Fruit Property 42nd International Mirror Class
Australian Championships 2008

28 December 2007 to 4 January 2008
Montrose Bay, Tasmania
Notice of Race

1. DATE, VENUE & ORGANISING AUTHORITY
1.1 The 2008 Mirror Class Australian Championships will be held from the Montrose Bay Sailing Club commencing 28th December 2007.

1.2 The Organizing Authority for this Regatta is a joint committee of Montrose Bay Yacht Club and International Mirror Class Association of Tasmania (IMCAT) on behalf of the International Mirror Class Association of Australia (IMCAA).

2. RULES
2.1 The Championships will be governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing, the Notice of Race, and the class rules of the International Mirror Class Association, (except as any of these are altered by the Sailing Instructions).

2.2 Yachting Australia Special Regulations Part 2 Off the Beach Yachts shall apply.

2.3 Racing rules 35, 60.1 (a) 61.3, 62.2, A2 and A4 will be altered as follows; the changes will appear in full in the Sailing Instructions.

2.3.1 Rule 35 – “Time Limit and Scores” will be altered so that a boat failing to finish within 30 minutes of the first boat finishing, will be scored DNF.

2.3.2 Rule 60.1(a) – “Right to Protest” will be altered so that breaches of clauses in this Notice of Race 6.4 16 and 17 will not be grounds for a request for redress or protest by a boat.

2.3.3 Rule 61.1(a) is amended by deleting sub-section 61.1 (a) (2) “if the hull length of the protesting boat is less than 6 metres, she need not display a red flag;”

2.3.4 Rules 61.3 and 62.2 – “Protest Time Limit” and “Redress” will be altered so that the protest time limit is 60 minutes after the last boat has finished the last race of the day.

2.3.5 Appendix A2 – “Series Scores” will be altered to provide for variation in score exclusions based on the number of races sailed.

2.3.6 Appendix A4 – “Scoring” will be altered so that any boat starting later than 10 minutes after her starting signal shall be scored DNS.

3. ADVERTISING
3.1 The Regatta is classified as a Category C event in accordance with RRS 79.

3.2 Competitors may be required to display Series or Event sponsor’s name(s)/logo(s) and bow numbers. If required, the Organizing Authority will supply these items and they shall be affixed and/or worn as prescribed in the Sailing Instructions.

4. ELIGIBILITY & ENTRIES
4.1 All crew members must be financial members of a club affiliated through to Yachting Australia Inc. and an association affiliated with the IMCAA.

4.2 Different forward hands are permitted but must be nominated for each race at the time of registration.

4.3 Entries, together with the entry fee shall be made to the Organising Authority on the official entry form. The fully completed entry form shall be received at the entry address no later than 07/12/2007.

4.4 Entries may be accepted after the closing date at the discretion of the Organising Authority concerned, but will be subject to late entry supplements. Refer Fees.

5. FEES
5.1 The entry fee is $180 per boat for entries received prior to 07/12/2007. The fee for entries that arrive after 1700hrs on the 07/12/2007 will be $210 per boat.

5.2 The fee will include entry for competitors (helm & crew) to the Welcome and Presentation functions and possibly other social events

6. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
6.1 Registration and Sailing Instructions
(a)   Unless by special arrangement all Tasmanian competitors shall complete registration & measurement at the Montrose Bay Yacht Club between 9am and 5pm on the 28th of December 2007. Interstate competitors shall complete registration & measurement at the Montrose Bay Yacht Club between 9am and 5pm on the 28th of December 2007 or between 9am and noon on the 29th of December 2007.

(b)   Sailing Instructions will be issued to each competitor on completion of registration at the host venue.

6.2 Event Schedule

6.3 The race committee may at its sole discretion schedule additional races on a race day with a maximum of three per day.

6.4 The target duration of races is 50 minutes for the first finisher. (Failure to achieve this target shall not form grounds to seek redress).The time limit will be 90 minutes for the first boat.
The first warning signal will not be made before 13:55 on the first scheduled day of racing. No warning signal will be made after 12:00 on the last scheduled day of racing.

7. MEASUREMENT
Each boat shall comply with the Mirror Class Association Measurement Rules current at 1/12/2007. Each boat shall present at registration a valid measurement certificate. Measurement checks and inspections may be carried out at the time of registration or at any other time throughout the regatta.

8. VENUE
8.1 Montrose Bay Sailing Club, located on the western shore of the Derwent River approximately 9 km upriver of Hobart will be the venue for the championships.  A locality map is included in Attachment A.

