Appendix D — Team Racing Rules

• (a) Rule D2 applies to umpired races. Races to be umpired shall be identified in the notice of race or sailing instructions or by the display of flag J no later than the warning signal.
• (b) A boat that protests under a rule listed in rule D2.2 or D2.3 for an incident while racing shall hail ‘Protest’ and display a red flag and is not entitled to a hearing. This changes rules 60.2(a)(1) and 63.2(a).
• (c) A boat requesting redress for an incident in the racing area, or requesting a breakdown score change under rule D5.2, shall conspicuously display a red flag at the first reasonable opportunity after the incident or breakdown. She shall display the red flag until it is acknowledged by the race committee or an umpire.

When a boat protests under a rule of Part 2 or rule 31 or 42:

• (a) Boats shall be given time to respond.
• (b) An umpire may penalize any boat that broke a rule, is not exonerated, and did not take the appropriate penalty.
• (c) An umpire shall signal a decision in compliance with rule D2.4.

When a boat

• (a) breaks rule 31 or 42 and does not take a penalty;
• (b) breaks a rule of Part 2 and makes contact with another boat on her team or with a boat in another race, and no boat takes a penalty;
• (c) breaks a rule and her team gains an advantage despite her, or another boat on her team, taking a penalty;
• (d) breaks rule 14 and there is damage or injury;
• (e) breaks rule D1.3(b) or D2.5; or
• (f) commits a breach of sportsmanship

an umpire may penalize her, or report the incident to the protest committee, or both. No protest is required.

An umpire shall signal a decision with one long sound and the display of a flag as follows:

• (a) For no penalty, a green and white flag.
• (b) To penalize one or more boats, a red flag. The umpire shall hail or signal to identify each boat penalized.
• (c) To report the incident to the protest committee, a black and white flag.

A boat penalized by an umpire shall take a Two-Turns Penalty. However, when a boat is penalized under rule D2.3 and an umpire hails or signals a number of turns, the boat shall take that number of One-Turn Penalties.

• (a) A boat may not protest under rule D1.3(b) or D2.5.
• (b) A decision, action or non-action of an umpire shall not be
  • (1) the basis for a request for redress or appeal by a boat, or
  • (2) grounds for abandoning a race after it has started.
• (c) However, the protest committee may call a hearing to consider redress when it believes that an umpire boat may have seriously interfered with a boat racing.