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March 2015
Leg 6 Addendum
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THE COURSE
Start—mark 1 to port—mark 2 to port— mark 1 to port - mark 3 to port—mark 2 to port (leaving
mark)—gate formed by the start pin to starboard and start boat —Brenton Reef Buoys 2a, 2, 4 & 6
to starboard-Fort Adams rounding mark to starboard-Newport Finish.
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THE MARKS
a. Start
a Boat
b. Start
b Pin
c. Mark
c 1
d. Mark
d 2
e. Mark
e 3
Latitude
Longitude
26° 55.200'S
48° 37.440'W
Variable
Variable
26° 54.884'S
48° 37.808'W
Variable
41° 11.100'N
41° 11.100'N
41° 09.200'N
Rhode Island Sound TSS
f.
41° 20.900'N
Exclusion Zone
41° 22.800'N
41° 22.700'N
41° 22.750'N
Brenton Seal Ledge Bell 41° 26.023'N
g.
Buoy 2a
Brenton
Point
Whistle 41° 25.943'N
h. f
Buoy 2
41° 26.581'N
i. Brenton
g
Reef 4
j. Brenton Reef 6
71° 25.950'W
71° 20.700'W
71° 17.500'W
71° 05.400'W
71° 08.600'W
71° 20.650'W
71° 25.950'W
71° 20.783'W
71° 21.784'W
71° 21.820'W
41° 27.445'N
071° 21.980'W
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k. Fort Adams rounding Mark
l. Fort
i Adams Light
m.Finish
j
Pin
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Description
Square raft mark with cube
branding
Square raft mark with cube
branding
Square raft mark with cube
branding
Square raft mark with cube
branding
Virtual Marks
Red lateral Buoy- bell as fog
signal
Red lateral Buoy –Whistle as
fog signal
Red lateral Buoy –Gong as
fog signal
Red lateral Buoy –Gong as
fog signal
41 28.935’N
71 20.467’W
Square raft mark with cube
branding
41° 28.900'N
71° 20.207'W
Light on land (flag)
41° 29.000'N
71° 20.300'W
Square raft mark with cube
branding
Positions are approximate. Datum: to WGS 84.
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START
(a) The starting area is to the south east of the channel entrance.
(b) The starting line will be between a staff displaying a ‘START’ flag on the Race
Committee Boat at the starboard end of the line and a square raft mark with cube
branding at the other end of the line.
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(c) Individual Recall notification may be broadcast on the VHF Channel 77. Failure of
the Race Committee to notify, delay in notification or the sequence of such
notification shall not constitute grounds for redress. This amends RRS 62.1.
(d) The range and bearing of the variable mark 1 & 3 will be displayed on the Start
Boat and announced on VHF Channel 77 before the warning signal.
(e) Addendum Q, excluding Q2.3, Q2.4, Q2.5, Q3.1(c), Q3.2 (b), shall apply from the
preparatory signal for the Leg and ceases to apply between boats which have
passed and cleared the gate.
4. LEG START EXCLUSION ZONES
Marshalling buoys will be laid around the racecourse to exclude spectator boats from
the leg start racing area. They do not have any relevance to the Boats.
5. RHODE ISLAND SOUND TSS EXCLUSION AREA
While racing no boats shall enter the area formed by the straight lines between the
adjacent positions.
6. THE FINISHING LINE
The finishing line will be between Fort Adams Light and a finishing pin. The race
committee will be listening on VHF Channel 72.
7.
MEDIA DELIVERABLES
(a) Within 4 hours of starting transmit photographs of the seals that have just been
applied: to race control.
(b) Each 24 hours: 2 mins of video, 5 to 8 photos and 200 words of text or another
amount as directed by the watch producers.
8. COURSE DIAGRAMS
ITAJAI START
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NEWPORT FINISH
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