8.2 The Racing Area will be within Montrose Bay and is highlighted in Attachment A.

9. COURSES
The courses to be sailed will be detailed in the Sailing Instructions.

10. SCORING SYSTEM
10.1 RRS Appendix A, Low Point Scoring System, will apply.

10.2 Ten races are scheduled.  Five races are required to be completed to constitute a series.

10.3     (a) When fewer than six races are completed, a boats series score will be the total of her race scores.
            (b) When from six to eight races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score.
            (c) When nine or more races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her two worst scores.

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11. BUOYANCY
Attention is drawn to Fundamental Rule 1.2 and Yachting Australia Special Regulation R1 Personal Buoyancy PFDs shall be worn at all times whilst afloat.

12. SUPPORT BOATS / COACHES
All support boats shall keep 100m clear of areas where boats are racing, except in response to a specific request by the Race Committee.

13. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
13.1 A boat shall neither make radio transmission whist racing nor receive radio communications not available to all boats.

13.2 This requirement also applies to mobile telephone communications.

14. PRIZES
Prizes shall be allocated in accordance with the attached schedule.

15. RIGHTS TO USE NAME AND LIKENESS
In participating in this Event, a competitor automatically grants to the Organising Authorities and the sponsors of this Event, the right in perpetuity, to make, use and show, from time to time and at their discretion, any motion pictures, still pictures and live, taped or film television and other reproductions of him/her during the period of the competition for the said Event in which the competitor participates and in all material related to the said Event without compensation.

16. ENTRY DISCLAIMER
16.1 It is the competitor’s decision to enter the Event or to start and continue in any race. Competitors shall accept that their participation in the Event is at their exclusive risk in every respect. By way of entry in the Event competitors shall indemnify the Organising Authorities, and the Host Club, their officers, members, servants and agents in respect to all claims and demands of whatever nature which may be made upon them in connection with or howsoever arising from their participation or intended participation in the Event.

16.2 The Organising Authorities, and the Host Sailing Club, their officers, members, servants and agents accept no responsibility in respect of loss of life, personal injury or loss or damage to property which may be sustained by reason of their participation or intended participation in the Event or howsoever arising in connection with the Event.

17. INSURANCE
17.1 All boats competing in the 2008 Mirror Australian Championships shall have third party insurance cover of not less than $5,000,000.

17.2 All owners/competitors who sign the Entry Form are deemed to have made a declaration that they hold such cover.

17.3 Competitors may be required to produce evidence of such insurance and any competitor not holding this cover shall withdraw their entry.

18. JURY
It is the intention that a National Jury be appointed in accordance with RRS 70.4. If and when such a National Jury is appointed, the decisions of the National Jury will be final. Approval to deny the right of appeal will be posted on the Official Notice Board.

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19. INFORMATION & ENTRY ADDRESS
Entries should be addressed to
2008 Mirror Australian Championships
c/- Mr John Behrens
Honorary Treasurer IMCAT
53 Loatta Road
LINDISFARNE, TASMANIA. 7015

Cheque Payable to “IMCAT” ie. [International Mirror Class Association of Tasmania]

All other correspondence to
The Secretary IMCAT
c/- Mrs Jenny Graney
6 Carinya Street
BLACKMANS BAY, TASMANIA. 7052

PRIZES
Perpetual trophies and prizes may be awarded in the following categories. Any skipper and forward hand can only win one of the categories:

Open Championship
1st skipper (National Champion) and forward hand. Prizes - 2nd & 3rd skippers and forward hands.

Sub-Junior Championship
1st Sub-Junior skipper and forward hand (both skipper and crew under 16 years at 31 December 2007.

Junior Championship
1st Junior skipper and forward hand (both skipper and crew under 19 years at 31 December 2007).

Ladies Championship
1st Lady skipper and forward hand (forward hand need not be female).

Veteran's Championship
1st Veteran skipper and forward hand (skipper over 45 years at 31 December 2007 (forward hand need not be veteran).

Norm Deane Master’s Trophy
1st Veteran skipper and forward hand (skipper over 55 years at 31 December 2007 (forward hand need not be veteran).

Frank Buxton Trophy
1st Family skipper and forward hand (crew of yacht to consist of parent and child of the same immediate family; child to be under 16 years at 31 December 2007).

Cruiserweight Championship
1st Cruiserweight skipper and forward hand (crew with combined weight over 130kg measured at registration).

Cliff Scott Invitation Race

Handicap Heat Winners
 
Other trophies and prizes may be awarded at the discretion of the Organising Authority.

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