THE BODRUM CUP – XVIII

INTERNATIONAL WOODEN YACHT REGATTA
OCTOBER 14 - 18, 2006

 
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

INTRODUCTION

1. ORGANIZING AUTHORITY

The Bodrum Cup International Wooden Yacht Regatta is an annual regatta organized by Era Bodrum Sailing Club, and a race which takes place in the annual activity program of  Turkish Sailing Federation. The organizing autho- rity;

1.1            shall publish a Notice of Race.

1.2            to enter the regatta, the yacht shall comply with the requirements of the organizing authority.

1.3            may reject or cancel the entry of a yacht or exclude a competitor.

1.4            shall appoint the race committee.

2. RACE COMMITTEE

The race committee is the committee appointed by the organizing authority to be responsible for producing sailing instructions, conducting the races and publishing the results.

2.1            The race committee is responsible for appointing a protest   committee to conduct hearing.

2.2            The race committee shall conduct races as directed by the organizing authority as required by the rules.

2.3            The race committee shall publish written sailing instructions.

2.4            Changes to the sailing instructions shall be in writing and posted within the required time or on the water, communicated to each yacht before the warning signal. Oral changes may be given only on the water. Therefore all the yachts shall listen to the communications announced by the race committee.

2.5            The race committee shall score a race or series as provided in article 27 of this sailing instruction.   

3. PROTEST COMMITTEE

3.1    The race committee appoints a protest committee between its members to hear protests and request for redress.

3.2    The decision of the protest committee is the final.

4. RACE SECRETARIAT

The race secretariat is located in Era Bodrum Sailing Club until the first day of the regatta (Neyzen Tevfik Street, no: 160/a Bodrum), and will be established in the race committee start boat from then on.

5. RULES  

The Bodrum Cup regatta will be governed by the following rules;

5.1            The Notice of Race;

5.2            The Sailing Instructions and its Appendices

5.3            The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (IRPCAS);

5.4            Any other documents that govern the event

5.5            In case of a conflict among the above, the latest publish will prevail

The organizing authority, race committee and protest committee shall be governed by the rules.

6. RACE CLASSES AND CATEGORIES

6.1. Races will be made in the below mentioned classes and categories.

A) Traditional wooden sailing yachts: Wooden yachts of traditional design of heavy displacement built with solid-planking-on-frames and intended primarily for cruising purposes. 

Category     A       31.50 m. and over
Category     B       26.50 m. – 31.49 m.
Category     C       22.50 m. – 26.49 m.
Category     D       18.50 m. – 22.49 m.
Category     E        16.00 m. – 18.49 m.
Category     F        12.00 m. – 15.99 m.
Category     G       11.99 m and below 

B) Classic wooden yachts: In general yachts known as classic in international terminology (for example: Colin Archer, Swan etc.)

C) Yachts of modern wooden construction: Wooden sailing yachts of non-traditional, contemporary design and construction, including hulls made of marine plywood and other light construction materials, specifically for racing purposes.

D) Guest yachts: All yachts of non-wooden construction that wish to participate in the regatta. These yachts will race in the following categories:

Category A: LOD 15.99 meters and below
Category B: LOD 16.00 meters and above 

6.2. All the yachts in the above mentioned classes and categories will continuously carry the class/ category flags, race numbers and race flags which are provided by the organization committee and will be available at the race secretariat.

7. DETERMINATION OF CATEGORIES / UNIFICATION and/or  CANCELLATION

Although yachts shall be assigned to classes in accordance with the declaration on the entry form, the organizing committee shall have the right to re-assign the yachts to other classes/categories, to combine or to eliminate classes and/or categories. The decision of the organizing committee is final. 

8. REGISTRATIONS AND NUMERAL PANELS 

8.1. Eligible yachts shall register by completing registration with the organizing authority, Era Bodrum Sailing Club, no later than  Friday, 17:00 hrs. (2 days before the first race).

8.2. Participants should pay the entry fee before the registration.

8.3. Registrations until 12:00 hrs of the day before the first race will be accepted upon payment of double entry fee.

8.4. The organizing committee shall provide 2 (two) numeral panels for each yacht. These panels shall be attached to the port and starboard shrouds and be carried visible externally during the regatta.

