Regatta Officials - Race Management
Directors:
Vancouver - John Culter - jrculter@medi.net
Victoria - Gerry Guest - grguest@shaw.ca
Race Officer Certification
The race management committee trains race officers for all levels of race management in the province. The program deals with all aspects of planning and conducting races, and race officers are certified at four levels:
Level 1 Members of a club race committee
Level 2 Chairman of a club race committee
Level 3 Chairman of a race committee for provincial or regional events
Level 4 Chairman of a race committee for national or international events
Course Description
Levels 1 and 2 are certified by our provincial committee; Levels 3 and 4 are certified by a national committee through a peer review process.
Level 1 and 2 courses are offered to clubs throughout the season. The Level 1 course, suitable for those with little experience on a race committee, covers the duties of each job on the committee, with some attention to the structure of racing and the rules. The course takes about 3 hours, for groups of 8 to 16 people.
The Level 2 course covers the duties of a Principal Race Officer, including organization, setting courses, starting, controlling events throughout the race and finishing procedures. A person should have some experience on a race committee, or a fair amount of racing experience. The course takes about 9 hours, and is usually given over 3 evenings or on a weekend for groups of 6 to 10 people.
Certification for Level 1 and 2 is good for three years. After that time, the committee will want to receive some information about each person's recent experience.
Candidates for Level 2 courses must have a rule book, available through the BC Sailing office or at your club.
Course conductors are resident in Vancouver, Victoria and Kelowna. Please contact BC Sailing at crew@bcsailing.bc.ca for names and phone numbers.
