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Appendix D — Team Racing Rules

Team races shall be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by this appendix.

D5.3

The race committee shall decide requests for a score change in accordance with rules D5.4 and D5.5. It may take evidence in any way it considers appropriate and may communicate its decision orally.

Rule D5.2

When a boat suffers a breakdown in the racing area, she may request a score change by displaying a red flag at the first reasonable opportunity after the breakd...

Rule D5.4

When the race committee decides that the team’s score was made significantly worse, that the breakdown was through no fault of the crew, and that in the same ci...