RULES * The regatta will be governed by the "Rules" as defined in the 2009-2012 ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS). * IRC measurement and handicap system of the UNCL and RORC. * The ISAF Offshore Special Regulations 2008-2009, Windward-Leeward Triangle Course Races are Category 4, Long Distance Course Race is Category 3. * The ISAF Regulation 20 (Advertising Code). * The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (IRPCAS) will prevail the rules of Part 2 of RRS from sunset to sunrise. * The Notice of Race, The Sailing Instructions and its amendments. * Racing Rules will be changed as indicated in the relevant instructions. * No national prescriptions will be applied. * If there is a conflict between languages the English text will take precedence.
INTERNATIONAL JURY An International Jury will be constituted under RRS Appendix N and its decisions are final as provided in RRS 70.5
ELIGIBILITY & ENTRY * The regatta is open to all yachts measured under IRC measurement system with LOA between 7 to 27 m and with an inboard or outboard engine. The maximum number of the yachts which will be accepted to the regatta is 130. The entries will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. No more yachts will be eligible to make entry after 130. * The regatta is open to all sailors who comply with the ISAF Eligibility Code. * The yachts with outboard engine can not race in Long Distance Course race. * No yacht shall be eligible to enter and compete in the races without her valid 2009 IRC rating certificate. * Eligible yachts may enter by completing the entry form and handing it together with the required fee, to MIYC office by Sunday, 25th October 2009, hours: 12:00 (local time) Marmaris International Yacht Club Amiral Orhan Aydın Spor Tesisleri 48700, Marmaris - Turkey * Turkish competitors shall have a sportsman's license valid for 2009. No competitors shall participate to the races without sportsman's license; the temporary licenses which will be valid during the regatta can be obtained from MIYC. * Each skipper should submit a crew list with their Race Entry Form. * There will be no upper crew limitation but a minimum crew of 3 is essential. * Every change of crew member should be submitted not later than two hours before the start at the race office by using the special form. * The registered yachts are liable to these instructions and all rules that these instructions refer to. * The organizing authority or the race committee may reject or cancel the entry of a yacht or exclude a competitor provided it does so before the start of the first race and states the reason for doing so. (RRS 76.1).
DIVISIONS & HANDICAP SYSTEM * The yachts entered to the regatta will race in IRC and IRC CHARTER groups. Division determination is made by the Race Committee in accordance with the TCC of the registered yachts in their groups. It is certain and cannot be disapproved. * Obligations and Restrictions for IRC CHARTER division(s); * The yachts under management of any Bareboat Charter Company are eligible to race in IRC CHARTER division(s) within the obligations and the restrictions stated in the articles below. * A charter contract valid for the period of the regatta shall be submitted with the entry form. This contract should be issued to the name of any crew member of the yacht. * The yachts of which the Rig Factor stated on the valid IRC Certificate is greater than 1.02 can not race in IRC CHARTER division even if they are rented from a charter company. Their entries will be accepted in the IRC divisions * No sails and spinnakers shall be used other than the charter company has provided and declared on the valid IRC certificate. The hi-tech clothed sails (Kevlar, mylar etc.) shall not be used either. * All standard charter equipment (all safety equipment, ropes, spare fuel jerry cans, galley equipment, gas bottles, fire extinguishers, etc.) shall be carried on board * Only tender and outboard motor may be left ashore and spray hood and bimini top can be removed from the boat. * The Charter yachts may apply to race in the IRC divisions but not vice versa. * Time on Time (TOT) system will be applied.
SCHEDULE * Registration : Saturday, 24th October 2009 (10:00-19:00 hrs.) - Sunday, 25th October 2009 (09:30-12:00 hrs.) * Training day : Sunday, 25th October 2009 * Regatta documents : All documents of the regatta (the sailing instructions, flags, board numbers, etc.) will be delivered at MIYC office from on Sunday, 25th October 2009 at 17:00 hrs. * Skipper Briefing : Sunday, 25th October 2009, 18:30 hrs. * Opening Cocktail Party : Sunday, 25th October 2009, 19:30 - 21:00 hrs * Race 1: Monday, 26th October 2009, First division warning signal at 10:50 hrs * Race 2: Tuesday, 27th October 2009, First division warning signal at 10:50 hrs * Race 3: Wednesday, 28th October, 2009, First division warning signal at 09:50 hrs * Race 4: Thursday, 29 th October 2009, First division warning signal at 10:50 hrs * Race 5: Friday, 30th October 2009, First division warning signal at 10:50 hrs * The Race Committee will decide that Race 4 will be sailed or not in accordance with the finishing time of the Race 3 (Long Distance Course Race). The decision will be posted on the notice board latest by 08:30 am on the 29th October 2009. If the Race 4 will not be sailed this shall not be grounds for redress. * On the last day of the regatta no warning signal of the first division will be made after 13:00 hrs In condition of a wind with more than 40 knot speed, the Race Committee may decide not to start the race/may finish an already started race by a shorten course/may abandon the race. None of those options shall not be grounds for redress. * Prize Giving Ceremony : Friday, 30st October 2009, 20:00 - 23:00 hrs.
