BOAT REGISTRATION FORM 2015 SA Wooden Boat Festival

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1 BOAT REGISTRATION FORM 2015 SA Wooden Boat Festival Important Information Moorings to ensure the safest and most effective mooring for all participants, we will have marshalls in rubber duckies engaged to act as tug boats for mooring assistance. Mooring locations will be determined by type and size of boats, with safety of participants and their boats of highest priority. Safe and easy mooring is paramount for the Festival. It is proposed that mooring will generally be Mediterranean style (stern to or bow to) subject to boat access. If stern or bow access is not available on your boat please advise us. Your boat safety is important to us and weather and boat wash are key considerations in our mooring plans. Limited Spaces there is limited capacity of boats in each class that can be accommodated on land and on water. All registrations will be evaluated and payments will be processed once participation is confirmed. To give you the best chance for involvement, please ensure your registration form reaches us by 31 October Please include good quality photographs and clear details of your boat to accompany your registration. Insurance all participants must provide a copy of their boat insurance certificate of currency to the event organisers with their completed registration forms. For boats that are not insured, a special event insurance arrangement for competitors has been organised contact [email protected] for more details on boat insurance all boats must hold current insurance policies to participate. Please complete one form per boat. If you need any assistance completing these forms please phone or [email protected]

2 YOUR DETAILS Name * (Note: your entry will be confirmed, and all pre-event correspondence will be by ) Telephone Postal address Mobile Are you a member of a boating club/organisation? If yes, please list. YOUR BOAT Name of Boat Type of Boat Registration No Sail number Class Length Beam Rig(if any) Draft Year built/year Launched Builder Designer Propulsion! Steam! Sail! Inboard Motor! Outboard Motor! Other Home Port Any preferences for boats you would like to be moored close to (cannot guarantee but we will use best endeavours to fulfil requests) Do you have access to a UHF radio on your boat? Past Owners Past Festivals attended

3 BRIEF HISTORY OF YOUR BOAT Please interesting relevant information about your boat (two sets): 1 st set - Wording that may be used by the Commentator during the Festival ( words) 2 nd set For your Boat Information Sheet (3 4 paragraphs) to [email protected] and please also include two images of your boat (side and front view max file size 2MB each) Do you wish to have an on-land or on-water display? For on-land displays is your boat completed or work in progress? We are planning a new focus of the Festival to be on work in progress boats to showcase the skill, fun, detail and amount of work involved in boat building and restoration Are you prepared to allow the public to board your boat during the festival? YES NO Would you like to be involved in the Grand Parade of boats? YES NO Should there be a type or class relevant to your boat would you like to participate in on water activities? YES NO GET ON BOARD! Boatie Evening BBQ bring your ship s complement! Friday 20 February from 6.30pm 7.30pm Cost $20 per person includes beer, wine and soft drink and BBQ food. REGISTRATION PACKS Event instructions will be ed to all participants prior to the event. Registration packs will be available to collect during these times: Friday 20/2/15, 9am 5pm from the Festival Office at Goolwa Visitor Information Centre Saturday 21/2/15, 7am 8.30am from the Festival information marquee REGISTRATION PACKS Your registration pack will include: Festival program Boat registration number Boat information sheet On water instructions Competitor plaque Mooring area and map 2 Festival entrance passes Festival merchandise voucher

4 BOTE COTE EPOXY SYSTEMS ROUGH AND READY Two people per team. Construct a boat from materials provided on Saturday and sail (or sink) on Sunday. Limited numbers first in best dressed. Crew member 1 name & age (over 18 years) Crew member 2 name & age (under 18 years) Permission & name of guardian (if under 18 years) All building will be on Saturday, with the parade and race on Sunday. The Rough and Ready will be limited to 15 teams with a maximum of one entry per team to allow as many as possible to have a go. Saturday 21 February from 2pm - 4pm you build your craft and paddles. Sunday 22 February at 2pm there will be a parade of all crafts followed by a race from the shore out to a buoy and back to shore. What You Receive: Teams will be given basic materials. As a guide, last Festival s pack included: * 2 sheets of plywood 2400 x 1200 x 4mm * Flat head nails * 3 pieces of timber 45 x 45 x 2000mm * Adequate Sikaflex * Ample copper wire or plastic ties What You Supply: Teams must provide: * 1 approved life jacket for each member * Rubber/disposable gloves * Hand saws (maximum of 2) * 2 pencils or similar markers * 1 Hand drill or awl or a battery-operated drill * 1 rule or tape measure (for making holes in plywood) * Hand plane (fussy finishers) * Putty knife or similar for smoothing Sikaflex * Non-standard sail * Side cutting pliers (maximum of 2) * Other The Rules: The race winner is the first team to cross the line with ALL parts of their vessel intact. No prepared drawings or templates may be used. Life jackets must be worn correctly during the entire race. Teams may retain their vessels after the race but must clean up all mess! Bailing buckets are permitted. Bailing buckets should not be used to handicap adjacent competing boats by filling them with water. Your sail rig MAY be made at home from non-standard sailboat materials or found objects, such as wheat sacks, umbrellas, kites or very large hats. There is no limit to sail area size or shape, except that the entire rig must come back over the finish line in company with the vessel it started on. The rig cannot be abandoned. It cannot be used to spear or otherwise attack other vessels, or their crews. Outboard motors may not be used. Crews may not be jettisoned during the event to save boat weight. All crew must come back over the finish line in company with the boat upon which they commenced the race. Crews may not undress during any leg of the event. This will constitute cheating by distraction. Additional instructions or building criteria may be provided by the commentator on Saturday during the construction time. Awards will be presented in various categories on both days!

5 TERMS AND CONDITIONS (Please tick to agree, sign and date) I/we, the registered participants, agree to indemnify, and keep indemnified, and to hold harmless the Alexandrina Council, jennie bell ink, their officers and agents, and each of them from and against all actions, costs, claims, charges, expenses and damages whatsoever may be brought about or made claim against them, arising out of, or in relation to, the granting of this registration and will abide by the conditions of this registration and instructions of the Festival Organisers and its representatives at all times. I/we understand that during the Festival, the Organisers and their representatives reserve the right to redirect boats and alter moorings without prior notice. Mooring areas will be supervised and boats not registered with the Festival will be directed to leave as required under the Festival s insurance and closed waters provisions. I/we, allow photographs and boat details to be used for promotional purposes Boat Skipper/Owner name Signed Date

6 FEES Early bird registration $30 per boat (on land or on water) (received prior to 5pm 31 October 2014) Late registration $60 per boat (on land or on water) (received after 31 October 2014 until close of entries 30 November 2014 or when capacity is reached, whichever is first) $ $ Boat Cote Epoxy Systems Rough and Ready ($30 per team) $ Boatie Evening BBQ ($20 per person) please list dietary requirements $ Grand Total $ Alexandrina Council ABN: Payment details Cheque (payable to Alexandrina Council) Credit Card: Visa Mastercard (please circle) Name on card Card number Expiry date CVV number Signature Total amount RETURN COMPLETED AND SIGNED REGISTRATION FORM WITH YOUR INSURANCE DETAILS, 2 X PHOTOS AND DESCRIPTION VIA: [email protected] OR Post to SA Wooden Boat Festival, George House, 207 The Parade, Norwood SA 5067