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Rule S12: TIME LIMITS | Protest Room

Appendices

Appendix S — Standard Sailing Instructions

This appendix applies only if the notice of race so states.

These Standard Sailing Instructions may be used at an event in place of printed sailing instructions made available to each boat. To use them, state in the notice of race that ‘The sailing instructions will consist of the instructions in RRS Appendix S, Standard Sailing Instructions, and supplementary sailing instructions that will be posted on the official notice board located at _____.’

The supplementary sailing instructions will include:

The location of the race office and of the flag pole on which signals made ashore will be displayed (see SI 4.1 below).
A table showing the schedule of races, including the day and date of each scheduled day of racing, the number of races scheduled each day, the scheduled time of the first warning signal each day, and the latest time for a warning signal on the last scheduled day of racing (SI 5).
A list of the marks that will be used and a description of each one (SI 8). How new marks will differ from original marks (SI 10).
The time limits, if any, that are listed in SI 12.
Any changes or additions to the instructions in this appendix.

A copy of the supplementary sailing instructions will be available to competitors on request.

S12

TIME LIMITS

S12.1:

The supplement will state which of the following time limits, if any, will apply and, for each, the time limit.

Mark 1 Time Limit: Time limit for the first boat to pass Mark 1.
Race Time Limit: Time limit for the first boat to sail the course.
Finishing Window: Time limit for boats to finish after the first boat sails the course.

S12.2:

If no boat has passed Mark 1 within the Mark 1 Time Limit, the race shall be abandoned.

S12.3:

Boats failing to finish within the Finishing Window shall be scored Did Not Finish without a hearing. This changes RRS 35, A5.1 and A5.2.

Rule S11

The finishing line will be between a staff displaying a blue flag on the race committee vessel and the course side of the finishing mark .

Rule S13

Hearing request forms are available at the race office. Protests and requests for redress or reopening shall be delivered there within the appropriate time limi...