D2.3
Umpire-Initiated Decisions
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.