CHANGES TO THE RULES OF PART 5
WF5-60.5: Protest Decisions
Rule 60.5(d)(1) is changed to:
- (d) If the protest committee decides that a wingfoil has broken a class rule:
- (1) the wingfoil shall not be penalized if any deviations in excess of acceptable manufacturing tolerances were caused by damage or normal wear and they did not improve the performance of the wingfoil.
WF5-63: CONDUCT OF HEARINGS
WF5-63.5: Decisions
Rule 63.5(d) is changed to:
- (d) When the protest committee is in doubt about any matter concerning the measurement of a wingfoil, the interpretation of a class rule, or a matter involving damage to a wingfoil, it shall refer its questions, together with the relevant facts, to an authority responsible for interpreting the rule. In making its decision, the committee shall be bound by the reply of the authority.
WF5-63.8: Hearing Procedure for an Elimination Series
Add new rule 63.8:
For a race of an elimination series that will qualify a wingfoil to compete in a later stage of an event:
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(a) Rule 61.4(b)(1) is changed to:
an improper action or improper omission of a committee or the organizing authority, but not by a protest committee’s decision or its procedures,
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(b) A wingfoil intending to protest or request redress based on an incident while racing, shall also inform the race committee of her intention to protest or request redress as soon as practicable after she finishes. However, if the wingfoil retires from the race or the race committee signals a postponement, general recall or abandonment, she shall inform the race committee at the first reasonable opportunity.
For all other protests and requests for redress, the wingfoil shall inform either the race committee or protest committee of her intention at the first reasonable opportunity.
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(c) Hearing procedures (except for hearings under rule 69.2):
- (1) Protests and requests for redress need not be in writing. They shall be made orally to a member of the protest committee as soon as reasonably possible, which may be after the race. This changes rules 60.3 and 61.2.
- (2) The protest committee may schedule the hearing and inform the parties in any way it considers appropriate and may communicate this orally. This changes rule 63.1.
- (3) The protest committee may take evidence and conduct the hearing in any way it considers appropriate and may communicate its decision orally. This changes rule 63.1, 63.2, 63.4 and 63.6.
- (4) If the protest committee decides that the outcome of a hearing would not affect the further qualification, it may postpone the hearing or make any arrangement it decides is equitable. This changes rule 60.5, 61.4(a) and (c), 63.1 and 63.2(a).
- (5) Rule 63.7 is deleted.
WF5-70: APPEALS AND REQUESTS TO A NATIONAL AUTHORITY
Add new rule 70.6:
70.6 Appeals are not permitted in disciplines and formats with elimination series.