MEASUREMENT & CONTROL * Each yacht shall provide a valid 2009 IRC certificate. * The team provided by MIYC will carry out the measurements if needed. * The yachts may be measured before or after any race even without a need for protest. * Yachts are subject to random measurement inspections without prior notice before or after each race.
SAILING INSTRUCTIONS The Sailing Instructions will be available Sunday, 25th October 2009, 17:00 at the Race Office.
VENUE The races will be held inner and outer harbor of Marmaris
COURSES * Race 1: Windward-Leeward Triangle Course (~ 10 NM) * Race 2: Windward-Leeward Triangle Course (~ 10 NM) * Race 3: Long Distance Course (~ 45 NM) * Race 4: Windward-Leeward Triangle Course (~ 10 NM) * Race 5: Windward-Leeward Triangle Course (~ 10 NM) * The change of the courses is at the discretion of the Race Committee.
CHARTS & PUBLICATIONS Turkish Chart Nr. 312, 313B, 3121A and appropriate Admiralty Charts are recommended.
NUMBER OF RACES & SCORING * One Long Distance Course race and four Windward-Leeward Triangle Course Race will be sailed. * The Low Point Scoring System of RRS A4 will be applied. * If four Windward-Leeward Triangle Course Race are sailed, the evaluation will be done discarding the worst scored Windward-Leeward Triangle Course Race. * The Long Distance Course Race point can not be discarded.
BERTHING All yachts will be moored in Netsel Marina free of charge, from 24th October to 30st , 2009.
HAUL-OUT RESTRICTIONS * Yachts shall not be hauled out during the regatta except with and according to the terms of prior written permission of the Race Committee. * Netsel Marina has hauling / launching and complete maintenance and repair facilities. * For advance booking Setur Marmaris Netsel Marina
DIVING EQUIPMENT AND PLASTIC POOLS Underwater breathing apparatus and plastic pools or their equivalent shall not be used around yachts between the preparatory signal of the first race and the end of the regatta.
RADIO COMMUNICATION * It is mandatory to have a VHF marine radio and to keep it open during the races. All yachts should listen to VHF Channel 71 * A yacht shall neither make radio transmissions while racing nor receive radio communications not available to all yachts. This restriction also applies to mobile telephones.
PRIZES * After each race, all divisions and eventually sub-divisions will be awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd. * At the end of the series the three best scoring yachts in each division will be awarded overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
INSURANCE Each participating boat and the crew shall be insured with sufficient insurance cover to meet all or any claims.
Living in Bodrum and loving fishing, we have decided to organize a sportive Fishing Tournament so the participants will not only have fun catching fish but also enjoy few days of holiday in the pearl of Turkish coast, Bodrum Peninsula. Our aim is to make this tournament International with the participation of the neighbor islands and all the lovers of fishing all over the world.
TOURNAMENT PROGRAM
October 8th 2009 Thursday * Arrival of the boats to the Kempinski Hotel Barbaros Bay in Yalıçiftlik. * Arrival of the guests to the hotel and enrollment process. * 17:00 Briefing. Information about details of the program. * 19:00 - 20:00 Welcome cocktail at the pool area. * Free time
October 9th 2009 Friday * Free fishing ( Alternative tournament day ) * 04:00 Breakfast ( Olives Restaurant ) * 05:00 Slow speed boats start. * 05:30 High speed boats start. * 15:00 Collecting the rods the sea. * 19:00 Last weighting time. Evaluation. * Free time
October 10th 2009 Saturday * First Day of the Tournament. * 04:00 Breakfast ( Olives Restaurant ) * 05:00 Slow speed boats start. * 05:30 High speed boats start. * 15:00 Collecting the rods the sea. * 19:00 Last weighting time. Evaluation. * Free time
October 11th 2009 Sunday * Second Day of the Tournament * 04:00 Breakfast ( Olives Restaurant ) * 05:00 Slow speed boats start. * 05:30 High speed boats start. * 15:00 Collecting the rods the sea. * 19:00 Last weighting time. Evaluation. * 20:00 Prize Ceremony & Gala Dinner - BBQ (Kempinski Barbaros Bay, Barbarossa Beach Restaurant)
The families of the participants and other guests can attend the Gala Dinner on 11th of October 2009 by booking and paying to the Reception until 10.10.2009. Kempinski Hotel Barbaros Bay Bodrum The participants who are not staying in the hotel can have their breakfast at the Kempinski Hotel Barbaros Bay Olives Restaurant at price. The fish caught on October 9th 2009 ( Alternative Tournament Day) can be taken by the participants and does not have to be given to the hotel. The above written program can be changed accordingly to the weather condition and the decisions of organization committee.
