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(Redlined - Working Copy)
CONSTITUTION, RULES AND SPECIFICATIONS
of the
INTERNATIONAL SHARK CLASS ASSOCIATION
Constitution, Rules and Specifications Table of Contents
CONSTITUTION, RULES AND SPECIFICATIONS
of the
INTERNATIONAL SHARK CLASS ASSOCIATION
REVISIONS
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REVISION
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DATE
OF REVISION
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DESCRIPTION
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#0
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May
15, 1977
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As
ratified at ISCA General Meeting, August 1976, Buffalo
Canoe
Club.
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#1
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July
15, 1979
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Lack
of quorum - not approved.
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#2
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April
15, 1982
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Approved
by mail vote.
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#3
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June
17,1984
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Approved
by mail vote.
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#4
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March
10, 1988
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Approved
by mail vote.
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#5
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April
1, 1992
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Rudder
and Internal Halyards
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#6
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June,
1993
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150%
Genoa and Roller Furling
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#7
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May,
1995
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North
American Boat Weight and Foresail Luff
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NOTE:
Rev.
4 includes the Constitution reissued under the June 17, 1984 date and
Appendix II
Championship
Rules re-titled as Appendix I with no other changes.
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CONSTITUTION of the INTERNATIONAL SHARK CLASS
ASSOCIATION
1. TITLE
The full title of the Association shall be the
"INTERNATIONAL SHARK CLASS ASSOCIATION" (ISCA).
2. EMBLEM
The emblem shall be the Shark Symbol as shown on the
Shark Sail Plan.
3. PURPOSE
The purpose of the Association is to promote and
further the interest of the Shark Class throughout the
world by:
a) maintaining the one-design
character of the SHARK 24,
b) co-ordinating
and managing the affairs and rules of the Class,
c) making recommendations on the
control of the licensed builders,
d) encouraging and co-ordinating
both national and international competition and cruising in the Class,
e) providing relevant information
to members of the Class associations.
4. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
Throughout these rules the following defined terms will
be used:
a) The
"Association" shall mean the INTERNATIONAL SHARK CLASS ASSOCIATION
(ISCA).
b) A "National
Association" shall mean a Shark Class National Association.
c) The "National
Authority" shall mean the officially recognized authority controlling
and organizing the
sport of yachting and sailing on a national basis in
any country.
d) The "Committee"
shall mean the committee of the "Association", consisting of duly
elected or appointed Members,
e) The "Association
Rules" shall mean the rules governing the conduct of the Association.
f) The "Association
Register" shall mean the Register of members of the Association
to be kept hereinafter provided.
g) The "Class"
shall mean the class of sailing yacht designed by George Hinterhoeller
and made in accordance with his drawings and specifications, and known under
the name "SHARK 24".
h) The "Class
Rules" shall mean the rules relating to measurement, construction,
specifications and racing, forming the appendices to the Association Rules
and governing the building of each SHARK 24 and its
listing as a recognized boat within the class for class racing purposes.
i) The "Class
Register" shall mean the tabulation of SHARK 24’s and their owners to
be kept as hereinafter provided.
j) The "Register of
Molds" shall mean the Register officially measured, approved and
numbered molds and keel patterns, from which the production of GRP
constructed SHARK 24’s is approved by ISCA.
k) The "Register of
Builders" shall mean the identified Builders who have applied to the
Association or the Copyright Holder for approval as constructors of SHARK 24
hull, deck and component molding in GRP, and have been granted such approval
by the official approved and numbered molds for the construction of GRP
SHARK 24’s.and keels for SHARK 24’s.
l) The "Registered
Number" shall mean the "Sail Number allocated to the boat.
m) The "Measurement
Certificate" shall mean a certificate to be issued, ratified and
endorsed as hereinafter provided and recording:
i) The Registered Number
and Ownership of a SHARK 24 with its net weight recorded.
ii) The fact that such
SHARK 24 originally complied with the Class Rules on completion of
construction, together with such particulars as
may be required by the Class Rules.
n) A "Valid Measurement Certificate" shall mean:
i) The particulars of ownership
are up-to-date
and entered on the Class Register.
ii) Any endorsement required by
the Class Rules has been duly entered.
o) "Fleet" shall
mean five or more registered SHARK 24’s normally located sufficiently near
to each other to permit regular racing between them or cooperation in
cruising matters.
p) "Owner" and
"Joint Owner" shall mean any person or persons, corporation or
association entered on a certificate as owner or joint owner of a SHARK 24.
q) "Copyright
Holder" shall mean the person or persons or corporation for the time
being in possession of the copyright in the drawings and specifications of
the SHARK 24 yacht.
r) "Licensee" shall mean the person,
persons or corporation for the time being holding a license under the
copyright of the SHARK 24 yacht for the construction thereof.
