Dockside
Volunteers are needed to assist competitors on and off the
boats, queuing up the boats for loading, and rigging the boats.
Competition takes place in 6 one-person boats (2.4 Meter Class),
and 7 three-person boats (Freedom 20).
Assist
in launching 2.4m boats - day one
Rig 2.4Ms
Rig Freedom 20s
Stock loading area with water bottles
Assist (as required) competitors to loading area
Assist in loading 2.4m boats on trailers - day three
Freedom
20s -Four 6 volunteer crews:
- 3 volunteers to move boats into position, secure docklines
and insure boat is stabilized during loading.
- 3 volunteers to assist competitors into/out of boats by
various means, including use of transfer boxes and lift slings.
2.4Ms
- Three 4 volunteer crews:
- 2 volunteers to move boats into position, secure docklines
and insure boat is stabilized during loading
- 2 volunteers to assist competitor into/out of boat.
The
primary responsibility of an AB crew member is to insure the
safety of the crew and vessel.
It
is the intent of the Committee that the disabled team members
shall perform all possible activities on board the boat, with
only the most limited assistance possible from the AB while
racing. In general, the AB is permitted to do for a contestant
only that which he would be capable of doing for himself were
it not for the disability that qualified him for this regatta.
The AB
may perform the following activities while racing as long
as such activities conform to the spirit and intention of
Sailing Instructions:
a.
Assist the disabled team members to "tack" or "jibe"
the rotating seats at any time.
b. Steer the boat for brief periods of time, but only to regain
control of an out-of-control boat, or to avoid an imminent
collision where injury or damage is likely to occur.
c. Cleat or uncleat any running rigging at any time, but only
at the direct request and under the direct supervision of
one of the disabled team members.
d. Trim either the main sheet or the jib sheet, but not both,
as the boat rounds the leeward mark, or during the pre-start
as a boat assumes her proper course to start, but only at
the direct request and under the direct supervision of one
of the disabled team members.
e.
Release the main sheet cleat as the boat prepares to round
the windward mark, but only at the direct request and under
the direct supervision of one of the disabled team members.
f. Display the protest flag at the direct request of the Skipper.
The AB
must remain within the coamings of the cockpit of the boat
at all times.
It is
the Skipper's responsibility to ensure that the crew and AB
are acting in accordance with all provisions of the Notice
of Race and Sailing Instructions, and any other rules governing
the regatta.