Appendix D — Team Racing Rules

• (a) Each boat finishing a race and not retiring thereafter shall be scored points equal to her finishing place. All other boats shall be scored points equal to the number of boats entitled to race.
• (b) When a boat is OCS and does not then either return to start or promptly retire, 10 points shall be added to her score.
• (c) When a boat finishes and has not sailed the course, 6 points shall be added to her score, unless rule D3.1(b) applies.
• (d) When a boat fails to take a penalty imposed by an umpire at or near the finishing line, she shall be scored as retired.
• (e) When a boat is scored as retired after finishing, each boat with a worse finishing place shall be moved up one place.

When all boats on one team have finished, retired or failed to start, the other team’s boats racing at that time shall be scored the points they would have received had they finished.

When a protest committee decides that a boat that is a party to a protest hearing has broken a rule and was not exonerated:

• (a) If the boat has broken

  • (1) rule 1 or 2,
  • (2) rule 14 when she has caused damage or injury, or
  • (3) a rule when not racing,

  half or more race wins may be deducted from her team, or no penalty may be imposed. Race wins deducted shall not be awarded to any other team.

• (b) If the boat has broken a rule other than the rules mentioned in D3.3(a) while racing and not taken or received a penalty for that breach, 6 points shall be added to her score.

• (c) If the boat’s team has gained an advantage despite taking or receiving a penalty, the boat’s score may be increased.

The team with the lower total points wins the race. If the totals are equal, the team that does not have first place wins.