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Part appendices

Section R — Procedures For Appeals And Requests

See rule 70. A national authority may change this appendix by prescription, but it shall not be changed by the notice of race or sailing instructions.

Time periods shall be extended by the national authority when there is good reason to do so.

R1

APPEALS AND REQUESTS

Appeals, requests by protest committees for confirmation or correction of their decisions, and requests for interpretations of the rules shall be made in compliance with this appendix.

Definitions in Context

Committee

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

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 P5

Rule P5 applies if the class rules permit pumping, rocking and ooching when the wind speed exceeds a specified limit. - (a) The race committee may signal that p...

Rule R2

- (a) no later than seven days after receiving the protest committee’s written decision or its decision not to reopen a hearing, the appellant shall send an app...

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