Advanced Notice of Entry Procedure and Requirements

Details of Requirements

APPENDIX A - EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT:

The Rolex Fastnet Race is not a race for novices. Every crew member must have experience of sailing a yacht offshore, and be prepared to encounter heavy weather. Competitors may be required to provide evidence of offshore experience.

The Person in Charge with at least half the crew must have completed, in the yacht in which they will race the Rolex Fastnet Race, in the 12 months preceding the start:-

• 300 miles of RORC offshore racing, see http://www.rorc.org/content/view/387/336/ for the 2009 RORC Race Programme, or

If the yacht is normally kept in a place without reasonable access to RORC racing:-

• one RORC offshore race plus offshore racing* or a non-stop passage, to be proposed to and agreed by RORC, making a total of at least 300 miles, or
• other qualifications similar to (2) above to be proposed to and agreed by RORC.

*To qualify as "offshore racing" a race must be of at least 75 miles duration and include at least one night at sea.

Notes

1. When plans to qualify as above cannot be completed (e.g. a race becalmed) or in exceptional circumstances, alternative proposals must be made to RORC as soon as possible.
2. A service yacht may qualify as above or submit written authority from her service establishment.

3. The acceptance by RORC of any experience qualification does not warrant suitability for the Rolex Fastnet Race.