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Section C — Match Racing Rules

Match races shall be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by this appendix. Matches shall be umpired unless the notice of race or sailing instructions state otherwise.

Note: A Standard Notice of Race, Standard Sailing Instructions, and Match Racing Rules for Visually Impaired Sailors are available on the World Sailing website.

C11.2

Knockout Series

Ties (including 0–0) between competitors in a knockout series shall be broken by the following methods, in order, until the tie is broken. The tie shall be decided in favour of the competitor who

  • (a) has the highest place in the most recent round-robin series, applying rule C11.1 if necessary;
  • (b) has won the most recent match in the event between the tied competitors.

Rule C11.1

In a round-robin series competitors are assigned to one or more groups and scheduled to sail against all other competitors in their group one or more times. Eac...

Rule C11.3

When rule C11.1 or C11.2 does not resolve a tie, - (a) if the tie needs to be resolved for a later stage of the event (or another event for which the event is a...