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Section F — Kiteboarding Racing Rules

Kiteboarding course races shall be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by this appendix. The term ‘boat’ elsewhere in the rules means ‘kiteboard’ or ‘boat’ as appropriate.

Note: Links to kiteboard rules for some other formats or competitions can be found on the World Sailing website.

63.8

Hearing Procedure for an Elimination Series

Add new rule 63.8:

For a race of an elimination series that will qualify a kiteboard
to compete in a later stage of an event:

  • (a) Rules 60.3(a) and (b), 61.2(a), 63.6(b) are deleted.
  • (b) Rule 63.4 is changed to:
    Protests and requests for redress need not be in writing; they shall be made orally to a member of the protest committee as soon as reasonably possible following the race. The protest committee may take evidence in any way it considers appropriate and may communicate its decision orally.

Definitions in Context

Protest

An allegation made under rule 60 by a boat or a committee that a boat has broken a rule.

Rule 63.7

(a) The protest committee may reopen a hearing if it decides (1) a party was unavoidably absent from the hearing, (2) it may have made a significant error, or (...

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