1 Rules

1. The Sail For Gold will be governed by the rules as defined in the "Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012“.

2. The event will be held using Virtual Skipper 5, the boat class will be ACC.

1.3 If there is a conflict between languages then English text will take precedence.

1.4 For participation, a registration on http://sailforgoldvirtual.wix.com/sailforgold is necessary.

1.5 While racing, boats shall display boat names not to be mistaken from the user names they are registered with.

2 Format and Schedule

2.1 The Sail For Gold consists of fleet races.

2.1.1 Races will be announced at sailforgoldvirtual.wix.com/sailforgold in the Currents Events.

2.2 Schedule

2.2.1 The races will be held only on a Saturday with some exceptions in weekdays, holidays.

3 Time

3.1 The server will be open 15 minutes before the official start.

3.1.2 The Official start is 21:00 CEST / CET

4 Maps

4.1 All maps will be announced 2 days in advance

4.2 The maps for the Sail For Gold can be downloaded http://vskspace.com + http://www.trickywinds.com/

5 Penalty System

All races of the Sail For Gold shall be sailed in automatic penalty mode.

6 Timelimit and Disconnect

6.1 A disconnect of a participant during a race will be  scored DNF. However, he is entitled to request a restart if he is back in the game at least one minute prior to the starting signal. A disconnect does not entitle to redress.

6.2 If the host disconnects, the race will be restarted. No race will be started later than 40 min hours after the original start time of the days first race in the respective time zone.

7 Racing Rules on the Water

7.1 Taking a Penalty
A boat that has broken a rule should take the penalty turn as soon as possible and clear of other boats.

7.2 Penalty cancel
A boat that considers a penalty given by Nadeo umpire incorrect, may request for its cancellation.

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7.3 Rule 2

Any case of rule 2 from comments in chat (chat is recorded by bandicam) or from the sailforGold committee witnessing rule 2, will be reviewed on replay after race 3. If the sailforGold committee finds the situation to be rule 2, the skipper at fault will be un-invited from the next event. For a skipper to break this rule 3 times in one year is unacceptable, they will then be un-invited for the remainder of that year. Results will remain as they are, as this is not an official PC's decision.

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8 Registration

8.1 25 boats limit. 1 extra space will be kept for a wildcard entry.

8.2 If registration Is full you must enter the server ASAP. The host will be opening 15mins before start. The waiting list will be in order of who gets into the server first.

8.3 Registered skippers arriving too late for race 1 will by default transfer their place to whomever started race 1 for the remainder of the event. So don't be late!!!

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9 Host Settings

9.1 The races have to be named according to the following pattern: Sail For Gold::Saturday.

9.2 The Server password for participants can be found after registration for the respective race at the current events.

9.3 The races belonging to the Sail For Gold have no spectator password and the limit is maximun 255. =]