Inaugaral Summer Night Race

Herring Island Sailing Fleet announces the 2025 Night Race to be held on 30 August 2025. The start time for the race will be at 18:00. Rondezvous will be a HISF mark Y and the finish will be a MRYC. SIs for each race will be available on Friday at noon before the race.

If available, a committee boat will be positioned at the starting location to provide a first leg of the course by identifying the first mark of the course by radio and a number displayed on the boat’s starboard side.  Races will be scored using PHRF ratings by Time on Time (ToT).

Race Rules

The latest version of the Racing Rules of Sailing govern the race and are available on the Herring Island Web Page. https://www.herringislandsailingfleet.com/

The following clarification is provided:  Any boat intending to sail non-spinnaker must declare prior to the beginning of the start sequence and cannot change their designation thereafter.  All race communications will occur on VHF Channel 78. 

Start sequence:

6 minutes to start - Notification of intent to start race with 3 Blasts of the Horn.

5 Minute Warning begin 5 minute sequence, short horn

4 Minute Begin preparation with a long horn

1 Minute End Preparation with a long horn

Timing events will be preceded with a 30 second warning before time and then a 5 second countdown.

Scoring

The Night Race is a stand-alone race and prizes will be distributed for first and second place boats if five or fewer compete. A third-place trophy will be awarded if more than five boats compete. If there is no no RC recording finish times, competitors must self-report finish times by sending a screenshot from Atomic Clock, Flip Clock or any app that presents GPS time including seconds (e.g. Flip Clock) to the Shark, Bob Foley (refoley2008@gmail.com) or by text with boat name.