8.5. ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION ON THE ENTRY FORM

The information on the entry form, filled in by the yacht owner or skipper, will be considered as true. Classification and categorization will be made according to this information. At the end of each race, some yachts may be inspected (especially the prize winning yachts) by the race committee and in case of a conflict between the inspector and the information on the entry form; the yacht shall be disqualified without a hearing.

9. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

9.1. Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. Era Bodrum Sailing Club, its representatives, members of the organization and race committees and sponsors shall not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during or after the regatta. 

9.2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF YACHT OWNERS

a) Yacht owners and/or their designated representatives are responsible for safety at sea, seaworthiness of the yacht, and compliance with sailing instructions and applicable rules and decisions to start or to abandon the race.

b) By participating in the regatta they waive their rights to outside judicial recourse in case of penalties imposed under the rules of this regatta.  

c) Assuming these responsibilities, they draw attention of their crew before the start of every race.

d) They claim that they assume all these responsibilities by signing the entry form.

10. MEASUREMENTS AND INSPECTIONS

The race committee may, at any time, before, during or after the race, measure or inspect the yachts to verify compliance with the rules.

11. DECLARATION

Every yacht has to identify herself (by indicating her name and race number) to the finish boat on vhf, when crossing the finish line. The yachts that could not be identified by the finish boat will be recorded,  Did Not Finish the race (DNF).

12. PROTESTS

12.1 Protests, if any, will be submitted in writing to the secretariat at the start boat not later than two hours after the end of the race.

12.2. The protest shall be written on the official protest form (available at the secretariat) by the owner or responsible person on the yacht will contain all details including time, place, rule broken, position of yachts and names of witnesses. At the protest hearing, only the yacht owner or his representative can represent the yacht.

12.3. A protest fee of 50 US$, as determined by the organizing committee will be deposited at the time of submission. This fee will be forfeited to the organizing committee if this protest claim is rejected.

12.4. A yacht intending to protest shall inform the other yacht at the first reasonable opportunity by hailing “PROTEST” using VHF Channel 09. This yacht shall also inform the Race Committee boat at the finishing line about her protest saying the name or number of the protested yacht when finishing.

12.5. Yachts that have a reason to believe that their finishing positions have been improperly recorded, without any fault of their own, may request that the race committee review their cases. Such requests for review of the finishing positions shall not require the payment of protest deposits.

12.6. Decisions of the protest committee are final and not subject to appeal.

13. RETIREMENT FROM THE RACE

If a yacht is retired from the race, she will lower the class / category flags given, and will notify the race committee on the VHF channel 09, at her first convenience.

14. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS

The regatta channel is VHF channel 09. Proper radio procedures must be observed.

All announcements will be made on this channel; failure to hear will not be grounds for protest.

15. LIMITATIONS ON CREW

Minimum number of crew will be three. No upper limit.

16. PUBLICITY/ADVERTISEMENTS ON YACHTS:

All the advertisements on the yacht’s sails, broadsides and masts or other places require   permission from the organization committee and are subject to fees. Advertisements of the companies which run activities in the same field of main sponsor are definitely unacceptable. Yachts which do not declare  their advertisements beforehand and pay their fees will be disqualified from the race and can not take place in any activity of the Bodrum Cup,  even as spectators.

17. COMMITTEE BOATS

17.1. Committee boats will be placed at the start and the finish lines, and turning points if required and make the necessary controls during the race, moving along the fleet. Race committee’s controls concerning the direction of the race will be maintained from the committee boat that is assigned at the start line.

17.2. Assigned yachts and other yachts of the race committee will be carrying the R (Romeo) code flag.

17.3. Absence of this flag will not be grounds for protest.

17.4. Race committee boats assigned on the start and the finish lines may hold their positions by the power of engine.

17.5. All the yachts in the organization and race committee will try not to interfere with the racing boats.

18. RACE SIGNALS

Races shall be started by using the visual and sound signals from the race committee boat at the starboard end of the starting line. Visual and sound signals are shown in Part 2.

19. STARTING PROCEDURE

19.1. FIRST WARNING SIGNAL-15 minutes before the start, the race committee shall display a RED FLAG with three sound signals. 

19.2. SECOND WARNING SIGNAL-10 minutes before the start, the race committee shall display a GREEN FLAG with two sound signals. Red Flag will be removed.

