2.0 Notices to Competitors
2.1 Notices will be posted on the Race Committee bulletin board inside the 1st floor of the DCYC clubhouse.

3.0 Changes to Sailing Instructions
3.1 Any changes to the sailing instructions will be posted not later than one (1) hour before the first warning signal on the day it will take effect, on the Race Committee bulletin board inside the 1st floor of the DCYC clubhouse.

4.0 Signals Made Ashore
4.1 Signals made ashore will be flown from the yardarm of the mast located by the DCYC swimming pool.

4.2 When flag “AP” is displayed ashore, “1 minute” is replaced with “not less than 60 minutes” in Race Signal AP.

5.0 Schedule of Races
5.1 There are twelve (12) races scheduled in the Fall Series, 2004, with two races to be attempted on each race day. One extra race per day may be sailed.

5.2 The warning signal for the first race each day will be at 1:00 pm. Subsequent races each day will be held as soon as possible after the end of the previous race.

6.0 Class Flags
6.1 The Spinnaker Class flag will be numeral pennant one (1). The Non-spinnaker Class flag will be numeral pennant two (2).

7.0 Racing Area
7.1 The racing area will be within the portion of Lewisville Lake shown on the attached chart or on the chart made available at the skipper's meeting.

8.0 The Course
8.1 All courses to be sailed will be windward-leeward courses. Course selection will be displayed from the transom of the Race Committee boat. The course board will display for each fleet the course WL (meaning windward/leeward) followed by the number of legs of the course. Also displayed for each fleet will be first and second mark identifier (the first mark normally being the weather mark, the second mark normally being the starting mark). See the attached diagram for examples of these courses. The approximate compass bearing to the first mark will also be displayed.

9.0 The Marks
9.1 The marks will be the DCYC permanent marks (designated 1 through 12, R, G and Snag) as depicted on the attached map. Temporary yellow tetrahedrons (designated as T1 or T2) may also be used or used in combination with the permanent marks.

10.0 The Starting Line
10.1 The Starting Line will be between a staff displaying an orange flag on the Race Committee boat on the starboard end of the line, and a nearby mark.

11.0 Individual Recalls
11.1 Individual recalls will be signaled in accordance with RRS 29.2. The Race Committee may attempt to notify premature starters by announcing their sail numbers by hail or on VHF channel 69. Failure of the Race Committee to transmit and/or failure of the over-early boat(s) to receive such notification will NOT be grounds for redress.

12.0 Checking in on the Race Course
12.1 Before the warning signal of the first race each day, each boat shall sail on starboard tack past the stern of the Race Committee boat and hail her sail number until acknowledged by a member of the Race Committee. Failure to check in may result in a DNS.

13.0 The Finish Line
13.1 The Finish Line will be between a staff on a Race Committee boat displaying an orange flag and the finishing mark.

13.2 If a committee boat on station at a mark of the course is displaying a shorten course flag (code flag S with 2 sounds), all boats will finish between that committee boat and the nearby mark. If class flags are displayed with the shorten course flag, then only those classes indicated are to finish at that mark.

14.0 Time Limits
14.1 A boat shall start no later than ten minutes after the starting signal. Any boat starting later than ten minutes after her starting signal will be scored as Did Not Start (DNS) by the Race Committee without further hearing.

14.2 The time limit for the first boat in each class to finish each race is ninety (90) minutes. Boats failing to finish within forty-five (45) minutes after the first boat finishing in their class, or within the time limit, whichever is later, shall be scored points for the finishing place one more than the number of boats that finish within the time limit. This changes Rule 35 and A9.

14.3 If a late finishing boat(s) is delaying the next start, the Race Committee may order the race terminated, and finish the boat(s) in place, without regard to handicap.

15.0 Safety
15.1 A boat which retires from a race is asked to notify the Race Committee on VHF 69 either before leaving the course area, or if that is not possible, immediately after arriving ashore.

16.0 Scoring
16.1 The Low Point Scoring System will be used.

16.2 There are twelve (12) races scheduled in the DCYC Fall Series 2004. One completed race is required to constitute the series.

16.3 Each boat’s series score shall be the total of her race scores, excluding her worst score if at least four (4) races are completed, excluding her two (2) worst scores if at least eight (8) races are completed, and excluding her three (3) worst scores if at least twelve (12) races are completed. This modifies Rule A2.

17.0 Protests
17.1 All protests must be delivered to a member of the Protest Committee not more than sixty (60) minutes after the Committee boat docks. This changes RRS 61.3

17.2 Protest, time and order of hearing will be posted on the Race Committee bulletin board.

18.0 Boat Identification & Sail Number
18.1 Sail numbers must be clearly displayed. Boats in the same race and same fleet bearing the same sail numbers must so inform the Race Committee.

19.0 Disclaimer of Liability
19.1 Competitors participate in the Series Races entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. DCYC will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during or after the Series Races.

20.0 Insurance
20.1 All participating boats shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance when racing. If asked to do so by the Race Committee, competitors must supply proof of such insurance or be subject to disqualification.