38:I[16466,["/_next/static/chunks/0_9~57k0xqhim.js","/_next/static/chunks/0k1l.7zpw-o_k.js","/_next/static/chunks/0g~uuqo4.nt4z.js","/_next/static/chunks/08g7ga1qgfosc.js","/_next/static/chunks/0eizuh4vlnt8g.js","/_next/static/chunks/0u3z03-.3ch70.js","/_next/static/chunks/07psi~jxhj.9q.js","/_next/static/chunks/12a-8hxb3trpq.js","/_next/static/chunks/04bjn_mu.juyz.js","/_next/static/chunks/0m-or5mxivj2m.js","/_next/static/chunks/0ow7.gxrmni1a.js","/_next/static/chunks/09luc43m1zueg.js"],"RuleDetailClient"] 39:T48b,Rule 89.1 specifies the types of organizations that are authorized to be the organizing authority for an event governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing. The organizing authority for the event was a club, but that club was not affiliated to the national authority of the venue. Therefore, the club was not a valid organizing authority under rule 89.1(c), nor was it a valid organizing authority under any other part of rule 89. Rule 70.4 identifies the national authority to which an appeal is to be sent as being ‘the one to which the organizing authority is associated under rule 89.1’. No national authority existed that complied with this requirement of rule 70.4, and therefore decisions made by the protest committee for the event were not eligible under rule 70 to be appealed to the national authority of the venue, or, indeed, to any national authority. For these reasons, consideration of the appeal is denied. 3a:T54e,The following comments discuss issues that, while not directly related to the Decision in this case, are related to the issues raised in the case. Rule 75 requires a person who enters a boat in an event to be either a member of a World Sailing member national authority or of a club or other organization affiliated to such a national authority. Also, if a boat is entered by a club or organization, that club or organization is required to be affiliated to such a national authority. Rule 6.1 requires competitors to comply with the World Sailing Code of Ethics. When competitors compete in an event organized by an unaffiliated club, they, perhaps unwittingly, may be competing in an event listed in paragraph 9.1 of the Code of Ethics. Competing in such an event could have serious consequences for a competitor’s eligibility to compete in other events. If sailors planning to compete in an event run by a club or organization discover that the club or organization is not affiliated with the national authority of the country in which it is located, they should urge the club or organization to join or otherwise affiliate itself with the national authority before the event, or at least to seek out an affiliated organization to serve as the organizing authority for the event. 3b:T48b,Rule 89.1 specifies the types of organizations that are authorized to be the organizing authority for an event governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing. The organizing authority for the event was a club, but that club was not affiliated to the national authority of the venue. Therefore, the club was not a valid organizing authority under rule 89.1(c), nor was it a valid organizing authority under any other part of rule 89. Rule 70.4 identifies the national authority to which an appeal is to be sent as being ‘the one to which the organizing authority is associated under rule 89.1’. No national authority existed that complied with this requirement of rule 70.4, and therefore decisions made by the protest committee for the event were not eligible under rule 70 to be appealed to the national