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Leg 9: Addendum
Amendment 3
1 THE COURSE
Course 1-Pennant 1, Start—mark 1 to port— mark 2 to port— mark 3 to port— mark 1 to
port—start line gate — Ile de Groix to starboard— Goue Vas Sud to port — Goue Vas Est to
port — Basse Du Milieu to starboard — Bass Nouvelle to port — Morbihan Mark to starboard
— Cohfournik Mark to starboard —Belle Ile to starboard—Laplate to starboard—La Four to
starboard—The Hague Gate (Drain W to port – Drain E to starboard) — The Hague Timing
Gate.
Course 2-Pennant 2, Start—mark 1 to port— mark 2 to port— mark 3 to port— mark 1 to
port— start line gate —Ile de Groix to starboard—Belle Ile to starboard—Laplate to starboard—La Four to starboard—The Hague Gate (Drain W to port – Drain E to starboard) — The
Hague Timing Gate.
Course 3-Pennant 3, Start—mark 1 to port— mark 2 to port— mark 3 to port— mark 1 to
port—start line gate —Ile de Groix to port—Laplate to starboard—La Four to starboard—The
Hague Gate (Drain W to port – Drain E to starboard) — The Hague Timing Gate.
Resume Racing
Hague Timing Gate—Kns to starboard- Pier mark to port—Drain E to Starboard—Houtrust to
starboard—Trubaduren to port —Brede Bade to port— Buskar Gate—Botto to starboard—
Vassakaren to port—Gaveskar gate—Gothenburg Channel Limits—Alvsborg Gate—
Älvsborg Bridge Gate — Gothenburg Finish.
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THE MARKS
a. Start Boat
b. Start Pin
c. Mark 1
d. Mark 2
e. Mark 3
Latitude
Longitude
Description
47° 41.500'N
Variable
03° 26.600'W
Power boat
Square raft mark with cube
branding
Square raft mark with cube
branding
Square raft mark with cube
branding
Square raft mark with cube
branding
White 3m branded mark
Variable
Adjacent to Start
Boat
Variable
Variable
f. Mark 4
Start Line Gate (leaving
g.
mark)
47 25.768’N
h. Goue Vas Sud
03º 04.923’W
South Cardinal Mark
i. Goue Vas Est
03º 04.282’W
Red navigational mark
Start Boat and Start Pin
47 26.235’N
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j. Basse Du Milieu
k. Bass Nouvelle
Morbihan Mark
47 25.903’N
03º 04.123’W
Green navigational mark
47° 26.976'N
03° 01.996'W
Red navigation mark
47° 31.600'N
03° 01.500'W
White tetraedric buoy 2
meters
tall
with
identifying white flashing
light. The name of the
mark in MORBIHAN.
47° 19.499'N
02° 49.681'W
East Cardinal mark
47° 37.933'N
03° 23.904’W
47° 18.608'N
03° 03.577’W
Edouard De Cougy
Cardinal Buoy
Light
l.
m. Cohfournik Mark
n. Ile de Groix
o. Belle Ile
p. Laplate
48 02.369’N
q. Le Four
o
Cardinal Mark
o
Light house
o
04 45.575’W
48 31.388’N
o
48 42.257N
o
48 27.903N
o
48 36.526N
o
49 03.128N
o
48 56.697N
o
49 45.741N
o
49 50.733N
o
50 08.855N
o
50 03.584N
o
50 14.306N
o
50 25.656N
o
50 45.121N
o
50 53.550N
o
51 04.650N
o
51 12 .045N
o
51 21.153N
o
51 23.973N
o
51 45.489N
o
51 51.884N
o
51 28.587N
o
51 14.375N
o
50 53.469N
o
50 39.578N
o
50 33.380N
o
52 04.786’N
o
51 50.731’N
o
51 56.290’N
o
52 04.869’N
52° 06.935’N
52° 06.700’N
o
04 48.306’W
o
06 04.281’W
o
05 22.168’W
o
05 10.637’W
o
05 35.354’W
o
05 52.364’W
o
02 50.501’W
o
02 20.501’W
o
02 27.026’W
o
02 58.063’W
o
00 03.838’E
o
01 01.029’E
o
01 27.120’E
o
01 30.947’E
o
01 47.238’E
o
02 11.307’E
o
02 31.747’E
o
02 34.011’E
o
02 40.756’E
o
02 28.541’E
o
01 53.005’E
o
01 43.925’E
o
01 00.579’E
o
00 32.321’E
o
00 04.061’E
o
03 34.838’E
o
03 06.827’E
o
03 35.706’E
o
03 08.534’E
04° 13.980’E
04° 14.441’E
x. Kns
52° 06.228’N
52° 06.238’N
o
52 06.411’N
04° 15.167’E
04° 15.378’E
o
04 15.318’E
y. Peir Mark
Variable
z. Drain E
52 06.715’N
r.