19.3. PREPARATORY SIGNAL-5 minutes before the start, the race committee shall display the international cod flag ''P'' (Papa) with one sound signal. Green Flag will be removed.

At this stage all yachts are required to stop their engines.

19.4. STARTING SIGNAL-The start will be given by lowering cod flag “P” accompanied by one sound signal.

19.5. Any yacht that does not cross the starting line within 30 (thirty) minutes after the starting signal, she shall be scored as ''Did Not Start'' (DNS) for this race.

20. RECALLS

20.1 INDIVIDUAL RECALL When at a yacht’s starting signal any part of her hull, crew or equipment is on the course side of the starting line, the race committee boat shall promptly display FLAG X and try to announce the name or number of the yachts to be observed as OCS (on the course side). This flag shall be displayed until such yachts are completely on the pre-start side of the starting line or its extensions, but not later than 30 minutes.

20.2 GENERAL RECALL When at the starting signal the race committee is unable to identfy yachts that are on the course side of the starting line or there has been an error in the starting procedure, the race committee may signal a GENERAL RECALL (display the first substitute with two sounds). The first warning signal for a new start shall be made ONE MINUTE after the first substitute is removed (one sound).

21. SAILING THE COURSE, PROPER COURSE and SHORTENING THE COURSE

21.1. SAILING THE COURSE, a yacht shall start, leave each course point (these will be defined in the sailing instruction) on the required side in the correct order and finish.

21.2. PROPER COURSE,  a course a yacht would sail to finish as soon as possible in the absence of the other yachts referred to in the rule using the term. A yacht has no proper course before her starting signal.

21.3. SHORTENING THE COURSE, If the race committee decides that the relevant condition is not suitable to finish the race within the time limit, or for security or another reason she may decide to apply shortened course by displaying the code flag “S” (Sierra) with two sound signals at least 15 minutes before the starting time. 

21.3.1 The race committee may also shorten the course when racing. In this case the RC finish boat will be placed at the required side of an exact point on the course and establish the finish line by displaying code Flag “S” and BLUE flag.

21.3.2 These decisions will be announced to all participating yachts by VHF chanel 09.

22. POSTPONE THE RACE

22.1 A race may be postponed according to the decision of the race committee.

22.2 if the race committee decides to postpone the race she will display “AP” (Answering Pennant) with two sound signals. New starting procedure will begin one minute after this flag is lowered.

22.3 if the race committee decides to postpone the race to the later day she will display “AP” and Code Flag “A” (Alfa) together with two sounds.

23. ABANDON THE RACE

A race that the race committee or protest committee abandons is void but may be resailed.

23.1 After the starting signal, the race committee may abandon the race by displaying cod flag “N” (November) with three sound signals. The new starting procedures will begin one minute later after the flag is lowered.

23.2     If the race committee displays flags “N” and “A” together this will mean

“the race is abandoned, no more race today”.

23.3     The reasons of abandoning the race;

a)    Because of an error in the starting precedure,

b)    Because of foul weather,

c)     Because of insufficient wind making it unlikely that any boat will finish within the time limit,

d)    Because a mark is missing or out of position or,

e)    For any other reason directly effecting the safety or fairness of the competition.

24. MARK MISSING  If a course mark is missed or out of position, the race committee shall, if possible;

a-    replace it in its correct position or substitute a new one of similar appearance, or

b-    substitute a boat displaying flag M and make repetitive sound signals.

25. FINISH AND EXTENSION OF THE FINISHING TIME LIMIT

25.1. A yacht finishes when any part of her hull or crew or equipment in normal position, crosses the finishing line in the direction of the course from the last mark.

25.2. If the race committee evaluates that it is not possible to finish the race within the time limit she may extend this limit up to a reasonable time. The yachts are not entitled to claim about this decision. If the race committee decides to extend the finishing time limit, she will announce this decision within the two hours after the starting time by VHF.

25.3. The finishing boat at the finishing line will be displaying a “BLUE FLAG”.

The yachts are very close to the finishing line (when they are about to finish-not before)  must identify themselves saying their name and race numbers by using VHF channel 09. The yachts failing to do so may be scored as not finish (DNF-Did Not Finish).

