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sargesail
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Topic: Sequence of Races Posted: 17 Aug 19 at 7:49pm |
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I have been looking at the RRS and Call Book to try and put my mind at rest but can’t find what I thought I would:
If a race, say race 4, is abandoned or general recalled one afternoon, and there is nothing in the SIs but a schedule of races, then the race which then takes place the next day is Race 4? If abandoned before starting then any BFDs would not count. But if general recalled or abandoned after starting then the BFD carries forward...and actually it is irrelevant whether the race is called race 4 or 5? |
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GML
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 19 at 9:00pm | |
If a race is abandoned then, unless the NoR or SIs say otherwise, it is up to the race committee to decide whether or not to resail the race - the definition of 'abandon' in the RRS says the race "may" be resailed, but doesn't require it. In such circumstances it would probably be prudent for the race committee to post a notice to competitors advising them as to whether the race is to be resailed.
If the start of a race is general recalled and the race committee isn't going to run another start for that race that day then they should probably postpone or abandon that race by displaying AP over H, AP over A, N over H, or N over A (see RRS 29.2 and 27.3). If they postpone the race then, unless they do something to change the situation, the first start on the next day will (in my view) be a restart of the race that was postponed. If they abandon the race then, as above, I think they have the option as to whether or not they resail that race on the next day (and would be well advised to post a notice informing competitors of their decision). But in any case, in my view, if a race is general recalled or abandoned after the start then BFDs carry forward only if that race is restarted or resailed, not if the race is permanently abandoned (see RRS 30.4).
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sargesail
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 17 Aug 19 at 9:21pm | |
So the RC has an ‘out’ if it General Recalls and wants to avoid substantial numbers of BFD, in that it can choose to proceed to race 5 rather than resail or restart race 4?
I had always thought there was a distinction between abandoning a race (between the warning signal and the finish) and abandoning racing - an instruction to competitors between races. Perhaps I was reading too much into the sequential construction of Rule 27. I would have thought a notice to the effect that The race was abandoned and would not be resailed would be a requirement not a nice to have. Because I had always taken (30.4) ‘if the race is restarted or resailed she shall not start in it,’ to mean the next attempt to start a race IF ONE OCCURRED, or if it were a particular trophy for say, ‘Thd Tuesday Points Race’. Edited by sargesail - 17 Aug 19 at 9:23pm |
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Brass
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 18 Aug 19 at 1:39am | |
Edited by Brass - 18 Aug 19 at 1:45am |
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