s.
Ouessant TSS
Casquets TSS
t. Dover Straits TSS
u. Rotterdam TSS
v.
w.
aa.
Drain W
Drain E
The Hague Timing Gate
Buskar Gate
dd.
04 14.439’E
52 10.068’N
o
04 09.870’E
57° 35.690’N
11° 37.980’E
57° 37.873’N
57° 38.150’N
57º 37.970’N
11° 40.483’
11° 41.149’E
11º 42.095’E
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Virtual Marks
Virtual Marks
Virtual Marks
Mnw3-Mw4
Mw1
Mw5
Mw2
Cardinal buoys
Green Fixed Light
Red Fixed Light
Cardinal Buoy
Inflatable Buoy
o
Houtrust
bb.Trubaduren
cc. Brede Baden
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o
2
Cardinal buoy
Yellow special purpose
buoy
Lighthouse
Virtual
Red lateral buoy
Green Lateral buoy
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ee. Botto
ff. Vassakaren
Gaveskar Gate
gg.
Gothenburg Channel
Limits
hh.
ii.
jj.
Alvsborg Gate
Älvsborg bridge Gate
kk. Gothenburg Finish
Gothenburg Finish
ll.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
57º 38.953’N
11º 43.174’E
57º 39.306’N
57º 39.688’N
57º 39.475’N
57º 39.688’N
57º 40.539’N
57º 40.912’N
57° 41.080’N
57° 40.860’N
57º 40.676’N
57º 39.833’N
57º 39.522’N
57° 41.080’N
57° 40.860’N
57° 41.450’N
11º 43.069’E
11º 46.151’E
11º 46.427’E
11º 46.151’E
11º 46.571’E
11º 48.175’E
11° 50.500’E
11° 50.550’E
11º 48.917’E
11º 47.263’E
11º 46.427’E
11° 50.500’E
11° 50.550’E
11° 53.830’E
57° 42.624’N
11° 57.423’E
o
o
57 42.566’N
11 57.240’E
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Special Purpose beacon
Special Purpose beacon
Special Purpose beacon
Land
Gaveskar navigation mark
Gula Bockskar (land)
V Knippelholmen mark
o
N 32 tower mark
o
N 33 tower mark
o
N 29 tower mark
Cardinal mark
o
N 5 mark
No 32 tower Fl R3s
No 33 tower Fl (2) G6s
Gate formed by the centre
spans
RC BOAT
Square raft mark with cube
branding
Positions are approximate. Datum: to WGS 84.
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START
3.1
(a) The starting area will be off Pointe du Talut
(b) The starting line will be between a staff displaying a ‘START’ flag on the Race
Committee Boat at the starboard end of the line and a square raft mark with cube
branding at the other end of the line.
(c) The range and bearing of the variable mark 1 & 3 will be displayed on the Start Boat
and announced on VHF Channel 77 before the warning signal.
(d) Individual Recall notification may be broadcast on the VHF Channel 77. Failure of the
Race Committee to notify, delay in notification or the sequence of such notification
shall not constitute grounds for redress. This amends RRS 62.1.
(e) Addendum Q, excluding Q2.3, Q2.4, Q2.5, Q3.1(c), Q3.2 (b), shall apply from the
preparatory signal for the Leg and ceases to apply between boats which have passed
and cleared the start area gate.
