Starting procedure / Flags 2010 this slideshow shows which flags should be displayed and when THORPE BAY YACHT CLUB
Shore Box / Committee Boat on Station
Club marks to be used Code flag J
all marks to Port / Starboard
AP postponed UP - 2 Hoots Down – 1 Hoot Begin start sequence 1 min after
Code Flag X individual recall SOUND – 1 extra hoot
General Recall 1 st Sub SOUND – 2 extra hoots
Code flag R Mass Start
NN1 Slow cats & Sprints Asymetric Multihull Asymetric Monhull Slow Cats & Sprints Code flag D – Asymmetric Cats Code Flag O – Fast Asymmetric Mono
Fast & Slow Monohull 1 st sub – fast monohull Code Y – slow monhull
Sandhopper NN0 - Sandhopper
Code Flag W - Cruisers Cruisers
Code flag P preparatory
Code flag S Shorten Course
Committee boat on station at finish
TimeFlagsSoundMeaning T – 3Display D, O, NN1 OneWarning Signal for all Multihulls and Fast Asyms T – 2Display POnePreparatory for Multihulls and Fast Asyms T – 1Remove POneOne Minute for Multihulls and Fast Asyms TRemove D, O, NN1 Display 3 rd Sub and Y OneStart for Multihulls and Fast Asyms Warning signal for Mono-hulls T + 1Display POnePreparatory for Mono-hulls T + 2Remove POneOne Minute for Mono-hulls T + 3Remove 3 rd Sub and Y Display NN0 Flag OneStart for Mono-hulls Warning for Sandhoppers T + 4Display POnePreparatory for Sandhoppers T + 5Remove POneOne Minute for Sandhoppers T + 6Remove NN0OneStart for Sandhoppers
NN1 Slow cats & Sprints T - 3 Code flag D – Asymmetric Cats Code Flag O – Fast Asymmetric Mono
NN1 Slow cats & Sprints T - 2 Code flag D – Asymmetric Cats Code Flag O – Fast Asymmetric Mono Code flag P
NN1 Slow cats & Sprints T - 1 Code flag D – Asymmetric Cats Code Flag O – Fast Asymmetric Mono
T 1 st sub – fast monohull Code Y – slow monhull
T +1 1 st sub – fast monohull Code Y – slow monhull Code flag P
T st sub – fast monohull Code Y – slow monhull
T + 3 NN0 - Sandhopper
T + 4 NN0 - Sandhopper Code flag P
T + 5 NN0 - Sandhopper
T + 6
Committee boat on station at finish
Code flag S Shorten Course
All started races abandoned Code Flag N -
Cade flag H - Racing abandoned – further signals ashore
Code Flag N - Code Flag A Racing abandoned for the day