26. RULES WHICH SHALL APPLY IN THE REGATTA

26.1 FUNDAMENTAL RULES

1. SPORTMANSHIP AND THE RULES – Competitors in the sport of sailing are governed by the body of rules that they are expected to follow and enforce. A fundamental principle of sportsmanship is that when competitors break a rule they will promptly take a penalty or accept the penalty or retire.
2. HELPING THOSE IN DANGER– A yacht or competitor shall give all possible help to any person or yacht in danger.
3. LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT AND PERSONAL BUOYANCY – A yacht shall carry edequate life saving equipment for all person on board. Each competitor is individually responsible for wearing personal buoyancy edequate for the conditions. When the race committee requires the competitors to wear the life-jackets, she will display Code Flag “Y” (Yankee) with one sound signal before the first warning signal. 
4. FAIR SAILING – A yacht and her owner shall compete in compliance with recognized principles of sportsmanship and fair play. A disqualification under this rule shall not be excluded from yacht’s series score.
5. DECISION TO RACE – The responsibility for a yacht’s decision to participate in a race or to continue racing is hers alone.

26.2 WHEN YACHTS MEET

1.    RIGHT OF WAY – A yacht has right of way when another yacht is required to keep clear of her.

2.    ON OPPOSITE TACKS – When yachts are on opposite tacks, a port tack yacht shall keep clear of a starboard tack yacht.

3.    ON THE SAME TACK, OVERLAPPED – When yachts are on the same tack and overlapped, a windward yacht shall keep clear of a leeward yacht.

4.    ON THE SAME TACK, NOT OVERLAPPED -   When yachts are on the same tack and not overlapped, a yacht clear astern  shall keep clear of a yacht clear ahead.

5.    WHILE TACKING – After a yacht passes head to wind, she shall keep clear of other yachts until she is on a close-hauled course. If two yachts are subject to this rule at the same time, the one on the other’s port side shall keep clear.

6.    GENERAL LIMITATIONS

6.1  AVOIDING CONTACT – Every yacht shall pay attention to avoid contact. The right-of-way yacht shall not be penalized unless there is contact that causes damage.

6.2  ACQUIRING RIGHT OF WAY – When a yacht acquires right of way, she shall initially give the other yacht room to keep clear.

6.3  CHANGING COURSE – When a right of way yacht changes course, she shall give the other yacht room to keep clear.

6.4  TOUCHING A MARK – After preparatory signal, a yacht shall not touch a starting mark, a mark that begins, bounds or ends the leg of the course on which she is sailing or a finishing mark after finishing. Starting and finishing committee boats are considered as a mark.

7.    ROUNDING AND PASSING MARKS AND OBSTRUCTIONS

7.1 Room is room for inside yacht to round or pass between an outside yacht and a mark or obstruction, including room to tack or gybe when either is a normal part of the manoeuvre.

7.2 When yachts are within the two yachts length distance from the mark or obstruction the inside yacht has right of way to round or pass it. Outside yacht shall keep clear.

8.    STARTING ERRORS, MOVING ASTERN

8.1  A yacht sailing towards the pre-start side of the starting line or its extensions shall keep clear of a yacht not doing so until she is completely on the pre-start side.

8.2  A yacht moving astern shall keep clear of one that is not.

9.1 Room- The space a yacht needs in the existing conditions while manoeuvring promptly in a seamanlike way. 

9.2 Obstruction- An object that a yacht could not pass without changing course substantially, if she were sailing directly towards to it and one of her hull lengths from it. 

27. PENALTIES

27.1 After preparatory signal, engines must be stopped. Any use of engine must be reported to the race committee immediately by VHF channel 09 together with the information of the position of the yacht, the reason, the time.

1.     The yacht using engine will get %50 (minimum 5 points of her finishing score)

2.     A yacht which has been forced  to use engine by a give-way yacht to avoid collusion also report to the race committee and lodge a protest to this yacht.

3.     If a yacht touches a mark (committee boats placed at the starting and finishing lines, also as a mark will be considered as a mark), she will get %30 (minimum 4 points of her finishing score). However, if a yacht has gained a significant advantage in the race or series by touching the mark, her penalty shall be to retire.

