Exemption to SI 1.5.2

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A transfer from one team to another can only happen during the 4 months from May to August.

All teams are given exemption to SI 1.5.2 until the start of WTRC 2011. The reason for this is the fact that the update in the SI was made during low season of VSK team racing, and team admins have not been notified of the change by e-mail.

Harald,
for the Race Committee

[admiral 1]

- Si 5.2 is thus not applicable until 24:00 GMT on Ferbuary 13th 2011

Hence switching from one team to another until then for VTC is without limitations as far as (SI 1.3 ) the national criteria are fulfilled.

This limits the §3.2 NOR WTRC wich reads:

3.2 Each competing team shall consist of three skippers, with any number of reserves. Reserve skippers do not have to be nominated prior to the event. However they may not swap teams after they have started a race for a team.

as of the 13th of february 24:00 Skipers can not switch team, after that point in time if registered for a team at the VTC you cannot be reserve for another team.

! You do not have to register reserve skippers for your team at the VTC until you need them.
!! If you would like to be considered a reserve skipper for any team representing your country you should not be registered for a team at the mentioned point in time.

SI VTC 1.5.4

A team that no longer want to participate, has less than 3 members, or has not sailed any VTC races (walkover losses excluded) during the last 12 months, will be deactivated.

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the ",or has not sailed any VTC races..... ,will be deactivated." of course does apply only for teams that have been registered for 12 months or more...

RC reserve the right to change NOR and or SI at anytime...


WTRC SI:

13 REPLACEMENT OF SKIPPERS

Any reserve skipper may be used in accordance with WTRC11 NOR3 and compliance with VTC SI1.3.

WTRC NOR:

3 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY

3.1 The regatta is open to all skippers using the Virtual Skipper 5 software (VSK5), VSK5 Online or 32nd America’s Cup – The Game (Patched) software (herein VSK5).

3.2 Each competing team shall consist of three skippers, with any number of reserves. Reserve skippers do not have to be nominated prior to the event. However they may not swap teams after they have started a race for a team.

3.3 A team may enter by registering in the WTRC forum on VSK-AUS. The registration deadline is February 6 2011, midnight (GMT). A minimum of two skippers per team will be required to register with their email address and be the nominated team contacts for the event.

3.4 Teams must also be registered and comply with all requirements of the VTC.

VTC SI:

1 TEAMS

1. Minimum number of members per team is 3. There is no upper limit, but the recommended team size is 5-6.
2. There should be at least one admin for each team, and maximum two.
3. NATIONAL CRITERIA
1. Each team shall represent a country.
2. All members of the team shall be citizens of the country the team is representing, except when a member is approved according to article 1.3.3.
3. The VTC Race Committee may approve use of an international member under one of the following premices:
* The international has been a member of the team at least since 2009.
* The country the team is representing does not have enough VSK sailors in order to line up a full team.
* The country the international member is citizen of does not have enough VSK sailors in order to line up a full team.
4. The teams may use a maximum of 1 international member on the water at a time.
4. To sign up with a team, create a new topic in the forum for team entries. The topic should have team name as title and must at least include a list of team members (first name and boat name), the name of the country the team is representing and a specification of who are team admins. Then a VTC administrator will create a database entry for the team and give admin privileges to the specified skippers. All team members must there after register individually in the VTC database and assign themselves to the correct team in this process (or if they already have are registered, just edit their profile to be connected to the right team). A team admin must approve each team member in the database.
5. CHANGES
1. All changes regarding a team must be posted in the respective team topics in the forum, linked in the ranking table, as well as being reflected on the team profile in the VTC database.
2. A transfer from one team to another can only happen during the 4 months from May to August.
3. A team getting too big may at any time divide in two teams.
4. A team that no longer want to participate, has less than 3 members, or has not sailed any VTC races (walkover losses excluded) during the last 12 months, will be deactivated.

Team Europe
Admiral