OREGON OFFSHORE INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE
Amendment April
22, 2017
Portland, OR
AMENDMENT
#2
Notice
of Race, Waiver
Safety
and Equipment Requirements
1 NOTICE OF RACE
Changed:
6.3 Removed description
of the finish line.
Rationale for changes: The Sailing
Instructions will outline the newly defined finish line
7.9 VHF
station to use when communicating with the race committee at the finish line
changed from Channel 72 to 71.
Rationale
for changes: To
improve communications between racers and Race Committee
Omitted:
6.4, 6.5, 7.7, 7.14
Rationale for changes: The Sailing
Instructions will outline the newly defined finish line and proper means of
communication between racers and Race Committee
2 SKIPPER AND
CREW WAIVER
In
keeping with RRS US prescription 82, we have modified the language of both the
Skipper waiver and Crew waiver. This renders previously signed waivers
obsolete.
ACTION: Each Skipper
will re/submit waivers for himself and each of his crew members no later than
1700 hours May 10, 2017.
3 SAFETY
EQUIPMENT
The below is
changed to read:
Gear: Life rafts
3.39 A boat shall
have adequate life raft(s) designed for life saving with designed capacity for
containing the entire crew. The raft shall be capable of being carried to the
lifelines within 15 seconds, and must be equipped with drogue and painter. If
inflatable, it is recommended that it have two parallel buoyancy compartments.
The raft shall hold a current certificate of inspection, and must be equipped for
both manual and automatic inflation. If the raft does not provide capacity for
the entire crew, a boat may be equipped with survival suits for each person
aboard for whom life raft capacity is not provided. The suit shall be a
universal size suitable for donning over regular clothing for keeping the
wearer dry and afloat, shall be coverall type and shall include in its
construction closed cell foam insulation designed to ensure survival from
hypothermia of the wearer for a minimum of three hours when floating in 54F
water. The suit(s) may be stowed below decks but must be readily accessible to
the companionway. Suit(s) shall be government approved for survival usage.
Rationale for
changes: To
avoid unnecessary expense for participants who already have adequate safety
equipment for all crew members.
Jenn
Thompson, Commodore
Oregon
Offshore International Yacht Race