NZIODA have decided to simplify and reduce the cost to parents with regards to replacement boat registration booklets or change of ownership for boats 10 years or older.
If your Optimist was registered before 1 January 2016 it is no longer required to have a Registration / Measurement Booklet and you are NOT required to purchase a new booklet for general regattas or when you are selling / buying an optimist. This usually applies to boats with sail numbers lower than 4726.
However, if you are competing in an NZIODA event in Open Fleet with a boat registered after 1 January 2016 then you will still be required to hold a Registration / Measurement booklet. If you need to obtain a Replacement Book or register a change of ownership for an Optimist registered after 1 January 2016 then you will need to contact our NZIODA registrar.
Our current NZIODA Registrar is Kathie Elliott at Sail One, 29 Leighton St, Grey Lynn, Auckland. If you have any queries or require a copy of the form please contact her at:
To get your equipment certified by a NZIODA approved measurer it will cost you $10 per certificate. Each certificate may contain multiple equipment items e.g. A Foil Certificate includes both Centerboard and Rudder. A Spar certificate includes Mast, Boom and Sprit.
This charge goes to the Measurer to recover a small portion of their costs that include time, travel cost and printing but by no means fully covers their costs so please treat them well!
The international one-design Optimist relies on rules and measurement to maintain the appeal of an even playing field.
You can find the list of the official NZIODA measurers here.
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