January 7^th – 8^th 2012

Venue – Marakura Yacht Club, Lake Te Anau

NOTICE OF RACE

1.       RULES

1.1                           The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012.

1.2                           The Yachting New Zealand Safety Regulations Part 1 shall apply.

1.3                           For protests where only a Rule of Part 2, or Rule 31 is alleged to have been broken, an arbitration hearing will be offered prior to any formal hearing.

2         ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY

2.1                           The regatta is open to all boats of the dinghy class(es).

2.2                           Eligible boats may enter by completing the attached form and sending it, together with the required fee, to Marakura Yacht Club P.O. Box 91, Te Anau by 31 Dec.

2.3                           Late entries will be accepted up until the first race.

2.4                           To be eligible to compete in this event each competitor shall be a financial member of a club recognized by the competitor’s national authority.

2.5                           – Five or more boats are required to form a class, otherwise boats will race in open divisions and handicap ratings applied.

3         FEES

3.1                           Required fees are as follows:

4         SCHEDULE

4.1                           Registration:       Saturday 7th January 2012, from 9am to start of first race.

4.2                            Initial Briefing 12 noon Saturday

4.3                            Schedule to be announced at the briefing

5         SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

5.1                           The sailing instructions will be available after 9am on Saturday 7th January 2012 at Marakura Yacht Club.

6         RACING AREA

6.1 On Lake Te Anau in the area adjacent to Marakura Yacht Club.

7         THE COURSES

7.1                           The courses to be sailed will be as follows: Trapezoid or others as set by the race officer.

8         SCORING

8.2    No score will be excluded until 5 races have been completed and a boat’s worst score will be excluded when 6 or more races have been completed.

9         RADIO COMMUNICATION

9.1                           Except in an emergency, a boat shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor receive radio communications not available to all boats. This restriction also applies to mobile telephones.

10     PRIZES

10.1 Prize giving will be held as soon as possible after last race Sunday afternoon.

11     DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY

11.1                       Competitors participate in the regatta entirely at their own risk. See rule 4, Decision to Race. The Organizing Authority will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the regatta.

12     FURTHER INFORMATION

12.1                        For further information please contact Iain Campbell 021-189-8782,