(a) Yacht racing can be dangerous. The attention of Persons in Charge is drawn to RRS Fundamental Rule 4: “The responsibility for a boat’s decision to participate in a race or to continue racing is hers alone” and to Special Regulation 1.02.1 (in this Programme) which begins “The safety of a yacht and her crew is the sole and inescapable responsibility of the Person in Charge….”

(b) The RORC and other organising clubs accept no responsibility or liability for loss of life or injury to members or others, or for the loss of, or damage to, any vessel or property.

(c) The Person in Charge and crew will be held jointly responsible for the conduct of the yacht’s crew before, during and after a race. Misconduct may result in both the Person in Charge and crew being excluded from future races and renders a yacht liable to disqualification.

(d) The Race Committee will make starting signals unless in their opinion it is manifestly unsafe for any of the yachts entered to remain in the vicinity of the starting line. Each yacht shall exercise her responsibility under RRS Fundamental Rule 4 and decide whether or not to start or to continue to race.

(e) No yacht will be accepted as an entry unless the Person in Charge has, before the start of the race, signed a declaration in the terms set out in Appendix IV below. The RORC reserves the right to require a signed declaration, in the terms set out in Appendix IV below, from each crewmember.

(f) Crew members’ attention is drawn to RRS 1.2 life-saving equipment . . . “Each competitor is individually responsible for wearing personal buoyancy adequate for the conditions.” See also Special Regulation 5.02.