All Competitors as Club Members from January 2022
Clubs are reminded that from 1 January 2022 all competitors in any race are required to be a member of a club
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News
Rules Specialist Group Opinions
Another indication that the season is kicking off is the Rules Specialist Group being posed some questions which have been answered.
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Appeal Decisions Published
The season is well and truly kicked off again, resulting in two new appeal decisions being published to the Australian Sailing website.
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Visible Sail Numbers
As the season kicks off again it is a timely reminder that sail numbers need to be clear and visible for all Race Management to see.
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Appointment of Race Officials
The organising authority has the ultimate authority to appoint race officials including the protest and technical committees, and umpire teams.
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Race Entry and Insurance
Notices of Race always require entrants to have third party liability insurance but there is often variation between clubs and classes on how to capture, process and store evidence of insurances.
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Safety
The Three Things that Matter
Tom Duggan, International Race Officer and PRO for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, shares the secrets to running good races.
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World Sailing Resources Available
World Sailing have issued updated race management, umpiring and judging resources that supplement the 2021-24 Racing Rules of Sailing.
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Scoring under ORC Club
Races scored using the ORC Club rating system offers clubs and owners something above the arbitrary and often capricious nature of performance handicapping.
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Meaning of Hull
Changes in the 2021-24 Racing Rules of Sailing have led race officials to question World Sailing about what forms part of a boats hull.
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Working in the Cup with Richard Slater
From being Rules Advisor for Young Australia in 1999 to Chief Umpire for the 36th America’s Cup in 2021 Richard Slater has worked both sides of the Auld Mug.
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Official of the Year winner
Stephen Aulich IRO is congratulated for winning the 2020 Australian Sailing Awards Official of the Year for a second time.
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Changes to the 2021-2024 RRS
The Racing Rules Officials Committee have created two presentations to help navigate the changes to the new version of the RRS. One directed at sailors while the other visits the changes that affect the Race Management team.
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2021-2024 Racing Rules of Sailing now published
The new Racing Rules of Sailing (Blue Book) including the Australian Sailing Prescriptions have been published to the website.
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Working in the Cup with Ken McAlpine
An inductee to the America’s Cup Hall of Fame and visitor to secure Russian defence facilities, Ken McAlpine has worked with the Cup since 1973 and has met the best minds and made many friendships.
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Super Resources for Race Officials
Race officials are reminded that there is a wealth of wonderful resources on the Australian Sailing website.
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Unidentified Spinnakers
Finishing boats under spinnaker can be challenging for even the best of race committee teams, and in many classes the spinnakers do not have sail numbers.
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Procedures for Remote and Electronic Hearings
With the pandemic affecting people’s ability to attend their clubs or be in close proximity the number of organisations using electronic meeting and web-conferencing systems has proliferated. Protest committees can take advantage of the same technology.
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