5. MEMBERSHIP AND VOTING RIGHTS
a) The following classes of
membership shall be recognized:
i) Full Member
ii) Associate Member
iii) Honorary Member
b) A "Full Member"
shall, upon payment of the prescribed annual subscription by a National
Association, be open to membership in the National Association or, in a
country without a National Association, to a Member of a Fleet or an
individual Owner of a SHARK 24 or, in case of Joint Owners, to any one of
them, or in case of a SHARK 24 owned by a corporation or an Association to a
nominated representative of that organization.
c) An "Associate
Member" shall, upon payment of the prescribed annual subscription or a
National Association, be open to Associate Membership in a National
Association, and in an individual or club interested in the Shark Class.
d) An "Honorary
Member" shall be any person having an interest in the Association or in
the Class who is proposed by a Full Member and seconded by at least one
member of that Committee and is elected by members of the Association at any
General Meeting of the Association.
e) Members shall be bound by
the Association Rules.
f) Members acting as
helmsmen, entering SHARK 24’s in races, shall be bound by the Class Rules.
g) Each Full or Honorary
Member shall be entitled to one vote at a General Meeting of the
Association, or in a postal ballot.
Associate Members shall be entitled to attend and speak at any General
Meeting, but not to vote.
h) Members may be suspended for a period of up to one year,
by the Committee for gross
violation of the Class Rules or unsportsmanlike conduct or,
after, due warning, for willful
and persistent disregard of rulings. Provided that on a
vote of 75% of the members
present at the AGM of such members national association
the suspension may be
extended or the Member permanently expelled.
6. THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
The official language of the Association shall be
English.
7. ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATES AND FEES
a) The Association shall be
financed by a general levy form National Associates by means of a percentage of
each National Association’s income from subscriptions, or, where there is no
National Association, by means of individual fees. The
percentage and individual fee shall be determined biannually by the Committee of
the International Association and shall apply equally to all National
Associations and individual Members.
b) The annual contribution
from National Associations and individual Members shall become due on the First
of June.
c) Any National Association or
individual Member who has not paid the annual contribution within two months of
the due date may cease to be officially recognized by the Association and lose
the privileges and benefits of membership of the Association under these rules,
but may be restored to the list of officially recognized National Associations
and individual Members at the discretion of the Committee and payment of any
subscriptions due.
d) The Association shall
receive a fee of $100.00 payable by each registered Builder, on each set of
molds purchased. This fee is to be stated as a separate
item on any quotation, estimate, invoice or statement relating to the cost of
molds.
e) The Association shall
receive a building fee of 30% of the designer’s Royalty for every SHARK 24
built. This fee shall be paid by the Builder not later
than 60 days after the sale of the boat. In return, the
ISCA shall:
i) Maintain control of the
shipyards building the SHARK in order to ensure the provision of
high quality class yachts.
ii) Invoice the royalty
against the assignment of the Registered Numbers.
f) Honorary Members are exempt
from any contributions or fees.
8. MANAGEMENT
a) The affairs of the
Association shall be managed by the Committee.
b) The Committee shall
consist of not less than six and not more than ten Full Members of the
Association elected annually at the General Meeting of Members, or by postal
vote, as elected committee members. In spite of the
above, two members of the Committee may be elected from among the Associates
and the Honorary Members. In addition, each nation
with twelve or more Full Members shall be entitled to appoint one Full
Member of the Committee as a national committee member.
Each nation with thirty or more Full Members shall be entitled to appoint
two Full Members of the Committee as national committee members.
The Committee shall have the power to co --opt
any person to assist it whether a Full Member of the Association or not, but
such person shall not vote in the Committee.
c) No Member shall serve
on the Committee as an elected or national committee member for more than
three years, at the end of which period he shall retire, but shall be
eligible for re-election after an
interval of one year and may be co-opted. This
provision shall apply only when a replacement Member is prepared to serve on
the Committee.
d) The Committee need not
fill a vacancy arising in the Committee unless the total number of committee
members has dropped below the minimum of six.
Committee members appointed to fill a vacancy shall remain in office until
the next General Meeting.
e) At its first meeting to be held immediately
after the General Meeting of the Association, the Committee shall:
i) Elect one of its
members to act as President of the Association and one Vice -President
who shall be in charge when the President is not available.
They shall be elected for one year.
ii) Elect an Honorary
Secretary or appoint a Secretary who shall keep correct minutes and
records of all Committee and General Meetings, together with the
Association Register and the Class Register and shall be responsible for
communicating the decisions of the Committee to the members of the
Committee and to National Associations and, where directed by the
Committee, to SHARK 24 owners and other interested individuals or
groups.
iii) Elect an Honorary
Treasurer who shall have charge of the funds of the Association; make
such disbursements as the committee shall direct; keep an accurate
record of the financial affairs of the Association;
and present an annual financial statement at each Annual General
Meeting. The Secretary or the Honorary Secretary
may fulfill the function of the Treasurer.
iv) Appoint an Auditor who
shall certify the annual financial statement.
v) Elect a rules and
technical sub -committee
which shall be responsible for advising the Committee and the
Association Members upon the interpretation to the Association Rules,
for considering requirements for amendments or additions to such rules
or to the Class Rules and for making recommendations to the Committee.
vi) Decide the time
and place for the next meeting of the Committee and cause the Honorary
Secretary to ensure that notice of this meeting be sent to all members
of the Committee.
