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SUNDAY 12th AUGUST CLASSES: IRC (for yachts up to 30.5 metres LOA), IRM, Open 60, Class 40, Multihulls, 2-Handed division – see General Conditions, Appendix l & II. Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Royal Western Yacht Club, Plymouth and the Royal Yacht Squadron A Rolex Chronometer may be awarded to the Fastnet Challenge Cup winner and the line honours monohull winner. In the event of one boat winning both trophies only one chronometer will be presented. Trophies are for corrected time results except where stated. IRC TROPHIES
IRM TROPHIES
FASTNET ROUNDING TROPHIES
SPECIAL TROPHIES
MULTIHULL TROPHIES
* These trophies are subject to specific extra conditions which are set out in a Fastnet Trophy Application Form. A Rolex Fastnet Certificate will be sent to every crew member who completes the course, on request.
Monohulls - SSS MINIMUM: 34 or STIX MINIMUM 32 and AVS MINIMUM 130-0.002 x m (where m is minimum sailing weight in Kg) SPECIAL REGULATIONS: Category 2 with RORC Prescriptions. An ISAF
Offshore Special Regulations Checklist shall be completed to Category 2
and submitted to the RORC no later than Friday 27th July ENTRIES: Close Friday 27th July 2007
TRACKING: It will be mandatory for yachts to carry an OCTracker unit for the Rolex Fastnet Race. EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION: The skipper and at least half the crew
must have completed in the yacht in which they will race the Rolex
Fastnet Race, in the 12 months preceding the start:
Notes TRAINING REQUIREMENT: It is the skipper’s responsibility to ensure that the following criteria are met and that copies of Certificates or Letters of Attendance are submitted to RORC. At least 30% of the crew which must include the skipper must have completed training to Section 6 of the ISAF Offshore Special Regulations. In the 2 Handed Class both crewmembers must have received training. Appendix G to the regulations provides a model training course. Notes: ISAF Member National Authorities are responsible for approving training in their country. In the UK the RYA course is the Offshore Racing Crew Course. The syllabus includes first aid and liferaft training and it should be possible to upgrade existing training by undertaking modules of the Section 6 training course. The training must have taken place after January 2002. COPIES OF THESE CERTIFICATES/LETTERS OF ATTENDANCE MUST BE LODGED WITH THE RORC NO LATER THAN Friday 27th July 2007. BRIEFING: A briefing will be held in Cowes at 1800 on Saturday 11th August at the Cowes Yacht Haven. Two representatives from each boat will be invited. This briefing is not mandatory. Information will also be on the RORC website: www.rorc.org START: Sunday 12th August from the RYS, Cowes, to the west. First Warning Signal 0950 HIGH WATER: Portsmouth 1216 4.41m COURSE: Cowes - Fastnet Rock - Plymouth FINISH: At Plymouth Breakwater DISTANCE: Approximately 608 miles POINTS FACTOR: 1.5
RACE HQ: Before the race: RORC Office, 82 High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight PO31 7AJ. PRIZEGIVING: The Rolex Fastnet prizegiving will be held in Plymouth on Friday 17th August 2007. Details will be published in the Sailing Instructions. RORC medallions will be presented on Tuesday 11th September, 1930 at the Clubhouse, 20 St James’s Place, London, SW1. All crews welcome. INTERNATIONAL JURY: Decisions of the International Jury will be final as provided in RRS 70.4 SPONSORS FLAGS AND BOW STICKERS: Race sponsor’s flags will be provided, and if so shall be flown from the backstay at all times during the race. Class and sponsor’s flags shall be flown at a level above that of the upper lifelines. Bow stickers will be provided and every effort shall be made to retain them on the bows. Race sponsor’s battle flags will be provided, and shall be flown from the forestay while berthed in Queen Anne’s Battery Marina. A competitor may not protest this requirement.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: DISCLAIMER AND MEDIA RIGHTS WAIVER: As part of the formal entry/registration process, all skippers and crews will be required to sign and lodge with the RORC BY FRIDAY 27th JULY the following disclaimer and media, photographic / television rights statement. DISCLAIMER: I agree to be bound by International Sailing Federation
Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2005/2008, by the Sailing Instructions
and the Notice of Race. I agree that the sole and inescapable
responsibility for the nautical qualities of any yacht participating in
the Rolex Fastnet Race 2007, her rigging, the safety equipment on board
and the competence, behaviour and dress of her crew is that of the
Person in Charge of the yacht. MEDIA RELEASES: Competitors and crew members on the competing yachts
grant, at no cost, the ROYAL OCEAN RACING CLUB and ROLEX SA the
absolute right and permission to use their name, voice, image,
likeness, biographical material as well as representations of the boats
in any media (being television, print and internet media), including
video footage, for the sole purposes of advertising, promoting,
reporting and disseminating information regarding the ROLEX FASTNET
RACE (“the race”) and the competitors and crew members’ participation
to the regatta.
Competitors and crew members on the competing yachts also grant, at no
cost, ROLEX SA the absolute right and permission to use their name,
image, likeness, biographical material as well as representations of
the boats in the “Perpetual Spirit Yachting by ROLEX” magazine, edited
by ROLEX SA. Seahorse Magazine Trophy The RORC in conjunction with Cowes Combined Clubs (CCC) have created a further incentive for big boats to come to Cowes in 2007 by linking the Skandia Cowes Week Super-Zero Series, the RORC Channel Race and the Rolex Fastnet Race. The overall class winner, taking part in all three events, will be presented with the prestigious Seahorse Magazine Trophy. The Super-Zero Series will comprise of three days racing based in Cowes – Friday 3rd August (day before Skandia Cowes Week starts); Wednesday 8th August (Round-the-Island) and a short coastal race on Thursday 9th August. The Super-Zero class has been created specifically for any boat wishing to race that is between 14 and 30 Metres LOA and with an IRC rating of 1.420 and upwards, whether it has a fixed or canting keel. In addition, regardless of rating, owners/skippers of any boat over 14 metres LOA that has a canting keel and that wants to take part in Skandia Cowes Week will have to sail, in this new Super-Zero Series, unless they fix their keel amidships and re-rate accordingly. |
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