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LEG START EXCLUSION ZONES
Marshalling buoys may be laid around the racecourse in the leg start racing area and at
the Hague when boats resume racing. These marks are to exclude spectator boats and
do not have any relevance to the Boats.
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OUESSANT TSS, CASQUETS TSS, DOVER STRAIT TSS and ROTTERDAM TSS
While racing no boats shall enter the area formed by the straight lines between adjacent
points.
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THE HAGUE PIT-STOP
(a) NOR 19.5 applies from the time a Boat crosses the Hague Timing Gate for the first
time until she resumes Racing. In addition to NOR 19.5 the following conditions
apply:
i. Fenders, mooring lines, sail, wheel and deck covers may be used.
ii. Boats shall not use shore power.
iii. Only Leg 9 Crew Members, OBR’s and others approved by the RC prior to the
Boats arriving in The Hague may conduct boat tours or be on-board a Boat. The
process for requesting approval will be given to all teams during the Lorient
Stopover.
iv. The RC or an equipment inspector may seal the Boat(s) at any time. The seals
shall only be broken by a member of the RC or an equipment inspector.
v. NOR 19.3 is deleted.
(b) Boats will resume racing in the order and with the same time deltas that they pass
The Hague Timing Gate. The allocated individual Boat times to resume racing will be
announced as soon as possible after a Boat passes through the Hague Timing Gate.
(c) There will be no flag signals. Boats resume racing by crossing the line formed by The
Hague Timing Gate marks anytime after their allocated time.
(d) Notification to a Boat that has resumed racing prior to her allocated time or is on the
course side of the Timing Gate line will be broadcast on the VHF Channel 77. In
addition a rib displaying code flag X will approach the Boat and make repeated sound
signals. Failure of the RC to notify or delay in notification or the sequence of such
notification shall not constitute grounds for redress. This amends RRS 62.1.
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(a) The first Boat will resume Racing at 1200 hours (local) Saturday 20 June 2015.
(b) Boats may resume racing no sooner than the time given to that Boat during the
Hague Pit-Stop by a member of the RC. A Boat resumes racing by crossing the line
formed by Hague Timing Gate marks after her allocated time.
(c) Boats that are on the course side of this line at their assigned time shall comply with
RRS 29.1. Leg 9 SI 3.1 (a), (c), and (e) shall not apply, (b) is changed to: The line to
resume racing shall be between a staff displaying a ‘START’ flag on the starboard
end of the line and the starboard navigation mark of the Hague Timing Gate at the
port end.
(d) An alternative line to resume racing will be the line between navigational marks Drain
E to port and Drain W to starboard. Boats will be informed if the alternative line is to
be used.
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GOTHENBURG CHANNEL LIMITS
After passing through the Gaveskar gate Boats shall stay inside the area formed by
straight lines between the adjacent marks 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the northern side and
marks 5, 6, 7 and 8 on the southern side these 2 lines shall rank as obstructions that
a Boat shall not cross. Boats shall exit the area by passing through the Alvsborg gate.
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THE FINISHING LINE
(a) The Gothenburg finishing line will be between a staff displaying an orange ‘FINISH’
flag on at the starboard end and a square raft mark with cube branding at the port
end. The course may be shortened at a Gate. If the Älvsborg Bridge Gate is used the
finish line shall be between the western side of the bridge piles either side of the main
span. The RC will be listening on VHF 77.
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(b) RRS 32.2 final sentence is deleted and replaced with: After one or more boats have
finished, the course may be shortened for boats still racing.
(c) When a shortened course is used Boats after finishing shall keep sailing
towards the race village, if that is not possible then the Boat shall keep her
mainsail hoisted and if possible a headsail or similar until they are in the area
of the race village.
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MEDIA DELIVERABLES
(a) Within 4 hours of starting transmit photographs of the seals that have just been
applied: to race control.
(b) Each 24 hours: 2 mins of video, 5 to 8 photos and 200 words of text or another
amount as directed by the watch producers.
11 COURSE DIAGRAMS
LORIENT
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La TRINITE
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THE HAGUE
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GOTHENBURG
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