Race Officer Box/OOD Duties

Following our AGM, we now plan to get as many club members involved in running the days racing as possible.

Over the last year your committee have fine tuned the following guidance, and everything you need should be located on this page

As the OOD you’ll act as a single Point of Contact (POC) for the racing day and would:

Arrive earlier in order to get the day’s admin and racing organised both on and off the water. (pre 9.00am)
Work with your allotted helper to ready the rescue boat and marks and set up any equipment for the days racing from the spit.
Assess the prevailing conditions and set a course for the day,
The OOD would run the first race and assign a Race Officer / Observer (ROO) from the assembled skippers for the following races when needed.
At the end of racing or during the coffee break the OOD should allocate the jobs again to ensure everything gets packed away and put on charge etc.

A more detailed reference guide is now available for download below.

If this perhaps leaves you feeling a little daunted by what this might entail we would still like you to get stuck in, there will always be a Duty Officer (committee member) present on a Saturday morning, who will give guidance where needed.

If you have any questions or queries please let me know and I’ll try to sort any confusion.

Regards

Dave G

Guidelines for Fleet Club Racing

Small Fleet Racing

There must be at least 3 boats racing and at least 3 races completed for that days racing to qualify for the relevant series other wise it will be classified as casual sailing and results will not be counted in the series.

Large fleet Racing

Up to 23 Boats on the line

Winds up to 10MPH based on forecast

1 fleet, if boats are 20 or more, then 1 RO + 2 OBS, this reduces the numbers on the line by 3

Winds over 10MPH based on forecast

1 fleet, if boats are 20 or more, then 2 fleets, standby fleet RO’s (if 2 fleets, sailing time extended to 1.00pm finish)

24 + Boats on the Line