Cape Town Yellowfin Tuna Open Tournament

[AJRABIE]

BLUEWATER TUNA INTERNATIONAL 2008

Spear fishing equipment & Rules:

1.) Competitors shall be allowed to use the following equipment: mask, snorkel, fins, protective suit, knifes, weight belt and

2.) One or more spearguns of spring, rubber or compressed air variety, loaded with the competitor’s own muscular skill, may be used.

3.) No auxiliary breathing apparatus (other than snorkel ) or power heads may be used in anyway to assist in shooting or fighting fish.

4.) Floats must be used at all times when the diver is in the water. Floats must be a readily visible colour, be a minimum of 30 litres and no more than 80 liters, and be clearly visible in the water during choppy or rough seas.

5.) Any fish wounded by a team can under no circumstances be claimed by another team spearing it on the same day of the competition.
No fish shall be entered in the competition if it was speared while being hampered by any line or apparatus, from swimming freely.

6.) No help may be accepted in fighting a fish from any other team. Once a fish has been subdued and killed, a competitor may accept outside assistance in boating the catch.

7.) Any competitor loading a speargun outside the water or leaving the water with a loaded speargun is automatically disqualified. It is also forbidden to have a loaded speargun attached to the buoy.

8.) It is forbidden to exchange catches between teams. Any team found doing so may be disqualified.

9.) Competitors must remain within 40 meters of their floats and may not be further than 100m from his boat.

10.) One team member will always stay onboard the boat to assist the skipper.

11.) All participants must comply with the current regulations of Sea Fisheries and Marine Resources legislation and everybody is expected to be familiar with the current legislation relevant to the area in which they are diving. Every diver must insure that he is in possession of a spear fishing permitted.

12.) Media representatives will be randomly assigned to boats before the boat draw is made and may enter the water on occasion.

13.) All fish except one per boat per day will be the property of Bellville under water club and will be donated to charity. The organizers of the event have obtained dispensation.

14.) R100 will be paid to be able to lodge a complaint.


Scores:
1.) All game fish will be scored as follows:
a.) Tuna’s one point per kilogram
b.) Cape Yellowtail two point per kilogram
c.) Dorado’s Three point per kilogram
Additional points per specie still to be decided by Tournament officials. Only ten fish may be speared per team per day.

2.) No individual scoring will be made, only teams will get points

3.) No minimum weight for game fish other that legal size if prescribed by legislation.

4.) The following fish will not be eligible in the yellowfin competition: any specie of shark, skates, rays, sunfish or any reef fish.

5.) Weight must be measured to the lowest 100 grams. The scale must be correctly calibrated not more than six months prior to the championships.

6.) If two or more teams score the same points, then the team with the most fish shall win the competition.

7.) The team captain and one team member shall be present within the weigh in area during the weigh in and recording of the scores for the team in question. The captain shall witness the weights of the fish in his team’s catch, whilst the other member witnesses that the scores are correctly recorded. Before the weigh master commences the weigh in for the next team, the captain shall sign the score sheet accepting that he is satisfied with the scores recorded.

Trophies:
Bellville under water club will hold any floating trophies after presentation to winner.

Officials:
Officials, media representatives or crew may swim, without guns, with the team they are accompanying or inspecting.

Boats:
1.) The use of boats in this competition is compulsory. Only boats allocated to this competition will be used for the event. One team per boat will be appointed before each diving day or during the opening function raffle.

2.) All boats used in this competition will comply with local regulations governing the use of such boats
3.) All boats are to fly Alpha flag( diver down flag) whilst diving is in progress.
Less divers per boat allowed provided that the team captain could remain in contact with their team at all times.



Interpretation of the rules and complaints:

These rules may only be altered by an annual general meeting or special meeting or by post annual general meeting, except where it is indicated that the tournament committee may enforce special regulations made for a particular competition by the organizing committee.
The interpretation of any regulations by the Tournament Committee shall be final.
The Tournament committee shall have the power to enforce any laid down regulations or any decisions made by the committee.

[AJRABIE]

THE FIRST EVER YELLOW FIN TUNA INTERNATIONAL OPEN

VENUE:CAPE BOAT & SKI-BOAT CLUB, RUMBLY BAY, MILLER’S POINT (just past Simon’s Town) SOUTH AFRICA

DATES: Opening Function TUE 6TH MAY 19:00
2 Diving days WED 7TH to SAT 10TH MAY 6:00 to 17:00
Closing Function SATURDAY 10TH MAY AT 19:00

TEAMS: 3 divers per team, we supply the boats and skippers.

ENTRY FEE:R4200 per team. This includes boat, meals at opening & closing functions, breakfasts and lunch packs. Deposit into Bellville under water club to secure your entry
FUEL:Additional Fuel deposit of R4000.00 to be paid in full with entry fee. (Fully refundable if not used)
All fuel bills will be pooled and divided equally between the teams.

ACCOMMODATION:To be arranged by the divers themselves.

RULES:Three divers per team of which only 2 divers in the water at any given time. Fish will be weighed in as a team. Max 10 fish in total per boat per day.
TARGET SPECIES:Yellow fin, Long fin and/or any Game fish.

