Couta Boats

ONB – OFFICIAL NOTICE BOARD

Couta Boat racing is held at SSCBC every weekend from November to June. The Couta Boats, new and old, compete under the handicap system developed by the Couta Boat Association. For everything related to Couta Boat racing, including racing documents and entries, see below.

Notice to Competitors No 15 – GILL NEXT GEN

•  RSI – Race Sailing Instructions

• Results
• Season Safety Briefing 2019-20
• What’s App – Get push notification of updates here.
• NOR-SIs 2019-20 SSCBC
• Course sheets 2019-20 
• Season Entry here (TopYacht)
• Cat 7 Safety Dec
• Change Crew or Equipment here
• See the Handicap Changes here
• Sailor Lunch Packs

TY Admin

CREW SAFETY REGISTER – Trial by invitation

Video – How does it work?

OTHER NOTICES
Protests

• Case 1 C08 v C2006 – C08 & C2006 Decision
• Cases 2 & 3 C86 & C2003– C86 & C2003 Decision

OTHER LINKS

• Couta Boat Sail Exchange – What’s Available
• List a sail to exchange 
• Safety
• Entry Terms and Conditions
• Results
• Racing Rules of Sailing
• Class Rules
• AS Special Regulations Pt 2
• Performance Handicap Rules
• Race Management Policies
• Admin

Notice to Competitors No 15 RSI – Race Sailing Instructions

• 18/1/20
  • 1030 – Registration
  • 1200 – Briefing
  • 1330 – 1st Warning Signal
  • ASAP – Presentation

Twilights are at 1800 on Fridays and 1600 on other days:

• 26/12/19 – 1600 – (Thursday)
• 8/1/20 – 1600 –  (Wednesday)
• 10/1/20 – 1800 – (Friday) Aggregate
• 15/1/20 – 1600 – (Wednesday)
• 17/1/20 – 1800 – (Friday)
• 22/1/20 – 1600 – (Wednesday)
• 24/1/20 – 1800 – (Friday)

• 16/11/19 – 1400 – Sam Byrne & Ted Silbereisen Memorial
• 23/11/19 – 1400 – Wooden Boat Shop Series
• 30/11/19 – 1400 – Wooden Boat Shop Series
• 7/12/19 – 1400 – Wooden Boat Shop Series
• 14/12/19 – 1400 – Wooden Boat Shop Series
• 28-30/12/19 – Mercedes-Benz Mornington CBA National Championships
• 1/1/20 – RT Edgar South Channel Race
• 4/1/20 – GANT Portsea Cup
• 10/1/20 – 1800 – Twilight Aggregate
• 26/1/20 – Gurner Australia Day Three Piers Race
• 1/2/20 & 8/2/20 – CBA State Championships
• 15/2/20 – San Pellegrino Cup
• 22/2/20 – Yabby Lake Great Fort Run
• 29/2/20 – Coastal Living – 2 x Races
• 14/3/20 – Steadfast IBG Insurance Race
• 21/3/20 – 1400 – Sorrento Cup
• 4/4/20 – 1300 – Mud Island Race
• 11/4/20 – 1300 – 2 Aggregate Races
• 18/4/20 – 1300 – Passage Re-sail
• 26/4/20 – 1300 – (Sunday) – 2 Aggregate Races
• 2/5/20 – 1400 – Aggregate /Passage Re-sail

• 7/12/19 – 1400 – Wooden Boat Shop Series
• 1/1/20 – RT Edgar South Channel Race
• 26/1/20 – Gurner Australia Day Three Piers Race
• 8/2/20 – CBA State Championships
• 22/2/20 –Yabby Lake Great Fort Run
• 4/4/20 – 1300 – Mud Island Race
• 18/4/20 – 1300 – Passage Re-sail
• 2/5/20 – 1400 – Aggregate /Passage Re-sail

Social Racing is a new initiative we are developing with the fleet to provide additional sailing and racing opportunities without the intensity and restrictions of aggregate racing.

We’ll still be big on safety, but the sailing will be simpler and easier with a mixture of laid, box and pursuit starts and fixed mark, laid mark and passage race courses. We’ll pick the best option based on the tide and weather conditions and fleet size.

We’ll let you know over WhatsApp what the plans are each week.

• 21/12/19 – 1100 –  Social Racing
• 27/12/19 – 12:30 – Dash to the Heads
• See Twilight Racing for Christmas Holidays Twilights
• 18/1/20 – 1200 – Next Gen
• 19/1/20 – 1100 – (Sunday) Social Racing
• 25/1/20 – 1100 – (Saturday) Social Racing
• 7/3/20 – TBA – (Saturday) Social Racing (Long weekend)
• 28/3/20 – 1400 – Mixed Gen Sailing including Lady Skippers Trophy
• 13/4/20 – 1100 – 2/3 handed race

• 26/1/20 – 1330(D2)/1400(D1) – 2 Races
• 27/1/20 – 1100(D2)/1130(D1) – re-sail

• 11/10/19 – 1830 – (Friday)  Season Briefing @ Mercedes-Benz Mornington
• 10/11/19 – 1100 – (Sunday) Couta Conversation Lacco Room followed by Tune up and Social Racing.
• 28/12/19 – 1100 – Couta Conversation Lacco Room – Safety
• 22/2/20 – 1100 – Couta Conversation Lacco Room
• 14/3/20 – 1100 – Couta Conversation Lacco Room

• 4/1/20
  • 0900 – Breakfast
  • 1400 – Race
• 5/1/19
  • 1000 – re-sail
  • 1200 – Quarantine Picnic and Presentation

• 1/2/20 – 1300 – 2 Races
• 8/2/20 – 1300 – Passage

• 15/2/20 – 1400

The Lacco Cup is a social oriented series for Div 2. Short simple races over 3 Sundays in February and March with a re-sail if needed.

