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As Per AOCRA INC Sanctioning requirements the following notes are to be included:
To register your team please log on to: www.aocra.com.au and nominate your club and your teams. The final day for registrations is Monday 9th April 2012. International Crews can also nominate via this website.
Friday 13th April 2012 - Pre Race Registration will be open from 1pm until 6.00pm – teams to sign in and team captains and support boat drivers must attend the race briefing at 6.00pm. Registration will be at the finish line – in the Event Precinct @ Muriel Henchman Drive, The Spit.
AUD $45 per paddler - OC6 Change Race & includes;
Saturday: Gold Coast Seaway - High Tide - 2.46am [1.45] and Low Tide 9.31am [0.36]
Sunday: Gold Coast Seaway - High Tide - 3.54am [1.42] and Low Tide 10.29am [0.33]
Women: Open, Masters, Senior Masters
Men: Open, Masters, Senior Masters
Mixed: Open, Masters, Senior Masters, Golden Masters
NEW:Ski Paddlers - may now compete alongside OC6 canoes as an 'iron' event. Each paddler must have own independent support boat.
Prize Money will only be awarded to crews that attend the prize presentation at the “Beach Party” This year prize money will be awarded to Line Honours for first Mens, Womens and Mixed Crews across the line.
Medals will be awarded to all divisions and place getters at the “Beach Party”
Any decisions to change division must be completed by 7.00pm Friday 13th April 2012 with the Race Director, Warren Corby.
Date and Time: Friday, 13th April 2012 at 6.00 pm
Location: Gold Coast Cup Event Precinct, Muriel Henchman Drive, The Spit
(First left past Seaworld Water Park Resort, adjacent to the Northcliffe Paddle Site)
Please ensure that your team captain/representative and support boat driver attend this meeting.
Dinner: A carb loading dinner of Wet Dishes with Rice / Pasta will be available at the Briefing from 6 - 8pm at a cost of $10 per person. Drinks will also be available for purchase.
Date and Time: Saturday, 14th April 2012 @ 8.00am
Location: Greenmount Beach
Please ensure that your steerer and/or team captain attend this meeting.
The race course will be finalized by 12noon on Friday, 13th April 2012.
Race Director: Warren Corby
Email: racedirector@goldcoastcup.com
Mobile: 0401 679 502
Event Manager: Anna Langton
Email: eventmanager@goldcoastcup.com
Mobile: 0419 249 360
Please also pass this number onto your support boat drivers so they have a contact number for during the race should they encounter difficulties.
8.00am Briefing Update - On the beach in front of the Northcliffe Tent
8.15am Blessing of the Fleet
8.30am Race Start - all divisions
Medals will be awarded to ALL team paddlers for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place across ALL divisions, regardless of the number of crews entered. Paddlers must be at the Beach Party to receive your medals! Prize Money for line honours & Random Draw.
Northcliffe Paddlers will be selling raffle tickets and prizes will be drawn at the Beach Party – Tickets $2 each or 3 for $5. Many thanks to our sponsors for donating some great prizes.
If you would like to paddle but do not have a crew, please let us know and we will endeavour to match any requests. Also, please use the 'comments' section on our Blog to communicate with other competitors. Other forums such as our Facebook Pages and AusOutrigger April be good forums to list your interest on as well.
Start Procedure will be by Yellow Flag and 2 blasts of horn. 5 minute warning, Red Flag. 1 minute warning, Green Flag indicates racing commenced. The flag times are a maximum and may be reduced at the Race Director’s discretion. Start will be upon raising of the Green Flag and blast of horn. A Black Flag indicates a canoe or canoes are over the start line. The race can be started while a Black Flag is raised. It is the responsibility of individual crews to ensure they are behind the start line at the commencement of racing. Any crew over the line when the race commences may be disqualified or subject to time penalty at the Race Director’s discretion.
Change race, canoes will line up between start buoy and Race Director’s Boat facing South. Canoes will head South-East following the lead boat to designated turning buoy, Canoes round buoy and head back towards starting area then heading north following the coastline towards the Gold Coast Seaway. Teams may follow their line to the finish at the Spit, immediately adjacent to VMR (Volunteer Marine Rescue).
