MMSI Group Number for Swiftsure Fleet – 031600081
Participants are encouraged to program the new Swiftsure Fleet Group MMSI into their DSC capable radios. This will provide the Race Committee with another tool to contact the whole fleet, if required. Any messages broadcast using DSC will also be broadcast on Marine 26 for those without DSC capability.
031600081 is the group number that can be programmed following your radios instructions for adding group contacts. This number will only be used for the Swiftsure International Yacht Race, so there is no need to remove after the race if you plan to return for future races.
Notices to Competitors will be updated throughout the 2020 race.
Jury Notices:
Protest Form – also requests for redress and reopening
Amendments to Yacht Registrations
The following amendments have been made registrations for Swiftsure .
- No amendments found. -
The following amendments have been made to registrations for Swiftsure
– No amendments found. –
Cruise Ship Movement in Victoria Harbour
2020 DRAFT cruise ship movements from Greater Victoria Harbour Authority’s Cruise Schedule.
Arrivals, departures at Ogden Point off Victoria’s waterfront on Saturday, May 23 through Monday, May 25:
| Port | 2020 Date | Cruise Ship | Arrival – Depart |
| Victoria | 23-May | OOSTERDAM 936’ | 18:00 23:30 |
| Victoria | 23-May | EMERALD PRINCESS 951’ | 19:00 23:59 |
| Victoria | 23-May | NORWEGIAN BLISS 1070’ | 19:30 23:59 |
| Victoria | 24-May | REGATTA/594′ | 13:00 23:59 |
| Victoria | 25-May | CARNIVAL SPIRIT 960’ | 19:30 23:59 |
US Navy or Tank Ship Safe Passage
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972
- starting at page 8 of Canada Shipping Act
Washington State law re Orcas
Washington State Law, RCW 77.15.740 makes it illegal to:
- Cause a vessel or other object to approach, in any manner, within two hundred yards of a southern resident orca whale
- Position a vessel to be in the path of a southern resident orca whale at any point located within four hundred yards of the whale. This includes intercepting a southern resident orca whale by positing a vessel so that the prevailing wind or water current carries the vessel into the path of the whale at any point located within four hundred yards of the whale
- Fail to disengage the transmission of a vessel that is within two hundred yards of a southern resident orca whale; or
- Feed a southern resident orca whale.
Detail of Washington State Law, RCW 77.15.740