f) At meetings of the
Committee, five of the elected Members present shall form a quorum.
g) The Committee shall
have the power to make recommendations to the Members in General Meeting, or
by post, for alterations in or additions to the Association Rules.
h) The Committee shall be
responsible for the appointment of official class measurers and for the
compilation and distribution of measurement forms, provided that no
responsibility shall rest with the Committee in respect of errors made by
measurers.
i) The Committee shall
arrange an annual World Championship of the Class and co --ordinate
such national and regional championships as may be required and all matters
pertaining to international championships shall be settled by the Committee
in consultation with the sponsoring club or clubs and/or the relevant
national authority.
j) Owing to the
difficulties of attendance at meetings of an international committee, at
least eight weeks notice of the date, place and agenda for any such meeting
must be given in writing by the Secretary to each Committee member.
Business will mainly be conducted by correspondence, which shall always be
circulated through the Secretariat. Any Committee
member not answering a motion communicated to him in writing within six
weeks of the date of sending, shall be deemed to have agreed to such motion.
All communications to countries outside that of the
Secretariat shall be sent by airmail.
Acceptance of a certificate by Owner or Joint
Owner shall ipso facto render him subject to the jurisdiction of the
Association or the Committee in any matter pertaining to Class Rules.
A Member of the Committee may be removed from the
Committee for a willful and unjustifiable act of commission or omission
detrimental to the Association, the Class or any of its respective Members.
9. POWERS OF THE COMMITTEE
Subject to the provisions of these rules and in
particular to the purpose of the Association as expressed in Rule 3, the General
Committee shall be empowered to perform all functions of management and
administration. The making of payments and receipt of
monies shall be validly evidenced only by the signature
of the Treasurer or his deputy as appointed by the Committee and payments or
receipts of monies exceeding the sum of $200. shall require the signature of the
President and Secretary or Treasurer.
10. CONDUCT OF MEETINGS OF THE
ASSOCIATION
a) The Annual General Meeting
of the Association shall be held each year at the World Championships or other
major regatta of the Class, or any other place judged by the Committee to be the
most convenient to the majority of Members of the Association, the precise date,
time and place being at the Committee’s discretion.
b) A Special General Meeting
shall be called by the President or Class Secretary upon receipt by the Class
Secretary of a request in writing signed by not fewer than fifty Full Members of
the Association.
c) At least ten weeks’
notice in writing shall be given to the Members of any General Meeting.
d) At any General Meeting or
Committee Meeting decisions, other than those concerned with the Constitution of
the ISCA and/or its appendices, including the Measurement Rules, shall be
carried by a majority vote. Voting shall be a show of
hands unless a poll is demanded by not fewer than three of the Full Members
present. At any meeting, the President shall have a
casting vote. The Secretariat shall be responsible for
circulating all National Associations or, in case of Committee Meetings, all
committee members, with the result. In the event of a
postal ballot, all returns shall be made to the Secretariat within four weeks of
the date of posting the ballot paper.
e) At any General Meeting of
the Association, fifteen Full Members shall form a quorum.
f) At any General Meeting
of the Association, a decision to make a change in or addition to the
Constitution of the ISCA and/or its appendices, including the Class Rules,
shall require a majority of two -thirds,
all Members having been informed of the proposed change and its implications
at least sixty days before the meeting. Any such
change or addition shall require ratification by the Committee, which shall
be presumed to be given unless otherwise announced within three months of
the date of the General Meeting.
11. ACCOUNTS
a) The committee shall cause
true accounts to be kept giving full particulars of:
i) All monies, assets and
liabilities of the Association.
ii) All monies
received and expended by the Association and of the matters in respect
of which such receipts and expenditure arise.
iii) All sales and purchases of
goods by the Association.
b) The Committee shall
cause to be prepared and laid before the Members at every annual General
Meeting of the Association an annual financial statement.
c) A copy of the annual
financial statement, duly audited, which is to be laid before the Members in
General Meeting, shall not less than thirty days previous to such General
Meeting be sent to every National Association.
12. PROTECTION OF "ONE -DESIGN"
AND ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES
a) The "one-design"
character of the SHARK 24 throughout the world and the quality of these yachts
shall be controlled by limiting building rights to selected builders in each
country from which application is made to the Class Association or to the
Copyright Holder. The number of builders may vary in
each country, but where a territory is adequately served by one builder, another
will not normally be granted rights to build or obtain molds for GRP
construction., Licenses to build shall be reviewed
annually and may be withdrawn. All applications for
licenses to build shall be sent to the Association, which will refer these to
the National Authority of the country concerned, asking such Authority to advise
on the most suitable of these builders, whose premises and production facilities
shall then be inspected by the Copyright Holder and a representative of the
Association. The inspection shall be at the builders’
own expense. If this inspection is satisfactory and
approval is given by the Copyright Holder and the Association, the Copyright
Holder shall be requested to issue a license to the builder, under the terms
agreed between the Association and the Copyright Holder, to produce SHARK
24"S conforming with the official plans, specifications and measurement
rules.
