Islander 36 Association

I-36 Summer Sailstice Rally Saturday, June 24, 2023



Rally Overview

Your Islander 36 Association Board is scheduling the friends and family focused I-36 Summer Sailstice Rally for Saturday, June 24, 2023. This will be an opportunity for members of your family and friends - or racing crew too - to get out on the water and enjoy your boat with an organized rally with some fun options. It's intended to celebrate the longest sailing day of the year and have some fun along the way.

We have a simple course and if you choose to be timed while doing it, there are six ways you can gain extra points. We will use the US Coast Guard Rules of the Road, not the Racing Rules of Sailing. That's intended to promote distancing and lower the stress level. Above all, have fun, be polite, play nice and stay safe. Under usual conditions the Rally will take about 2 hours.

If interested, maybe we'll have a raft-up in Clipper Cove afterward for the saltier parties. (Note in Registration form if interested.)

We'll assemble just south of the center block of the western span of the Bay Bridge, and use the shadow of the roadway of the bridge on the water for our 12:00 start of the Rally. For maybe the first time in your sailing life you can actually see the starting line on the water!

All current and former I-36 Association members are invited to participate, Racers and Cruisers alike, and particularly new members. If you haven't participated in a while, now is a great time to come out. Let's see how many I-36s we can round up! And it's free - no entry fee.

Rally Details

Rules
We will use the US Coast Guard Rules of the Road, not the Racing Rules of Sailing. That's intended to promote distancing and lower the stress level. As a reminder and enhanced for our Rally:

Starboard over Port. Windward boat keep clear.

If you are overtaking another boat, you must stay at least 1 boat length to windward or leeward. You are the Give-Way vessel under the Rules of the Road and must keep clear until you have passed the boat you are overtaking.

If you are being overtaken by another boat, you are the Stand-On vessel. You are to maintain course and speed. (No luffing.) At any rounding point you must stay at least 1 boat length away from the other boat, if possible.

Rally Starting Area & Time
Gather on the south side of the western span of the Bay Bridge between the center block (pier C on the chart) and the next west tower (pier B) at approximately 11:45. (Section B - C on the chart.) Use VHF Channel 72 to check in with the Rally Coordinator. When you check in, the Rally Coordinator will confirm:

A. if you want to be scored or not (i.e. you care about how you do around the course, or are just out for a nice day of sailing)
B. if you are flying an I-36 burgee
C. who will be your skipper, and

This is a good time to wave to your friends and start taking pictures.

The rally starts at 12:00 and the starting line is the first part of the shadow of the roadway of the Bay Bridge on the water. For maybe the first time in your sailing life you can actually see the starting line on the water! Use GPS or cell phone time to time your own start. All boats must stay at least 10 feet apart.

Course
The course is to round Angel Island to starboard - northeast through Raccoon Strait and then pass east of Treasure Island to the finish line which is again the first part of the shadow of the roadway of the Bay Bridge between TI and Berkeley. Note: the shadow of any towers are NOT the finish line. This course would typically be a series of close hauled and reaching legs.

Boats wishing to be scored are to record their finish time using GPS or cell phone time and report it on VHF 72 as, " I-36 Fleet, has finished at HH:MM:SS and is leaving the Rally." Wait to be acknowledged by the Rally Coordinator. For safety, boats not being scored simply report they have crossed the finish line and are leaving the Rally.

For those wishing to be scored, there will be two scores.

Raw and Corrected Finish Score: Using a 12:00 start time, course distance (11.2 nm), Boat's I-36 rating as adjusted per the Boat Information section below and in your registration, and finish time to give a Raw Finish Score, and add adjustments 1, & 2 below for Corrected Finish Score. The target is to email this to the fleet by Saturday evening.

Fun Corrected Score: Using the various criteria below, a boat's Corrected Finish score will be adjusted to arrive at a Fun Corrected Time. This will be calculated after 6 pm Sunday evening to allow boats time to earn credits 3, 4 and 5.

1) Skipper Adjustment: If a boat has one of the following skipper the whole race they get a rating credit as follows:
    a) Child between 18 and 21 6 sec/mile (67 seconds)
    b) Child below 18 8 sec/mile (90 seconds)
    c) Non-Racing Spouse 10 sec/mile (112 seconds)
    (Leaves out Kathryn on Mischief; Liz on Green flash; Pat Salvo, and Sandy Van Mell, but Nanci Melton and Maria DaPrato qualify.)
    d) Single-Handed Skipper 10 sec/mile (112 seconds)
2) You get a 1 second per mile credit if you are flying an I-36 burgee.
3) Photos of other boats gain you 1 sec per mile. (limit 5 seconds.) But more appreciated.
4) Photos of your boat and crew gain you 1 second per mile. (Limit 5 seconds.) But more appreciated.
5) Drone videos of the fleet gain 3 seconds per mile per whole minute of video.
Note: To receive credit for Adjustments 3, 4 & 5 pics/vids must be emailed to the Rally Coordinator by 5:00 PM on Sunday, June 25. Then everyone has a choice of heading to their home ports, or raft up in Clipper Cove. for a little celebration. Prizes are the great images of Islanders sailing together, and stories exchanged if you raft up. And of course, plenty of congratulations to everyone who participated.

Above all, have fun, be polite, play nice and stay safe.

Fill in the registration form below. If conditions or circumstances change, you may make changes with an updated registration, or when checking in with the Rally Coordinator.

Questions? Contact Rally Coordinator Rick Van Mell. Cell: 650-793-9075, or VHF 72 during the Rally.

Boat Information
We will give rating credits to the 144 base rating as follows:

Fixed 2 blade prop = +10 sec/mi
Fixed 3 blade prop = +15 sec/mi
Largest headsail 136% or higher = -6 sec/mi
Tall rigs = -6 sec/mi
The Rally is intended to be Non-Spinnaker (no adjustment), however if you really want to fly one, report the number of minutes you flew one and it will be -10 sec per minute.
Roller furling - no adjustment
Boat weight - no allowance for weight differences




I-36 2023 Summer Sailstice Entry Form

Owner Name:     Cell Phone:
Email Address:

Boat Name:         Sail Number:

Participation Level:
I want to Rally!
I may Rally - keep me on the list.
Sorry, not this year.

After Rally Raft-Up?

Choices: Note that all of these can be changed with a later registration or at the assembly area.
Scoring: Yes, I want to be scored ,     No, I don't want to be scored
Burgee: Yes, I plan to fly a burgee ,     No, I don't plan to fly a burgee
Skipper: Me ,     Child under 18 ,     Child 18-21 ,     Non-Racing Spouse ,     Single Handed

Boat Information:
Prop: Fixed ,     Folding ,      Feathering.     # of Blades:
Largest Headsail on Board (%):
Rig: Standard ,     Tall.

Other Comments: