Small Circle Race

2017 Small Circle Race NOR

4 May 2017

NOTICE OF RACE & SAILING INSTRUCTIONS – SMALL CIRCLE RACE

Sunday 7th May 2017

1. RULES

1.1 The race will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing 2017-2020.

2. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS

2.1 Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board located at the ABYC Clubhouse.

3. CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

3.1 Any change to the sailing instructions will be posted before 09h00 on the day it will take effect, or otherwise conveyed at the Skippers Meeting at 09h00. Any postponement, to Sunday 21 May, will be announced at the Skippers.

4. RACE REQUIREMENTS

4.1 Valid COFs required.
4.2 Familiarization of Chart SAN 1024 is advisable. Boat Nav-instruments (depth) will be a big asset.

5. THE COURSE

5.1 The course is: Harbour Start -> Brenton -> St Croix -> Brenton -> Bell Buoy -> Hobie Beach Pier finish.

6. START

6.1 Harbour start: the start line will be between the General Goods terminal and the Ore terminal. The start warning signal will not be before 09h30. A Rabbit/Gate Start may be used.

7. THE FINISH

7.1 To cross the extended centre line of the pier pillars, within a hundred metres from the end of the pier, with the pier to Port.
7.2 Yachts to record their elapsed time, and to record it in the Sign In/Out register.

8. SAFETY REGULATIONS

8.1 Check-Out and Check-In Procedures, sign in and out as pet normal, and additionally you must enter you boat name on the day of sailing with the Race Officer.
8.2 Race Radio Channel is CH71 at start, reverting to CH12.

9. PENGUIN CONSERVATION
9.1 We will be sailing around one of the few remaining colonies of African Jackass Penguins; whose population is sadly in decline due to over-fishing. Every stranded, oiled or injured penguin that is rescued is crucial for the species. Participating boats are encouraged to make a donation to the SA Marine Rescue & Education Centre (SAMREC), which rehabilitates penguins and other marine animals at their Cape Recife centre – www.samrec.org.za

10. ENQUIRIES

10.1 Race Convenor: Morgan Griffiths

Small Circle Race 2016 results

16 June 2016

The Small Circle Race 2016 was sailed on Sunday 12 June 2016.

Rank	Boat	HelmName	TCF	Elapsed	Corrected	Points
1	Wallbanger	John Tudehope	0.995	05:00:12	4:58:42	1.0
2	Tikalox II	Rob Smith	0.899	05:33:47	5:00:04	2.0
3	Fling	Paul Martin	0.8	06:30:21	5:12:17	3.0
4	Sea-Esta	Jimmy Swinnerton	0.88	DNF	DNF	5.0

Small Circle race 2016 NOR

30 May 2016

NOTICE OF RACE & SAILING INSTRUCTIONS SMALL CIRCLE RACE

Sunday 5th June 2016

1. RULES

1.1 The race will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of 2013-2016.

2. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS

2.1 Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board located at the ABYC Clubhouse.

3. CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

4. RACE REQUIREMENTS

4.1 Valid COFs required.
4.2 Familiarization of Chart SAN 1024 is advisable. Boat Nav-instruments (depth) will be a big asset.

5. THE COURSE

5.1 The course is: Harbour Start -> Brenton -> St Croix -> Brenton -> Bell Buoy -> Hobie Beach Pier finish.

6. START

6.1 Harbour start: the start line will be between the General Goods terminal and the Ore terminal. The start warning signal will not be before 09h30. A Rabbit/Gate Start may be used.

7. THE FINISH

8. SAFETY REGULATIONS

9. PENGUIN CONSERVATION

9.1 We will be sailing around one of the few remaining colonies of African Jackass Penguins; whose population is sadly in decline due to over-fishing. Every stranded, oiled or injured penguin that is rescued is crucial for the species. Participating boats are encouraged to make a donation to the SA Marine Rescue & Education Centre (SAMREC), which rehabilitates penguins and other marine animals at their Cape Recife centre – www.samrec.org.za

10. ENQUIRIES

10.1 Race Convenor: Morgan Griffiths, 072 4175793, morgan_griffiths@yahoo.co.uk

Small Circle Race Results

12 December 2014

Final Results

Rank	Boat	Class	HelmName	TCF	Elapsed	Corrected	BCR
1	Skybird	Cape 28	Joe Schable	0.815	4:38:12	3:46:44	0.815
2	Tikalox II	Muira	Rob Smith	0.89	4:31:46	4:01:52	0.834
3	Fling	Sadler 26	Morgan Griffiths	0.800	5:38:42	4:30:58	0.669
4	Jelly Baby	J27	John Tudehope	0.947	DNF
4	Spirit of Sprite	L26	Mark Dawson	0.915	DNF
4	Sea Mole	Sadler 32	Anton Hautmann	0.87	DNF

Sailing Commodore Hennie Haasbroek has installed/enabled GPS tracking that is shown on the big screen in the pub – see below for the track from Jellbaby and Tikalox II during the Small circle Race. Yes, you would be correct in saying that Jellybaby’s track is not quite as expected ……

Jellybaby U-turn Small Circle Race — Jellybaby U-turn on Small Circle Race

Small Circle Race – 7 December 2014

3 December 2014

Sailing Instructions for the 2014 Small Circle Race:

1. RULES
1.1 The race will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing 2013-2016.

2. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS
2.1 Notices to competitors will be posted on the official notice board located at the ABYC Clubhouse.

3. CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS
3.1 Any change to the sailing instructions will be posted before 9h00 on the day it will take effect.

6. THE COURSE
6.1 Harbor Start -> Brenton to SB -> St Croix to SB -> Brenton to SB -> Bell Bouy to SB -> Hobie Beach Pier Finish (To cross the extended center line within 100 meters)

7. START
7.1 The start line will be between the General Goods terminal and the Ore terminal. The warning signal will be at 10h00.

8. THE FINISH
8.1 An extended center line of hobie pier, within a hundred metres from the end of the pier.

10. SAFETY REGULATIONS
10.1 Check-Out and Check-In Procedures, sign in and out as per normal, and additionally you must enter you boat name on the day of sailing on the ABYC Sailing board.
10.2 A boat that retires from a race shall notify the race committee as soon as possible.

Results: Small Circle Race 24 November 2013

27 November 2013

Final results from the Small Circle Race sailed on 24 November 2013:

Rank	Boat	Class	HelmName	TCF	Elapsed	Corrected	BCR	Points
1	Malgas	L34	Tony Bailes	0.923	3:19:04	3:03:44	0.923	1
2	Tikalox II	Muira	Rob Smith	0.89	3:40:40	3:16:24	0.833	2
3	Chinook	Farr 38	Bill Lee	1.035	3:11:04	3:17:45	0.962	3
4	Warrior	Simonis 63 (Cruising)	Phil Gutsche	1.280	2:35:39	3:19:14	1.18	4

Welcome additions to the fleet were Chinook and Warrior – nice one guys.

The Small Circle Race started in a moderate Easterly with flat seas that later became very lumpy with lots of white water as the wind strengthened.

It was great to see an old campaigner at the start Chinook, and hopefully this race will re-instil that great sailing feeling back into her soul.

Warrior was taking no prisoners and intimidated the small fleet on the run-up to the start. Malgas maintained her composure despite the “arge-barge” coming from the other competitors by pipping the fleet over the start line. ABYC maestro Tikalox 2 maintained a vigil behind the fleet over the start and given her past experience maintained a respectful position throughout the race.