4.     If a yacht, when sailing meets an unavoidable danger (a rocky place area) and uses engine to avoid from this stuation shall report to the race committee and will get %20 (minimum 3 points of her finishing score)

27.2 If a give-way yacht failure to keep clear of the right-of-way yacht and forse her to alter course or to use engine will get  %50 (minimum 5 points of her finishing score)

27.3 If a yacht has been identified as OCS, shall renew her start within the 30 minutes time after her starting signal without interfering the other yachts. Otherwise she will get %20 (minimum 3 points of her finishing score) or will be scored as DSQ by the protest committee.

28. SCORING

28.1   Each yachts series score shall be the total of her race scores excluding her worse score. If five races are completed one (worst) score will be excluded.

28.2     The yacht with the lowest series score wins and others shall be ranked accordingly.

28.3     Each yacht starting and finishing and not thereafter retiring, being penalized or given redress shall be scored points as follows;

FINISHING PLACE                          POINTS

1ST                                                   1

2ND                                                  2

3RD                                                  3

EACH PLACE THEREAFTER                  ADD 1 POINT

28.4     A yacht that did not start, did not finish, retired after finishing or was disqualified shall be scored points for the finishing place one more than the number of yachts entered in the series.

28.5     If a yacht is disqualified from a race or retires after finishing, each yacht that finished after her shall be moved up one place.

28.6   SCORING ABREVIATIONS 

DNC                                      DID NOT COME TO THE STARTING AREA

DNF                                       DID NOT FINISH

DNS                                       DID NOT START

RAF                                       RETIRED AFTER FINISHING

DSQ                                      DISQUALIFICATION

OCS                                      ON THE COURSE SIDE OF THE STARTING LINE

DNE                               DISQUALIFICATION NOT EXCLUDABLE

                        RDG                                       REDRESS GIVEN

29. PRIZES

Prizes consist of class/category prizes, overall regatta prizes and special prizes.

29.1. CLASS/CATEGORY PRIZES

Prizes will be awarded to first three yachts of each class/category.
First, second and third prizes will be awarded within each category provided that at least five yachts are registered in that category. 

First and second prizes will be awarded in those classifications/categories which four yachts registered in. First prize only will be awarded in those classifications/categories which three yachts registered in.

29.2. OVERALL PRIZES

29.2.1. WOODEN YACHTS TRADITIONAL DESIGN OVERALL PRIZES

29.2.1.1THE BODRUM CUP

The highest award is the BODRUM CUP, presented to the yacht with the least penalty points among all yachts competing in all the categories of the traditional yacht classification. 

29.2.1.2. THE BODRUM CUP REGATTA PENNANT

The Bodrum Cup Regatta Pennant is awarded to the winner of the Bodrum Cup. The yacht winning the Bodrum Cup three times is awarded the permanent possession of the pennant.

29.2.1.3. CHAMBER OF SHIPPING PRIZE

Awarded to the second yacht in all the categories of the traditional yacht classification.  

29.2.1.4. BODRUM MARINERS ASSOCIATION PRIZE

Awarded to the third yacht in all the categories of the traditional yacht classification.   

29.2.1.5. BODRUM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRIZE

Awarded to the fourth yacht in all the categories of the traditional yacht classification. 

29.2.1.6. ORTAKENT MUNICIPALITY PRIZE

Awarded to the fifth yacht in all the categories of the traditional yacht classification. 

29.2.2. WOODEN YACHTS TRADITIONAL DESIGN – WOODEN YACHTS CLASSIC DESIGN OVERALL PRIZES

29.2.2.1. MEDITERRANEAN SAILING UNION TROPHY

This trophy will be awarded by the Mediterranean Sailing Union to the yacht with least penalty points among all of the participating yachts, except for guest yachts.

29.2.3. WOODEN YACHTS TRADITIONAL DESIGN – WOODEN YACHTS CLASSIC DESIGN – NON-WOODEN YACHTS OVERALL PRIZES

29.2.3.1. BODRUM MUNICIPALITY PRIZE

Will be awarded to the yacht with the least penalty points among all yachts in all categories in all classifications eligible for competition.

29.2.4. TRADITIONAL YACHTS STANDARD SAIL PRIZES

Will be awarded to the traditional yachts which only use the existing sails and not special racing sails like light genova. In all the categories of the traditional design classification the first prize goes to the yacht with the least penalty points; second and third prizes go to yachts in the ascending order of penalty points.