The finish line will be marked by two buoys. Any crew not following the designated course may be disqualified or subject to time penalty at the Race Director’s discretion. There will be an alternate course if unsafe conditions are ruled by the Water Police and VMR. This course will be around Sovereign Island back through Labrador side of Broadwater; around Fisho’s and across finishing line adjacent to VMR. Final Course will be determined on Friday 13th April and be outlined at the race briefing that evening.
Teams shall consist of the following:
Please note that if there are insufficient entries in any category, team captains/representatives will be notified and given option to relegate to next age division. Medals will be presented to all places.
All Canoes (including rigging, iako, ama, hull shape) must meet current AOCRA requirements. Zone registration numbers must be prominent and readable on the bow of canoes.
Storm covers on the canoe is mandatory. AOCRA standard tow ropes (12mm rope 20/25metres in length) must be fixed to front iako. Each team must be proficient in the procedure of towing their canoe.
Minimum of two bailing buckets must be on board canoe and no mechanical means of bailing water of the canoe is permitted. All canoes must have proof of positive flotation inspection compliance stickers affixed. All canoes must have 1 life jacket per paddler in the canoe (additional jackets in the support boat may be required under Maritime Law) No foot support or braces are permitted.
Paddlers must be single bladed and may otherwise be of any shape and material. The Gold Coast Cup Race Committee shall have the final decision on approving or disapproving any entry, canoe or equipment. A beach pre-race check of all canoes must have been completed by a Gold Coast Cup Race Official prior to entering the water, otherwise team is disqualified.
First Changeover point for canoes will be after returning and rounding the buoy near starting area. Further changes will be at the discretion of the teams, with the proviso that no changes are to be made within the area bounded by the Gold Coast Seaway rock retaining walls, for safety reasons. All changeovers must be made from the water. (ie; No escort boat within 20m of any canoe at anytime) Escort Boats are the responsibility of the individual crews to meet all race requirements, and must not impede any other team, or assist their own by wash riding etc. Each entry must have one escort power boat to accompany them throughout the race.
All escort boats must meet the minimum State requirements, must be able to safely carry all team paddlers and boat crew members. All escort boats must be equipped with two-way radio communications, Citizens Band or VHF only. Any entry without proper two-way communication will not be allowed to participate. The appropriate emergency channel for communication will be announced at the main race briefing and will be the responsibility of the team to inform their respective support boat operators of that channel. Random Radio checks will be made at the beginning of the race. The Gold Coast Cup Race Committee will have the final decision on the approval or disapproval of any vessel used as an escort boat. All Support Boats must have a licensed operator.
Teams may have paddlers from mixed clubs, provided all are registered financial members of AOCRA Inc. affiliated clubs or have AOCRA approved international insurance. Each entry must provide approved personal flotation devices for each person on the escort boat and each paddler in the canoe. Each entry is responsible for complying with all applicable State, Federal regulations and requirements. Each entry is responsible for assuring that each paddler, coach, helper and boat captain is water safe.
The race is subject to postponement or cancellation by the Gold Coast Cup Race Committee or AOCRA Official if weather conditions, in their opinion, render running of the race to be unsafe. Entry fees in such cases are non-refundable. The Gold Cost Cup Race Committee reserves the right to remove any signage which is not in good taste or which sabotages the promotional rights of the event sponsors. Canoes must display event sponsors promotional requirements in the required position. Failure to comply with the directions of any Safety Official will result in immediate disqualification and may invalidate AOCRA Insurance for that team. Protests must be lodged in writing with a $50 fee to the Race Committee no more than 15 minutes after finishing the race. As per AOCRA Regatta rules, protest fees are refundable if the protest is upheld. In the event that at a team or its associated support group fails to meet any of the conditions of entry listed, the Gold Coast Cup Race Committee reserves the right to have the Race Director disqualify them immediately. If a team is disqualified they are no longer permitted to take any part in the event, entry fees in such cases are non-refundable. All Crews must be deemed capable of completing the course and sanctioned by their club coaches and or president as such for insurance and liability reasons.
PLEASE NOTE: Should any circumstances arise not covered in these racing Conditions, the Gold Coast Cup Race Committee reserves the right to have the Race Director make a ruling on any such circumstance, and any such decision is to be final and binding.
