OUTLAW EAGLE MANUFACTURING

[SouthIdahoGary]

Fees and Memberships for Drivers and Navigators

TO GET STARTED……

US Racers-Both Driver and Navigator-APBA YEARLY Racing Membership required (you can not be a single event member and win a World Championship) $165.00. They can be purchased online, with a credit card, now for the 2012 season:

For a NEW membership- http://www.apba-racing.com/new.html
For a Renewal membership- http://www.apba-racing.com/renew.html
No UIM card is necessary.

Non US Racers-Both Driver and Navigator-You must have a letter of authorization from your National Authority (You race with your National authority license and do NOT need to purchase an APBA yearly license, however, you do need to purchase an APBA Single Event racing membership ($50) for insurance purposes-available on site at registration)

[146aquaholic]

Is the UIM card a new requirement?

[ALEX]

So most racers would be best to buy an APBA membership on site.....?
$100.00 UIM fee plus $50.00 insurance otherwise

[SouthIdahoGary]

I can not answer either question for now. For both of the above quetions I am still seeking further light and knowledge (and a determination).

The cost for an APBA whole year racing membership for Jet River Racer is $165.00. I am not sure if that is the same if done at the event and not already in hand.....

[SouthIdahoGary]

OK!!! I have a clarification here:

First, a "definition" or two to aid things along.

When we are asking a foreign national to buy a single event membership in the APBA, we need to stress that it is for our insurance program only. The UIM rules do not allow a driver to belong to more than one National Authority (a UIM NA).
The UIM Card is an APBA item which reimburses the APBA to help a competitor who is going to race in a foreign National Authority event (UIM rule book, letter of entry, measurement cert., etc.).

All UIM NAs have a membership level that allows their members to race in international races, similar to the function of our UIM Card.

A racer may only belong to his own nation's NA unless he has permission from his NA to join another nation's NA. His NA nation is that nation in which he holds citizenship or passport.

To enter a UIM international race, the competitor must have a letter (or membership card) from his own NA authorizing him to compete in the event. This is done so there is some control over racers in the event an NA has "beached" or penalized a driver and he is trying to get around the penalty.

The racer must be a member of the UIM NA in his own nation to compete in a UIM international race (Worlds or not).

So, at registration you need to have the USA competitors join APBA as annual members. You need to see the foreign entrants' membership document from their NA, the letter of authorization from their NA and have them join the APBA as a single event (insurance) member. If a foreign driver wishes to compete under the USA flag, he may join the APBA (annual membership) but must show a letter from his nation's NA allowing him to do so.

[Guest]

In plain english:

Canada racers must present a document that indicates they are affiliated to the Canadian Boating Federation.

New Zealand Racers must present a document that indicates they are affiliated to the New Zealand Powerboat Federation

Mexican racers will present a document that indicates they are affiliated to the Federacion Mexicana de Motonauticas.

And so on...

[ALEX]

You may want to check with the APBA re memberships to non US citizens..

I have been a racing member of the APBA in the past (I am Canadian) and I went in to the site and my number and info are still there and I could renew online ie the APBA has always welcomed aliens in the past.

It may be easier logistically if you have a procedure in place for on site registration/memberships...I am sure you will have participants ...especially crewmembers...show up without paperwork from the national authorities.
Also some countries do not have a UIM affiliate

[SouthIdahoGary]

This Worlds event is being held under the banner and sanction of the UIM as an international event so the UIM rules apply.

From the UIM Rulebook:

Section 102.02

Any National Authority has the right to deliver licences to:
- its nationals
- nationals of another country affiliated to the UIM only with the written agreement of the National Authority of that nation.
-With the approval of the UIM a National Authority may also deliver licences to persons belonging to a country which is not yet affiliated to the UIM.
-Drivers are only permitted to hold licences from one National Authority.

With the UIM in charge and with their officials on site-the option of what “we” can and can not do may not be an option.....

Previous events held in the States, that were NOT held under the UIM banner would have required an APBA membership of a Non US Citizen to satisfy insurance mandates and to have jurisdictional authority. (Like when folks have come down to Riggins for the race).

If you have an APBA racing license and / or register with one you would race under the US banner and as a US entrant.

MY OPINION only: It would seem that a Non US crew member / navigator could obtain an APBA membership and be allowed to participate.

The safe play will be to have your own National Authority paperwork