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Part appendices

Section D — Team Racing Rules

Team races shall be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by this appendix.

D2.6

Limitations on Other Proceedings

  • (a) A boat may not protest under rule D1.3(b) or D2.5.
  • (b) A decision, action or non-action of an umpire shall not be
    (1) the basis for a request for redress or appeal by a boat, or
    (2) grounds for abandoning a race after it has started.
  • (c) However, the protest committee may call a hearing to consider redress when it believes that an umpire boat may have seriously interfered with a boat racing.

Definitions in Context

Abandon

A race that a race committee or protest committee abandons is void but may be resailed.

Racing

Racing is the period from the preparatory signal until a boat finishes or retires, or the race committee signals the start or abandonment of the race.

Start

A boat starts when, her hull having been entirely on the pre-start side of the starting line at or after her starting signal, and having complied with rule 30.1 if it applies, any part of her hull crosses the starting line from the pre-start side to the course side.

Rule D2.5

A boat penalized by an umpire shall take a Two-Turns Penalty. However, when a boat is penalized under rule D2.3 and an umpire hails or signals a number of turns...

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