•  Notice to Competitors No 14 Portsea Cup Re-sail
• 16/2/20 – 1100 – (Sunday) – & Re-sail of Portsea Cup
• 23/2/20 – 1100 – (Sunday)
• 15/3/20 – 1100 – (Sunday)
• 22/2/20 – 1100 – (Sunday) – provision for re-sail

• 23/2/20
  • 1100 – Couta Conversation
  • 1300 – Passage

• 29/2/20 – 1300 – 2 races

• 14/3/20 – 1400

• 21/3/20 – 1400

The Winters Series kicks off after the Mothers Day sailing break.

• 17/5/20 – 1100
• 24/5/20 – 1100
• 31/5/20 – 1100
• 6/6/20 – TBA – Saturday
• 7/6/20 – TBA – Sunday

Notice to Competitors No 3.

The weather looks great so far for racing off Portsea this weekend, so that will be the start location unless we need to bring it back due to weather.

Warning Signal times are not changed

Notice to Competitors No 2.

This Saturday we will race off the club. The following Saturday we will look at the weather and consider  sailing somewhere different like Portsea or Capel Sound.

Sailor’s Lunch Packs

Introducing our new Sailor’s Lunch Packs!

Like your old school tuck shop lunch, we are offering sailors the opportunity to order their lunch pack in advance.

Includes a roll, piece of fruit and a muesli bar for $12. In an effort to avoid food wastage, we will not be preparing rolls to purchase on the day.
Pre-orders only. Normally order by 2pm Thursday – But this weeks it will be 6pm Friday.

You can order lunch here

Latest Notice 5C – Race Sailing Instructions Wooden Boat Shop Passage Series CLICK HERE –  RSI WBS Passage V1

A Briefing will be held at the Colored Wall at 12:15

Latest Notice # 4B  Protests Scroll down for the Protests lodged – The hearings will be held on Saturday 7 Dec at the club – LACCO ROOM

• 10:00 HEARING 1 – C08 & C2006
• 10:30 HEARING 2 – C86 & C2003

Latest Notice No 5B – the Weather models are a bit out of alignment – so we will probably run the race off the Club and not venture too far – We are still on and a further update will be issued mid morning after the protests.
Notice No 5: Racing on Sat 7th December will be a passage race with a Special Course published on Saturday Morning before 11.30 based on the weather models and observations.

We would like to do an upwind start at Sorrento, sail to Rye and get another beat and then head home to finish at the club finish line.

Notice to Competitors No 8

27/12/19 – 12:30 – Dash to the Heads Warning Signal

COURSE

• Start – Orange Staff on Volunteer and Orange Start Pin
• Pink Mark to windward (port)
• Pink Mark reach or run (port)
• Sorrento Channel 8 (Stbd)
• Sorrento Channel 6 (Stbd)
• Sorrento Channel 4 (Stbd)
• Sorrento Channel 2 (Stbd)
• Finish Off Portsea – Blue Inflatable and Volunteer

Instruction

All boats must keep clear of the Ferry and follow any rescue boat instructions

Sign Off

Boats will be signed off when they finish the race.

Twilight Aggregate 10 Jan 2020 ABANDONED.

The weather models and forecast just published are unsuitable for racing Couta Boats so the race has been abandoned.

Notice to Competitors No 12

Portsea Cup  – AP over A,  1 & 2 have been displayed with two sound signals.
This means that the Portsea Cup will not be raced today.
Further announcements will be made later today regarding the re-sail scheduled for 10:00 Sunday and the Picnic and Presentation.

• 1/1/20 – 1300(D2)/1330(D1)
• RSI – RT Edgar South Channel Race 

• 23/11/19 – 1400 –

• 30/11/19 – 1400  Portsea
• 7/12/19 – 1400 – Passage race
• 14/12/19 – 1400 – Sternchaser

Notice to Competitors #6: Sat 14 Dec

• No Couta Conversation this Saturday it has moved to 28 December and will focus on Safety.
• Any new entry or possible changes to crew or equipment must be submitted by 10:45
• An RSI with Start times and Course will be available at 11:30
• WBS Sternchaser Information Session at Coloured Wall at 12:15
• 1st Start from the Box will be 14:00

Wooden Boat Shop – Sternchaser Start times

The course will be a fixed course from the course sheet – Box Start and Box finish.

Rule 32 is changed so that the if Flag S over Flag H is displayed at a mark for a division, Boats shall:

• Round that mark,
• round mark 8, and
• then finish.

• 28/12/19 – RSI- Race Sailing Instructions 
  • 10:30 Briefing at the Coloured Wall
  • 11:00 Couta Conversation Lacco Room – Safety
  • 1300 – First Warning Signal – 2 Races
• 29/12/19
  • 1300 – 2 Races
  • ASAP – Presentation
• 30/12/19 – 1300 –  re-sail provision