b) No yacht shall be entered
on the Class Register as a SHARK 24, or be eligible for a Certificate as a SHARK
24 unless the hull, deck and other component moldings, are produced by a builder
approved by the Association and the Copyright Holder and entered on the
Association Register of Builders.
c) No yacht built of GRP shall
be entered in the Class Register as a SHARK 24 or be
eligible for a Certificate as a SHARK 24 unless built to the official plans and
specifications from component moldings produced on officially measured, approved
and numbered molds, issued on the authority of Copyright Holder and the
Association and entered on the Register of Molds.
d) The Association shall
collaborate with the Copyright Holder and National Authorities in the allotment
and issue of serial class numbers for SHARK 24’s as they are built, and in the
keeping of the Class Register, Register of Builders and Register of Molds.
e) Certificates shall be
obtainable from the National Yachting Authority, which may delegate its
authority to the National Association, upon production of a measurement form
properly completed by a national measurer or an official class or club measurer,
showing the boat to be within the requirements of the Shark Measurement Rules.
f) Certificates shall remain
valid only so long as:
i) The boat continues to
comply with the Measurement Rules.
ii) Measurement of new or replacement sails are
officially entered on the certificate.
ii) Only
sails with the official ISCA label will be considered legal, which are to be
purchased from ISCA. The manufacturer of sails shall certify each sail
complies with the specifications with said label.. ISCA and National
Associations reserve the right to measure any sail at any time and may
restrict a manufacturer from purchasing labels if its sails are found not to
comply with the Class Rules
g) The responsibility for
ensuring the validity of Certificates issued in respect of newly built boats
shall rest with the Builder.
h) The responsibility for
ensuring the continuing validity of Certificates shall rest with the Owner.
When ownership changes it shall be the responsibility of the new Owner to have
the necessary endorsement completed upon his Certificate or to have the
Certificate re-issued, as appropriate in the country issuing the Certificate.
END OF CONSTITUTION
APPENDIX 1
CHAMPIONSHIP RULES
1. GENERAL
The International Shark Class Association has the
overall responsibility for organizing World
Championships and Continental Championships in co -operation
with National Shark Class Associations and the National
Yachting Authorities of different countries.
These sailing events will be held under the following
general rules:
2. CONDITIONS
All championship races will be sailed under the
current I.S.A.F. Rules, including all amendments made by
the local National Authority, and the rules of the
International Shark Class and International Shark Class
Association, except where specially amended in the
Sailing Instructions.
3. FREQUENCY OF CHAMPIONSHIPS
a) The World Championships
will take place each year.
b) The Continental Championship will take place
every year but may be sailed at the same time and
place as the World Championships if that event is
held on the continent concerned.
4. SIZE OF CHAMPIONSHIP FLEET
a) At World Championships, a
minimum of four boats per country and the preceding
World Champion may compete. The ISCA Committee may, at
its own discretion, increase the basic allocation of
competitors from any country.
b) The allocation of boats
from the country acting as championship host may be
doubled.
c) At Continental
Championships, the number of boats admitted to the
championship will be unlimited unless a limitation
is specially imposed by the ISCA Committee.
5. QUALIFICATIONS FOR
REPRESENTATION
a) A representative of a
country competing in the World Championships must be a
citizen of that country and a bona fide member of a
yacht club of that country.
b) Helmsmen or skippers in
World, Continental and National Championships shall be
full members of the ISCA.
6. ELIGIBILITY OF BOATS
All boats entered for World, Continental
or,
National Championships or
sanctioned regattas must
be in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
International Shark Class and must have a valid
certificate. The Measurement Committee has the
right to have all boats or sails, etc., wholly or partially
remeasured. If deviations from the rules are found, the
boat will not have the right to participate in SHARK 24
races until after further official measurement is completed
to the satisfaction of the Measurement Committee.
7. NUMBER OF RACES IN
CHAMPIONSHIPS
At World Championships the number of races to be
sailed in the series will be seven,
minimum
of four and maximum of ten of
which one shall be a long distance race.
The distance race will not take place until such time as four course races
have been completed and in no case shall the distance race be held on the last
scheduled day of racing.
A maximum of three races may be sailed in any one
day and no course racing may be held on the same day as the distance race.
b) At Continental
Championships the number of races to be sailed shall
be not less than four.
c) It is recommended that
the minimum number of races at National Championships
shall be four, but the National Association or the
National Authority may reduce this number at its own
discretion.
8. SCORING SYSTEM
a) At World Championships,
the low point scoring system shall be used.
Each entrant shall exclude any one race which may include the long distance
race, from his final score, except that when only four races are completed,
all shall count. If fewer than four races are completed, the championship
shall be null and void.
b) At Continental
Championships the low point scoring system shall be used.
Each entrant shall exclude one race from his final
score, except that when only three races are
completed, all three shall count.
If fewer than three races are completed the championship shall be null and
void.
c) At National Championships
the scoring system is at the discretion of the National Shark Association or
national authority concerned but it is recommended
that the low point scoring system shall be used.
9.
