Situation
The sailing instructions for a regatta for the Olympic Classes includes the following instruction:
SI 4.5 [SP] [DP] Boats shall not leave the shore until Flag D is displayed ashore. The warning signal will be made not less than 30 minutes after flag D is displayed for areas Alpha and Bravo and not less than 45 minutes after flag D is displayed for Area Charlie.
Before the regatta starts, the race committee publishes a list of standard penalties. According to the list, the standard penalty for a breach of SI 4.5 is 1 point added to the boat's score of the first race of that day, applied without a hearing.
On the last day of the regatta, a medal race is scheduled for each event. The medal race is sailed under the current version of Addendum Q. Competitor A leaves the shore 10 minutes before flag D is displayed. The race committee penalises her with 1 point added to her (doubled) medal race score.
Competitor B lodges a protest against A, alleging that the 1 point penalty was too mild.
Question 1
Should this protest be heard under the rules of Addendum Q (instead of an ordinary hearing procedure)?
Answer 1
Yes.
Questions 2
If the answer to Question 1 is yes, does that mean a competitor cannot request redress under rule
62.1(a), even for an alleged race committee error or omission that happens before the warning signal on the medal race day or after the medal race is finished?
Answer 2
Yes.