Rule B5: CHANGES TO THE RULES OF PART 5

Section B — Windsurfing Fleet Racing Rules

Windsurfing fleet races (including marathon races) shall be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by this appendix. The term ‘boat’ elsewhere in the rules means ‘board’ or ‘boat’ as appropriate. A marathon race is a race intended to last more than one hour.

Note: Links to windsurfing rules for some other formats or competitions can be found on the World Sailing website.

CHANGES TO THE RULES OF PART 5

60.2: Intention to Protest

Rule 60.2(a)(1) is changed to:

(1) If the protestor is a board, she shall hail ‘Protest’ at the first reasonable opportunity. She shall also inform the race committee of her intention to protest as soon as practicable after she finishes or retires.

60.3: Delivering a Protest

Add to rule 60.3(a):

This rule does not apply to a race in an elimination series that will qualify a board to compete in a later stage of an event.

60.4: Protest Validity

In rule 60.4(a)(2), delete ‘or did not see’.

61.4: Redress Decisions

In rule 61.4(b)(2) and 61.4(b)(3), change ‘injury or physical damage’ to ‘injury, physical damage or capsize’.

63.4: Hearing Procedure

Add to rule 63.4:

However, for an elimination series race that will qualify a board to compete in a later stage of an event, protests and requests for redress need not be in writing; they shall be made orally to a member of the protest committee as soon as reasonably possible following the race. The protest committee may take evidence in any way it considers appropriate and may communicate its decision orally.

63.5: Decisions

Rule 63.5(d) is changed to:

(d) If the protest committee is in doubt about a matter concerning the measurement of a board, the meaning of a class rule, or damage to a board, it shall refer its questions, together with the relevant facts, to an authority responsible for interpreting the rule. In making its decision, the committee is bound by the authority’s reply.

63.6: Informing the Parties and Others

Add to rule 63.6(b):

This rule does not apply to a race in an elimination series that will qualify a board to compete in a later stage of an event.

70.3: APPEALS AND REQUESTS TO A NATIONAL AUTHORITY

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.

Section B — Windsurfing Fleet Racing Rules

Note: Links to windsurfing rules for some other formats or competitions can be found on the World Sailing website.

CHANGES TO THE RULES OF PART 5

60.2: Intention to Protest

Rule 60.2(a)(1) is changed to:

(1) If the protestor is a board, she shall hail ‘Protest’ at the first reasonable opportunity. She shall also inform the race committee of her intention to protest as soon as practicable after she finishes or retires.

60.3: Delivering a Protest

Add to rule 60.3(a):

This rule does not apply to a race in an elimination series that will qualify a board to compete in a later stage of an event.

60.4: Protest Validity

In rule 60.4(a)(2), delete ‘or did not see’.

61.4: Redress Decisions

In rule 61.4(b)(2) and 61.4(b)(3), change ‘injury or physical damage’ to ‘injury, physical damage or capsize’.

63.4: Hearing Procedure

Add to rule 63.4:

63.5: Decisions

Rule 63.5(d) is changed to:

(d) If the protest committee is in doubt about a matter concerning the measurement of a board, the meaning of a class rule, or damage to a board, it shall refer its questions, together with the relevant facts, to an authority responsible for interpreting the rule. In making its decision, the committee is bound by the authority’s reply.

63.6: Informing the Parties and Others

Add to rule 63.6(b):

This rule does not apply to a race in an elimination series that will qualify a board to compete in a later stage of an event.

70.3: APPEALS AND REQUESTS TO A NATIONAL AUTHORITY

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.