Notice to Competitors No 1 - Wind Foil

The Wind Foil class rules specifically ban the use of any electronic equipment other than a compass and timing devices. No timing device or electronic compass which can transmit, receive, calculate or store information on wind speed or direction, boat speed or position is allowed.

For this event, the following exceptions to the Class Rules will apply.

The Organising Authority has agreed to assist the New South Wales Institute of Sport with its research to quantify the workload demands of Olympic class sailing regattas. For this purpose, selected sailors who have volunteered will be required to wear supplied heart rate monitors, wristwatch and GPS trackers to record data. The data will be stored for later analysis by the researchers.

The Organising Authority has agreed to allow all sailors in the Wind Foil class to wear their own heart rate monitors, wristwatch and GPS for their personal use to collect data and analysis after at the end of racing each day.

“Chest band heart rate monitors, wristwatch and GPS which have that function alone and do not include external display or GPS capability are permitted.”