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GENERAL RULES All Entries 1. The materials used for building the boat must have no polluting affect on the water quality at Millhouses Park. 2. There is no restriction on the number of motors and propellers a boat may have. 3. No commercially available boat kits are to be used. 4. Boats must not be of a design whereby it is deliberately and/or primarily wind assisted. 5. Boats must not be assisted by any external means from the start to the finish. This includes any external means for directing light onto solar cells. 6. Any repairs to the boats during the race must be authorised by a judge or race official. 7. Race officials will retrieve boats that have broken down during a race as well as boats that are still moving too slowly after the majority of the boats in the same heat have completed the course. 8. Boats can only be entered in one race. Solar cells may be transferred between boats where the boats will be in separate heats. 9. Entrants of the remote controlled division are allowed to enter their boat in one of the non-remote controlled categories, provided the remote control is not operated during the race. 10. Only two team members will be allowed in the start marshalling area during each race. 11. Scrutineering of each entry to ensure rule compliance will take place prior to the official start of the competition. All entries are required to be ready for presentation for scrutineering between ______ and ______ on the day of the competition. Scrutineers will examine each vessel to ensure it conforms to the construction specifications. If a vessel fails to meet any of these specifications, it may be altered and resubmitted before the end of the scrutineering period. Vessels failing to pass scrutineering will not be allowed to compete. 12. Upon completion of scrutineering, entries will be given lane assignments and start/finish instructions. 13. The race committee is empowered to make rule amendments and clarifications as necessary and to make any decision on any case not covered by these rules. 14. The race committee will make decisions on any disputes. The race committee's decision on any protest/complaint will be final and no appeals will be accepted. 15. Boats entered in any class must fit within the combined measurements of ____mm length, ____mm height and ____mm width. 16. No batteries are to be used. 17. Each lane will be defined by ________________stretched down the complete length of the lap. These are referred to as the "lane lines". 18. Boats must be designed with ______________ for lane guidance 19. Boats must remain within the lane boundaries at all times while competing and they must not interfere with any other boat. 20. Boats will be required to complete ____ straight lap/s of the course. 21. The length of the lap is _____ metres. 22. Lane selection will be by a random draw conducted by the race organisers prior to the race. |
