Preview notice

Notice: This site is an early preview and may include errors or omissions. Verify against official sources and do not rely on this site alone when making decisions.

Notice: This site is an early preview and may include errors or omissions. Verify against official sources and do not rely on this site alone when making decisions.

ClassNational

Appendix

Rules Explorer
Case Book
Prescriptions
Q&A
Guides

Navigation menu

Rules Explorer
Case Book
Prescriptions
Q&A
Guides

Home/
Rules/
Rule d5.5

© 2026 Protest Room

Sources & AttributionPrivacy statement

Rule D5.5 | Protest Room

Appendices

Appendix D — Team Racing Rules

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

EN • HE

D5.5

A breakdown caused by defective supplied equipment or a breach of a rule by an opponent shall not normally be determined to be the fault of the crew, but one caused by careless handling, capsizing or a breach by a boat on the same team shall be. If there is doubt, it shall be presumed that the crew are not at fault.

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...