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Rule 48: LIMITATIONS ON EQUIPMENT AND CREW | Protest Room

Part 4 — Other Requirements When Racing

Section B — Equipment-Related Requirements

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LIMITATIONS ON EQUIPMENT AND CREW

48.1:

A boat shall use only the equipment on board at her preparatory signal.

48.2:

No person on board shall intentionally leave, except when ill or injured, or to help a person or vessel in danger, or to swim. A person leaving the boat by accident or to swim shall be back in contact with the boat before the crew resumes sailing the boat to the next mark.

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