Note: THIS
IS NO LONGER OFFICIAL.. OFFICAL RULES ARE NOW IN THE PRIMARY RACE RULES DOCUMENT
Preface
Our racing
as currently organized is a completion between individual skippers, however the
classes we sail are generally not single hand, most often with skipper and one
crew. Many of us form a steady team, and
the constraint that one and only one be skipper for the duration of a
competition (race series) is interfering with and potentially reducing
participation in the completion, as well as reducing opportunity to learn and
grow in our racing skills.
This
proposed change to our rules of racing is intended to address these
shortcomings, without greatly changing the formats of our current
competitions.
Skipper
Teams
Every
reference to skipper in our current rules would be taken as “skipper or one
member of a skipper team”. A skipper
team is defined as two race participants, one of which must be an active club
member, who designate themselves as a team before the start of and for the
duration of a completion.
Additional
rules for Skipper teams
1. When only one member
of a team is present for a race, they must be skipper for the team to get race
credit, and normal rules apply to any additional crew.
2. When both team members
are in a race they can trade off helm and crew roles at their discretion. Additional crew is allowed per existing race
rules.
3. The team may not claim
race credit in any race where the members race in different boats. This allows a team to split up and crew on
two boats, but neither can claim team credit for the race.
4. An active club member
must compete in a minimum of 50% of the races for a team to qualify for an
award.
5. All normal aspects of
skipper participation (finishes, awards, etc) are associated with the team, and
disposition of the awards is up to the team.
The club normally awards one trophy to each skipper – a skipper team may
request a second trophy at their expense to the other team member.