COURSES
At the discretion of both the organizing and ISCA
Committee, the courses may be windward leeward with a turning mark and leeward
gate, or a conventional Olympic type triangle.
a) At World Championships the current Olympic type course
shall be used, based on an Olympic circle of not less than approximately 1.5
miles in diameter. The course shall be approximately 12 miles in length. As
stated above one of the seven b)
As stated one of the races in the World
Championships shall be a long distance race.
The length of this race shall not be less than 25 miles. At the discretion of
the ISCA Committee, in conjunction with the authority organizing the
Championships the length of the Olympic course may be reduced. No part of the
course should be nearer than ¼ miles (0.5 km) from the shore.
The length of this race is recommended to be not less than 24 kms and no more
than 42 kms. It is also recommended that the long distance start with a windward
leg of a minimum 1.6 kms.
c) At
Continental Championships the course shall be at the
discretion of the organizing authority,
but shall be approximately 12 miles in length.
10. SHORTENING OF COURSE
a) At World Championships,
the course may be shortened at the discretion of the race officer under
I.S.A.F. Part 3 if he considers the full course cannot
be completed in about 62
hours. Any race in which less than 4 legs
of the course are completed shall be null and void.
The above rule is not valid for the long distance
race, which cannot be shortened.
The long distance race shall be null and void if the
leading boat cannot complete the course with a minimum
average speed of two knots.
b) At Continental
Championships the course may be shortened at the
discretion of the race officer under I.S.A.F. Part 3
if he considers that the full course cannot be
completed in about
six
2hours.
Any race in which less than four mileslegs
of the course are completed shall be null and void.
11. STARTING LINES
At World Championships and at Continental
Championships the starting line must be laid at
approximate right angles to the first leg of the course.
At the time of the first
preparatory signal the first leg of the course shall be as
near as possible to windward.
12. LENGTH OF STARTING LINE
At World Championships and at Continental
Championships the starting line shall not be less than
the total length of all boats entered, plus 25%.
13. MANAGEMENT
The management of both World and Continental
Championships shall be divided as under:
a) The host National
Association will select, sufficiently in advance, a
suitable Yacht Club at which to hold the event, with
the agreement of the ISCA Committee.
b) The organizing
Committee shall be appointed by the Yacht Club or
Yachting Association entrusted by the Host
Association with the event. It must include at
least one officer of the Host Association. The
Organizing committee is responsible for the general
management of the Championships, including safety
measures, and under the jurisdiction of these rules.
The Organizing Committee shall submit Preliminary
Notices for the approval of the ISCA Committee at
least 6 months before the Championships. The
contents of these Notices shall be in accordance
with Part 7, Race Organization and Appendix M, Notice of Race and Sailing
Instructions of the ISAF Rules. The Organizing
Committee shall submit the Sailing Instructions and
Final Notice for approval of the ISCA Committee at
least three months before the Championships.
The contents of these notices shall be in accordance
with I.S.A.F. Rules. The
official language of the Sailing Instructions shall
be English. It is desirable that translations into
the language of the competing helmsmen shall be
provided, but if this is not done, Sailing
Instructions should be provided to all competing
Helmsmen at least four weeks prior to the event so
that they can make their own translations. It is
the intention that all decisions concerning
measurements, protests and these rules shall be
final. The Organizing Committee shall therefore,
obtain specific approval from its National Yachting
Authority for the decisions of the Measurement,
Protest and Class Committees to be final. After the
Championships it shall submit a report to the ISCA
Committee on the operating of the Championship Rules
and any recommendations for their improvement.
c) The Race Committee has
the authority and duties as laid down in Part 3 of
the I.S.A.F. Rules. The Race
Committee shall be appointed by the Organizing
Committee. The Race Committee should discourage all
attempts towards team racing.
d) The Class Committee
shall represent the ISCA at the Championships.
Each competing country which is eligible for
representation on the ISCA Committee shall appoint a
Class Committee Member, who shall be a full member
of the ISCA and preferably a member of the ISCA
Committee. The Chairman of the Class
Committee shall be an International Shark Class
Officer appointed by the ISCA Committee and
preferably shall be the President of the ISCA
Committee. The names of the Class Committee Officers
will be given to the Organizing Committee by the
ISCA Committee. The Chairman
of the Class Committee shall co --operate
with the Host Association and the Organizing
Committee to ensure that an Official Class Measurer
is available during the whole of the event, with
adequate measuring equipment. Class Committee members
shall decide on all matters concerning the
interpretation of the Championship and Class Rules,
the English edition of which will prevail in case of
ambiguity. The Class Committee shall, in conjunction
with the Organizing Committee, be responsible for
establishing the order of the competitors at the end
of the Championships and its decision shall be
final. It shall ensure that these results are
announced officially.
e) The Measurement
Committee shall be appointed by the Class Committee.
It shall include an Official Class
Measurer with adequate measuring equipment. The
Measurement Committee shall submit to the ISCA
Committee a report of its official activities, and
any deviations from the Class Rules which it found.
f) The Protest Committee
(Jury). The Chairman of the Protest Committee(s) and
Protest Committee(s) members shall be chosen by the
Organizing Committee with the approval of the Class
Committee. The Protest
Committee officers shall be persons fully conversant
with the I.S.A.F. Racing Rules and their attitudes
and judgements shall not be that of interested
parties. It is suggested that the
Protest Committee includes a representative of the
National Yachting Authority of the Host country and
follows the general procedures as outlined in the
I.S.A.F. Rules, Appendix Q – International Juries.
