How You Start A Sailling Race

My mum works in the start box for Lowry Bay Yacht Club. This is how you start a sailing race. First you put up the class flag, to say what division is starting. Then the blue peter goes up one minute later. Two minuets later, the blue peter goes down and one minute after that, the class flag goes down too. If any boats go over the line before the hoot, she has to do an extra hoot, if lots of boats go over she has to start the race again.
by Cole