MIT Sailing Alumni Regatta
| Sat 03-May-2025 | 12:00-17:00 |
| Registration Start: | 25-April-2025 at 00:00 |
| Registration End: | 01-May-2025 at midnight |
Sailing Instructions
Sailing Instructions
1. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
This regatta is open to all current and former MIT Sailing Team members and their families. Upon arrival at the MIT Sailing Pavilion, please check in at the desk. Please confirm at check in whether you would like to sail and provide your preferred position in the boat (skipper or crew).
2. RULES
The regatta will be governed by the sailing rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) except where modified by the Notice of Race or Sailing Instructions.
3. NOTICES TO COMPETITORS
Notices to the competitors will be posted on the official notice board located east of the lobby in the Shore School.
4. SIGNALS MADE ASHORE
Signals made ashore will be hailed verbally by the Race Committee and posted to the notice board in the Shore School.
5. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
1200 Meet and Greet Lunch with the current Sailing Team at the Pavilion
1300 Competitors meeting, racing to follow immeadiately.
1700 No race after, awards to follow immeadiately.
6. RACING AREAS
The racing area shall be the Lower Charles River Basin in front of the MIT Sailing Pavilion Dock.
7. THE COURSES
All fleet race courses sailed will be Windward—Leewards with 3, 4, or 5 legs. The windward mark shall be followed by an offset mark and all leeward roundings shall be gates. All team race courses sailed will be Digital-Ns. Course diagrams will be posted on the official notice board.
8. PROTESTS AND BREAKDOWNS
Protests are strongly discouraged in the spirit of the event. We encourage all competitors to sail clean and handle penalties on the water.
9. THE START
The start shall be between a ball and a committee boat displaying an orange flag. The I-flag penalty shall be used after a general recall when fleet racing.
10. THE FINISH
When finishing upwind, the finish line shall be between the upwind mark and the offset. When finishing downwind, the finish shall be between the starting ball and a staff displaying an orange flag.
11. FORMAT AND SCORING
The first half of the event will be fleet racing. Then, at the race committees discretion, the regatta format will change to a team racing format for anyone who wants to team race.
A rotation sheet will be provided at the competitors’ meeting and posted to the official notice board. Crews will be assigned a boat at the competitors’ meeting. During fleet racing, skippers will be assigned a starting boat, and will rotate up one number every race. Rotations will take place MIT sailing pavilion docks. Scores will be recorded individually for both the skipper and crew for each fleet race. The team race rotaton will be posted seperately.
12. BOATS AND EQUIPMENT
Racing will take place in FJs or 420s provided by the MIT Sailing Pavilion. Redress will not be given for any delay or breakdown determined to result from adjusting the rigging.
Organizers
Questions about this event should be directed to the organizer(s): Matthew Lindblad, JULIUS HEITKOETTER, Brooke Barry, YITIAN ZHU, Mercedes Escandon