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Part appendices

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.

E6.6

Redress Decisions

Rules 61.4(b)(2) and 61.4(b)(3) are changed to:

  • (2) injury, physical damage or becoming disabled because of the action of a boat that was breaking a rule of Part 2 and took an appropriate penalty or was penalized,
  • (3) injury, physical damage or becoming disabled because of the action of a vessel not racing that was required to keep clear or is determined to be at fault under the IRPCAS or a government right-of-way rule.

Add new rule 61.4(b)(6):

  • (6) external radio interference acknowledged by the race committee.

Add to rule 61.4(c):

If a boat is given redress because she was damaged, her redress shall include reasonable time, but not more than 30 minutes, to make repairs before her next heat.

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.

Keep Clear

A boat keeps clear of a right-of-way boat (a) if the right-of-way boat can sail her course with no need to take avoiding action and, (b) when the boats are overlapped, if the right-of-way boat can also change course in both directions without immediately making contact.

Rule E6.5

A protest , request for redress or request for reopening shall be delivered to the race committee no later than ten minutes after the last boat in the heat fini...

Rule E6.7

In rule 63.1(a)(4) ‘the representatives of boats shall have been on board’ is changed to ‘the representative of each boat shall be the competitor designated to...

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