Race
Management

Welcome to the SAYRA Race Management Information page.

The intended used use of this site is to provide race committee members with a resource to find answers to their questions on race management, examples of good notices of race and sailing instructions, course descriptions and any other general help in race management training.  Members of the Race Committee should be most knowledgeable of the rules in Parts 3 and 7 of the The Racing Rules of Sailing most current edition is 2009 – 2012.  There have been several changes to the prescriptions in 2010 and can be found at http://raceadmin.ussailing.org/Rules.htm.  Also on this page is a link to the list of purposed changes to the rules submitted by US Sailing to ISAF for consideration in the next version of the rules.

In regards to RRS #91 (a) the RC should also be knowledgeable of the rules in Parts 5 and 7 of the The Racing Rules of Sailing most current edition and Appendix M for the conduct of a hearing.  Appendices J, K and L should be used for the developing the event’s NOR and sailing instructions.  History shows that competitors, Race Committee, Organizing Authority and the Judges must know and understand the application of the Racing Rules of Sailing.  To provide support to the RC in this area, I would encourage the viewing of the contact page accessed from the SAYRA home page.  The chairs of the RM and Judges committees are listed and their contact information.  Use them as a reference source and contact them with your questions.  Offer your NORs and sailing instructions for review before the event.  If you need a good course description sheet, please contact me and I will see what I have in my archives while we build up the SAYRA archives.  If you have some to offer and are willing to have it available on this site, please send them to sailcora@aol.com. 

One of the many benefits of being a member of SAYRA is access to the training offered through SAYRA.  If you would like to hold a formal US Sailing training event in the area of Race Management or an informal seminar to help build skills necessary to runs your regattas, please contact me to help your club set-up a seminar. 

Below I have started a list of race management equipment venders that I have found to be great on product, price and service.  If you have found either a good buy or some equipment that makes the job easier, please send me the contact information and I will add it to the list.

If there are any additional information that should be added to this page to make it more useful for the RC, please send me your input and I will get it added.

Cheers

JD Rosser

SAYRA Race Management Chairman

SailCora@aol.com

843-810-9828 cell

List of Race Management Equipment Suppliers:

Good deals for race signal and class flags

http://www.intensitysails.com/rccodeflags.html

Good price and selections on RC equipment

http://www.etpinfo.com/racemark.htm