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Part 5 — When Boats Meet

Section D — Other Rules

When rule 21 or 22 applies between two boats, Section A rules do not.

70.3

There is no right to appeal decisions: (a) of an international jury properly constituted under Appendix N, (b) that are essential to promptly determine the result of a race that will qualify a boat to compete in a later stage of an event or a subsequent event (and the national authority may prescribe that its approval is required for the use of this rule), (c) made at an event open only to boats entered by (1) an organization affiliated to the national authority, or a member of such an organization, or (2) a personal member of the national authority, provided the national authority has granted its approval for the use of this rule, or (d) made at an event by a protest committee constituted as required by Appendix N, except that only two members of the protest committee need be International Judges, and provided that the national authority has granted its approval to the use of this rule after consultation with World Sailing. However, (b), (c) and (d) shall only apply if specified in the notice of race or sailing instructions.

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 70.2

A protest committee may request confirmation or correction of its decision by the national authority.

Rule 70.4

In rules 70 to 72, the national authority means the one to which the organizing authority is associated under rule 89.1 . However, if boats will pass through th...

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