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Rule E4.2

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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.

E4.2

Outside Help

Rule 41 is changed to:

A boat or the competitor controlling her shall not receive help from any outside source, except

(a) help needed as a direct result of a competitor becoming ill, injured or in danger;
(b) when the boat is entangled with another boat, help from the other competitor;
(c) when the boat is disabled or in danger, help from the race committee;
(d) help in the form of information freely available to all competitors;
(e) unsolicited information from a disinterested source. A competitor is not a disinterested source unless acting as an observer.

Definitions in Context

Boat

A sailboat and the crew on board, that are subject to the rules.

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.

Race

A race is a sailing competition that is held under these rules and is conducted by a host organization according to the sailing instructions.

Rule E4.1

Rules 40 , 44.3 , 45 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 52 , 54 , 55 and 56 are deleted.

Rule E4.3

Rule 44.1 is changed to: A boat may take a One-Turn Penalty when she may have broken one or more rules of Part 2, or rule 31 , in an incident while racing . How...

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