Notice of Race
The Hogs Breath Cafe Hobie Cat Australasia
2011 Hobie Cat National Championships
H16 Open H16 Youths, Women, Masters and GrandMasters
H17, H18 Hobie Tiger and Hobie Wildcat
Racing: Monday, 2nd January 2012 to Friday January 6th 2012


Mooloolaba Marina Parkyn Parade. Mooloolaba
http://www.mooloolabamarina.com.au/

For further information please contact:

The organising authority is Qld Hobie Cat Associations in conjunction with the Australian National Hobie Cat Association Inc.

1. RACING RULES

The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined by the current Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), the prescriptions and special regulations of Yachting Australia (YA) and the Class Rules of the International Hobie Class Association (IHCA), this Notice of Race (except as any of these are altered by the Sailing Instructions), and the Sailing Instructions. If there is a conflict between languages, the English text will take precedence

2. ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY
The regatta is open to all class legal Hobie 16, 17, 18, Hobie Tiger and Hobie Wildcat of the International Hobie Class Association.

• 2.1  A minimum of 5 entries is required to form a class. If sufficient entries for a class are not received by Monday 14th November 2011, the Organising Authority reserves the right to cancel racing or make other arrangements for the class concerned
• 2.2  The skipper shall be a financial member of the International Hobie Class Association or a National fleet, which is financial with the International Hobie Class Association and is affiliated with a State or National Yachting Authority.
• 2.3  The skipper shall be a member of a yacht club affiliated with its National Authority.
• 2.4  The Hobie 16 National Youth Championships will be conducted without spinnakers.
• 2.5  Eligible boats may enter by completing the Official on line Entry Form and submitting through the website a valid and paid entry by Friday December 30th 2011

• 3.1  Maximum age for both the skipper and crew for the Youth Series, at the commencement of racing, will be 21. (Proof of age will be required). This alters IHCA Class Rules: General Rule 17.7
• 3.2  Minimum age for the Masters Series is 45 years (for the skipper only) at the commencement of racing. (Proof of age will be required). The age of crew members in the Masters Series is open.
• 3.3  GrandMasters will compete for the Fossil Cup. Minimum age for the GrandMasters Series is 55 years (for the skipper only) at the commencement of racing. (Proof of age will be required). The age of crew members in the GrandMasters Series is open. This alters IHCA Class Rule: General Rule: 17.8.b.
• 3.4  The results of the relevant Youth Classes at the Hogs Breath Cafe Hobie Cat Australasia 2011/12 Hobie Cat National Championships will be provided to Yachting Australia and used in the calculation of the point score for the Youth Sailing Grand Prix. In entering the Hogs Breath Cafe Hobie Cat Australasia 2011/12 Hobie Cat National Championships athletes agree to be bound by the Terms and Conditions of the Youth Sailing Grand Prix. Details can be found on the Yachting Australia website at yachting.org.au/youth (For the purpose of the Youth Sailing Grand Prix, eligible athletes must be aged under 19 at the 31st December 2012).

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• 7.1  There will be a maximum of 14 races for all classes.
  The race committee may hold up to 4 races per day for each class with some back to back races
• 7.2  The Youth series will be sailed over 4 days in conjunction with the Open event. This is to facilitate sailors wishing to participate in the ISAF youth trials to be held at RQYS, Manly, and which has an invitation race on Friday 6th January. Results will be calculated and positions awarded on the basis of all races held up to an including Thursday 5th January 2011.

• 12.1  One(1)race is required to constitute a series.
• 12.2  When fewer than four(4)races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores.
• 12.3  When four (4) to eleven (11) races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her worst score.
• 12.4  When twelve (12) or more races have been completed, a boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores excluding her two worst scores.

• 16. RIGHTS TO USE NAME AND LIKENESS
• 
  In participating in an event, a competitor automatically grants to the Organising Authority and the sponsors of the 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.
• 17. ENTRY DISCLAIMER
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  It is the competitor's decision to enter an event or to start and continue in any race. Competitors shall accept that their participation in an event is at their exclusive risk in every respect. See RRS Rule 4, Decision to Race.
  The Organising Authority, and the respective host class association(s), their officers, members, servants and agents accept no liability 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 an event or how so ever arising in connection with an event
• 18. INSURANCE
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  All boats competing in the Australian Hobie National Championships shall have third party insurance cover of not less than AUD$5,000,000 (recommended AUD$10,000,000) or equivalent thereof in any other currency for any accident.
  All owners/competitors who sign the Entry Form are deemed to have made a declaration that they hold such cover.
  Competitors may be required to produce evidence of such insurance and any competitor not holding this cover shall withdraw their entry.
  Adequate racing insurance is also recommended for this event.

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