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FPYC Racing FPYC Racing 2008 Slide 2 FPYC Racing How to start the race. Slide 3 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat Tips Slide 4 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat start clock here 0:00 Time the line Slide 5 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat End clock here 0:45 seconds long Time the line Slide 6 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat Early, 0:30 to go Slide 7 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat Early, 0:30 to go Slide 8 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat Early, 0:30 to go Slide 9 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat Know how long it takes you to tack Start clock 0:00 Slide 10 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat Know how long it takes you to tack practice before the race Stop clock 0:15 Slide 11 FPYC Racing The following starting scheme is called the Vanderbilt Start. This presentation ignores any strategy. It assumes; that there are no other boats, that the wind is 90 deg to the start line, and it assumes that the wind direction and velocity are constant. Slide 12 FPYC Racing Things to remember: Starboard has right of way over port tack. Its an advantage to start the race on starboard tack. Slide 13 FPYC Racing 5 min Horn: Number ONE flag up 4 min Horn: P flag up (prep) 1 min Horn: P flag down (prep) 0 min Horn: Number ONE flag down Slide 14 FPYC Racing THE COURSE start finish Committee boat wind Slide 15 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat Before the start you Sail anywhere, but dont get too far from the line, especially in light wind! Slide 16 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat Horn 5:00 to go X Slide 17 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat 4:15 to go When you are at the transom of the committee boat, subtract the time to tack from the time remaining and divide by 2. 4:15 0:15 / 2 = 2:00 Slide 18 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat Pick a course on Port tack, 135 away from the wind. Sail for the time, in this case 2:00 Horn 4:00 to go Slide 19 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat 2:15 to go - TACK Slide 20 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat 2:00 to go TACK complete Slide 21 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat 2:00 to go now on Starboard tack, 45 off wind Slide 22 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat Horn 1:00 to go Slide 23 FPYC Racing wind Committee boat Horn 0:00 to go Slide 24 FPYC Racing Three times Gertrude Lewis Conway was a full-fledged member of the afterguard aboard an America Cup's defender. Harold Vanderbilt's wife, 'Gertie' was beside him aboard Enterprise in 1930, Rainbow in 1934 and finally Ranger in 1937. She had the responsibility of timekeeping, which was not a small matter on a J-Class sailing at full speed towards the starting line. Especially so, as her husband Harold's specialty was a very fast start called 'the Vanderbilt start'. Slide 25 FPYC Racing the end