RULES OF BODRUM INTERNATIONAL FISHING TOURNAMENT 2009 * This tournament is taking place in Bodrum for the first time and will be based on sportive etiquette and environmentalism and within IGFA (International Game Fishing Association) Sea Rules and the rules of the Bodrum Tournament. * Only fishing with a fishing line and/or rod/reel/spinning wheel is permitted. * Trolling method and deep and currency methods of fishing are allowed only with the following of the IGFA rules. * Now, because it is a first tournament there will be no record classification, so fishing line categories will not be taken under consideration.. * For Nylon or Dacron main size fishing lines maximum 80 pounds(40 kg) and for Nylon maximum 1.00 mm diameter are allowed, everything bigger is not allowed to be used and will be punished * Any other thicker or wire equipment being not longer than 4 m can be used only as a supportive equipment. * Except using "natural" baits it is forbidden to use any FA E(Fish Attracting Equipment) and is going to be a reason for punishment. * Apart standard reel/reed hand systems any electronic, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic system that can help to catch the fish is forbidden and a reason for punishment. * Net, parakete, cage, basket, harpoon, arrow, dynamite, or other not regular or not legal methods also are forbidden and a reason for punishment. * However it is allowed to use a hook or a scoop to take the caught fish to the boat. * It is forbidden to use and is a reason for punishment to have before or after the fishing buoy, plastic can or foam blocks on the sea. * Fishing is possible within the borders that are announced, beforehand. * Fishing is not allowed closer than 100 m to the fishing farms available in the area. It is so for boats who are fishing deep and currency trolling. * Late arrival will be punished only by the disqualification for the day it happened.
ATTENTION * The length of the period of taking the fish out of the sea will be according to the detailed time schedule that will be prepared and handed over to the teams before the tournament starts. If there is a fish on the rod and the allowed time of the fishing is close to the finish, with an approval the judges the time can be lengthen to 1 hour within which the fish has to be taken to the boat and weighted afterwards. This "late game" occurrence has to be informed to the jury boat at least 15 minutes before the fishing time finishes by radio or mobile phone. * One of the jury boats will watch this "late game" occurrence. * If a fish after being given to jury as a legal game will be proven to by the jury being caught against the rules of the Tournament or the IGFA, than the boat, the team and the equipment will be disqualified the whole tournament. * In the period of cruising/fishing it is forbidden to consume heavy alcoholic drinks and will be punished. One or two beers can be tolerated but not strong alcohol. If such an occurrence determined and proved the whole team will be disqualified.
BOAT'S DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITIES * Equipment : All the boats have to be equipped with the legal and necessary safety equipment. On each boat there should be a marine VHF in working condition because in certain time they will have to give report to the tournament control center. Additionally there has to be a mobile telephone. Channel 19 or 68 and a mobile number will be used for communication every 1 hour starting at 7 am. * Weather conditions decisions : Will be taken by the Organization Committee and informed at the beginning of the day before start. After that each boat's captain take the responsibility about fishing or not fishing on that day. * People on the boat : Until 7.50 m including captain and cabin boy maximum 3 persons. Until 11 m including captain and cabin boy maximum 4 persons. For the Bodrum type wooden ketch and gullets there is no limitation for people on board. These boats can attend the tournament with their guests on board. * The distance between the boats : If it is obvious that a boat is trying to get a fish to the boat and it has hanged a big red flag it is forbidden for any other boat to get closer than 500 m to the boat, with the exception for the jury boat. * Approaching of the boats to each other : Except of the controllers' boats it is forbidden for all other boats in the period of fishing to approach each other, get to the shore, beach, and island. * After the first AND/OR second day of fishing : It is forbidden to spend overnight on the boat in the other bay except of the indicated bay. To control that there will be a "weighting list" control in the morning of every tournament day! * Documents : All the documents like fishing license, boat's documents, boat's and people insurance are under responsibility of the captain or the boat owner and have to be valid and present before and during the tournament period. * Fishing gear limitation : During the fishing period for offshore boats not more than 7. * For each boat not more than 4 artificial, live or dead fish are allowed to be dragged. * Harbor corridor transit behavior : Maximum attention has to the paid during the entering and leaving the harbor corridor maximum attention has to be paid. * Maximum 4 preferably 3 sea miles transit speed is a must and if not obeyed will be punished.
THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FISHERMEN * All the fish of the "Tuna fish" family have to be "blood drained" and stored in a good shape otherwise it is not going to be weighed and scores will not be given to them! * For any reason, like catching the fish, fighting with it, taking into the boat, if the rod or reel will change the hands , although it is not forbidden will be punished by 50 % of cutting the points. After a fish has been caught by the rod, the fisherman staying or sitting (with or without belt) has to weary the fish by himself without anybody' s help, until the fish come to the end of the fishing rod, than 1 person a team of maximum 4 fisherman can help him. * The participants of the tournament , without any special announcement , have to let free if it was caught by mistake all kind of rare sea creatures , such as dolphins, turtles, seagulls - in a hesitation regarding a type of a fish the jury boat has to be inquired! * Small swordfish, small spearfish and all kind of sharks have to be freed with caution without hurting the fish!
THE SPECIES BELOW ARE ALLOWED TO BE CAUGHT Species Bluefin tuna : Min. weight 10 kg, Point 5 Albacore tuna : Min. weight 8 kg, Point 4 Swordfish : Min. weight 12 kg, Point 6 Spearfish : Min. weight 10 kg, Point 6 Dorado : Min. weight 5 kg, Point 4 Naked Fish : Min. weight 5 kg, Point 4 Large Bonito : Min. weight 5 kg, Point 4 All other types of fish (**) 2 kg, Point 3
(**)According to the previous experiences the "other" species of fish mostly caught are: Bonito, Large Bonito, Podgyfish, Lizardfish, Lichefish, Naked Fish, Yellow Trailfish, Dorado (MahiMahi) and others.
* To the scales can be put only on (1) fish per specie, per day and per participant. * The fish has to be clearly stated before scales (specie/participant/rod type/boat). * The Scale Judge has a right for the last word during weighting The accepting of the fish is depended on the Scales Judge initiative. * The boat captains are responsible to inform the number of people on the boat and to sign the scale receipt after weighting. * All the sharks are not to be weighed and, with the cautious taking off the hook, have to be freed!
CATCH AND FREE * Organization Committee has an authority for the "Catch and Free" practice. * Not obeying one or more of the above written rules will be ended by disqualification: if fishermen of a boat will disobey the rules without a right for a complain, they will be disqualified the tournament participation without a right for complain, and this is a condition which is accepted by all the captains at the time of the final enrollment!! * The caught fish will be under command of tournament organizers. Fish will be given to the Kempinski Hotel Bay Barbaros Bodrum. * The distribution of all the prizes is under the initiative of Organization Committee.
CANCELLATION * The Tournament dates and number of the days of fishing can be changed due to the weather conditions or some other not foreseen reasons. * The Tournament Committee with their own initiative according to the weather condition can decrease the number of days of the Tournament to 1 day or totally cancel it. For this tournament there will be no good weather condition compensation days. If because of the bad weather the tournament will not take place the enrollment fee will be given back after reducing the price of gala dinner and advertising expenses. The entertainment and dinner on Sunday will take place independently the event of the tournament.
FOR PARTICIPANTS Boat's enrollment price Until 7.50 m. boat maximum 3 persons 140 EUR Until 11.00 m. boat maximum 4 persons 185 EUR Bigger than 11.00 m. maximum 5 persons 230 EUR For the Bodrum type wooden ketch and gullets there is no limitation for people on board. These boats can attend the tournament with their guests on board. Last day of the enrollment : September 20th 2009
Confirmation Of The Enrollment Because the participation to the tournament is limited by 40 boats; the enrollment will be completed only after the enrollment fee will be paid to the account given and the receipt sent to the email address: info@bodrumfishing.org . The enrolled boats will be informed via email.
Cancellation Rules Until September 25th 2009 the written cancellation will be accepted and 50% of the enrollment fee will be given back. After that date no enrollment fee will be paid back.
Responsibilities The participants are fully responsible of the completing all the necessary documentation enabling them to participate the tournament.
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