Rule 5: RULES GOVERNING ORGANIZING AUTHORITIES AND OFFICIALS

RULES GOVERNING ORGANIZING AUTHORITIES AND OFFICIALS

The organizing authority, a committee and other race officials shall be governed by the rules in the conduct and judging of the event.

Definitions in Context

Committee

The protest committee, the race committee or the technical committee.

Rule

(a) The rules in this book, including the Definitions, Race Signals, Introduction, preambles and the rules of relevant appendices, but not the Basic Principles or titles;
(b) World Sailing Regulations that have been designated by World Sailing as having the status of a rule and are published on the World Sailing website;
(c) the prescriptions of the national authority, unless they are changed by the notice of race or sailing instructions in compliance with the national authority’s prescription, if any, to rule 88.2;
(d) the class rules (for a boat racing under a handicap or rating system, the rules of that system are ‘class rules’);
(e) the notice of race;
(f) the sailing instructions; and
(g) any other documents that govern the event.

Related Cases

Case 44

A boat is not permitted to protest a race committee for breaking a rule. However, if she tries to do so, her ‘protest’ may meet the requirements of a request for redress, in which case the protest committee shall treat it accordingly.