Pre Race Preparations
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Arrive at least 1 hour before tabled start time of the race
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Turn on the water heaters for the showers in the clubhouse
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Open the boat shed and get out 2 power boats
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Check fuel and top up if necessary from the fuel store
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Open OOD box and get out timer and race flags
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Tie all of the flags you may need onto the halyards on the flagpole yardarm
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Check the wind direction and decide a course for the race
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Mount the course letters into the course board and display on the boatshed front
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Put up a signing on sheet with the race name on
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Start power boat engines doing all necessary checks.
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Move any course marks to optimise the course for the wind and lay the hand bouy start line if the usual start line is not going to be used
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If the race is a pursuit race, post a list of the start times with reference to T=0 for all different boat classes starting the race. T=0 should be the start of the slowest boat, other boats will have T+ times posted.
Handicap Racing
All boats will start on the same time signal - this is the simplest format.
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Manually sound the T-10 minutes courtesy warning
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Start the timer at T-5 minutes - the warning signal will sound - raise the 'V' Flag
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at T-4 minutes the warning signal will sound - raise the 'P' flag
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at T-1 minute the warning signal will sound - lower the 'P' flag.
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at T=0 the warning signal will sound - lower the V flag.
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If no boats are over the line - turn off the start sequence to prevent the horn
Pursuit Racing
Boat classes have a timed start, the slow boats starting first, the fast boats later.
Operate the sounder as above