B.2 Rating certificate
To be permitted to race, a boat shall provide a rating certificate issued by the ISAF or a National Authority.
The certificate will state the rating as well as relevant datas concerning the boat and the owner.
The rating certificate is obtained as follows:
The owner shall have a certificate of origin or a measurement form completed by a recognized measurer.
The owner applies to the appropriate National Authority for a rating certificate.
The Rating Certificate is not invalidated by change of ownership, providing the data remains constant.
A National Authority may require a fee.
Pete, Got one? No? Thank you, too.
An example....
Every Dart 18 EVER built is issued with a measurement certificate stating that the boat was a Dart 18 when it was made. Thus, as long as the owner keeps the boat class legal, the boat is a Dart 18 and thus sails ofrom that rating. Does Hobie not do the same with all Hobie 16's (for example), does Nacra not do the same with all F17's it sells?
F18 manufacturers I believe are working with ISAF to do this, and so ALL F18's that leave the major factories will ALREADY be measured. Dart / Laser have been doing this for YEARS!!!!!!
SMODS are deemed to measure if they conform to the class rules; it is the OWNERS (or reps) responsibility to ensure the boat measures and/or confirm to class rules.
H.3 Responsibility of the owner or his representative
It is the owner's or his representative's inescapable responsibility to ensure that his hulls, spars, sails, foils and equipment comply with the rules of the class in which he enters and these rules at all times, and that alterations, replacements or repairs to the hulls, spars, sails, foils and equipment do not contravene the class rules and these rules and are reported to the measurement form.
New or altered sails shall be measured by a measurer who shall mark the sail near the tack. The National Class Association or the National Authority shall issue a new certificate.
It is the owners or his representative’s responsibility to ensure that their boat conforms to the current rating certificate.
