Rule E4: RULES OF PART 4

RULES OF PART 4

Rules 40, 44.3, 45, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 55 and 56 are deleted.

Rule 41 is changed to:

A boat or the competitor controlling her shall not receive help from any outside source, except

(a) help needed as a direct result of a competitor becoming ill, injured or in danger;
(b) when the boat is entangled with another boat, help from the other competitor;
(c) when the boat is disabled or in danger, help from the race committee;
(d) help in the form of information freely available to all competitors;
(e) unsolicited information from a disinterested source. A competitor is not a disinterested source unless acting as an observer.

Rule 44.1 is changed to:

A boat may take a One-Turn Penalty when she may have broken one or more rules of Part 2, or rule 31, in an incident while racing. However,

(a) when she may have broken a rule of Part 2 and rule 31 in the same incident she need not take the penalty for breaking rule 31;
(b) if the boat gained an advantage in the heat or race by her breach despite taking a penalty, her penalty shall be additional One-Turn Penalties until her advantage is lost;
(c) if the boat caused serious damage, or as a result of breaking a rule of Part 2 she caused another boat to become disabled and retire, her penalty shall be to retire.

Rule 46 is changed to: ‘The member or organization that entered the boat shall designate the competitor. See rule 75.’