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THE START OF THE RACE
Chart 1484: (Plan of Barmouth)
The Race will start at 1630 hours on Saturday
30th June 2001, outside Bartmouth Harbour. To start; the competing yachts will cross
a transit line between two Comniittee marker buoys which will be in place for three
days before the start of the Race so that skippers may inspect the start line. The
yachts competing in the Race must be ready to leave harbour at 1530 hours: they will
be led out of the harbour by the RNLB 'Moira Barrie'.
O.O.D. - Mr P.H.Phillips will be Officer of the Day for Saturday 30th June 2001 at
Barmouth.
The following sequence of signals will be made for each start:
| TIME |
VISUAL SIGNAL |
SOUND SIGNAL |
| 10 minutes before start |
Parachute Flare
(Time taken from first star appearing) |
Klaxon |
| 5 minutes before start |
Blue Peter hoisted |
One Gun |
| Start |
Blue Peter lowered |
One Gun |
All signals will be made from the Committee Boat
After the first signal, ten minutes before the
start, only members of the crews who are competing in the Race may be onboard the
Yachts competing. At the first signal, ten minutes before the start, engines of competing
yachts must be stopped.
All yachts are to be east of the Start Line not less than one minute before the start,
Any yacht crossing the Start Line before the start signal will be penalised one hour,
this time to be added to that for the first leg.
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