Start Sequences for Non-pursuit starts

The flag sequence takes priority over horns or anything you hear on the VHF. For all the flags we use, see our Visual signals.

PHRF Fleet Mode 52 on iStart

Time until start	Event	Flag Up	Flag Down	Horn Blasts
6 minutes	Wake-up call			5 short
5 minutes	Warning	Spinnaker Class or   JAM Class		1 long
4 minutes	Preparatory	P (Papa)		1 long
3 minutes				None
2 minutes				None
1 minute			P (Papa)	1 long
0 minutes	Start		Spinnaker Class or  JAM Class	1 long

Dinghy Fleet Mode 32 on iStart

Time until start	Event	Flag Up	Flag Down	Horn Blasts
3 minutes 15 seconds	Wake-up call			5 short
3 minutes	Warning	Sunfish Gold class Sunfish Silver, or  Open class		3 long
2 minutes	Preparatory	P (Papa)		2 long
1 minute 30 seconds				1 long, 3 short
1 minute		P flag removed	P (Papa)	1 long
30 seconds				3 short
20 seconds				2 short
10 seconds				1 short
5, 4, 3, 2, 1				1 short each second
0 minutes	Start		Sunfish Gold Class Sunfish Silver Class, or  Open Class	1 long