Orange Flags on Start Boats

   At our club the orange Flag on the committee boat signals that the boat is on station ready to start. However we have Race Officers of varying standards, and even those who should know better, either forget to fly the flag or have it streaming as the committee boat heads off down the lake to lay a start line. When it works it's great. A warning signal that things are ready to go.

Edited by A Seabadger - 12 Jan 12 at 3:53pm

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A Seabadger Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 11 Oct 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 222	Post Options Post Reply Quote A Seabadger Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Orange Flags on Start Boats Posted: 12 Jan 12 at 3:52pm
	At our club the orange Flag on the committee boat signals that the boat is on station ready to start. However we have Race Officers of varying standards, and even those who should know better, either forget to fly the flag or have it streaming as the committee boat heads off down the lake to lay a start line. When it works it's great. A warning signal that things are ready to go. Edited by A Seabadger - 12 Jan 12 at 3:53pm
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Ian29937 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 25 May 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 409	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ian29937 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Jan 12 at 2:47pm
	Interestingly the blue flag is in the signals section at the beginning of the RRS but not the orange. I always assumed they were both there. Doh!

Guests Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Quote Reply Posted: 12 Jan 12 at 2:26pm
	Orange flag = com boat on station for start and marks the com boat end of the start line. Blue flag = com boat on station for finish and marks the com boat end of the finish line. thats how we use them anyway. If you google "committee boat orange blue flag" you should be able to see how it fits into other clubs SI's. Edited by GK.LaserII - 12 Jan 12 at 2:28pm

Granite Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Far too distracted from work Joined: 12 May 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 476	Post Options Post Reply Quote Granite Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 12 Jan 12 at 2:05pm
	I have been to a few events where the RC boat puts up an orange flag as a sort of pre-warning signal. This seems to be specified in the sailing instructions, as I can't find anything in the RRS about it. I am looking at our club racing Sailing Instructions for next year and was wondering about introducing an orange flag to give a bit more warning that racing was about to start. What do people think about this, and is there a standard text to use in the sailing instructions?
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