Butterfly Fleet 20: SATURDAY SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

Butterfly Fleet 20, White Rock Lake, Dallas, Texas

SATURDAY SERIES SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

(Revised 2/25/2025)

RULES The races will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing. The following Butterfly Class Rules (see www.butterflyer.org) will not apply:

SAILS - 2. Only one sail shall be used in a ... race series.

SAILS - 7. The sail must be fully hoisted to the mast head.

CHANGES NOT ALLOWED - The only allowed control on the location of the boom on the mast is the downhaul.

ELIGIBILITY Skippers of boats regularly competing in this series shall be members in good standing of the Dallas Butterfly Fleet 20 (including current on fleet dues) and either the White Rock Boat Club or Corinthian Sailing Club. Guests may race in a series race on singular occasions but will not be ranked as a competitor for scoring purposes.

ENTRIES An eligible boat that sails in the vicinity of the starting area after the warning signal, or an eligible boat that starts, will be ranked as a competitor for that race. Three or more competing boats are required for a race to be scored.

NOTICES TO COMPETITORS Notices to competitors will be posted on the entrance door to White Rock Boat Club by 9:30 A.M. during the spring, summer and fall series and by 11:00 A.M. during the winter series.

SCHEDULE OF RACES Race days will be those Saturdays listed on the fleet duty schedule. No more than three races will be held on each race day.

For the spring, summer and fall series, the warning signal for the first race will be at 10:30 A.M. and the second race will follow as soon as possible after the finish of the first race. There may be a lunch break after the finish of the second race and prior to the third race.

For the winter series, the warning signal for the first race will be at 12:00 noon, and the second

race will follow as soon as possible after the finish of the first race. There may be a short break

after the finish of the second race and prior to the third race.

The fleet Race Chairman will be the final authority on cancellations due to weather or time limitation. In the absence of the Race Chairman, the authority will rest with the Fleet Captain, Secretary Treasurer, or Race Committee in that order.

COURSES A course designation and any numeric course modifier will be displayed by the Race Committee prior to the warning signal. Course designators are: T - Triangle, O - Olympic, W - Windward/Leeward and G - Gold Cup. Numeric modifiers designate the number of times the course is to be rounded. The attached diagrams show the courses.

MARKS Marks will be movable orange spheres. The movable blue sphere defines the finishing line if a committee is not on station at a finish.

THE START The starting line will be between a nearby mark of the course and a staff displaying an orange flag on the Race Committee boat.

Races will be started using rule 26 with the warning signal made 5 minutes before the starting

signal. If there is more than one start, the Race Committee will designate the starting order for

each class and the starting signal of one class will be coincident with the warning signal of the

next. The Butterfly class flag is the numeral pennant corresponding to her starting order.

A boat shall not start later than five minutes after her starting signal.

INDIVIDUAL RECALLS Individual recalls shall be in accordance with rule 29.1. In addition, the committee will attempt to hail the offending boat(s). Failure to hail, or competitor not hearing hail, shall not be allowed as means for redress.

CHANGE OF COURSE AFTER THE START To change the next leg of the course, the Race Committee will move the original mark or finishing line to a new position. If practical, the Race

Committee will signal boats in accordance with rule 33. This changes rule 33.

THE FINISH If a Race Committee boat is on station, it will display a blue flag and the finishing line will be between a nearby mark of the course and a staff displaying a blue flag on the Race

Committee boat.

If a Race Committee boat is not on station, a boat shall take her own finishing order. If a movable blue sphere is nearby, the finishing line will be between the last mark of the course and the movable blue sphere. If no movable blue sphere is nearby, the finishing line will be a line through the last mark of the course perpendicular to the course from the previous mark of the course and of the shortest possible length. This replaces the US SAILING prescription to rule 34.

TIME LIMIT The time limit for the first boat to finish will be one and one-half hours from the starting signal. Boats failing to finish within 30 minutes after the first boat will be scored DNF. This changes rule 35.

PROTESTS A protesting boat shall notify the Race Committee that a protest will be lodged within 30 minutes after the committee boat docks at the close of races for the day. Rule 61.2 is rescinded so that a written protest is not required. Protests will be held at White Rock Boat Club.

SERIES SCORING There are four quarterly series:

Winter - December, January, and February

Spring - March, April and May

Summer - June, July and August

Fall - September, October, November

The series score shall be based on counting 50% of the total races, sailed by 3 or more Butterflys, rounded down. Each competitor’s best scores shall be counted if they have met the 50% minimum requirement. If a competitor is short of meeting the 50% minimum requirement by only 1 race, the average of his or her scores will be used as the last race.

Each boat starting and finishing a race shall be scored points equal to her finishing place.

Series ties will be broken in accordance with the Racing Rules of Sailing, Appendix A, paragraph A8. “Excluded” will be interpreted as those scores beyond the 50% minimum requirement. If the tie is not broken by the above provision, it shall remain.

If a skipper is participating in a regatta attended by at least three Butterflys from Fleet 20 and misses races in a Saturday series, his or her Saturday series score shall be determined by their regatta score as follows:

a. Racers will receive a regatta score equal to their regatta finish or their finish relative to other Fleet 20 participants plus 1, whichever is lower. If there is more than one fleet (e.g., Championship and Challenger) in the regatta, each fleet shall be scored independently to determine the regatta score.

b. If two Saturday races are sailed for Fleet 20, the regatta score will be counted twice. If only one Saturday race is sailed, the regatta score will be counted once. If there are no Saturday races, the regatta score will not be counted.

PRIZES For each series, trophies will be awarded for the first three places, for top woman, and for top junior (of age seventeen or less at the conclusion of the series). Only one trophy will be awarded to an individual skipper in the order listed above. A junior skipper who has won two top junior trophies or has placed twice in the top five overall will not be eligible for the top junior trophy.

A "Fleet Champion" permanent trophy will be awarded the skipper with the highest total points due to racing during the period of December 1 of the previous year through November 31 of the current year. In addition, the winning skipper will receive the Bob Biegler Perpetual Trophy (presented to the fleet by Ko Uyeda).

COURSE DIAGRAMS