RULES OF PART 4
E4.1: Deleted Rules in Part 4
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.
E4.3: Taking a Penalty
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. However,
- (a) when she may have broken a rule of Part 2 and rule 31 in the same incident she need not take the penalty for breaking rule 31;
- (b) if the boat gained an advantage in the heat or race by her breach despite taking a penalty, her penalty shall be additional One-Turn Penalties until her advantage is lost;
- (c) if the boat caused serious damage, or as a result of breaking a rule of Part 2 she caused another boat to become disabled and retire, her penalty shall be to retire.