29.2.4.1. FISHERMAN OF HALIKARNAS PRIZE

This is the special prize of Bodrum Municipality presented to the first yacht with the least penalty points among traditional yachts with standard sails described in item 29.2.4.

29.2.4.2. TURGUTREIS MUNICIPALITY PRIZE

This prize is presented to the second yacht among traditional yachts with standard sails described in item 29.2.4.

29.2.4.3. YALI MUNICIPALITY PRIZE

This prize is presented to the third yacht among traditional yachts with standard sails described in item 29.2.4.

29.2.5. GAFF RIGGED YACHTS OVERALL PRIZES

First, second and third prizes will be awarded to yachts having this type of rigging competing in all the categories of the traditional design classification. The first prize goes to the yacht with the least penalty points; second and third prizes go to yachts in the ascending order of penalty points. However, yachts of tirhandil hull design are not eligible for these prizes.

29.2.6. TIRHANDIL YACHTS OVERALL PRIZES

First, second and third prizes will be awarded to yachts having this type of construction in all the categories of the traditional design classification.

29.2.6.1. BITEZ MUNICIPALITY PRIZE

This prize is presented to the first yacht among traditional yachts with tirhandil type construction described in item 29.2.6.

29.3. SPECIAL PRIZES

29.3.1. 10-YEAR PARTICIPATION PRIZE

This prize will be awarded to all yachts that this year completes 10 years of participation in the bodrum cup regatta.

29.3.2. 15-YEAR PARTICIPATION PRIZE

This prize will be awarded to all yachts that this year completes 15 years of participation in the bodrum cup regatta.

29.3.3. SHIPWRIGHT’S PRIZE

A prize will be awarded to every shipwright responsible for the construction of those yachts that place first in their categories.

29.3.4. THE YOUNGEST PARTICIPANT PRIZES

These prizes will be given to the youngest child who takes part in the regatta.

29.3.5. THE BEST DRESSED TEAM & THE FANCIEST DRESSED TEAM PRIZES

A special jury appointed by the organization committee will select the most successful teams of each category.

29.3.6. SHIPBUILDERS ASSOCIATION AWARD

Awarded to the first yacht of Traditional Wooden yachts.

29.3.7. BODRUM MARINERS ASSOCIATION AWARDS

Awarded to the first yacht of each category in Traditional Wooden yachts.

29.3.8. SPONSOR PRIZES

Awards given by the sponsor companies to the successful yachts.

The meaning of visual and sound signals are stated below. An arrow pointing up or down means that a visual signal is displayed or removed. A dot (●) means a sound; dots with dashes (●....●) mean repetitive sounds.

14 - 18 OCTOBER 2006
XVIII. BODRUM CUP
APPENDIX –1  TO THE SAILING INSTRUCTION

1.THIS RACE CONSISTS OF 4 CONSECUTIVE LEGS.

2.RACE PROGRAM :

3.DAILY COURSES - START AND FINISH LINE LOCATIONS

Starting Times; First day at 10:30, other days at 10:00 hrs.

1st RACE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15,  2006 

BODRUM – COKERTME (20 NM):

 1st RACE / START LINE 1: The start shall be made in the general S / SW  direction between the Karaada lighthouse and a buoy or the start boat, placed in general W / NW of the lighthouse. (In this course, yachts shall leave Karaada to their port side)

1st RACE / START LINE 2: The start shall be made in the general N / NE  direction between the Karaada lighthouse and a buoy or the start boat, placed in general W / NW of the lighthouse. (In this course, yachts shall leave Karaada to their starboard side)

1st RACE / FINISH LINE: The finish shall be made in the general E direction between Kepçe Cape in the western entrance of  Cokertme bay and a buoy or the finish boat, placed in the general S direction.

1st RACE / SHORT COURSE / FINISH LINE (10,5 NM): The finish shall be made in the general E direction between Orak island lighthouse and a buoy or the finish boat, placed in the general S direction.

2nd RACE:MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2006

COKERTME – ENGLISH HARBOUR (16 NM)

2nd RACE / START LINE: The start shall be made in the general E / SE  direction between Karaburun in the eastern entrance of Cokertme bay and a buoy or the start boat, placed in general S  direction. 

