Mandatory Safety

Independent Sailing

There must be a minimum of two boats on the water at any one time in order to provide assistance of the crew of either should get into difficulties.

Buoyancy Aids

It is club policy that no one is allowed on the water without wearing a buoyancy aid. They must be worn at all times whether it is for racing or for fun.

Children

The club welcomes children. Young children should not be left unattended in the clubhouse or grounds and must be kept under control at all times. Those under the age of 13 must wear a buoyancy aid if going within 5 meters if the lake.

CLUBHOUSE EMERGENCY MOBILE PHONE NUMBER (during sailing hours only )

07599 665878

Racing at Redditch

Racing occurs at Redditch Sailing Club on a Sunday throughout the year with two races (persuit and handicap) and on a Tuesday night between May and August (personal handicap)

There are four sailing seasons at Redditch with prizes awarded to three categories, Bronze, Silver and Gold. There are also individual trophy races between the seasons. Novices start in Bronze category and can progress up through Silver and Gold by winning in their category. You can also move down from Gold and Silver if you are bottom of the category at the end of the season.

Race Start Sequence

Persuit and Tuesday night start sequence

Handicap sequence

The number in the box is what the time will be at the next sound signal, not the time elapsed.Once the 5 minute warning is given you may not pass through the start line in the wrong direction ie from the course side to the start side. You must instead go around the ends. You may make practice starts before the your start time but do not dip the line. Go through it as you would in a normal start and return around the ends to the correct side.

Sunday Pursuit Race

start: 10.00, duration: 80 mins.

The race starts at 10.00, each boat type will pass the start line on its allotted handicap time determined by the Sailing Committee. Refer to your start times from the starting order in the Club house foyer.

The siren will sound after 1hr 20mins and the position of the boats on the water at that time is the race result.

Sunday Handicap Race

start: 12.00, duration: about 1hr.

The race start is staggered with slow boat types starting together at 12.00 and faster boats starting together at 12.03. Refer to the start times

The race will run for approximately 60 minutes. The Officer of the Day will determine a suitable finishing line during the race which will give the lead boat a race of approximately 60 minutes. The siren will sound for the lead boat and all other boats passing the finishing line and the time for each boat to pass the line is recorded.

How to Calculate

Record the time each boat passes the finishing line.

Calculate the 'Elapsed Time' by:

Elapsed Time = finished time - start time (recorded in seconds).

If the boats have completed a different number of laps, then divide the elapsed time by the number of laps.

multiply each time by 1000.

Divide each of these figures by the handicap to get the 'Corrected Time'.

Once this is done for each of the boats, you can assign positions with the first position being the lowest corrected time (lowest number).

Example 1

Boat A has a handicap of 1020, has done the same number of laps as all the other boats and took 1 hour 22 minutes and 33 seconds to cross the finish line.

Convert the elapsed time into seconds: 4953 seconds.

Multiply this by 1000 = 4953000

Divide this by the handicap to obtain the corrected time: 4855.88

Example 2

Boat 2 has a handicap of 1080 and has done the six lap (at least one other competitor has done a different number of laps. The boat passed the finish line in 55 minutes and 48 seconds.

Convert the elapsed time into seconds: 3348 seconds

Divide by the number of laps completed which gives the average elapsed time per lap: 558

Multiply this by 1000: 558000

Divide this by the handicap to obtain the corrected time. 516.66

Tuesday Night Race

Start 19.00 Duration: 70 minutes

The race starts at 19.00, each competitor and boat will pass the start line on the allotted handicap time determined at the start of the season by the Sailing Committee. Refer to your personal start times with your associated boat from the starting order in the Club house foyer.

The siren will sound after 1hr 10mins and the position of the boats on the water at that time is the race result.

The winner of the race must add 2 minutes onto their personal handicap.

The second place competitor must add 1 minute to their personal handicap.