Rolex Fastnet Race: Two Great Names, One Challenge

Sunday 7th August

CLASSES: IRC (for yachts up to 30.5 metres LOA), IRM, Open 60, Multihulls, 2-Handed division - see General Conditions, Appendix l & II. IMS, ORC (Club) - Classes will be offered if there are 15 or more entries

Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Royal Western Yacht Club, Plymouth, and the Royal Yacht Squadron

A Rolex Chronometer may be awarded to the Fastnet Challenge Cup winner and the Fastnet Rock Trophy winner. In the event of one boat winning both trophies only one chronometer will be presented.

Trophies are for corrected time results except where stated

IRC TROPHIES
Fastnet Challenge Cup	Best overall
Kees Van Dam Memorial Trophy	2nd Best overall
Erroll Bruce Cup	First yacht home (Super 0)
Jolie Brise Trophy	First yacht home (Classes 0-3)
*Whirlwind Trophy	Best Swan yacht overall
Alf Loomis Trophy	Navigator of best yacht overall
Brunskill Trophy	Best overall 2-handed division
*Clarion Cup	First British yacht home
* Bloodhound Cup	Best Corporate yacht
Roger Justice Trophy	Best Sailing School yacht overall
* Joggernaut Trophy	Best Irish yacht overall
* Martin Illingworth Trophy	Inter-club: for teams of 3 yachts nominated by an affiliated Club
Inter-Regimental Cup	Best Service yacht
Hong Kong Cup	IRC Super 0
West Mersea YC Trophy	IRC 0
Foxhound Cup	IRC 1
Favona Cup	IRC 2
Iolaire Cup	IRC 3

IRM TROPHIES
Fastnet Rock Trophy	Best overall
Figaro Trophy	2nd Overall
Arambalza Cup	Best overall - non-British yacht
Erivale Trophy	First yacht home
Keith Ludlow Trophy	Navigator of best yacht overall
Swinburne Cup	Best Irish yacht overall
* Seth-Smith Trophy	Inter-club: for teams of 3 yachts nominated by an affiliated Club
Trophies for IRM classes	according to class allocation

FASTNET ROUNDING TROPHIES
* Clarke Cup	1st IRM round on the water
* Irish Lights Trophy	1st IRC round on the water
* Culdrose Trophy	Best IRC Service yacht round on corrected time

MULTIHULL TROPHIES
MOCRA Crystal Trophy	for the first multihull under 50ft with a valid MOCRA rating certificate on corrected time
MOCRA Muster Trophy	for the first multihull under 50ft with a valid MOCRA rating certificate on elapsed time
RORC Trophy	1st Multihull home

SPECIAL TROPHIES
Royal Thames Spirit Cup	Details to be announced
* Iolaire Block	Oldest yacht to complete the course
Duncan Munro-Kerr Memorial Trophy	Best yacht on corrected time with a skipper aged between 18 and not more than 30 on the 7th August 2005
Galley Slaves Trophy	For the galley slave of the yacht with the greatest elapsed time
* Hobo Trophy	Best IRC One-Design Yacht
* Bobby Lowein Wheel	First British yacht home
* RORC Bowl	For the best IRC Swan yacht in the Swan European Regatta combined with the St Malo and Fastnet Races
*Philip Whitehead Cup	Details to be announced
*The Sparkman and Stephens Trophy	Best overall Sparkman &Stephens designed yacht
Spangle Trophy	1st Contessa 32
Dennis Doyle Memorial Salver	To be awarded to the skipper who has done the most number of Fastnet races including the current one.
The Coates Scholfield Trophy	To be awarded to the yacht whose crew have sailed it the furthest to compete in the race. Exact criteria will be issued in due course.

IMS TROPHIES (if sufficient entries)
Gesture Cup	Best overall
Midnight Cup	Best overall ORC(Club)

FASTNET RACE RECORDS	Yacht Name	Year	Speed
Fastest monohull without water ballast	BOOMERANG	1999	11.13 knots
Fastest monohull with water ballast	RF YACHTING	1999	11.48 knots
Fastest 60ft multihull	FUJICOLOR	1999	15.03 knots
Fastest multihull under 50ft	SPIRIT OF ENGLAND	1997	8.38 knots
Fastest Volvo 60	ILLBRUCK 2	1999	11.36 knots
Fastest Open 60	WHIRLPOOL-EUROPE 2	1999	11.43 knots

A Rolex Fastnet certificate is sent to every crew member who completes the course.

*These trophies are subject to specific extra conditions which are set out in a Fastnet Trophy Application Form which every Fastnet entry shall sign and lodge with the RORC before the race.

SSS MINIMUM: 30 or STIX MINIMUM: 32 combined with an AVS MINIMUM of 130-0.002 x m (where m is minimum sailing weight in Kg)

SPECIAL REGULATIONS: Category 2 with RORC Prescriptions
An ISAF Offshore Special Regulations Checklist shall be completed to Category 2 and submitted to the RORC no later than Friday 22nd July
The Checklist shall include the 15 digit HEX ID of the yachts EPIRBS(S) (which must be registered with the appropriate authority) and the serial numbers of the liferaft(s). The following documents shall be attached:
1. A Hull Construction Certificate - see Offshore Special Regulation 3.03
2. Copies of the yachts liferaft servicing/inspection certificate(s) of proof that the liferaft(s) predates its first service.

