Alternate format racing 2023/24

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Racing at WSC is governed by the terms and conditions in the associated Notice of Race (NOR) and Sailing Instructions (SI); these will be made available on the WSC website and may be updated during the course of the Series. Sailors will be notified in advance by email of any changes made and these will also be recorded on the WSC website.

All Series Races will commence at 1:30 pm (first Division start time on the water), with a Pre-race Briefing at 12:30 pm. Attendance at the Pre-Race Briefing is highly recommended for all skippers and/or their crew, as it is at this meeting that any last-minute changes to the course or any special safety issues will be raised.

Three Saturdays are gazetted for Alternate format races, with exact details to be circulated closer to the time.

As well as introducing more variety and interest into our racing, this will allow sailors to mix boat and crew combinations for different series, which will encourage participation by novice sailors (both juniors and adults) as skippers will be able to ‘try out’ a new crew or new boat for one series without impacting their results in another series.

  • 20th January - A Pursuit race (with starts based on class yardstick, so that all divisions should finish together)
  • 13th April - A Short race series, with 4-8 short races in a single afternoon
  • 11th May - A distance race, with a start and finish line at the Club jetty and a race to a defined mark (possibly different for each division)

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