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Section E — Radio Sailing Racing Rules

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

Note: Development Rules for Umpired Radio Sailing is available on the World Sailing website.

E2

ADDITIONAL RULES WHEN RACING

Rule E2 applies only while boats are racing.

E2.1: Hailing Requirements

  • (a) A hail shall be made and repeated as appropriate so that the competitors to whom the hail is directed might reasonably be expected to hear it.
  • (b) When a rule requires a boat to hail or respond, the hail shall be made by the competitor controlling the boat.
  • (c) The individual digits of a boat’s sail number shall be hailed; for example ‘one five’, not ‘fifteen’.

E2.2: Giving Advice

A competitor shall not give tactical or strategic advice to a competitor controlling a boat that is racing.

E2.3: Boat Out of Radio Control

A competitor whose boat loses radio control shall promptly hail ‘(The boat’s sail number) out of control’ and the boat shall retire.

E2.4: Transmitter Aerials

If a transmitter aerial is longer than 200mm when extended, the extremity shall be adequately protected.

E2.5: Radio Interference

Transmission of radio signals that cause interference with the control of other boats is prohibited. A competitor that has broken this rule shall not race again until permitted to do so by the race committee.

Definitions in Context

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.

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.

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