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Part appendices

Section E — Radio Sailing Racing Rules

Radio sailing races shall be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by this appendix.

Note: Development Rules for Umpired Radio Sailing is available on the World Sailing website.

E4

RULES OF PART 4

E4.1: Deleted Rules in Part 4

Rules 40, 44.3, 45, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 55 and 56 are deleted.

E4.2: Outside Help

Rule 41 is changed to:

A boat or the competitor controlling her shall not receive help from any outside source, except

  • (a) help needed as a direct result of a competitor becoming ill, injured or in danger;
  • (b) when the boat is entangled with another boat, help from the other competitor;
  • (c) when the boat is disabled or in danger, help from the race committee;
  • (d) help in the form of information freely available to all competitors;
  • (e) unsolicited information from a disinterested source. A competitor is not a disinterested source unless acting as an observer.

E4.3: Taking a Penalty

Rule 44.1 is changed to:

A boat may take a One-Turn Penalty when she may have broken one or more rules of Part 2, or rule 31, in an incident while racing. However,

  • (a) when she may have broken a rule of Part 2 and rule 31 in the same incident she need not take the penalty for breaking rule 31;
  • (b) if the boat gained an advantage in the heat or race by her breach despite taking a penalty, her penalty shall be additional One-Turn Penalties until her advantage is lost;
  • (c) if the boat caused serious damage, or as a result of breaking a rule of Part 2 she caused another boat to become disabled and retire, her penalty shall be to retire.

E4.4: Person in Charge

Rule 46 is changed to: ‘The member or organization that entered the boat shall designate the competitor. See rule 75.’

Definitions in Context

Racing

A boat is racing from her preparatory signal until she finishes and clears the finishing line and marks or retires, or until the race committee signals a general recall, postponement or abandonment.

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 E3

Unless the sailing instructions specify a control area, it shall be unrestricted. competitors shall be in this area when controlling boats that are racing , exc...

Rule E5

- (a) The race committee may appoint observers, who may be competitors. - (b) Observers shall hail the sail numbers of boats that make contact with a mark or an...

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