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Safety Database
In order to encourage and better manage the self regulation of the YNZ safety regulations within the club, the Racing Committee has resolved to institute a database of the safety equipment on each vessel.
The main purpose of this is to encourage each skipper to take a good look at the equipment on his vessel, and to provide a permanent record that he has done so.
There are 3 categories of race used in the TBCC races, categories 3,4, and 4 modified. If you complete this form for one category and later wish to race in a higher category please complete a further form.
Each season a new form needs to be completed. The club secretary will supply a copy of the information from the previous year on request.
While we will be making spot checks to ensure compliance we will not be policing each and every vessel. Again we wish to reiterate that the responsibility for complying with the safety regulations lies squarely with the skipper of each vessel and it is responsibility of the skipper to ensure that he has the required equipment, which is within the manufactures expiry date, and is in a fit condition,
If you have a current YNZ safety certificate you don not need to complete this form but rather should supply a copy of your certificate.
The Racing committee reserves the right to disqualify, without warning, any vessel who is found to not comply with the safety regulations, or who has given false information on this form.
Skippers completing this form should be aware that under section 67 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994 is is an offence to give as false declaration and is punishable imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding $10,000
The form for completion can be found below.
Category 5
Important information about 406 EPIRBs and Safety Certificate Expiry Dates
Are you still sailing with an old-style EPIRB, or was your last safety certificate obtained with an older EPIRB?
121.5 EPIRB devices will not work after 1 February 2009, and boat owners that had a 121.5 EPIRB at the time of their last safety inspection (ie Cat 1, 2 3) should note that their Safety Certificate Expiry Dates will be amended to say January 2009.
However, if you have purchased a 406 EPIRB since your last inspection, please provide Yachting NZ with the hexadecimal number and confirm that you have registered the EPIRB with Rescue Co-ordination Centre. Your certificate will then be valid for the full three years.
On Cat 4 and 5 yachts, which voluntarily carry an EPIRB or PLB, please be aware that from 1 February 2009, your distress signal from a 121.5 EPIRB will not be picked up by satellite. This means that you will almost certainly not be rescued unless you have another way of signalling distress.Please note that 406 EPIRBs and PLBs need to be registered. Full details are online at http://www.beacons.org.nz/.
