• The start sequence will begin at noon. 
• The description of the penalty system has been clarified. 
• The process for announcing a course change has been modified slightly. 

1. SI Amendments
   A copy of the Sailing Instructions including Ammendments is attached as a PDF.
   
   Please note that paragraph 1 says that in case of conflicts between the NOR and the SIs, the SIs shall govern.  The changes to paragraph 4 "Schedule of Races 10 August 2019" and to paragraph 11 "Change to Next Leg of the Course" and to paragraph 13 "Penalty System" are noted in red italics. In paragraph four first gun is changed to 1200. Paragraph eleven states that the RC may post course direction and length changes  In paragragh 13, the Appendix V penalty system has been clarified. 
   
   
2. Party Tickets
   Don't forget to remind your crew to purchase their awards party tickets no later than 10pm on Aug 7th.  Crew tickets are just $35 in advance and include one free raffle entry to win 5 nights at the Copper & Lumber Store Hotel at the historic Nelson's Dockyard in Antigua.  After the 7th tickets are only available at the door for $55.
   
   Greg Cukor, Principal Race Officer
   5 August 2019

 13. PENALTY SYSTEM is changed as shown in italics in order to clarify the rule.

            RRS Appendix V, Alternative Penalties will be in effect.

The first two sentences of RRS 44.1 are changed to: ‘A boat may take a One-Turn Penalty when she may have broken one or more of the rules of Part 2 or rule 31 in an incident while racing. However, when she may have broken one or more rules of Part 2 while in the zone around a mark other than the starting mark, her penalty shall be a Two-Turns  penalty.’  

The provisions of RRS 44.3 (Scoring Penalty) will also be in effect. The provisions of 44.3 require the offending boat to display a yellow flag from the time of the incident and to inform the race committee within one (1) minute of finishing.

Failure of a boat to take a “turns” penalty does not preclude that competitor from taking a “yellow flag” scoring penalty under RRS 44.3. A penalty taken after the race will be subject to the provisions of rule V2 of Appendix V.