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All vessel owners are reminded of the requirement that all vessels accommodated upon the Clubs' moorings be in possession of an in date COF as prescribed by the Safety at Sea Committee and as required by the Mooring Rights Agreement.

Further to this, the RCYC Safety at Sea Committee requires all boats under 9m undergo a basic COF inspection by a surveyor. The cost of such certification is R 150.

This requirement includes vessels of less than 9m LOA, which will require an RCYC surveyor in completing the documentation as prescribed for vessels of less than 9m.

Members are requested to follow the following sequence in order to ensure that they are correctly registered by the Club as being COF compliant:

1. As a service, the Office (diane@rcyc.co.za) will provide written notice that the vessels' COF is due to expire (responsibility will always be vested in the owner to ensure valid certification).
2. Owners are then to make an appointment with a SAS certified surveyor in which the COF inspection can take place.
3. Vessel COF requirements are available here 1MB pdf file
4. On successful completion of the inspection, the responsibility of informing the office of such COF certification is vested in the owner of the vessel concerned.
5. The signed document (white page) must be presented to the office, which will make a copy and update records appropriately (original to be kept on board the vessel).
6. The surveyor is responsible to submit a copy (yellow copy) to SAS which will then approve the SAS COF Certificate and subsequently post through to the owner of safekeeping.

All vessel owners are reminded to ensure thorough understanding of the provisions of the Safety at Sea regulations and bye-laws as contained within he Club Constitution.

Owners and skippers are reminded that vessels which are not certified 'in date' are confined to harbour and may not participate in any Club sailing event.

Chairman: Safety at Sea Committee