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2018
International Finn Australian Championship
NOTICEOFRACE
Monday 15th – Saturday 20th January 2018
OrganisingAuthority
RoyalQueenslandYachtSquadronLtd.
578RoyalEsplanade,Manly,Queensland,4179,
OnbehalfoftheInternationalFinnAssociationofAustralia.
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RONSTAN2018InternationalFinnAustralianChampionship
15thto20thJanuary2018
OrganisingAuthority:
RoyalQueenslandYachtSquadronLtd.onbehalfoftheInternationalFinnAssociationofAustralia.
1 RULES
Theregattawillbegovernedbytherulesasdefinedinthecurrent,TheRacingRulesofSailing(RRS),thePrescriptionsandtheSpecialRegulations(Part2)ofAustralianSailingandInternationalFinnAssociationClassRules.
2 ADVERTISING
2.1 AdvertisingispermittedasdefinedinWorldSailingregulation20.
2.2 BoatsmayberequiredtodisplayadvertisingchosenandsuppliedbytheOrganisingAuthority.
2.3 TheOrganisingAuthorityreservestherighttorefuseadvertisingbyaboatorcompetitorwhenitisinconflictwithaneventsponsororthelawsoftheQueenslandorAustralianGovernments.
3 ELIGIBILITYANDENTRY
3.1 TheregattaisopentoboatsoftheInternationalFinnClass.
3.2 CompetitorsmustbefinancialmembersofanaffiliatedInternationalFinnAssociationandofa
clubaffiliatedwiththeirnationalMYA.
3.3 Eligibleboatsmayenterviatheregattawebsiteatwww.rqys.com.au
3.4Ageeligibilityisdeterminedastheageatthebirthdayoftheyearoftheevent,2018.
4 FEES
Thefeesareasfollows:
4.1 TheregattaentryfeeisAUD$290.00perboatupuntil2359hoursonNovember29th2017.
4.2 ThefeeforentriesreceivedafterNovember29th2017willbeAUD$320.00.
4.3 Lateentrieswillbeaccepteduntil2359hoursonJanuary12th2018.
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5 SCHEDULE
Day/Date Time Event
1000–1300 RegistrationandMeasurementatRQYSMon15thJanuary2018
1800–2000 WelcomeandcompetitorbriefingatRQYS
Tues16thJanuary2018 1300 WarningsignalforRace1.SubsequentWarningsignalswillbemadeASAPafterfinishofprecedingrace
Wed17thJanuary2018 1300 WarningsignalforFirstraceoftheday.SubsequentWarningsignalswillbemadeASAPafterfinishofprecedingrace
Thurs18thJanuary2018 1300 WarningsignalforFirstraceoftheday.SubsequentWarningsignalswillbemadeASAPafterfinishofprecedingrace
Fri19thJanuary2018 1300 WarningsignalforFirstraceoftheday.SubsequentWarningsignalswillbemadeASAPafterfinishofprecedingrace
Sat20thJanuary2017 1100
1900
WarningsignalforFirstraceoftheday.SubsequentWarningsignalswillbemadeASAPafterfinishofprecedingrace
PresentationFunctionRQYS
5.1 TenracesarescheduledfortheChampionship.
5.2 Tworacesperdayareplannedbacktoback.Additionalracesmaybesailedonanydayprovidedthattheregattadoesnotbecomemorethantworacesaheadofschedule.Nomorethanthreeraceswillbesailedinoneday.
5.3 Nowarningsignalshallbemadeafter1500hoursonSaturday20thJanuary2018.
6 MEASUREMENTANDREGISTRATION
6.1 EachboatshallproduceavalidmeasurementcertificateatRegistration.OlderboatsmaybegivendispensationfromthisrequirementatthediscretionoftheOrganisingAuthority.
6.2 Competitorsmayusetwomastsandthreesailsduringtheregatta,eachofwhichmustbedeclaredatregistration.
6.3 CompetitorsmusthaveasailnumberIssuedbyIFAA,whicheithermatchestothenumber,allocatedtothehullorthepersonalnumberoftheskipper.
6.4 AboatorequipmentmaybeinspectedatanytimeforcompliancewiththeClassRules,AustralianSailingSpecialRegulationsPart2andtheSailingInstructions.AboatcanbeinstructedbytheRaceCommitteetoproceedimmediatelytoadesignatedareaforinspection.
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7 SAILINGINSTRUCTIONS
Thesailinginstructionswillbeavailableatregistration.
