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Part 5 — When Boats Meet

Section B — General Limitations

64

Discretionary Penalties

When a boat reports within the protest time limit that she has broken a rule which is subject to a discretionary penalty, the protest committee shall decide the appropriate penalty having first considered the evidence that it considers appropriate. There is no requirement to hold a hearing.

Definitions in Context

Committee

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

Protest

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

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.

Rule 63

(a) All parties to a hearing shall be (1) informed of the time and place of the hearing, (2) given access to the protest, request for redress, or report to be c...

Rule 65

Questions of legal liability arising from a breach of a rule, including any claims for monetary damages, shall be governed by prescriptions, if any, of the nati...

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