We strongly advise you not to let your support boat go out through the Tweed Bar as last year, some crews did not have a support boat because of this.
WE RECOMMEND YOUR SUPPORT BOAT LEAVES FROM THE SPIT AND TRAVELS TO KIRRA. THIS WILL MEAN THE TRAILER IS AT THE FINISH LINE.
We are very pleased that you are part of this major sporting event here on the Gold Coast. For those unfamiliar with Outrigger Canoe ultra marathon racing, a team is made up of either 9 men, 10 women or 5 men and 5 women (mixed) with any 6 of them continuously in the canoe (in the mixed open/master category 3 women must be in canoe at all times). The support boat drivers' role is to carry the 3 or 4 other paddlers that will continually take turns of rotating in and out of the canoes as they race over the 43km course.
There is a race Welcome function which includes briefing and registration at 6pm on Friday 13th April 2012 at the VMR Base, beside Sea World Nara Resort Southport). You are required to attend and find out about the race course, meet your crew and ask any questions. Your boat must be in the Support Boat meeting area off Greenmount Beach by 6.45am. This time may change and notification will be forthwith prior to the race briefing. On Saturday, 14 April 2012, arrange with your team to board at your departure. Please read the requirements below and contact the Race Director racedirector@goldcoastcup.com should you have any queries. Northcliffe Outriggers will assist in arranging a support boat on behalf of any International teams.
All support boats must have a licensed operator, carry the regulation safety gear requirements and be in a seaworthy condition.
All escort boats must be registered in line with all State requirements.
All escort boats must be equipped with two-way communication. Channel 94 on 27mhz and Channel 77 on VHF will be monitored by volunteer rescue services in case of difficulty.
All support boats must have a licensed operator, carry the regulation safety gear requirements and be in a seaworthy condition.
Support boats are to remain a minimum of 50m behind back canoes on the start line. All changeovers must be made from the water, ie. No escort boat within 20m of any canoe except during capsize. If any towing of a canoe occurs in the director of finish line, the canoe will be disqualified. First changeover point for canoes will be after passing back through the start line, heading North. Further changes will be at the discretion of the teams, with the proviso that no changes are to be made within the area bounded by the Gold Coast Seaway rock retaining walls, for safety reasons.
Canoes have right of way at all times. Any impedance of a canoe by any means (eg. Wash or causing of canoe to alter course) by a support boat will result in either a time penalty or disqualification being applies to the support boats canoe at the discretion of the Race Director.
If the forecasted weather conditions make the race unsafe, an alternate course on the Broadwater at Southport will be used. If in doubt about conditions, contact the Race Director after 12 noon Friday, 13th April 2012 when a decision would have been made.
This year Day 2 of the Gold Coast Cup will for the first time incorporate OC1 / OC2 / SUP / Ski’s in both a short and long course event.
9.00am Briefing – 9.30am Start Time Long Course Race (10-12km)
11.00am Briefing – 11.30am Start Time Short Course Race (6-8km)
Races course will be determined by the best conditions on the day, and April include a start, outside the Seaway wall – advice will be given at briefing.
Women: Open, Masters, Senior Masters, Golden Masters
Men: Open, Masters, Senior Masters, Golden Masters
Mixed OC2: Open, Masters, Senior Masters, Golden Masters
Prize Money will be awarded to the following divisions on Day 2 Long Course Events:
Line Honours: Male / Female / Mixed OC1 / OC2 and SKI
All divisions will receive medals at the Day 2 Presentations which will be made following the end of the days racing, at the Event Precinct.
Short Course $20 per paddler (AOCRA insured members)
Long Course $20 per paddler
SUP / SKI $28 per paddler (Includes AOCRA “Day Insurance” Additional $8 if not an AOCRA member)
If you require a loan canoe for either the Saturday OC6 race or the Sunday OC1/2 races, please register with the event manager: eventmanager@goldcoastcup.com you will be put in touch with clubs that have canoes available for hire.
If you are a club or individual that potentially has OC6 & OC1/2 canoes that interstate and international crews are able to utilise, please also email the event manager: eventmanager@goldcoastcup.com
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