BAIT:
Available daily for purchase on a cash basis from the supplier.

REGISTRATION:On arrival, team captain must register, confirm team, sign indemnity form et cetera.

[Man-O-War]

Wired funds for "Palm Beach Freedivers" 3-man team

[kill shot]

Originally Posted by Stringer Bell

Wired funds for "Palm Beach Freedivers" 3-man team

Nice. Any idea what day you guys are leaving to go?


Eric

[greekdiver]

Originally Posted by kill shot

Nice. Any idea what day you guys are leaving to go?


Eric

May 5th thru May 12th

This is Stringer Bell posting from geekdivers account

[kill shot]

Looking forward to seeing everyone there, hopefully it will be another great year down there.





Eric

[virgili]

I'll be in S.A. later in June... but I put the info on my website:

http://www.spearfishingmotion.com/pi...id=126&lang=en

Have a great challenge!

[Wilddiver]

Hi Philippe,
I have made the enquiries about boats for you in June. I will try to join you for your two days spearing. I have PM'd you too.

daryl.

Originally Posted by virgili

I'll be in S.A. later in June... but I put the info on my website:

http://www.spearfishingmotion.com/pi...id=126&lang=en

Have a great challenge!

[Wilddiver]

If any of the international teams are arriving in Cape Town early and would like to try arrange some warm-up dives (in Cape waters, perhaps cool-down is more appropriate) please let me know. I will be in Cape Town from April 28 and will probably get some dives in.

As AJ has already said above, Oatlands Holiday Village is probably the best place to stay during the event at least - most of the other contestants are already booked in there, it is cheap and close to the launching area at the boat club. It is bound to be a centre of activities, apart from the clubhouse itself. There are lots of good eating places and pubs around Simonstown. www.oatlands.co.za

Be advised that Cape Town can get really cold in May if a cold front comes through - last year in May we had some of the coldest weather recorded in 30-odd years. A good water and wind-proof parka is a good idea! On the other hand the weather could be hot and sunny - let's hope for that.

And if you suffer from sea sickness...bring medication...it can be a long and bumpy boat ride to the tuna grounds!

[Man-O-War]

Originally Posted by greekdiver

May 5th thru May 12th

This is Stringer Bell posting from geekdivers account

Leaving May 4th, due to the fact that travel time is 2 calendar days....returning on the 11th

Will not have a chance for "warm-up" diving, unfortunately

[AJRABIE]

Hi there
Thought I'd give everyone a sneak preview of how the add will look like in the April/June issue of IF&SN mag.

Thx for all the great exposure International Freediving and spearfishing news magazine
Ps Thanks for Daryl for the great picture( I think its daryl ? )

[AJRABIE]

I have added a pdf file, page 3 is the page everyone needs to fill in and e-mail back to me on ajr001@mweb.co.za

[AJRABIE]

Originally Posted by Wilddiver

Hi Philippe,
I have made the enquiries about boats for you in June. I will try to join you for your two days spearing. I have PM'd you too.

daryl.

Daryl you should contact/speak to Craig and ask him for some contacts on boats, we have organized 2 X Rodmans for media so far and a 28 foot Cobra Cat if needed. Also one of our committee members has a 28foot butt catt. He catches commercially but loves to spearfish also (Wayne Nowers) Maybe you can ask him at comp. He will be sponsoring his boat to take out media/sponsors also. Then of course there will be the 14 boats with skippers to ask if they want to take you guys out again in june.
Lastly if you guys are insane/brave enough, my 19 foot semi-rigit rubber duck called Ysteraas gives a bumpy ride but have landed the present SA yellowfin record. Willi my partner in ysteraas and myself have 40 miles skippers and can maybe help out. Also you should definitely speak to Ryan Nienaber the present SA yellowfin holder. He has a company that buys all the fish from the commercial tuna vessels. Needless to say if you need GPS marks on where the fish is at that moment you need to speak to him. He is also on the yellowfin committee and can be approached in May or I can give you his e-mail address/ cell number. He's very generous with this sort of thing regardless if you know him or not as long as you invite him along once in a while and can even organize Rodmans if needed be! There is also a new charter company called Awesome charters that are still new in the game but has a great 28 foot butt cat and could be approached at maybe a reduced charter cost. Lastly there is of course your expensive charter routes.
Hope this helps
AJ

PS Also we have our 3'rd US team coming in the form of Keith Simmons and his team from the Gulf Coast!
Awesome Keith see you in May!

[Wilddiver]

Originally Posted by AJRABIE

Hi there
Thought I'd give everyone a sneak preview of how the add will look like in the April/June issue of IF&SN mag.

Thx for all the great exposure International Freediving and spearfishing news magazine
Ps Thanks for Daryl for the great picture( I think its daryl ? )

Thanks AJ, it is actually my fellow IF&SN/Pelaj team member Zak with an 82kg tuna shot off Cape Point last year in May.

And thanks for the update on boats etc for Virgili in June. I'll be in touch.

[NOTANX]

i cant wait