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Part 4 — Other Requirements When Racing

Section B — Equipment-Related Requirements

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49.1

Competitors shall use no device designed to position their bodies outboard, other than hiking straps and stiffeners worn under the thighs.

Rule 49.2

When lifelines are required by the class rules or any other rule , competitors shall not position any part of their torsos outside them, except briefly to perfo...