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Part 5 — When Boats Meet

Section B — General Limitations

63.1

Rights of Parties

(a) All parties to a hearing shall be (1) informed of the time and place of the hearing, (2) given access to the protest, request for redress, or report to be considered at the hearing, (3) allowed reasonable time to prepare for the hearing, and (4) allowed to have a representative present throughout the hearing of the evidence but, in a protest involving a breach of a rule of Part 2, 3 or 4, representatives of boats shall have been on board at the time of the incident unless there is good reason for the protest committee to decide otherwise. (b) If a party does not come to a hearing, the protest committee may proceed with the hearing in their absence.

Definitions in Context

Boat

A sailboat and the crew on board, that are subject to the rules.

Rule

The complete written rules contained in this document, which includes all racing rules including those established by the International Sailing Federation and other governing authorities.

Related Cases

Case 48

Part 5 of the racing rules aims to protect a boat from being unfairly treated, not to provide loopholes for protestees. A protestee has a duty to protect herself by acting reasonably before a hearing.

Case 49

When two protests arise from the same incident, or from very closely connected incidents, they should be heard together in the presence of representatives of all the boats involved.

Rule 63.2

(a) The protest committee shall hear each protest or request delivered unless it allows it to be withdrawn. (b) The protest committee may combine hearings which...

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