups he knows a thing or two about what you can, can't or must to while out competing on the water.


These three podcasts were inspired by his new, bestselling book about the racing rules of sailing Rules in Practice 2009-2012.
Also available in Dutch!

Podcast 1. Why Change the Rules?

In this, the first of three racing rules of sailing podcasts, Bryan Willis talks about how he got involved with the racing scene, how and why the rules get updated and the main changes for the recent 2009-2012 revision.
Click here to listen to the podcast

Podcast 2: What rules do you actually need to know?


In the second of Bryan Willis; racing rules podcasts, he discusses what rules the club racer needs to know, what rules cause the most confusion on the water and offers a few suggestions for how to use the rules to your advantage.
Click here to listen to the podcast

Podcast 3. Umpiring and Protests 

In the last of the three racing rules podcasts, expert author Bryan Willis talks about the advantages of on the water umpiring, offers his own advice on making the most of the protest process and how to present strong evidence to the committee.
Click here to listen to the podcast

From:http://www.wileynautical.com/

Rules in Pictures

For all those among you who want to have the feel of real boats on the water, while learning the new rules I suggest you have a look at:
Uncle Al's Rules in Pictures!

In his long sailing career in the Wayfarer Class, Uncle Al has collected untold number of pictures to illustrating every rule in the book. He has just finished updating "Racing Rules in Pictures" for the 2009-2012 RRS.


In the photo above on the left, 1305 (starboard) is an obstruction to 1131 who is on port tack. Therefore 1131 would have had the right to hail 171 for "room to tack", had he done so well before the moment captured here. Having not hailed, 1131 is now blissfully sailing into a situation where he is sure to foul the starboard boat (1305) since he's left it too late to bear away, or he will foul the boat to windward of him (171) by doing a crash tack (see photo on right) to avoid 1305.

This material is intended as a practical guide of the basic Rules necessities for his fellow Wayfarers, but just the same, he hopes that a few of LTW's readers might enjoy looking it over and sending him (uncle-al3854@cogeco.ca) word of any errors they may find. He has done his best to proof-read but the extra eyes would be welcome.

I suggest you have a look, it is worth it!

RYA Conference 2009

Mike send me an email drawing my attention to the 2009 RYA Race Officials Conference.
The presentations are all available on the RYA website.

Looks like a lot of information for us to go trough. I haven't had time to study them, but will try to do that in coming weeks. Here's the list:

Presentation	Given by
1. Course Design	David Campbell James and Peter Bentley
2. Course Data	David Campbell James
3. Rules Submissions	David Lees and Richard Thompson
4. Overview of Mark Laying Courses	Ed Stevens and Drew Stanley
5. Match and Team Racing Management	John Burgoine
6. Portsmouth Yardstick Scheme	Bas Edmonds
7. Working with Volunteers	Jackie Bennetts
8. Dinghy Safety Fleet Management	Roger Wilson
9. Competitor Misconduct	John Napier
10. Rules Changes and writing Sailing Instructions	Trevor Lewis
11. Tactics and the new rules	Chris Gowers
12. Medal Racing	John Doerr

Please don't hesitate to draw attention to highlights if you find them.

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RULES IN SECTION C

I've been fiddling with a diagram from the presentation of the ISAF RRS Section C Working Party. (You can look that up in this post: Tactical Rounding with Mark-Room? | 3)

For everybody who is finding their way in the new section C, the presentation gave a schematic flow-chart to find the appropriate rule. When I first started translating this in Dutch to use in a presentation, I discovered there should be an additional question. Rule 19 can be applicable for boats that approach the line to start!

So I revised the flow chart to include that question and here's the result

I'm also including the Dutch translation:

We will no doubt have protest about boats approaching the first line of boats at a starting line from astern. The discussion if the windward boat will be able to give room, might be difficult, but must somehow be resolved. Mike B already predicted a Black flag chaos: RRS 2009-2012; Rule 19 Room to Pass an Obstruction

What do you think? Any comments on the diagrams are welcome.

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Dag van de Wedstrijdsport 2009

Voor iedereen die mijn presentatie nog eens wil nalezen:
DvW Regelwijzigingen 2009-2012

Let op: Het overzicht is niet volledig, maar aangepast op de beperkte tijd die de voordracht mocht duren.

New Rules presentation on RYA-site

By E-mail I was notified about a link on the RYA-site. (Thanks Brass!)
It is a extensive PowerPoint presentation about all the changes in the Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012, made by Trevor Lewis.

From the RYA site:

Many Clubs will be looking for something to help fill up their Winter programme. Down loading this PowerPoint presentation could help, with a little homework any qualified race official or proficient sailor should be able to deliver this hour long presentation. On the other hand your local Regional Rules Advisor may be able to find a local expert to come and deliver it for you. To find your local Advisor, please email (see RYA site)

Download the PowerPoint presentation accessible from the link at the bottom of the page, and open it up in presentation mode. The first slides will help you set up your computer to be able to deliver it. Slide 4 is a menu where you should choose the last option, “Quick Guide.” This is the part to use.

For those wanting to prepare in depth or you are curious to discover more, the rest of the presentation will provide you with a detailed step by step route through all the new changes in the Racing Rules of Sailing 2009 – 2012.

• Rule Changes Presentation
  

I haven't had the time to go over all the slides, but from what I did read, was already impressed. Beautiful and very thorough indeed!


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