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Leg 9: Addendum
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THE COURSE
Start—mark 1 to port— mark 2 to port— mark 3 to port— mark 1 to port— mark 4 to port—start area
gate — Goue Vas Sud to port — Goue Vas Est to port — Basse Du Milieu to starboard — Bass
Nouvelle to port — La Trinite Mark to starboard — Cohfournik Mark to starboard — Ile de Groix to
starboard—Belle Ile 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—
Trubaduren to port — Buskar Gate passing through the gate formed by the two marks — Alvsborg
Gate passing through the gate formed by the two marks — Älvsborg bridge — Gothenburg Finish.
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THE MARKS
a. Start Boat
b. Start Pin
c. Mark 1
d. Mark 2
e. Mark 3
f. Mark 4
g. Start Area Gate
h. Goue Vas Sud
Latitude
Longitude
Description
47° 41.500'N
Variable
003° 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
Start Boat and Mark 2
47 25.768’N
003 04.923W
South Cardinal Mark
i. Goue Vas Est
j. Basse Du Milieu
47 26.235’N
003 04.282W
Red navigational mark
47 25.903’N
003 04.123W
Green navigational mark
k. Bass Nouvelle
La Trinite Mark
l.
47° 26.976'N
03° 01.996'W
Red navigation mark
47° 31.600'N
03° 01.500'W
m. Cohfournik Mark
47° 19.499'N
02° 49.681'W
Laid Yellow Mark
identifying light
East Cardinal mark
47° 37.933'N
003° 23.904’W
47° 18.608'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
003° 03.577’W
o
06 04.281W
o
05 22.168W
o
05 10.637W
o
05 35.354W
o
05 52.364W
o
02 50.501W
o
02 20.501W
n. Ile de Groix
o. Belle Ile
p.
q.
Ouessant TSS
Exclusion Zone
Casquets TSS
Exclusion Zone
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Edouard De Cougy
Cardinal Buoy
Light
Virtual Marks
Virtual Marks
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Dover Straits TSS
Exclusion Zone
r.
s.
Drain W
Drain E
The Hague Timing Gate
t.
u. Kns
v. Peir Mark
w. Drain E
Houtrust
x.
y.
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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 0 4.650N
o
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
02 27.026W
o
02 58.063W
o
00 03.838E
o
01 01.029E
o
01 27.120E
o
01 30.947E
o
01 47.238E
o
02 11.307E
o
02 31.747E
o
02 34.011E
o
02 40.756E
o
02 28.541E
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01 53.005E
o
01 43.925E
o
01 00.579E
o
00 32.321E
o
00 04.061E
52° 06.935’N
52° 06.700’N
52° 06.228’N
52° 06.238’N
04° 13.980’E
04° 14.441’E
04° 15.167’E
04° 15.378’E
o
52 06.491’N
o
04 15.272’E
Cardinal buoys
Green Fixed Light
Red Fixed Light
Cardinal Buoy
Inflatable Buoy
Variable
o
04 14.439’E
52 10.068’N
o
04 09.870’E
57° 35.690’N
11° 37.980’E
52 06.715’N
Virtual Marks
o
o
Trubaduren
Cardinal buoy
Yellow special purpose
buoy
Lighthouse
z. South Channel
Boats shall transit through the South Channel only.
No 32 tower Fl R3s
57° 41.080’N
11° 50.500’E
No 33 tower Fl (2) G6s
bb. Alvsborg Gate*
57° 40.860’N
11° 50.500’E
Älvsborg bridge**
Pass through the centre
cc.
57° 41.450’N
11° 53.830’E
span
Gothenburg
Finish
Land (Flag)
dd.
57° 42.624’N
11° 57.423’E
Land
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ee. Gothenburg Finish
57 42.566’N
11 57.240’E
* & ** are alternative finish lines, which may be used in cases of adverse weather, the use of an
alternative finish will be notified before the first Boat enters the South Channel. When an
alternative finish line all Boats shall leave their mainsails hoisted until they enter the area of the
berthing pontoons in the Race Village.
aa. Alvsborg Gate*
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 & 4 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.
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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.
3.2
The Hague timing stop: Boats may resume racing no sooner than the time given to that Boat
during the Hague Pit-Stop by a member of the RC by crossing the line formed by Hague Timing
Gate marks. 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.
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LEG START EXCLUSION ZONES
Marshalling buoys will be laid around the racecourse to exclude spectator boats from the leg
start racing area and may be laid in The Hague resuming racing area. They do not have any
relevance to the Boats.
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OUESSANT TSS EXCLUSION ZONE
While racing no boats shall enter the area formed by the straight lines between adjacent points.
CASQUETS TSS EXCLUSION ZONE
While racing no boats shall enter the area formed by the straight lines between adjacent points.
DOVER STRAIT TSS EXCLUSION ZONE
While racing no boats shall enter the area formed by the straight lines between adjacent points.
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THE FINISHING LINE
The Gothenburg finishing line will be between a staff displaying an orange ‘FINISH’ flag on at the
starboard end and land at the port end. In the event that the Alvsborg Gate is used the finsh line
shall be between the 2 navigation marks and if the Älvsborg Bridge is used the finish line shall be
between the bridge piles either side of the main span.
The RC will be listening on VHF 77.
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THE HAGUE PIT-STOP
NOR 19.5 applies from the time a Boat crosses the Hague Timing Gate for the first time until she
resumes Racing.
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COURSE DIAGRAMS
LORIENT
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La TRINITE
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THE HAGUE
To Houtrust !
buoy
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GOTHENBURG
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