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1 INTERNATIONAL Etchells Class Rules 2016 Revised April 2016 1 INTERNATIONAL ETCHELLS CLASS RULES Effective 8 April 2016 The Etchells was designed in 1966 by Skip Etchells and was adopted as an INTERNATIONAL class in 1974. INTERNATIONAL Etchells Class Rules 2016 Revised April 2016 2 INDEX PART I ADMINISTRATION Section A General Language .. 4 Abbreviations .. 4 Authorities .. 4 Administration of the Class .. 4 ISAF Rules .. 4 Class Rules Variations .. 4 Class Rules Amendments .. 4 Class Rules Interpretation .. 5 INTERNATIONAL Class Fee and ISAF Building Plaque.

2 5 Sail Numbers .. 5 Hull Certification .. 5 Initial Hull Certification .. 5 Validity of Certificate .. 5 Hull Re-Certification .. 6 Retention of Certification Documentation .. 6 Section B Boat Eligibility Class Rules and Certification .. 6 Flotation Check .. 6 Class Association Sticker .. 6 PART II REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS Section C Conditions for Racing General .. 7 Crew .. 7 Personal Equipment .. 7 Advertising .. 7 Portable Equipment .. 8 Boat .. 9 Hull .. 9 Hull Appendages .. 10 Rig .. 10 Sails .. 12 Section D Hull Parts.

3 14 General .. 14 Hull Shell .. 16 Deck .. 16 Buoyancy Tanks .. 16 Cockpit Sole Floorboards .. 16 Bulkheads .. 17 Thwarts .. 17 Console .. 17 Assembled Hull .. 18 Section E Hull Appendages Parts .. 21 General .. 21 Keel .. 21 Rudder Blade, Rudder Stock and Tiller .. 23 Section F Rig Parts .. 24 General .. 25 Mast .. 26 Boom .. 27 Spinnaker Pole .. 28 Standing Rigging .. 28 Running Rigging .. 29 Section G Sails Parts .. 30 General .. 30 Mainsail .. 30 Headsail .. 32 Spinnaker .. 33 PART III APPENDICES Sail Acquisition.

4 35 Keel Alteration Procedure .. 36 Keel Pre December 1998 .. 37 Measurement Diagrams .. 37 INTERNATIONAL Etchells Class Rules 2016 Revised April 2016 3 INTRODUCTION Etchells hulls, hull appendages, rigs and sails are measurement controlled. These rules are deemed to include the Sail Measurement Certificate, Measurement Templates and Measurement Diagrams. Etchells hulls, hull appendages and rigs shall only be manufactured by ISAF approved builders in the class rules referred to as licensed builders. Equipment is required to comply with the INTERNATIONAL Etchells Building Specification and is subject to an ISAF approved manufacturing control system.

5 Etchells hulls, hull appendages, rigs and sails may, after having left the manufacturer, only be altered to the extent permitted in Section C of the class rules. Owners and crews should be aware that compliance with rules in Section C is NOT checked as part of the certification process. Rules regulating the use of equipment during a race are contained in Section C of these class rules, in ERS Part I and in the Racing Rules of Sailing. If these rules do not say you can, then you cannot. INTERNATIONAL Etchells Class Rules 2016 Revised April 2016 4 PART I ADMINISTRATION Section A General LANGUAGE The official language of the class is English and in case of dispute over trans-lation the English text shall prevail.

6 The word shall is mandatory and the word may is permissive. ABBREVIATIONS ISAF INTERNATIONAL Sailing Federation MNA ISAF Member National Authority IECA INTERNATIONAL Etchells Class Association NCA National Class Association ERS Equipment Rules of Sailing RRS Racing Rules of Sailing AUTHORITIES The INTERNATIONAL authority of the class is the ISAF which shall co-operate with the IECA in all matters concerning these class rules. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the certification authority has the authority to withdraw a certificate and shall do so on the request of the ISAF. ADMINISTRATION OF THE CLASS ISAF has delegated its administrative functions of the class to MNAs.

7 The MNA may delegate part or all of its functions, as stated in these class rules, to an NCA. In countries where there is no MNA, or the MNA does not wish to administrate the class, its administrative functions as stated in these class rules shall be carried out by the IECA which may delegate the administration to an NCA. ISAF RULES These class rules shall be read in conjunction with the ERS. Except where used in headings, when a term is printed in bold the definition in the ERS applies and when a term is printed in italics the definition in the RRS applies. CLASS RULES VARIATIONS At Class Events see RRS (d) ISAF Regulation (f) applies.

8 At all other events RRS 87 applies. INTERNATIONAL Etchells Class Rules 2016 Revised April 2016 5 CLASS RULES AMENDMENTS Amendments to these class rules are subject to the approval of the ISAF in accordance with the ISAF Regulations. CLASS RULES INTERPRETATION Interpretation of class rules shall be made in accordance with the ISAF Regulations. INTERNATIONAL CLASS FEE AND ISAF BUILDING PLAQUE The licensed hull builder shall pay the INTERNATIONAL Class Fee. ISAF shall, after having received the INTERNATIONAL Class Fee for the hull, send the ISAF Building Plaque and a measurement form to the licensed hull builder.

9 SAIL NUMBERS Sail numbers shall be the boats ISAF plaque number. HULL CERTIFICATION A certificate shall record the following information: (a) Class (b) Certification authority (c) Sail number issued by the certification authority (d) Owner and address (e) Hull identification/CIN (f) Builders details including, hull no, mould no and plug no (g) Date of issue of initial certificate (h) Date of issue of certificate (i) Complete boat weight (j) Mast bury, as per (a) (2) (k) Weight of correctors, if any (l) Location of correctors, if any (m) Signature of owner. INITIAL HULL CERTIFICATION For a certificate to be issued to a hull not previously certified: (a) Certification control shall be carried out by the official measurer who shall complete the appropriate documentation.

10 (b) The documentation and certification fee, if required, shall be sent to the certification authority. (c) Upon receipt of a satisfactorily completed documentation and certification fee, if required, the certification authority may issue a certificate and if so shall send a copy to the appropriate NCA. VALIDITY OF CERTIFICATE A hull certificate becomes invalid upon: INTERNATIONAL Etchells Class Rules 2016 Revised April 2016 6 (a) the change to any items recorded on the hull certificate as required under (b) withdrawal by the certification authority. (c) the issue of a new certificate. HULL RE-CERTIFICATION The certification authority may issue a certificate to a previously certified hull: (a) when it is invalidated under (a) and/or after receipt of the old certificate, and certification fee if required.