Rule C9: REQUESTS FOR REDRESS OR REOPENING; APPEALS; OTHER PROCEEDINGS

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.

REQUESTS FOR REDRESS OR REOPENING; APPEALS; OTHER PROCEEDINGS

C9.1:

There shall be no request for redress or an appeal from a decision made under rule C5, C6, C7 or C8. Rule 63.7(b) is changed to: ‘A party to the hearing may not ask for a reopening.’

C9.2:

A competitor may not base a request for redress on a claim that an action by an official boat was improper. The protest committee may decide to consider giving redress in such circumstances but only if it believes that an official boat, including an umpire boat, may have seriously interfered with a competing boat.

C9.3:

No proceedings of any kind may be taken in relation to any action or non-action by the umpires, except as permitted in rule C9.2.

REQUESTS FOR REDRESS OR REOPENING; APPEALS; OTHER PROCEEDINGS

C9.1:

There shall be no request for redress or an appeal from a decision made under rule C5, C6, C7 or C8. Rule 63.7(b) is changed to: ‘A party to the hearing may not ask for a reopening.’

C9.2:

C9.3:

No proceedings of any kind may be taken in relation to any action or non-action by the umpires, except as permitted in rule C9.2.