Registrations for this event are closed.
Please be advised that to use this registration form you will need to have completed the ORWA Season registration. If you have not done this you can do it via this link:
Register for the 2018/19 ORWA Season
Event Details
| Organising Authority: |
Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club |
| Warning Signal: |
All divisions
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0925
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| Safety: |
Category 3+ |
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See additional requirements in the ORWA Handbook and Amendment 1 to the Individual Race Notice.
In addition to the requirements listed in the ORWA Handbook, the following will be required for the Roland Smith Ocean Race.
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A permanently installed inboard engine (outboard engines will not be permitted).
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Liferaft(s) complying to Australian Sailing Special Regulations (ASSR) 4.19.
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A grab bag complying with ASSR 4.20.1 is recommended and there is a list of recommended items in ASSR 4.20.2.
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An EPIRB for each liferaft to comply with ASSR 4.18.4.
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At least one spare lifejacket, ASSR 5.01.1(f).
Please be advised that ASSR 4.18.2 states "The number of EPIRBs carried on board shall not be less than the number of liferafts carried on the boat." So the number of EPIRBs carried on the boat must be equal to or greater than the number of liferafts carried on the boat.
- Crew lists - including PLB numbers for each person on board must be submitted by midday on Wednesday 20 March. Click here to download the ORWA crew list template.
- Check your beacon registration or register a beacon using the AMSA website here - https://www.beacons.amsa.gov.au/ It is appreciated that you will confirm your own beacon is registered. Please note that all PLB's will be checked prior to the race and registered for a special event alert with AMSA.
- Recommendation that a personal MOB AIS locator is carried by all competitors and we encourage the details to be lodged with the OA using the crew list template.
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| Trophies |
IRC & YAH |
| Series: |
Blue Water, Double Handed and 42nd Farrawa Cup Series
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| Entry Fee: |
$150 |
| Early Bird Entry: |
Enter online by 1800 Friday 08 March 2019 |
| Entries Close: |
1700 Friday 15 March 2019 |
Event Description:
RACE RECORD the current race record is held by M3, Peter Hickson.
10 October 2015 M3, P.Hickson 08:32:40
Race History
Named in honour of Roland Smith, Commodore of RFBYC from 1932 to 1935 and again from 1940 to 1942. In 1934 he was involved in the successful negotiation with the State Governor Sir James Mitchell, to approve the use of the prefix ‘Royal’ by the Freshwater Bay Yacht Club. He was both a yachtsman and a launch owner. In 1942 he was appointed commanding officer of HMAS Leeuwin II. This was the Naval Auxiliary Patrol unit based at RFBYC during World War II. On his power yacht “Pollyanna” he charted much of Rottnest Island, providing safe passage for other mariners and there is a memorial for him near Narrowneck, the Roland Smith Monument. He was a long serving member of the island’s board of control and contributed much to the volunteer reforestation work until his death in 1972.
The Roland Smith Ocean Race returned to the racing calendar in 2015 as an 80nm Blue Water event which includes an element of Rottnest Island in honour of the connection he had with the island.
