APPENDIX F - KITEBOARDING RACING RULES

Rule 13 is deleted.

Rule 16 is changed to:

16.1 When a right-of-way kiteboard changes course or the position of her kite, she shall give the other kiteboard room to continue keeping clear.

16.2 In addition, on a beat to windward when a port-tack kiteboard is keeping clear by sailing to pass to leeward of a starboard-tack kiteboard, the starboard-tack kiteboard shall not bear away or change the position of her kite if as a result the port-tack kiteboard must change course or the position of her kite immediately to continue keeping clear.

Rule 17 is deleted.

Rule 18 is changed to:

18.1 When Rule 18 Applies
Rule 18 applies between kiteboards when they are required to leave a mark on the same side and at least one of them is in the zone. However, it does not apply

• (a) between kiteboards that are on opposite tacks when the first kiteboard reaches the zone; or
• (b) between a kiteboard approaching a mark and one leaving it.

Rule 18 no longer applies between kiteboards when mark-room has been given.

18.2 Giving Mark-Room

• (a) When the first of two kiteboards reaches the zone,
  • (1) if the kiteboards are overlapped, the outside kiteboard at that moment shall give the inside kiteboard mark-room.
  • (2) if the kiteboards are not overlapped, the kiteboard that has not reached the zone shall give mark-room.

When a kiteboard is required to give mark-room by this rule, she shall continue to do so for as long as this rule applies, even if later an overlap is broken or a new overlap begins.

• (b) Rule 18.2(a) no longer applies if either kiteboard referred to in this rule changes tack.
• (c) If the kiteboard entitled to mark-room leaves the zone, the entitlement to mark-room ceases and rule 18.2(a) is applied again if required based on the relationship of the kiteboards at the time rule 18.2(a) is re-applied.

18.3 Changing Tack in the Zone
When an inside overlapped right-of-way kiteboard must change tack at a mark to sail her proper course, until she changes tack she shall sail no farther from the mark than needed to sail that course if by so doing she affects the course of another kiteboard. Rule 18.3 does not apply at a gate mark or a finishing mark.

Rule 19.2(a) is changed to:

• (a) A right-of-way kiteboard may choose to pass an obstruction on her port or starboard side. If a right-of-way kiteboard changes course or the position of her kite when choosing on which side to pass the obstruction, she shall give the other kiteboard room to keep clear.

Rule 20.1(a) is changed to:

• (a) she is approaching an obstruction, and, to avoid it safely, will soon need to make a substantial change of her course or the position of her kite, and

Rule 20.4 is changed to:

20.4 Additional Requirements for Hails

The following arm signals are required in addition to the hails

• (a) for ‘Room to tack’, repeatedly and clearly circling one hand over the head; and
• (b) for ‘You tack’, repeatedly and clearly pointing at the other kiteboard and waving the arm to windward.

The preamble to Section D is changed to:

When rule 21 or 22 applies between two kiteboards, Section A and C rules do not.

Rule 21.3 is changed and new rule 21.4 is added:

21.3 During the last minute before her starting signal, a kiteboard that stops, slows down significantly, or one that is not making significant forward progress shall keep clear of all others unless she is accidentally capsized.

21.4 A kiteboard that is jumping shall keep clear of one that is not.

Rule 22 is changed to:

22.1 If possible, a kiteboard shall avoid a kiteboard that is capsized, is aground, or is trying to help a person or vessel in danger.

22.2 A kiteboard that is recovering shall keep clear of a kiteboard that is not.

Rule 26 is changed to:

Races shall be started by using the following signals. Times shall be taken from the visual signals; the absence of a sound signal shall be disregarded.

Rule 29.1 is deleted.

Rules 30.1 and 30.2 are deleted.
In rules 30.3 and 30.4, ‘hull’ is changed to ‘hull or competitor’.
In rule 30.4, ‘sail number’ is changed to ‘competitor number’.

Rule 36(b) is changed to:

• (b) cause a kiteboard to be penalized except under rule 2, 30.4 or 69 or under rule 14 when she has caused injury, serious damage or a tangle.

Add new rules 41(e) and 41(f):

• (e) help from another competitor in the same race to assist a relaunch;
• (f) help to change equipment, but only in the launching area.

Rule 42 is changed to:

42.1 Basic Rule
Except when permitted in rule 42.2, a kiteboard shall compete by using only the wind and water to increase, maintain or decrease her speed.

