OCEAN RACING WESTERN AUSTRALIA (INC)

ORWA

Ocean Racing Western Australia (Inc)

The Offshore Challenge

■ Numbers are in decline and youth is not transitioning into offshore sailing

■ The demographic of sailors is diverse and changing, e.g. changing focus on family commitments see some preferring day racing whilst a core remains who love overnight events leading to constant debate over calendars

■ Safety regulations are changing and varied in their value leading to frustration for owners

■ Increasing focus on Compliance for Organizing Authorities raising the risk profile of running offshore

■ Competition from other sports providing high levels of exhilaration in short time frames that are more attractive to youth

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ORWA

Ocean Racing Western Australia (Inc)

What can OWRA(Inc) Do

■ Provide a shared resource that delivers more efficiencies, better governance, and improved safety compliance outcomes to those participating yacht clubs

■ Implementation of a quality system for race entry and management of yacht documentation

■ Work with the OA’s to produce a quality publication annually with notice of race and calendar of events.

■ Increased promotion and advertising of ocean yacht racing.

■ Work with OA’s to improve the quality of safety standards of competing yachts

■ Organise training and development of the start crew and support volunteers.

■ Pursue Sponsorship opportunities and State and Federal Government sports grants

■ Maintain and refine the calendar to provide a diverse range of events that cater for youth, family and tradition

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ORWA

Ocean Racing Western Australia (Inc)

So What’s Different?

■ As an Association ORWA(inc) can raise funding through multiple avenues

■ This will allow ORWA (inc) to engage an employee to assist with the work required to implement the changes needed in Offshore Racing

■ Single point of contact for owners and clubs for race entry and documentation leads to high level of compliance for clubs and ease of use for owners

■ Active promotion of the sport leads to increased participation and funding from sponsors and governments

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ORWA

Ocean Racing Western Australia (Inc)

How does this Work?

■ ORWA (inc) provides a shared service to the clubs for race entry, results, safety compliance and volunteer training

■ Clubs pay a fee for this service of $2k per Bluewater race and $1.5k per offshore race. (With some caps)

■ Owners pay a fee of $300 per year to belong to the Association

■ Clubs have a reduced risk due to improved standard of compliance documentation and share cost of the systems required to do this

■ Owners have a single, easy to use, race entry system and a direct say in the running of the association

■ Clubs benefit from increased participation = increased membership

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ORWA

Ocean Racing Western Australia (Inc)

Olympics

■ The inclusion of offshore into the Olympics provides an opportunity to promote the sport and increase participation

■ WA has a number of boats of similar size to those proposed for the Olympics.

■ There are a large number ofexceptional sailors in WA that have potential to via for national selection.

■ ORWA (Inc) will ensure events are runthat support the training required forthese potential countryrepresentatives

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ORWA

Ocean Racing Western Australia (Inc)

Sydney to Hobart

■ WA has regularly had yachts participating in the S2H with six boats in the 75th anniversary in 2019.

■ This is one of the opportunities to attract youth by providing pathways to this event though competing in offshore in WA

■ WA has been very competitive in S2H and continued representation of our state at this international level event is critical to the promotion of offshore.

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ORWA

Ocean Racing Western Australia (Inc)

Budget

■ Formation expenses include laptop and setup for race management softwar

■ Revenue is a mix of owners fees and shared service fees from clubs. In year two increased sponsorship is assumed

■ Expenses are largely for wages, prize night and training for volunteers

■ Current ORWA sub committee has $7k in account and assumes a $10k seed funding from YWA

■ If there is a short fall in revenue expenses on prize night and training can be reviewed.

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Year One Year TwoFormation Expenses 9,500 - Recurring Income Ordinary Membership Fees 12,000 12,000 Shared Service Fees from Clubs 16,500 16,500 Other Income 2,000 11,000

Total Revenue 30,500 39,500 Recurring Expenses Wages 22,200 22,200 Race Management Software Fees 2,500 2,500 Prize Night 5,000 5,000 Other 2,720 2,720 Start Crew Expenses and Training 3,500 2,000

Total Expenses 35,920 34,420 Transfer from ORWA 7,000 Seed Funing 10,000

Total Cash Flow 2,080 5,080

Budget Cash Flow

ORWA

Ocean Racing Western Australia (Inc)

ORWA Organisation Structure

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ORWA

BoardMembership

Associate Members

(No voting Rights)

Ordinary Members

(Full Voting Rights)

Executive Manager

Chair & Treasurer

Directors 4off

ORWA

Ocean Racing Western Australia (Inc)

Constitution – Key Points

■ Aims and Objectives are similar to those developed by YWA for ORWA

■ ORWA (inc) is a registered Association that consists of Ordinary Members and Associate Members

■ Only Ordinary Members can vote to elect the Board of ORWA (inc) which is limited to six members

■ A minimum of 4 members of the Board must be Ordinary Members

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§ An Ordinary Member must be a Boat Owner and have competed in five offshore events in the past two years