Rendezvous Yacht Club, PO Box 6,  Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada P9A 3M5

New ISAF Start Sequence

Rendezvous Yacht Club voted to adopt ISAF Start Sequence for the 2007 Racing Season.

1. The sequence length is 5 minutes.

2. Simplified flag signals - only the class flag and a preparatory or penalty flags are used.

3. There is a one-minute signal. (For those of you who lose track of the minutes before the start.)

4. Successive starts can be easily made at 5-minute intervals.

5. The sequence of signals is the same whether there is a penalty imposed or not.

6. There is no overlap required for multiple class starts. So the race officer may easily delay subsequent starts to change the starting line or course.