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Regulation of the America Glass
Deed of gift It is the basic document that governs the competition. Its more important article would be the eighth where it is spoken of the “Mutual Agreement” according to which a “Challenger settles down of Record” that helps the “Defender of the Glass” to establish the coming edition rules: programming, type of boat, soothe of the tests and the criteria to choose to “Desafiantes or Challengers”.
If of did not reach an agreement between the Challenger Record and the Defender, something that has only happened once in the history of the Glass, in 1.988. The Deed of Gift describes the conditions so that its survival is developed to the America Glass in this way obtaining. Specific that clubs is qualified to defy and how the challenge is due to carry out, as well as that the boats that participate will have to be constructed in the country of where it is the club.
From first regata in 1.871 its interpretation on the part of the challenging ones has been discussed much and the defenders, modified several times, in 1.956 allowing was introduced to compete in 12 meters and the clause was eliminated that forced the boats to be sailing from its country of origin to the country where the Glass was celebrated. In 1.984 it was allowed that the Glass competed during the austral summer given the triumph in the edition of 1,983 of the Australians. Protocol
Document that describes the general rules of that concrete edition of the America Glass. It details the organization of regata. The agreement obtained between the Defender and the Challenger of of Record (first club nautical that it defied). The most important part of the Protocol is the one that makes reference to regatas of selection of the Challenging ones (Challenger Selection Series). The Protocol limits the number of new boats as well as the number of usable candles. It puts the limits to the activities of recognition of the competitors to allow to the Challenging ones and the Defender to realize his tests and training in private, without little clean interferences on the part of other equipment.
During this 32ª edition has introduced a great change, the creation of the AC Management. Until now there were two totally independent groups of management one of the other, one in charge of the Glass Louis Vuitton and other of the Defense of the Glass America or Match America Glass. The AC Management will act like a unique organizing authority for all the events of this 32ª edition. One will be in charge of the subjects related to the sponsors, the press and the mass media. It will organize the complete competition, the 13 Acts, the Louis Vuitton Glass and the Match America Glass. The protocol of this 32ª edition tries to harness the America Glass like a sport event that arrives at everybody. It will facilitate to the equipment its access to the participation in the America Glass having fallen the restrictions with respect to the acquisition of boats and previous edition technologies, it will make the rule more flexible of nationality reason why to participate in the America Glass will be cheaper for all the participants, will allow that the equipment makes their signings and contracts the personnel who needs with experience in this competition. Terms of challenge (TOD)
In this document the rights and the obligations of the participants are defined as much, as of the organizers. Its objective is to organize better the commercial aspects for the benefit of all the competitors It details the requirements necessary to become Challenger. The program of the competition. The characteristics of the City Soothe. The points related to the publicity and marketing, including press, image and television. The security during the competition, insurances and responsibilities. The TOD will be published by the AC Management thanks to the collaboration of the “Defender” and the “Challenger of Record” Rules of ACC (América´s Cup Class) Specific the characteristics and measurement of the boats that participate in the America Glass. Version 4 was the one that governed the boats of 31ª edition and will be used for the measurement of the boats in the 2.004. But the 2,005 in force Version 5 will enter
The Rules of the ACC establish certain restrictions in the measures, but they leave place to the imagination and to the good knowledge of architects, engineers, designers and equipment of construction, for, within the established limits, to construct the fastest and safe boat than is able to take control of the Glass. In order to make the decisions that define the boat, not only it will be necessary to know the Rules the ACC, but also the conditions of sea and wind which one is going away to face the boat, and here enters game the knowledge of the regatistas at the time of defining the boat. Each club can construct a maximum of two new boats that must be constructed in the country of origin of the club nautical which they represent. The boats of the Glass America, the ACC, play with the length, the displacement and the warlike surface like main factors in the final yield of the boat. CANDLES: 60 measured candles can be used. In the Louis Vuitton Glass a maximum of 45 candles can be used, in the Match America Glass cannot use more than 30 candles each equipment.
There are 17 crew, optionally can exist another crew member more who must not have technical knowledge or recognized tactical abilities, she cannot contribute of any form in regata and must go dress of another color to be distinguished easily. If there were not east crew member in the boat, is necessary to add to 100 kilos existing adjustments of weight of up to 100 kilos when there is east crew member. It will be placed after the cane, in the stern of the boat The equipment will compete under the rules of Match RACE of the ISAF, with qualified judges in the water who will follow each one of the boats. The violations of the rules immediately will be penalized in the water Announcement of regata
Document demanded by the Regulation of Regatas to Candle. Its objective is to give to the participants detailed information on the competition: dates and you soothe of the tests, organizing authority, rules by which they will be in force, dates and controls of measurement and inspection, systems of score, prizes, penalties, etc. During this edition there will be an Announcement of independent Regata, published by the Committee of Regatas, for each one of the Acts. To the days and hours are detailed in which each sleeve is celebrated and the international rules of navigation that will be applied and those that no. Jury and referees in the water
They exist a jury, specialistic people in laws that will mediate in the conflicts that arise between the equipment by commercial questions, technical, sport, of measurement, etc, but not on which they talk about to the Rules of Regata like the rights of way that will be responsibility of the referees in the water. Years ago the arbitration in the water was added, and so it is able to make agile the subjects taking decisions and realizing penalties in the same moment for being realized the infraction and reducing with them the protests in earth once finished the tests. Penalties
During regata a language by means of flags between the boats and the referees will be used. If a boat wants to protest by the maneuver of another boat and to ask for the referee penalizes who it reason why they consider an infraction of the Rules of Right of way, she will show to a yellow flag to rays diagonals red and. The referees make a decision at that same moment, will show a green flag if they consider that infraction has not existed, if they consider that infraction has existed will show a flag with the color of the boat that committed, that is to say blue or yellow The Hague.
The boat that undergoes a penalty can fulfill it at any time that she chooses during the race, while she can try to force his opponent to commit an infraction to be both in the same situation. But one second infraction prevails to him, must, immediately to exonerate itself of one of the two. If they had penalized to him before the exit it will not be able to be exonerated of her until to have begun the race. That is to say, the penalty will be necessary to exonerate them enters the exit and the arrival. During the race, offset will not be allowed to exonerate itself of a penalty in the section, between the two beacons of windward, nor within the three lengths of the leeward beacon (in Regatas of Fleet)
If during the race a crew member falls to the water and the equipment is able to raise to him again the boat without outer aid, it will not undergo any penalty. If person is gathered on the other boat, equipment will receive penalty, if they had been several people those that had fallen and had been gathered by other boats, would only receive a penalty when considering it a same infraction. If outside the crew member number 18 the one that falls to the water, the equipment would not receive any infraction, but this crew member could not return to the boat. Committee of regatas
The Committee of Regatas will be able to decide if it is realized or not a test. Normally it is tried to do regatas with a wind between 7 and 23 knots. But with hoisted sea although the wind does not surpass the 23 knots, the Committee can decide not to give the exit. During regata, if the wind is unstable in direction, the equipment will not be able to hoist his to spinaker in the fitted section of while the Committee them of permission not to realize it. If the Committee gave permission them, the boats will have to also raise a specific flag for this case Tel:© Copyright 2005 SanalBoard.org, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. |
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