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Comments sought on draft amendments to the Yachting Australia Special Regulations
2009-2012 Blue Book
Yachting Australia is seeking comment on some draft amendments to the 2009 Yachting Australia Special Regulations.
The 2009 Yachting Australia Special Regulations come into effect from 1 July 2009. Yachting Australia has recently noted amendments to the ISAF Offshore Special Regulations and has received submissions regarding the Yachting Australia Special Regulations.
Interested parties wishing to see the draft amendments may click on the links further below. To see the text as currently published please refer to the Yachting Australia Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012 (the Blue Book).
The amendments being considered are summarised as follows:
• 3.03 Hull construction and plan checking – Changes to plan checking bringing in to in to line with ISAF's changes which originate from Yachting Australia's ABS related investigations and submissions.
• 3.17.4 Combustible gas detection systems – removal of a redundant clause that may duplicate other gas controls and brings into line with ISAF.
• 5.01 Personal floatation devices - Correction of a logic error in applicable standards and buoyancy for PFDs.
• 5.02 Safety lines and harnesses - Correction of omitted information on applicable safety line standards.
• 5.05 Personal locator beacons - Correction of omitted categories of races applicable to PLBs.
• 3.01.7 Inspecting movable and variable ballast systems – removal of a redundant clause which is inconsistent with ISAF.
• B7.2 Resistance to Capsize – Changes to assessment of ISO category for yachts bringing in to in to line with ISAF's changes.
• Part 2 Variations – Insertion of omitted clause enabling variations to Special Regulations.
Yachting Australia encourages boat owners, organising authorities and state Member Yachting Associations or any other interested party to provide written comment on the draft amendments before Thursday 18 June 2009.
For more information about these draft amendments, or to provide comment please contact Glen Stanaway at Yachting Australia by emailing glen.stanaway@yachting.org.au.