2nd RACE / FINISH LINE: The finish shall be made in the general E / SE direction between the big Koremen island in general north of Cicekli front and a buoy or the finish boat, placed in the general N direction.

2nd RACE /SHORT COURSE / FINISH LINE (12 NM): The finish shall be made in the general E / SE direction between Tuztutan Cape and a buoy or the finish boat, placed in the general N direction.

3rd RACE:TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2006

ENGLISH HARBOUR  – KISEBUKU (18 NM) 

3rd RACE START LINE – 1: The start shall be made in the general W / NW direction between the Tuzla lighthouse in Koyun front and a buoy or the start boat, placed in general N direction. 

3rd RACE START LINE – 2 (23 NM): The start shall be made in the general W / NW direction between the big Koremen island in general north of Cicekli Cape and a buoy or the start boat, placed in general N direction of the lighthouse. 

3rd RACE FINISH LINE – 1: The finish shall be made in the general W / NW direction between southern extremity of Yildiz island and a buoy or the finish boat, placed in the general N direction.

3rd RACE FINISH LINE – 2: The finish shall be made in the general W / NW direction between southern extremity of Yildiz island and a buoy or the finish boat, placed in the general S direction.  

3rd RACE FINISH LINE – 3 (21 NM): The finish shall be made in the general W / NW direction between southern extremity of Orak island and a buoy or the finish boat, placed in the general NE direction.  

3rd RACE / SHORT COURSE / FINISH LINE (11,5 NM): The finish shall be made in the general W / NW direction between Karaburun (Cape) in the eastern entrance of Cokertme bay and a buoy or the finish boat, placed in the general S direction.

4th RACE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2006 

KISEBUKU – TURGUTREIS (19,5 NM)

4th RACE START LINE – 1: The start shall be made in the general W / SW direction between southern extremity of Yildiz island and a buoy or the start boat, placed in general S direction. 

4th RACE START LINE – 2: The start shall be made in the general W / SW direction between Orak island lighthouse and a buoy or the start boat, placed in general S direction. 

4th RACE FINISH LINE – 1: The finish shall be made in the general NW direction between the Huseyinburnu lighthouse and a buoy or the finish boat, placed in the general S / SW direction.

4th RACE FINISH LINE – 2: The finish shall be made in the general W direction between Kargi island lighthouse and a buoy or the finish boat, placed in the general S / SW direction. (In this course, yachts shall leave Kargi island to their starboard side.)

4th RACE FINISH LINE – 3: The finish shall be made in the general W direction between Yassikaya island and a buoy or the finish boat, placed in the general S direction.

 4. BUOYS AT START AND FINISH LINES

These buoys will be spherical or cylindrical shaped and yellow or orange in color. When a buoy is not in position one of the race committee boats will be placed and fly code flag “M” together with repetitive sound signal.

5. RACE COMMITTEE BOATS

6. TIME LIMIT:

The time limit for the races is 18:00 hrs.

7.COLORS OF FLAGS  TO BE FLOWN BY PARTICIPATING YACHTS ACCORDING TO THEIR CLASS / CATEGORIES

CLASS: TRADITIONAL

CATEGORY  A       GREY
CATEGORY  B       PINK
CATEGORY  C       RED
CATEGORY  D       BLUE
CATEGORY  E        BLACK
CATEGORY  F        YELLOW
CATEGORY  G       GREEN
CLASS: CLASSIC          BROWN
CLASS: GUEST A WHITE
CLASS: GUEST B BLUE STRIPE ON WHITE

8.VHF CALLS AND OTHER NECESSARY INFORMATION:

CALLS FOR THE RACE COMMITTEE:

“RACE COMMITTEE”

CALLS TO BE MADE ABOUT THE BODRUM CUP ORGANISATION:

“ORGANISATION COMMITTEE”

CALLS FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES (HOSPITAL BOAT):

“HOSPITAL”

CALLS FOR THE FIRST AID BOAT:

“RESCUE”

THE ORGANIZATION AND RACE COMMITTEES WISH ALL CONTESTANTS

 FAIR WINDS AND AT LEAST A FOOT OF WATER UNDER THE KEEL

RACE COMMITTEE