Rule Nips

Click on this link to join the HCANA. From here you can:

  1. Purchase a new membership
  2. Renew a membership
  3. Lookup an existing membership.

Good things to know:

FAMILY - $10 each

Standard and Top Cat members may purchase additional memberships for family members living at the same address.Same benefits as Standard, but no additional copies of the magazine.

INDEPENDENT YOUTH - $15

Same benefits as Standard, for non-family youth members. Must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 of the membership year.

Yes. As per rule 26. of the INTERNATIONAL HOBIE CLASS ASSOCIATION 2013-2016 CLASS RULES all crew members on board a competing boat at Class world and regional* championships shall be members in good standing of the International Hobie Class Association in accordance with the constitution of the International Hobie Class Association. At all other events at least one crew member on board a competing boat shall be a member of the International Hobie Class Association in accordance with the constitution of the International Hobie Class Association unless prescribed otherwise in notice of race.
* Regional championships are defined as IHCA Regional Championships e.g. North American Championships, European Championships etc.

For eligibility to race sailboats in Canada, sailors must be a member in good standing with a Sail Canada member yacht club or sailing club. This is to comply with the requirements of ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing RRS rules 46 and 75.1 which governs the right to race. In addition when you are a member of an OSA club and have your CANSail Number you can take advantage of a number of Ontario Sailing and Sail Canada benefits listed at OntarioSailing.ca.

In Ontario, you can join the Ontario Sailing Association directly by becoming a member of the Maple Leaf Fund, which was setup expressly to help sailors who want to race and are not members of clubs or are members of non-recognized clubs. The Maple Leaf Fund is part of the Ontario Sailing Association and therefore Sail Canada.  To join the Maple Leaf Fund, there are three steps to follow:

  1. to get your userid and password

    Click here to create a profile at Ontario Sailing.

     

  2. Login to the Ontario Sailing website.

     

  3. Click here to join the Maple Leaf Fund.

    The cost is $25.