Rules And Regulations
The Rally is open to any seaworthy boats of any size. We work with the
assumption that anyone planning to go offshore to the Caribbean in the fall
understands how to get his or her boats ready and will be prepared before
departure. In order to personally assist each skipper we will be organizing
an adopt-a-boat program between a professional captain and an amateur
skipper to help answer questions not only about the boats preparedness but
also about the voyage ahead.
Although all the boats will be departing together we are looking at two
types of crews heading south in the fall. The first are the professional
skippers delivering boats south and second the amateur sailor taking his/her
boat to the Caribbean for the winter. We are taking advantage of this mix of
talent to organize the rally and to help others learn the difference between
sailing and sailing offshore.
Pro-am Division - This will be the nine to thirteen professional crews, and any
other delivery skipper, being paid to take a boat south either as a full
time captain or on a delivery.
Amateur/Owner Division - Boat owners taking their boats south.
As part of the pre departure "check-in" (check-out?), each professional
skipper will be introduced to a skipper in the amateur division and together
they will go over the "checklist" of recommended preparedness for sailing
offshore. Any gross deficiencies will be reported to the rally organizers
and we will take steps to see what we can do. This will also be a good time
for the amateur skipper to ask questions one-on-one with a professional
skipper, go over charts and the approach to Bermuda, and any other questions
that he/she might not ask in a public forum.
In return for helping, the professional skippers will be allowed to go to
the two parties (one in Newport and one in Bermuda) for free.
To participate in the Rally simply fill out the boat owners survey found on the web site
and mail us a check for $599.00 for the boat and two crew. Each additional crew is $75.00
per person to pay for the socials. (No charge for professional skippers).
Make checks payable to Offshore Passage Opportunities and mail to PO Box 2600 Halesite NY 11743.
We will follow up with more information and keep you abreast as time gets closer.
1-800-4-PASSAGe
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