8 VENUEANDRACINGAREAS
8.1 TheregattaistobehostedbytheRoyalQueenslandYachtSquadronLtd.(RQYS).RQYSislocatedat578RoyalEsplanade,Manly,Qld.4179.
8.2 TheracingareaswillbethewatersofWaterlooBay.SeeAppendixA
9 THECOURSES
9.1 Windward-LeewardorTrapezoidcoursesaretobesailedwillbeasdescribedintheSailingInstructions.
9.2 Thetargettimeforracesisintendedbe60to70minutes.
10 CHANGEOFCREWANDEQUIPMENT
10.1 NochangestohelmsmanwillbeacceptedaftercloseofregistrationonMonday15thJanuary2018.
10.2 SubstitutionofdamagedorlostequipmentwillnotbeallowedunlessauthorisedinwritingbytheRaceCommittee.RequestsforsubstitutionshallbemadetotheRaceCommitteeinwritingatthefirstreasonableopportunityandthedamagedequipmentanditsreplacementshallbesubmittedforinspection.ThisdoesnotaffectthemastsandsailsinClause6.2
11 SCORING
11.1 Tenracesarescheduled.
11.2 Fiveracesarerequiredtobecompletedtoconstituteaseries.
11.3 Whenfiveorfewerraceshavebeencompleted,aboat’sseriesscorewillbethetotalofherracescores.
11.4 Whenfromsixtotenraceshavebeencompleted,aboat’sseriesscorewillbethetotalofherracescoresexcludingherworstscore.
11.5 AllDivisionprizeswillbeawardedbasedontherankingofcompetitorsintheoverallresults.
12 RADIOCOMMUNICATION
12.1 Exceptinanemergency,aboatshallnotmakevoiceordatatransmissionswhileracingandshallnotreceivevoiceordatacommunicationthatisnotavailabletoallboats.
13 RUBBISH
Norubbishistobedumpedintothewater.Allrubbishistobehandedtoofficialboatsortakenashore.
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14 SUPPORTANDCOACHBOATS
14.1 Eachcoach/supportboatisrequiredtohaveaworkingVHFradiotunedintoafrequencydesignatedbytheRaceCommitteeandbeavailabletoactasarescueboatasdirectedbytheRaceCommitteeifrequired.
14.2 Coach/SupportBoatsarerequiredtoregister,thiswilloccuronthenominatedregistrationday.
15 PRIZES
15.1 Prizeswillbeawardedto1st,2ndand3rdoverall.
15.2 TheAustralianFinnAssociationPerpetualTrophyandthetitleofAustralianChampionwillbeawardedtothehighestplacedAustraliancompetitor.
15.3 Masterstrophieswillbeawardedtoeachcategory.
15.4 Under23prize/swillbeawarded.
15.5 OtherprizesmaybeawardedatthediscretionoftheOrganisingAuthority.
16 DISCLAIMEROFLIABILITY
Competitorsparticipateintheregattaentirelyattheirownrisk.Seerule4,DecisiontoRace.TheOrganizingAuthoritywillnotacceptanyliabilityformaterialdamageorpersonalinjuryordeathsustainedinconjunctionwithorpriorto,during,oraftertheregatta.
17 RISKWARNING
17.1 Itisrecommendedthatcompetitorsshouldconsiderwearinghelmetsasprotectionagainstheadstrikesfromtheboom.
18 INSURANCE
Eachparticipatingboatshallbeinsuredwithvalidthird-partyliabilityinsurancewithaminimumcoverofAUD$10,000,000.00.Allcompetitorswhocompletetheentryprocessaredeemedtohavemadeadeclarationthattheyholdsuchcover.
19 RIGHTSTOUSENAMEANDLIKENESS
Inparticipating,acompetitorautomaticallygrantstotheOrganisingAuthorities,theCoordinatingAuthoritiesandtheSponsors,therightinperpetuity,tomake,useandshow,fromtimetotimeandattheirdiscretion,anymotionpictures,stillpicturesandlive,tapedorfilmedtelevisionandotherreproductionsofhim/herduringtheperiodofthecompetitioninwhichthecompetitorparticipatesandinallmaterialrelatedtotheregattawithoutcompensation.
20 NOTICEOFAGM
TheIFAAAGMwilltakeplaceontheeveningofTuesday16thJanuary2018.Timingwillbeassoonaspracticalaftertheconclusionofsailing.
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21 AMENDMENTS
TheNoticeofRacemaybeamended.AnyamendmentstotheNoticeofRacewillbepostedonlineontheRegattawebsite:www.rqys.com.au
22 FURTHERINFORMATION
Forfurtherinformation,pleasecontact:
BradyLowe–SailingManager,RoyalQueenslandYachtSquadronPh:(07)33968666email:[email protected]:www.rqys.com.au