16. RISK AND LIABILITY
The Chicago Yacht Club, its officers, directors, members, sponsors, employees and agents, the CYCMC, the Race Committee, the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac Jury and any other Committee of the Club shall not be liable for any injury or damage whatsoever to persons or property which may occur during or arise out of or in connection with this Race Notice is hereby given to all participants including spectators, officials and others that they participate in this event solely at their own risk.
17. PHOTOGRAPHY

18. INSPECTION
An entered boat shall be subject to inspection by the Race Committee from 1200 CDT Wednesday prior to the Race until the boat has properly completed any post-race inspection and has properly completed its post-finish sign-in. The Race Committee may protest a boat failing to comply with any of the rules and regulations specified in this Notice and Conditions of Race, Notices to Competitors and Sailing Instructions.

74. Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs) -- Each crew member sixteen (16) years of age or older shall have either:
1. a Type 1 U.S. Coast Guard approved PFD or,
2. an inflatable PFD having at least thirty-two (32) pounds buoyancy and designed to securely suspend an unconscious person face upwards at approximately forty-five (45) degrees to the water surface. All inflatable PFDs shall have a compressed gas inflation system. Inflatable PFDs need not have a water-activated auto-inflate system in order to satisfy this requirement. Belt pack PFDs with rip cord inflation providing at least thirty-two (32) pounds of buoyancy may be used to satisfy this requirement.
Each crew member under sixteen (16) years of age shall have a U.S. Coast Guard approved PFD appropriate for the crew member's age and weight and suitable for offshore sailing conditions, as determined by the Person-In-Charge.