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Rule E2.1: Hailing Requirements | Protest Room

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Appendix E — Radio Sailing Racing Rules

Radio sailing races shall be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by this appendix.

Note: Development Rules for Umpired Radio Sailing is available on the World Sailing website.

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E2.1

Hailing Requirements

(a) A hail shall be made and repeated as appropriate so that the competitors to whom the hail is directed might reasonably be expected to hear it.
(b) When a rule requires a boat to hail or respond, the hail shall be made by the competitor controlling the boat.
(c) The individual digits of a boat’s sail number shall be hailed; for example ‘one five’, not ‘fifteen’.

Rule E2.2

A competitor shall not give tactical or strategic advice to a competitor controlling a boat that is racing .