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Scoring

Every Elimination counts as one race.

• 3-4 eliminations = 1 discard
• 5-7 eliminations = 2 discards,
• 8-10 eliminations = 3 discards
• 11 and more eliminations = 4 discards

Sample elimination ladder

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Penalties, protests, requests for redress

On national/regional events, the protest committee is based ashore observing the racing.

• Protest hearings are held ashore immediately after racing
• Good communication (PA system) required to inform riders about incidents (i.e. BFD, protests, redress)
• RC shall postpone racing in case of hearings affecting subsequent starts

On international events, a properly constituted international jury should be appointed.

• 3 members are on jet skis/ribs, observing and signalling penalties and communicating to competitors on the water and the chairman of the jury ashore.
• Chairman of the jury with one assistant are based on the tower observing and in charge of final decisions and communication with the race committee about penalties affecting the finishing order
• Finish boat displays penalty flag (Bravo) to inform riders that finish order might have changed
• Addendum FS (Kiteboard Slalom, also FSR for refereeing) can be found on the Offical Notice Board HERE

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The Courses

General

• Target Time: 3 minutes for eliminations, longer for half fleet/full fleet races with more than 8 riders
• Kiteboards’ speed is approximately 10m/s in 12-15 knots
• Total course length is approximately 1800-2000 meters

First leg (Start to Mark 1)

• 105° (+/- 5°) off the wind
  Length:
• Eliminations (4-8 riders): 600-700 meters
• Half Fleet (up to 16 riders): 1200-1400 meters
• Full fleet (more than 16 riders): 2000 meters
• No jump

All other legs

• 105° of the wind (+/- 5° depending on wind strength, current, waves)
• In a symmetrical setup all legs have the same angle and the leg length is approximately 300-350 meters
• In an asymmetrical setup, early legs are longer, getting shorter in each subsequent leg, depending on beach configuration, waves etc. Example for an asymmetrical setup:
• Start leg: 600meters
• Leg 2 and 3: 450 meters
• Leg 4 and 5: 250 meters
• Recommended number of legs is 5. There should not be less than 3 or more than 7 legs.
• On a 5 leg course, obstacles are set initially on legs 3 and 4. Additional obstacles may be set on legs 2 and 5. There should be an equal number of obstacles on each tack.

Dimensions of obstacles

• 1 meter high (minimum 0.5 meter)
• 20 meters long (minimum 10 meters) / 2x 10 meters

Please contact the office for sources of buying obstacles

The Finish

• Finish line should be laid as close as possible to the beach
• Finish leg length is the same with the course lengths (symmetrical setup), line is square to the last leg.
• Finish line length: approximately 20 meters

Course Examples

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The Start

• All starts are reaching starts
• Schedule a start every 6 minutes (10 races per hour)
• Short postponements might be necessary depending on time required by riders to go upwind again to be in time for their next start.
• Start on the outside with sufficient space to line up. Mark 1 ideally shall be set close to the beach to create picture opportunities and easy viewing for judges/umpires and spectators.
• With onshore or offshore wind, preferably equal number of legs on each tack

The Start Line

• Small RC boat on the windward side of line, displaying heat numbers and flags
• Starting line is set square to the first leg. Depending on the line length, there should be up to 10° bias for the pin (referring to direct line to mark 1) – look for bunching on either end and adjust. The best place to start should be the middle of the line.
• Line length: number of competitors x 10 meters

Starting Penalties

• Black flag rule on all starts.
• Competitors must be informed on the finish line about BFD scores (Bravo Flag)

Starting Signals

• 2/7 minutes before 1st Warning:Orange/white chequered flag
• - 3 minutes: division flag + heat number (Warning Signal)
• - 2 minutes: red flag (Preparatory Signal)
• -1 minute: red flag removed and yellow flag (1 min signal)
• 0 (START)yellow flag removed and green flag
• +1 minute: green, division, and heat number removed

Rabbit Start

For full fleet races and depending on the number of riders, a rabbit start may be used.

• At the start signal, high speed vessel progresses from the pin mark to committee boat at full speed.
• Course of the vessel shall give a line bias to provide all riders the same starting chance.
• Practice starts shall be made before the actual start

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• Equipment
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