1.    Review PFD Prescription.

   A.  Issues:

1. Omit requirement at finish?
2. Specify "adequate flotation" more precisely?
3. Other.

2.    Improving compliance with ORC Regs.

1. Issues:

1. Safety checks as routine regatta task?
2. Guidance for inspectors (ala CCA)?

3. Projects:

1. Lifeline/pulpit testing – USNA
2. Radar Transponder at sea testing – USNA
3. MOB Maneuver documentation – USMMA
4. Hands-on Safety Days – USMMA
5. Inshore Safety Seminars – Sarah Alger

4. European Standards – Bruce Eissner

5. Administration

1. Reprinting of Regs by Race Organizers or quoting pertinent portions of them in NOR/SI’s.
2. Spring actuated self-closing snaps on tethers or snap shackles (or both?).
3. Radar Reflectors – go to European standards in 2000?
4. EPIRB description, go with European description now?
5. Introduce New Chairman.

John B. Bonds