4. PRIZES
In all Championship races, It
is recommended prizes
shall be awarded to helmsman and crew of the first ten
15% of
competing boats, with a minimum of prizes for five
boats. The prizes shall be given
for final points. It is also suggested that the Host
Club or Association shall present a souvenir to all
participants in the World Championships.
ISCA will present the Bill Metzger Trophy to the boat with
the best score consisting of the practice race, the distance race and the last
course race.
END OF CHAMPIONSHIP RULES
APPENDIX II
GENERAL CLASS RULES AND SPECIFICATIONS
1. GENERAL
1.1
a) The object of these
Rules is to maintain the SHARK 24 as a one --design
Class yacht. The Rules shall be interpreted so
that racing as a Class shall emphasize the
performance of crews over that of yachts.
b) These Rules do not apply to
SHARK 24’s racing in open handicap events.
1.2
a) The Rules and
Specifications refer to the SHARK 24 plans,
tables of offsets (lines) and fibreglass layups.
These drawings and specifications are in the
custody of the Chairman, Specification Committee,
International Shark Class Association (ISCA) and form
the basis of the standards for the areas covered.
b) The offset
drawings, Layup Specifications and other basic
construction data are the property of the
I.S.C.A. and may not be reproduced with the written
permission of the I.S.C.A.
1.3
a) The Class Rules are
obligatory.
b) A boat, spars sails
or equipment may be checked by a Class Measurer
or any member of the I.S.C.A. or National Shark
Class Association (NSCA) Specifications
Committee at any time.
1.4 The ISCA Specifications
Committee may under special circumstances:
a) issue amendments and
interpretations of these Rules under appendix IV
b) grant dispensation for
infringement of the Rules.
1.5 The official language
of the Class Rules shall be English. In the event of
any disputes over interpretation the English text
shall prevail.
1.6 The weight and dimensions
applying shall be those given in metric.
1.7 The ISCA, NSCA’s and
the Designer accept no responsibility in respect to
these Rules or any claim arising there from.
2. BUILDERS AND OWNERS
2.1 Builders of the ‘Shark
24’ shall only be those holding a license issued by
and under agreement with Constitution,
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2.2
a) Builders shall be responsible for supplying
boats, sails, spars and equipment that comply to
the International Shark 24 Rules.
b) The builder shall at his expense, correct
or replace any boat or hull, sails, spar or
other equipment supplied by him that fails to
pass measurement.
2.3 Builders and owners
shall consult with ISCA and obtain written
authorization before making any changes in
construction of the boat, spars or equipment as covered by
these Rules.
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2.4 The Rules shall be interpreted in a manner such that
unless a change or modification from the boats original set up is specifically
permitted by these rules, it shall not be permitted unless the Specifications
Committee has given its prior approval to such change.
3. REGISTRATION
a) 3.1
I.S.C.A. shall maintain a sail number register and shall allocate sail numbers
to registered builders.
b) 3.2
Each hull manufactured by a registered builder shall have a registration
plaque attached to the forward face of the aft cockpit bulkhead.
The plaque shall provide the manufacturers name, year of manufacture, sail
number and serial number.
c) 3.3
The registered sail number shall remain as identification of the hull
regardless of ownership.
d) 3.4
The ownership registration shall be made through the NSCA concerned.
4. MEASUREMENT
4.1 The Shark 24 is a one -design
class. Measurement shall be carried out to these rules.
4.2
a) Only recognized Class measurers shall
measure a boat, its spars, sails and equipment.
b) A measurer shall not measure a boat, spars,
sails or equipment owned or part owned by himself.
4.3 Payment for the measuring fee shall be the
responsibility of the owner.
4.4
a) All new boats, spars, sails and equipment shall
comply with the current rules.
b) Old boats, spars, sails and equipment shall
comply with either the current rules or the rules applying at the time
of manufacture.
c) All alterations, replacements ,
restoration
or modifications shall comply with the current rules.
5. CERTIFICATION
5.1
a) An official class measurement Certificate
shall be issued by the NSCA concerned on receipt of a
correctly completed official Measurement Form and payment of the
appropriate NSCA measurement fee.
b) The Measurement Form shall be retained by the NSCA.
c) The Measurement Certificate shall be considered as valid
only when:
i) a current membership fee receipt is attached
and
ii) a current membership fee sticker is
attached to upper left hand corner of the
transom.
5.2
a) Change of ownership shall invalidate the
Measurement Certificate, but shall not require re -measuring.
b) The new owner shall apply to the NSCA for a new
Certificate.
5.3 It shall be the responsibility of the owner to
ensure that the boat, spars, sails and equipment comply with the Class
Rules.
5.4 All replacements of sails, spars and equipment
covered by these rules shall be submitted to
measuring and be filed with the NSCA, otherwise the
Measurement Certificate will be invalidated.
