1.1 The regatta will be governed by

1.2 Spare.

1.3 Special Rules

4.2 When flag AP is displayed ashore, ‘1 minute’ is replaced with ‘not less than 20 minutes’ in Race Signals, AP.

6.1 Racing is scheduled as follows:

Friday April 13 Briefing: 1015hours

Warning signal for first race 1255 hours

Saturday April 14 Warning signal for first race 0955 hours

Sunday April 15 Warning signal for first race 0955 hours

Monday April 16 (reserve day - to be utilised only if fewer than 5 races have been sailed beforehand)

Warning signal for 1^st race 0925 hours

6.3 On the last day of the regatta there will be no warning signal made after 1155hours.

The Sunburst Class Flag is a black emblem on a white rectangle

The race area will be in the vicinity of Worser Bay, Wellington Harbour.

The diagrams in Attachment "A" show the courses, including the course signals, the order in which marks are to be passed, and the side on which each mark is to be left.

10.1 Marks 1, 2, 3 will be orange cylindrical buoys.

10.2 New marks, as provided in instruction 12, will be orange cylindrical buoys with a horizontal black band.

10.3 The starting and finishing marks will be red spherical buoys.

10.4 A race committee boat signalling a change in course is a mark as provided in instruction 12.3.

11.1 Races will be started by using the following signals. Times will be taken from the visual signals; the absence of a sound signal shall be disregarded.

Signal Flag & sound Mins before

Warning Class flag; 5

1 sound

Preparatory P, I, Z, Z over I, or black 4

Flag; 1 sound

1 minute Preparatory flag removed; 1

1 long sound

Starting Class flag 0

Removed; 1 sound

11.2 After a general recall, the warning signal for a restart will be made one minute after the First Substitute is lowered. This changes rule 29.3 and Race Signals, First Substitute.

11.3 The starting line will be between an orange staff on a race committee boat at the starboard end and the port-end starting mark.

11.4 A boat starting later than four minutes after her starting signal will be scored Did Not Start. This changes rule A2.2

12.1 To change the position of the next mark, the race committee will lay a new mark (or move the finishing line) and remove the original mark as soon as practicable. The change will be signalled before the leading boat has begun the leg, although the new mark may not yet be in position. Any mark to be rounded after rounding the new mark may be relocated without further signalling to maintain the course configuration. When in a subsequent change a new mark is replaced, it will be replaced by an original mark.

12.2 Rule 33 is changed so that, instead of displaying a compass bearing, the race committee will display a green flag if the direction is changed to starboard or a red flag if the direction is changed to port.

12.3 Boats shall pass between the race committee boat signalling the change of course and the nearby mark, leaving the mark to port and the race committee boat to starboard. This changes rule 28.1.

The finishing line will be between an orange staff on a race committee boat at the starboard end and the port-end finishing mark.

14.1 Spare

14.2 A boat that has taken a penalty or retired under rule 31.2, or under rule 44.1 for breaking a rule of Part 2, shall complete an acknowledgement form at the race office before the protest time limit.

15.1 The time limits and target times in minutes for the first boat are as follows:

Class Mark 1 Target time Time limit

Time limit

Course 1 30 minutes 50 – 70 minutes 100 minutes

Course 2 30 minutes 70 - 90 minutes 120 minutes

If no boat has passed Mark 1 within the Mark 1 time limit, the race will be abandoned. Failure to meet the target time will not be grounds for redress; this changes rule 62.1(a).

15.2 Boats failing to finish within 30 minutes after the first boat sails the course and finishes will be scored Did Not Finish. This changes rules 35 and A2.2.

16.1 Protest forms are available at the race office. Protests and requests for redress shall be delivered there before the protest time limit.

16.2 The protest time limit is 60 minutes after the last boat has finished the last race of the day. The same protest time limit applies to all protests by the race committee or protest committee and to requests for redress (changes of rules 61.3 and 62.2). Protest time limits will be posted.

16.3 Notices will be posted within 30 minutes of the protest time limit to inform competitors of hearings in which they are parties or named as witnesses. Hearings will be held at Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club, 501 Evans Bay Parade, Wellington.

16.4 Notices of protests by the race committee or protest committee will be posted to inform boats under rule 61.1(b).

16.5 For the purpose of rule 64.3(b) the authority is the measurer appointed by the organising authority.

16.6 Breaches of instructions 1.3, 11.4, 14.2, 18, 19.2, 22, and 23 will not be grounds for a protest by a boat. This changes rule 60.1(a). Penalties for these breaches will be at the discretion of the protest committee.

16.7 On the last day of the regatta a request for reopening a hearing shall be delivered:

17.1 The Bonus Point scoring system of rule A, as changed below, will apply. Five races are required to be completed to constitute a series.

17.2 The second sentence of rule A2.3 is replaced with:

17.3 Rule A1.7 is deleted. The beginning of rule A2.2 is changed to read:

The score for being excluded will be Disqualified or Disqualification Not Discardable at the discretion of the jury; this changes rule A1.3.

17.4 A redress score consisting of a boat’s average points in the series will be based on her points in all the races in the series except the race in question.

17.5 The scoring abbreviation for a discretionary penalty given under instruction 16.6 will be DPG.

18.2 A boat that retires from a race shall notify the race office as soon as possible.

19.1 No substitute competitors will be allowed without prior written approval of the race committee.

19.2 Requests for substitution of damaged or lost equipment shall be made to the race committee at the first reasonable opportunity.

Any boat or equipment may be checked for compliance with the class rules and Sailing Instructions at any time. On the water, a boat can be instructed by a race committee measurer to proceed immediately to a designated area for measurement checks.

Unless otherwise directed by the Organising Authority, all competing boats and equipment shall be launched and retrieved at Worser Bay beach.

Line Honours: Wilson & Horton Cup

National Youth Champions: Colin & Peter Kettlewell Cup

(Skipper and crew under 19 years of age at time of registration)

National Secondary School Champions: NZ Sunburst Assn Trophy

(Skipper and crew both pupils of same secondary school at time of registration)

1^st on Handicap: Wakatere Trophy

Husband & wife

All female crew

Grand Masters (skipper over 50 years)