42.2 Exceptions

• (a) A kiteboard may be propelled by unassisted actions of the competitor on the kiteboard.
• (b) A competitor may swim, walk or paddle while capsized or recovering, provided that the kiteboard does not gain a significant advantage in the race.
• (c) Any means of propulsion may be used to help a person or another vessel in danger.

Rule 43.1(c) is changed to:

• (c) A right-of-way kiteboard, or one sailing within the room or mark-room to which she is entitled, is exonerated for breaking rule 14 if the contact does not cause damage, injury or a tangle.

Add new rule 43.1(d):

• (d) When a kiteboard breaks rule 15 and there is no contact, she is exonerated for her breach.

Rules 44.1 and 44.2 are changed to:

44.1 Taking a Penalty

A kiteboard 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. Alternatively, the notice of race or sailing instructions may specify the use of the Scoring Penalty or some other penalty, in which case the specified penalty shall replace the One-Turn Penalty. However,

• (a) when a kiteboard 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; and
• (b) if the kiteboard caused injury, serious damage or a tangle or, despite taking a penalty, gained a significant advantage or caused significant disadvantage to the other kiteboard in the race or series by her breach, her penalty shall be to retire.

44.2 One-Turn Penalty

After getting well clear of other kiteboards as soon after the incident as possible, a kiteboard takes a One-Turn Penalty by promptly making a 360° turn with her hull appendage in the water with no requirement for a tack or a gybe. When a kiteboard takes the penalty at or near the finishing line, her hull and competitor shall be completely on the course side of the line before she finishes.

Rule 50.1(a) is changed to:

• (a) competitors shall not wear or carry clothing or equipment for the purpose of increasing their weight. However, a competitor may wear a drinking container that shall have a capacity of at least one litre and weigh no more than 1.5 kilograms when full.

Rules 45, 48.2, 49, 50.2, 51, 52, 54, 55 and 56.1 are deleted.

Rules 60.2(a), 60.2(b) and 60.2(c) are changed to:

• (a) If a protest concerns an incident observed by the protestor in the racing area:
  (1) If the protestor is a kiteboard, she shall hail ‘Protest’ at the first reasonable opportunity.
  (2) If the protestor is a committee, it shall inform the kiteboard after the race within the protest time limit of its intention to protest her.
• (b) However, if
  (1) the protestee is not within hailing distance at the time of the incident,
  (2) the incident was an error in sailing the course,
  (3) the incident was not observed by the protestor in the racing area, or
  (4) a protest committee decides to protest a kiteboard under rule 60.4(c),
  then the only requirement for the protestor is to inform the protestee of its intention to protest at the first reasonable opportunity.
• (c) If at the time of the incident it is obvious to a protesting kiteboard that a member of either crew is in danger, or that injury, serious damage or a tangle has resulted, rules 60.2(a) and 60.2(b) do not apply to her, but she shall attempt to inform the other kiteboard within the protest time limit of her intention to protest.

Rules 60.5(d)(1) and 60.5(d)(2) are changed to:

• (d) If the protest committee decides that a kiteboard has deviations in excess of acceptable manufacturing tolerances:
  (1) The kiteboard shall not be penalized if any deviations in excess of tolerances specified were caused by damage or normal wear and they did not improve the performance of the kiteboard.
  (2) However, the kiteboard shall not race again until any such deviations have been corrected unless the protest committee decides there is, or has been, no reasonable opportunity to do so.

Add new rule 60.5(e):

• (e) If the protest committee decides that a kiteboard has broken a rule and is not exonerated and, as a result, caused a tangle for the second or subsequent time during the event, her penalty shall be a disqualification that is not excludable.

Rule 70.3(b) is changed to:

• (b) that are essential to promptly determine the result of a race that will qualify a board to compete in a subsequent event (a national authority may prescribe that its permission is required for such a procedure);

Add new rule 70.3(e):

• (e) made in an elimination series that will qualify a board to compete in a later stage of an event.

The last sentence of rule 90.2(c) is changed to: ‘Oral instructions may be given only if the procedure is stated in the sailing instructions.’

Rule A1 is changed to:

The number of races scheduled and the number required to be scored to constitute a series shall be stated in the notice of race or sailing instructions; see rule 90.3(a). If an event includes more than one discipline or format, the notice of race or sailing instructions shall state how the overall scores are to be calculated.

Add new rule A5.4:

A5.4 For an elimination series race that will qualify a board to compete in a later stage of an event, a board that did not sail the course, retired or was disqualified shall be scored points equal to the number of boards permitted to sail in that race.

Add to Rule A10:

DCT Disqualified after causing a tangle in an incident