RACE INFORMATION

Submit your online registration through the Yacht Scoring event page.

Your non-refundable entry deposit ($250) will be due with your registration. After submitting your registration, the Entry Chair can approve your entry, and you'll be eligible to submit your full entry fee payment by logging in to the Yacht Scoring Owner's Corner.

First Time ORR Certificatation with US Sailing:
Complete the Request for Rating form to start the process of getting an ORR rating for your boat.
https://www.ussailing.org/competition/offshore/request-a-rating/

Renewing an ORR Certificate with US Sailing:
Log in to your account with the Universal Certification System (and click RENEW)
https://ucs.ussailing.org

Boats will need to make an appointment with a measurer to validate the displacement at a bare minimum, and in many cases will need a full measurement.

Contact offshore@ussailing.org with any quesitons.

Log in to the Yacht Scoring Owner's Corner.

Regular rate entry fees due by 2/1/2020. Late entry rate fee due 5/1/2020.

Select Entry Fee Payment.

Use the LOA (as listed on ORR Certificate), to determine your boat's entry fee.

Include a $50 discount if the owner/charterer is a current US Sailing member.

Include another $50 discount if the owner/charterer is a current member of Transpacific Yacht Club.

Submit payment via PayPal/Credit Card (no PayPal account required).

The Entry Chairman will verify your payment has been completed in full. Please calculate the correct amount so we don't have to follow up with refunds or additional payment requests.

Questions? entry@transpacyc.com

We have a Logistics partner in the race with Bud Gilroy of Tahiti Yacht Agents in Papeete, who has arranged to facilitate shipping services of spares, cruising sails and other gear to Tahiti from Long Beach.

The agent in Long Beach is Island Cargo Support, handled by Tony or Cassandra – contact information along with all other pertinent instructions here:
www.transpac-tahiti.com/shipping-service-from-los-angeles-to-tahiti.

Send to tahitirace2020@transpacyc.com

If a yacht is entered by other than the owner, TPYC must be given a copy of the Charter Agreement and the yacht’s measurement certificate must also be signed by the "charterer". A "charterer" must meet the same requirements as the "Owner".

Log in to the Yacht Scoring Owner's Corner.

Select MY CREW LIST and then ADD CREW.

Enter at least the first/last name and email for each crew member. They will receive an email with a link, login and password asking them to complete their racing profile and read/accept the Transpac Crew Waiver.

Owners can track their crew progress to see who has completed these steps and who are still pending. Owners are responisble for having a 100% completed crew list prior to racing.

Log in to the Yacht Scoring Owner's Corner or have your crew log in to the Yacht Scoring Crew Corner.

1. Complete the "Safety Course Taken fields (Course Name and Course Date). See NOR 8.1.3, General Safety Training, which states "At least 30% of a yacht's crew including the watch captains shall have attended a US Sailing sanctioned International Offshore Safety at Sea with Hands-on Training Course or its equivalent within the last five years before the race start."

2. An additional 30% of the crew including the Person in Charge shall have attended a US Sailing sanctioned Offshore Safety at Sea Course or completed the US Sailing International Offshore Safety at Sea Online.

3. On the Registration form, have completed the "Names of (2) crew members who are CPR and First Aid trained" (see NOR 8.1.4).

On Yacht Scoring registration form, complete the Name, Cell Phone, Email fields for Boat's Primary Contact while in Tahiti after the race.

This is how Transpac officials will help manage each boat's arrival, coordinate party, hospitality details, and more after the race is completed.

The contact can be an owner, crew or someone on the race support team who can pass information to the rest of the team.

Send to tahitirace2020@transpacyc.com​​​​​​​

Send to PosReport@transpacyc.com, and receive acknowleding email reply, due 2 days prior to start.

Each boat shall send a position report via email or text messaging using the same system on the boat as will be used during the race (see NOR 14.1) to the Transpac tahiti 2020 Position Report email address (PosReport@transpacyc.com) and receive an acknowledging email.

Complete the Transpac Offshore Experience form at https://transpacyc.com/race-info/forms/tahiti-offshore-experience-form

See NOR 8.1.2.

The Owner/Charter and Navigator must have completed a Transpac, Pacific Cup, Newport-Bermuda, Sydney-Hobart, Fastnet or comparable ocean race within the past four years in their respective capacities.

The Owner/Charterer, Navigator, and at least one Watch Captain, must have completed a minimum 150 nautical mile sailing race or ocean sailing passage on the boat they are entering within a year prior to two days before the boat’s Transpac Tahiti Race start. If this event takes places after May 1, 2020 at least 50% of the Tahiti Race crew must be on board.

Boat Contact Info Form: https://transpacyc.com/race-info/forms/tahiti-boat-contact-info-form

Complete the Boat Contact Info Form to supply the Race Committee with the primary and secondary contacts for pre-race, during race on board the boat, and post-race in Tahiti.

Schedule your inspection through Chris Hemans, (949) 633-8395

Initial Inspection shall be completed no later than seven days prior to the yacht’s scheduled start. Corrections to resolve inspection deficiencies and completion of the MOB procedures (NOR 8.9) shall be completed no later than two days prior to the yacht’s scheduled start.

See NOR 4.3.2 and 9.

A certification form confirming completion of A) and B) Man Overboard Procedures shall be completed and signed by all the captain and all members of the crew aboard at the time of the practice.

See NOR 8.9, Man Overboard Procedures for details of how the exercise it to be conducted.

Send to tahitirace2020@transpacyc.com​​​​​​​.

A color photograph of the yacht under sail. This shall be submitted electronically and shall be 1200x900 or 900x1200 or larger with a resolution absolutely no less than 300 dpi. The maximum file size should not exceed 2MB. This photo will be used for various TPYC promotions and the brochure.

Complete the Race Tracker Agreement Form with $1 Payment here: https://transpacyc.com/race-info/forms/tahiti-tracker-rental-form

Competitors are required to complete the Race Tracker Rental Agreement form prior to picking up their race tracker at the skippers meeting. Owner/Skipper will agree to the terms presented on the form, and pay $1 (to hold their CC in case tracker is damaged or not returned, to be charge a maximum of $1,000 to replace the tracker).