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.
To be eligible entrants must complete and sign the form and lodge it with the RORC before the start of the race.

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)
Boats with series date of 1995 and later will be categorised under STIX only.
Boats with series date before 1995 may be categorised under either STIX or SSSN.
Multihulls - shall exceed 9.15m/30’ LOA Multihull entries will be screened by RORC on an individual basis in conjunction with MOCRA.

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
The Checklist shall include the 15 digit HEX ID of the yachts EPIRBS(S) (which must be registered with the appropriate authority) and the serial numbers of the liferaft(s). The following documents shall be attached:
1. A Hull Construction Certificate – see Offshore Special Regulation 3.03
2. Copies of the yachts liferaft servicing/inspection certificate(s) or proof that the liferaft(s) predates its first service.

ENTRIES: Close Friday 27th July 2007

TRACKING: It will be mandatory for yachts to carry an OCTracker unit for the Rolex Fastnet Race.
The units are standalone and will be supplied by the RORC. The cost is inclusive in the entry fee. A deposit, which may be set against a credit card, will be required. Full details will be issued to entries separately.

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:
1. 300 miles of RORC offshore racing, or
If the yacht is normally kept in a place without reasonable access to RORC racing:
2. one RORC offshore race plus offshore racing* or a non-stop passage, to be proposed to and agreed by RORC by Friday 20th July 2007, making a total of at least 300 miles, or
3. other qualifications similar to (2) above to be proposed to and agreed by RORC by Friday 20th July 2007
*To qualify as “offshore racing” a race must be of at least 75 miles duration and include at least one night at sea.

Notes
1.When plans to qualify as above cannot be completed (e.g. a race becalmed) or in exceptional circumstances, alternative proposals must be made to RORC as soon as possible.
2. A service yacht may qualify as above or submit written authority from her service establishment.
3. The acceptance by RORC of any experience qualification does not warrant suitability for the Rolex Fastnet Race

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.
Tel: +44 (0)1983 295144 Fax: +44 (0) 1983 292242
During and after the race: RORC Race Office, Queen Anne’s Battery, Plymouth (phone and fax numbers will be advised)

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:
CREW LIST WITH NEXT OF KIN DETAILS: It is the skippers responsibility to collate a crew list complete with names and addresses and next of kin details. A crew list complete with details of the whole crew shall be submitted to the RORC by FRIDAY 27th JULY 2007.

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.
I also agree to take any and all responsibility for all damages whatsoever caused to third persons or their belongings, to myself or to my belongings, ashore and at sea as a consequence of my participation in the regatta, and hereby relieve from any responsibility, and agree to indemnify on a full indemnity basis and hold harmless, the Royal Ocean Racing Club, its servants, agents and sponsor. (in particular but not only ROLEX SA) and their representatives in respect of any claim arising therefrom.
I am acquainted with ISAF RRS Part 1 Fundamental Rule 4: "A boat is solely responsible for deciding whether or not to start or to continue racing". In any case, I agree that the ROYAL OCEAN RACING CLUB, its servants, agents and sponsors (in particular but not only ROLEX SA) and their representatives have no responsibility for loss of life or injury to members or others, or for the loss of, or damage to any vessel or property.

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.
Competitors and crew members’ name, voice, image, likeness and biographical material shall not be used by ROLEX SA in a way which constitutes an endorsement of ROLEX SA’s products by said Competitors and crew members, unless the relevant competitor or crew member is engaged by ROLEX SA to endorse its products or gives his/her prior written consent to such use.

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.