Missing certificate – can I enter an event?

If you cannot find your boat’s certificate when preparing to travel for an international, MYA or major open event, all is not lost.

Assuming your boat has been issued with a certificate and it remains valid (the international and MYA Adopted class certificates have no expiry date) you will be able to invoke RRS 78.2 which allows you to give the race committee a signed statement saying that the certificate exists.

At world and European Championships you will need to produce the certificate or verify its existence before the end of the event.

At MYA events and any event using the MYA Standard Sailing Instructions you have 7 days to deliver the certificate or a copy to the race committee.

If no certificate is produced then disqualification from all races at the event follows.

For MYA events the same will apply to the Personal Number Certificate.