5.5 The measurement certificate May be revoked by ISCA
in the event the boat or equipment to which the Certificate relates is
determined by the Specifications Committee to fail to comply with the Class
Rules.
6. HULL, DECK, KEEL AND RUDDER
6.1 Hull
a) All hulls shall be produced in molds taken
from the master plug owned by the International
Shark Class Association.
b) The hull shall be constructed of fibreglass
(glass cloth, chop, roving and reinforced mat plastic) to confirm with
the Layup Specification (see 1.2). As well, the
mat and roving weights and quantity of resin used are specified.
c) Hull thickness and weights are governed by these
standard layups.
d) Neither sandwich construction nor any
system which is intended to leave trapped air cells within the wetted
skin shall be permitted.
e) Overall dimensions of the Hull are as follows:
LOA: 7315 mm (24’ 0") Beam: 2083 mm (6’
10")
f) Designed waterline length and draft are as follows:
LWL: 6095 mm (20’ 0")
Draft: 965 mm (3’ 2")
6.2 Deck
a) The deck unit (cabin, trunk, cockpit, etc.)
shall be of molded fibreglass according to the Layup Specification.
b) The deck and cabin top unit may be of
"sandwich" or synthetic microballoon construction.
c) The self -bailing
feature of the cockpit shall be retained.
d) Wooden cockpit coaming heights shall be no
lower than that of the standard fibreglass
molding.
e) Control lines (sheets, halyards, tensioning
devices) shall not be led through the cockpit coaming,
hull or deck.
6.3 Keel
a) The keel shall be of cast iron which may
contain not more than 2% nickel or other alloying ingredient.
The keel weight shall be 306 kg. ±
7 kg. (675 ±
15 lbs.) for casting variations.
b) The keel shall conform to the dimensions shown in
Appendix III, Fig. 1.
c) The thickness of the keel web (flat
section) at the fore and aft points shall not be greater than
22 mm (7/8") or less than 16 mm (5/8").
The thickness must be constant over the length of this section within 6
mm (¼") i.e. max. allowable thickness at
any point of this section is 28 mm (1 1/8").
d) The keel shall be positioned with the
trailing edge of the flange located 3295 mm (10’ 9 -¾")
minimum to 3325 mm (10’ 11") maximum from
the transom measured along the hull at the
centreline. The distance from the ‘aftermost
point of the keel-shoe
to the lowest point of the transom at the centre
line shall be 2845 mm ±
20mm (112" ±
¾").The
distance from the same point on the keel to the
nearest position on the centre line of the hull
shall be 670 mm ±
15 mm (26-½"
±
5/8").
e) The keel flange shall extend below the hull
surface a minimum of 12 mm (½") along its
entire length to be measured 25 mm (1.0")
in from the edge of the flange at the hull
surface and on the same angle as the hull
surface.
f) The fairing at the
front and rear of the flange at the junction
with the hull shall not exceed 150 mm
(6.0") in length.
g) The fairing at the hull and the vertical
sides of the flange shall not be greater than 11
mm (7/16") concave radius with the radius
being tangental to both the flange and hull
surfaces.
6.4A Weight - Outside North
America
a) The weight is to include the following:
hull, keel, rudder and tiller, 3 internal bunks
and mattresses (see 9.3, a) for dimensions),
shelving, lighting with battery and immovable
internal equipment, mast, boom and all rigging,
both standing and running. Not included are
sails, motor, fuel and tank, tools, anchors with lines, or other movable
items.
b) This net weight is to be a minimum of 953 kg.
(2,100 lbs.).
c) If corrector weights are required to
attain the Class minimum, these shall be in the
form of metal plates or sheets, be permanently
marked with the weight and shall be fastened in
a permanent manner to
the bunk tops.
d) The corrector weight shall be indicated on the
Measurement Certificate.
6.4B Weight - North America
only
a) BASIC BOAT WEIGHT shall be not less than
953 kg. (2100 lbs) when equipped as follows:
b) All removable equipment such as
floorboards etc. which is on board to determine this BASIC BOAT WEIGHT
will be noted on the measurement form and identified in some manner by
the measurer. Yachts will be weighed with all other removable equipment
offloaded. Permanently installed equipment may
be left in place but will be noted on the measurement form.
Any such equipment
which, in the opinion of the measurer, is
installed solely to effect a more favourable weight distribution than
corrector weights would allow shall be removed or subtracted from the
BASIC BOAT WEIGHT.
c) If corrector weights are required to
attain the BASIC BOAT WEIGHT, these shall be in the form of metal plates
or sheets, be permanently marked with the weight and shall be fastened
in a permanent manner to the topsides or undersides of the bunk tops.
d) The corrector weight shall be indicated on the
measurement certificate.
e) ALL UP RACING WEIGHT shall be not less
than 2300 lbs when equipped with all items included in the BASIC BOAT
WEIGHT, all equipment specified in Rule 9 (Racing Regulations) and any
optional equipment required to reach the ALL UP RACING WEIGHT. Personal
clothing and consumable stores including water and engine fuel may not
be included in the ALL UP RACING WEIGHT.
f) The equipment added to the BASIC BOAT
WEIGHT to arrive at the ALL UP RACING WEIGHT is to be
normal racing and cruising equipment and not ballast.
g) All equipment comprising the ALL UP RACING
WEIGHT of the yacht shall be itemized on the Inventory of Required and
Optional Equipment, which shall be carried aboard the yacht and be
available for inspection by race authorities.
h) Any owner whose officially measured BASIC
BOAT WEIGHT is over 953 kg. (2100 lbs) may apply for WEIGHT RELIEF. This
will be considered only:
(i) when no BASIC BOAT WEIGHT corrector weights
are being used.
