For
further information, please contact RHKYC Sailing Manager, Alex Johnston
by
e-mail or call +852
2239 0362
ROLEX CHINA SEA RACE 2008
Scrutineering
Organised by Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club
Starts
1200hrs Thursday 20 March 2008,
Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Letter
to Person In Charge 
Download
Scrutineering
/ Safety Compliance Form
Download
Scrutineering
Checklist
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Crew
Experience Form
Download 
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Crew
Immigration Form
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If you are unable to open PDF files, all download files are available upon request in either Word or Excel format. Please contact Alex Johnston if you require assistance.
Dear Person in Charge,
Thanks for your entry for the Rolex China Sea Race 08.
The scrutineering will be a two-stage process. The initial stage will be the Safety Checklist and the second stage will be the official scrutineer’s check.
The Chief Scrutineer for the Rolex China Sea Race 08 is Mr. Mike Westlake. He or one of his team will contact you directly as to when your yacht will be inspected.
Initially every yacht should arrange for the Person in charge or a suitably experienced sailor to go through the Safety Checklist provided by the Sailing Office. This form should be completed and then signed off by the Person-in-charge of the yacht and then submitted to the Sailing Office by Friday 29th February 08, listing any non-compliance with the ISAF Offshore Special Regulations Cat 1 Regulations along with the Safety Compliance Form & Declaration.
It is highly recommended that at least 30% of the crew is present for this check, as it will help everyone with their knowledge of the yacht and her equipment. Early return of forms before the deadline date will be extremely helpful to the Sailing Office and Boatyard if items of non-compliance require to be corrected.
Secondly an Official Scrutineer will be assigned to each yacht to come and check that all items of non-compliance from the Cat 1 Regulations have been corrected. The Scrutineer may choose to check all equipment, so please allow enough time for this. Again it is recommended that your crew are present for this inspection, especially if they were not available for the initial Safety Checklist inspection. This inspection is likely to take place in the ten days before the race start or earlier if yachts are ready, so that you are able to load such items as Emergency Water etc.
This may seem to be extra work compared to recent races, however this process will take us back to the way scrutineering should be done and will help increase the crew's understanding of the yacht and equipment on board. In the end all this exists ultimately for safety of the yacht and her crew.
Both the scrutineering checklist and the safety compliance form are attached. Please note that the scrutineering checklist is merely a checklist and is not the full lSAF Offshore Special Regulations list and you should not rely on this to get your boat ready. Please also note that the official scrutineer may wish to check other items not on this list. The full list is available on the page on Rolex China Sea Race 08 website under the Scrutineering section:
http://www.rolexchinasearace.com
Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me on Tel: 2239 0362 or email : alex.johnston@rhkyc.org.hk
Best
regards
Alex Johnston
RHKYC Sailing Manager
For the full version of the ISAF Offshore Special Regulations click here
Extract
of the ISAF Offshore Special Regulations for Race Category 1 Monohulls
[PDF Download]
The Scrutineering Checklist and Declation Form will be available shortly. Please check the new ISAF Offshore Special Regulations carefully as there have been several changes made which may affect your preparations for the Rolex China Sea Race.