Australian Sailing Awards 2021 Winners
The Australian Sailing Awards 2021 winners were announced with the ORCV, Justine Kirkjian and Duncan Hine being amongst many deserving recipients.
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Report on the 2021 ORC Annual General Meetings
The ORC Annual General Meetings were held in early November by electronic means only. Australian boat owners were represented by Chris Zonca who is Australian Sailing’s Ratings Manager.
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Report on the 2021 IRC Congress
The IRC Congress was held in early October with delegates being present in person at the RORC club house and many attended by electronic means. Australian boat owners were represented by David Griffith, owner of the yacht Whispers, and Chris Zonca who is Australian Sailing’s Ratings Manager.
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Performance tips from Chris Tillett
Chris Tillett offers some quickfire tips for racing under IRC or ORC.
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Renewing an Australian Sailing Number
When managing members in revSPORT, there are two terms used, these are Register, and Renew.
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Solely electronic charts on board
An amendment has been made to the Special Regulations which allows boats to solely carry Electronic Navigational Charts on board.
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Safety
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Olympic Race Officials share their experience
Australian Sailing spoke with Race Officials who were involved in Race Management at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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World Sailing Annual Meetings
Submissions for the World Sailing Annual Conference are publicly available and interested race officials can see what proposals are being considered.
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Why have National Juries?
One of the tasks which could be undertaken when organising a major championship at your club is to apply to have a National Jury for the event.
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Update to Officials Resources page
Changes and updates have been made to the Officials Resources page on the Australian Sailing website.
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Trash Talking
Organising authorities can no longer change the rules about trash disposal and in Australia doing so would put competitors at risk of breaking anti-littering laws.
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Trapeze Harness Rules Changed
World Sailing have introduced new rules that require trapeze harnesses to be ‘quick release’ and compliant with ISO 10862 allowing the competitor to detach at any time.
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Safety
On the rules with Brady Lowe
Coach for Australian Sailing and mentor to young and talented sailors, Brady Lowe shares a few quick tips on working within the rules.
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Getting the facts straight
Appeals rely on the facts found at the first hearing and its critical to get these right from the beginning.
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Appeal Decision Published
An appeal has been published to the Australian Sailing website.
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Advertising Rules and World Sailing Regulations
While Australian Sailing allows, where acceptable, advertising on a boat it is important to remember what the World Sailing regulations are in relation to this.
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Maximising your welcome email
revSPORT has the ability to send an auto-generate welcome email when a member registers or renews
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EDM upgrade available to clubs
revSPORT has developed an in system EDM tool to enable clubs to send professional newsletters to their membership from within revSPORT.
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