Sign on/off

At out club if you want to race in the club race you have to sign on - then after the race you have to sign off within 30 mins of the last boat.

As a result if you fancy a bit of practice after the race you don't get to sign off in time and end up with a DSQ.

Most of the MPS fleet often stay out and now we end up with a a DSQ's ... it's not that easy to come in after the race and then sign off and go back out.

It is good for the ROD to know who's entered to they can track numbers so signing on makes sense but the signing off bit just seems like a way to make people come off the water ...

If you havn't signed off they don't think there is a saftey issue and go looking they just DSQ you ...

I'd be interested to hear what other clubs do for club racing ...

Rick

At clubs I've known use this system, it was nothing to do with safety. You are signing to say you complied with RRS. If you didn't do your turns on the water, it provides another opportunity to do the decent thing and retire, simply by not signing off.

We sign on for racing and thats it. If you retire it's usually obvious enough for the OD to pick up on it. The club is all about enjoying sailing and whilst the racing is deadly serious on the water and to a pretty high standard, the club's approach is relaxed and all the better for it.

I'd put forward an amendment if I were you Rick. Club sailing is all about having fun and you shouldn't suffer because you went out for a blast afterwards.

Les,

Have you read the sheets recently ?

You only need sign on ONCE for the whole series, after that you are automatically signed on, you just need to S/o for retired etc.

The sheets say something like "sign below for retured".