Appendix E — Radio Sailing Racing Rules

Rule 60.4(a)(2) is changed to:

• (a) A protest is invalid
  • (2) if it is from a boat that alleges a breach of a rule of Part 2, 3 or 4, but was not scheduled to sail in the heat where the incident occurred, or

Add new rule 60.4(a)(4):

• (a) A protest is invalid
  • (4) if it is from a boat or competitor and alleges a breach of rule E2 or E3.7.

When a committee learns that a competitor may have broken a rule, it may protest the boat controlled by that competitor.

Rule 60.2(a)(1) is changed to:

• (1) If the protestor is a boat, she shall inform the other boat at the first reasonable opportunity by hailing ‘(Her own sail number) protest (the sail number of the other boat)’.

The boat protesting or requesting redress about an incident while racing shall inform the race committee as soon as reasonably possible after finishing or retiring.

A protest, request for redress or request for reopening shall be delivered to the race committee no later than ten minutes after the last boat in the heat finishes or after the relevant incident, whichever is later.

Rules 61.4(b)(2) and 61.4(b)(3) are changed to:

• (2) injury, physical damage or becoming disabled because of the action of a boat that was breaking a rule of Part 2 and took an appropriate penalty or was penalized,
• (3) injury, physical damage or becoming disabled because of the action of a vessel not racing that was required to keep clear or is determined to be at fault under the IRPCAS or a government right-of-way rule.

Add new rule 61.4(b)(6):

• (6) external radio interference acknowledged by the race committee.

Add to rule 61.4(c):

If a boat is given redress because she was damaged, her redress shall include reasonable time, but not more than 30 minutes, to make repairs before her next heat.

In rule 63.1(a)(4) ‘the representatives of boats shall have been on board’ is changed to ‘the representative of each boat shall be the competitor designated to control her’.

Add new rule 63.4(f):

• (f) When the protest concerns an alleged breach of a rule of Part 2, 3 or 4, any witness shall have been in the control area at the time of the incident. A witness who is a competitor, and who was not acting as an observer, must also have been scheduled to race in the relevant heat.