Situation
A notice of race schedules an event for keelboats to be held on two consecutive days, with three races on day one and two races the next day.
On day one, racing is abandoned due to lack of wind. On day two, two races are sailed. Boats came from three different clubs.
Question
May the races abandoned on day one be re-sailed at a later date, considering this is a standalone event?
Answer
Rule 89.2(a) allows the notice of race to be changed provided adequate notice is given. However, the normal procedure when the minimum number of races required to constitute a series is not reached is to consider the event void. In that case, rule 81 allows the race committee to re-schedule the full event and even accept new entries (see rule 81).
Changing the schedule to include a new racing day is a substantial change and the race committee has to consider the effect of such change on all the competitors and the possibility of one or more of them being unable to compete on the new date and asking for redress.