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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.

E6.1

Protest Validity

Rule 60.4(a)(2) is changed to:

  • (a) A protest is invalid
    (2) if it is from a boat that alleges a breach of a rule of Part 2, 3 or 4, but was not scheduled to sail in the heat where the incident occurred, or

Add new rule 60.4(a)(4):

  • (a) A protest is invalid
    (4) if it is from a boat or competitor and alleges a breach of rule E2 or E3.7.

Definitions in Context

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 E6.2

When a committee learns that a competitor may have broken a rule , it may protest the boat controlled by that competitor.

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