ENTRIES: Close Friday 22nd July

START: Sunday 7th August, from RYS Cowes, to the West
First Warning Signal 1050

HIGH WATER: Portsmouth 1345 4.4m

COURSE: Cowes - Fastnet Rock - Plymouth

FINISH: At Plymouth Breakwater

DISTANCE: Approximately 608 miles

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION: The skipper and 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:
1. 300 miles of RORC offshore racing, or
If the yacht is normally kept in a place without reasonable access to RORC racing: 2. one RORC offshore race plus offshore racing* or a non-stop passage making a total of at least 300 miles, or
3. other qualifications similar to (2) above to be proposed to and agreed by RORC by Friday 22nd July 2005
* 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.

TRAINING: It is the Skipper's responsibility to ensure that the following criteria are met and that a Certificate or Letter of Attendance from an establishment recognised by the RORC should be provided on completion of the following:

1. First Aid Course at least two of the crew, on each yacht, should have received training and
2. Liferafts at least 50% of the crew should have received Training or Instruction in the use of Liferafts. In the case of Two Handed entries both crew members must complete first aid and liferaft training.

The above training must have taken place after January 1999.

COPIES OF THESE CERTIFICATES/LETTERS OF ATTENDANCE MUST BE LODGED AS A COMPLETE SET WITH THE RORC NO LATER THAN FRIDAY 22nd JULY.

Note: ISAF Offshore Special Regulations regarding training will change in 2006. Training to Section 6 (Appendix G) will be required for all Category 2 races. If your crew are undertaking training in 2005 it would be wise to undertake training that covers Section 6 so that they are prepared for 2006. In the UK the RYA Offshore Racing Crew Course is appropriate.

BRIEFING: A briefing will be held in Cowes at 1800 on Saturday 6th August at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club. Two representatives from each boat will be invited. This briefing is not mandatory.

POINTS FACTOR: RORC - 1.50

RACE HQ: Before the race: RORC Office, 82 High Street, Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Tel: +44 (0)1983 295144
Fax: +44 (0)1983 292242

During and after the race: RORC Race Office, Queen Anne's Battery, Plymouth (further phone and fax numbers will be advised)

PRIZEGIVING: The Rolex Fastnet prizegiving will be held in Plymouth on Friday 12th August 2005. Details will be published in the Sailing Instructions. RORC medallions will be presented on Tuesday 20th September, 1930 at the Clubhouse, 20 St James's Place, London, SW1. All crews welcome.

INTERNATIONAL JURY: Decisions of the International Jury will be final as provided in RRS 70.4

SPONSORS FLAGS AND BOW STICKERS: Race sponsor's flags will be provided, and if so shall be flown from the backstay at all times during the race. Class and sponsor's flags shall be flown at a level above that of the upper lifelines. Bow stickers will be provided and every effort shall be made to retain them on the bows. Race sponsor's battle flags will be provided, and shall be flown from the forestay while berthed in Queen Anne's Battery Marina. A competitor may not protest this requirement.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
CREW LIST WITH NEXT OF KIN DETAILS: It is the skippers responsibility to collate a crew list complete with names and addresses and next of kin details. A crew list complete with details of the whole crew shall be submitted to the RORC by FRIDAY 22nd JULY 2005.

DISCLAIMER AND MEDIA RIGHTS WAIVER:
As part of the formal entry/registration process, all skippers and crews will be required to sign and lodge with the RORC by FRIDAY 22nd JULY the following disclaimer and media, photographic / television rights statement -

DISCLAIMER: I agree to be bound by International Sailing Federation Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) 2005/2008, by the Sailing Instructions and the Notice of Race. I agree that the sole and inescapable responsibility for the nautical qualities of any yacht participating in the Rolex Fastnet Race 2005, her rigging, the safety equipment on board and the competence, behaviour and dress of her crew is that of the Owner/Charterer of the yacht.

I also agree to take any and all responsibility for all damages whatsoever caused to third persons or their belongings, to myself or to my belongings, ashore and at sea as a consequence of my participation in the regatta, and hereby relieve from any responsibility, and agree to indemnify on a full indemnity basis and hold harmless, the Royal Ocean Racing Club, its servants, agents and sponsors (in particular but not only ROLEX SA) and their representatives in respect of any claim arising therefrom.

I am acquainted with ISAF RRS Part 1 Fundamental Rule 4: "A boat is solely responsible for deciding whether or not to start or to continue racing".

In any case, I agree that the ROYAL OCEAN RACING CLUB, its servants, agents and sponsors (in particular but not only ROLEX SA) and their representatives have no responsibility for loss of life or injury to members or others, or for the loss of, or damage to any vessel or property.

MEDIA RELEASES: Competitors and crew members on the competing yachts grant, at no cost, the ROYAL OCEAN RACING CLUB and ROLEX SA the absolute right and permission to use their name, voice, image, likeness, biographical material as well as representations of the boats in any media (being television, print and internet media), including video footage, for the sole purposes of advertising, promoting, reporting and disseminating information regarding the ROLEX FASTNET RACE ("the race") and the competitors and crew members' participation to the regatta.

Competitors and crew members on the competing yachts also grant, at no cost, ROLEX SA the absolute right and permission to use their name, image, likeness, biographical material as well as representations of the boats in the "Perpetual Spirit Yachting by ROLEX" magazine, edited by ROLEX SA.

Competitors and crew members' name, voice, image, likeness and biographical material shall not be used by ROLEX SA in a way which constitutes an endorsement of ROLEX SA's products by said Competitors and crew members, unless the relevant competitor or crew member is engaged by ROLEX SA to endorse its products or gives his/her prior written consent to such use.

All details are provisional and may be changed in Sailing Instructions.