(ii) to the extent by which
the BASIC BOAT WEIGHT exceeds 953 kg. (2100
lbs) pounds.
This application must be submitted in writing
on the prescribed form to the local measurer who will consult with and
get the approval of the Chief Measurer. If the Chief Measurer approves,
he will certify and sign the application, produce a new measurement
certificate and mail these to the owner.
WEIGHT RELIEF will be granted first of all to those
items in group A in any order. When these are exhausted, items from group B may
be requested in any order. When these reliefs are
granted they shall void the need to comply with the applicable section of Rule
9. Racing Regulations.
Group A
i) Reduce/remove
bunk cutouts
Reduce/remove v-berth insert
Reduce number of/remove
bunk cushions
Remove forward floorboard (if appropriate)
Install lighter floorboards (if appropriate)
Reduce size of/remove anchor
Reduce/remove internal shelving
Group B
(ii) Make Minor enlargements
to bunk cutout holes
Make minor internal structural modifications e.g.
removing built in cooler etc.
The Chief Measurer will have the discretion
to consider other weight reduction methods including the reduction of
motor corrector weights in certain cases of grossly overweight boats.
Appendix IV 1, (Section
23,Builders and Owners) shall not apply in North America
6.5 Rudder
a) The Rudder shall be constructed of solid
hardwood or alternately of fibreglass over an optional core.
The use of fibres other than traditional fibreglass cloths are
prohibited in the construction of the Rudder.
b) The minimum weight including pintles or pins
but less tiller and extension shall be 7.7 kg. (17 lbs.).
A maximum of 0.9 kg of corrector weights may be added.
c) The blade thickness shall be 40 mm ±
5 mm (1-9/16"
±
3/16").
This thickness to comply for a minimum distance of 711 mm (2’4")
below the transom.
d) The depth of rudder below the intersection
of the transom
and
the hull shall
be not
less than a
minimum of 813
mm (2’8").
e) Rudder width between the bottom of the transom
and 711.mm (2’4") below the transom, shall not be more than 432 mm
(17") and not less than 178 mm (7").
Also it must at some point be 279 mm (11") wide.
The width below the 711 mm (2’4") point is unrestricted.
f) Rudder blades shall
be fixed relative to the pintles. Neither rudder
depth nor rudder profile shall be adjustable. The
line of the gudgeons may be set at the vertical.
g) The rudder or transom shall be fitted with a
suitable means of preventing the rudder from becoming detached from the
hull
h) No horizontal foils are allowed above or below
the waterline, i.e. endplates, winglets
6.6 Tiller
Tiller and The
Tiller shall be maximum length of 1370mm (to be confirmed) including all
fittings. The Tiller
extension design areis
free.
6.7 Chain Plates
a) For the upper and
lower shrouds shall be bolted to the after side of the main bulkhead as
close to the gunwale as possible.
b) For the backstay
shall lead to a single chain plate on the port side of the tiller and
shall not straddle the tiller.
6.8 Forestay Bow Fitting
a) The centre of the
forestay attachment hole at the bow fitting shall not be greater than
230 mm (9") from the foremost point of the
hull (bow fitting extension excluded).
b) Where the bow
fitting provides more than one forestay attachment hole, the hole to be
used shall be identified by a band having a minimum width of 6
mm (¼") and painted in a contrasting colour
forward of the hole.
6.9 Mast Step
a) Shall be a metal alloy
channel at least 560 mm (22") long and 90 mm (3-½")
wide
by 45 mm (1 -¾")
high, which height may be tapered fore and aft
from the mast butt position.
b) Shall be mounted on top
of the cabin.
6.10 Mainsheet Traveller
Track
a) Shall be mounted
across the cockpit with its lower surface within 25 mm (1") of seat
level.
b) Situated 559 mm ±
25 mm (22" ±
1") measured at seat level from
the aft end of the cockpit to the track centre.
c) Thwart shall not be removed.
7. SPARS AND RIGGING
7.1 Mast
a) Mast shall be an
aluminum spar section limited by the following weights and dimensions.
The minimum weight of the section is 1.63 kg/m (1.1 lb./ft.).
It may not be tapered and its fore and aft and athwartships minimum
dimensions are 90.0 mm (3.5") and 50 mm
(2") respectively. The wall thickness
shall be uniform throughout the length of the spar.
b) For Shark 24’s
built in North America the mast section shall comply with Appendix III,
Fig. 2.
c) The minimum
weight of the mast with the following attachments shall not be less than
20.4 kg (45 lbs.).
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