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Charter Continuum on their way to victory in the 2000
race.
RULES
Notwithstanding these Rules and Race Instructions,
it shall be the sole responsibility of each competitor to decide whether or not to
start or continue to race. The safety of the yacht, its crew, and the entire management
of the yacht, including insurance, shall be solely and inescapably the responsibility
of the owner/competitor entering the event. The establishment of these Rules and
Instructions in no way limits or reduces the complete and unlimited responsibility
of the owner/competitor. The organising committee and its race officers organise
this race under these rules and instructions, but it shall not be responsible for
any damage to, or loss of, property belonging to competitors, owners, their guests
or visitors. Nor will the Committee accept any responsibility or liability for personal
injury or damage arising out of participation in this race, unless such damage or
injury shall be occasioned by the neglect, default or negligence of any of them,
the Committee, its Race Officers or its servants.
RULE ONE
Each competitor in the Race must at all times
obey the Rules and Race Instructions herewith, before and during the Race. The organising
Comniittee has the right to disqualify or impose any lesser penalty on any yacht,
member or members of the crew of which have in the opinion of the Protest Panel,
been shown to have acted in a manner contrary to the letter or spirit of any of these
rules. The decisions of the Protest Panel will be final in all matters concerning
the Race whether or not the matter is covered by the Race Rules and Race Instructions.
Details concerning the Protest Panel and the protest procedure are at Appendix 1.
RULE TWO
a. The Race is for sailing boats and motors
must not be used to propel the yachts
competing except in those areas specified by the Conunittee. The areas where motors
may be used to propel competing yachts are defined in the Race Instructions.
b. If the Skipper of a yacht wishes to enter a harbour for the safety of yacht or
crew he/she may switch on the motor at or inside the most seaward navigation mark
for that harbour; and on leaving, the yacht must retrace its course to the same navigation
mark, and switch off the engine at or before that mark. A Skipper taking such action,
must report the reason for, and action taken, in his declaration at the end of the
Race.
c. Outside Assistance: Competing yachts may not be propelled by any means involving
another vessel, except its own tender; or any person who is not a member of the named
crew. Nor may a yacht receive assistance except when in harbour. Prearranged outside
navigational assistance is not permitted.
d. Rowing and kedging by crew members is permitted.
e. An engine or power pump may be used for charging batteries or pumping bilges at
any time, except when the yacht is in the area of the Menai Strait, defined as North
and East of C13 buoy at the Caemarfon end and South of Puffin Island at the Beaumaris
end.
RULE THREE
Yachts must be seaworthy and properly equipped to compete. Competing yachts will
be scrutinised before the Race by Scrutineers appointed by the organising Committee,
and may be scrutinised at any stage of the Race.
RULE FOUR
Yachts competing in the Race must at all times
obey 'The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea' in force at
the time, except in areas where those regulations are superseded by special rules
laid down by a local authority.
RULE FIVE
The total crew of any yacht competing in the
Race shall not be more than five, including members of the crew who are to undertake
the land sections. Any yacht taking part in the Race must be manned by the named
crew and no one else, except when anchored or moored, but see also the instructions
for Caemarfon. No member of the crew may be replaced after signing the declaration
of intent to abide by the rules before the start of the Race.
RULE SIX
The sections of the Race taking place on land
must be completed by TWO members of the crew of each yacht competing. The two members
of the crew who are to climb the peaks, do so from the specified landing places and
having been to the summit of each peak must return to the appropriate landing place
to rejoin the boat. The landing places fr(Ym which each of the peaks must be approached
are given in the Race Instructions. From the landing place to the summit and back
to the landing place, the crew members undertaking the mountain sections must travel
on foot, save for the cycling section between Whitehaven and Gillerthwaite Youth
Hostel. No other means of transport is allowed. The members of the crew who climb
the mountains need not be the same two for each mountain.
Whilst yachts are underway from Barmouth to Caernarfon, from Caernarfon to Whitehaven,
and from Whitehaven to Fort William, the members of the crew who are to climb the
mountains must be aboard their yachts at all times. Save for Whitehaven, dingnes
may be used to land climbers from 2 cables off the landing points.
Dinghies used to take off and land crew members undertaking the mountain sections,
must be propelled by oars or sail and may only be manned by the named crew.
RULE SEVEN
On land the two members of each crew who are
to complete the mountain section must follow the line of the routes shown on the
Ordnance Survey maps provided with the Race Instructions. The two runners must remain
within sight of each other, whether on foot or bicycle. Runners must, whilst on land,
wear, outside other clothing, the brightly coloured identification garment which
will be supplied to them by the Race organisers.
RULE EIGHT
Each competitor taking part in the mountain
sections , must have with him, all the time he is on land, the clothing and equipment
listed in Appendix Three and any other clothing or equipment the competitor may wish
to use: at other times the clothing and equipment must be onboard.
The clothing and equipment of competitors who are to take part in the mountain sections
will be inspected before the start of the Race. At each harbOUT before the mountaineers
start the land section, there will he a five minute check in with a Marshal for each
team. During these five minutes, equipment for the mountain sections will be checked.
A five minute check in on the ascent and descent will take place at the Gillerthwaite
YH. Mountaineers' equipment may be checked by Race Marshals at any point on the mountain
sections.
RULE NINE
In the interests of fairness and because some
yachts do not have back up teams, assistance to climbers is strictly limited to the
provision of food and drink. There must be no pacing or accompanying of the climbers
by supporters or back up teams.
RULE TEN
Any crew member on the mountain sections who
is injured or sick must be helped by his partner to the harbour from which that section
started. If a crew member arrives back without his partner, the yacht may be disqualified.
If a crew member considers that his partner's condition is so serious that he should
not be moved, those mountaineers must postpone that section, and the fit man should
stay with his partner until he has given all possible aid on the spot. The fit man
should then mark the position of the casualty on his map. When help is summoned,
the fit man must be able to pinpoint the position of the casualty by means of a grid
reference on the appropriate Ordnance Survey map.
To summon help for a casualty who is too ill
to move on your own, telephone 999 and ask for Police. With the permission of the
Marshals at the nearest check in point, a new attempt may start from the harbour
after the casualty has been removed to safety. The fit man may seek assistance for
his return to the port, reporting to the duty Marshal on arrival.
RULE ELEVEN
Race officials will be present at each of the
landing places at which the mountain sections start and end. The two members of the
crew who are to attempt the mountain section must report to the officials as soon
as they land and before leaving the landing place. They must also report to the officials
when they arrive back at the landing place before they go back on board their boat.
Times of finishing/starting legs are taken from the return of both climbers. If a
pair wish to artificially delay their check in time, this is acceptable provided
that, for safety reasons, one of the pair reports to the Marshals that they are safely
returned and their time will then be recorded when the second climber reports to
the Marshals. Attention is drawn to Rule Ten.
RULE TWELVE
If for any reason a team withdraws from the
mountain section, both members of the crew attempting that section must report to
the nearest check point. If a yacht withdraws from the Race at sea, notice of the
withdrawal must be made to the Race organisers either by radio telephone immediately,
or by telephone as soon as the yacht puts in to land.
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