If the primary purpose for modifying a harness or any equipment is to increase its weight, wearing such equipment will be considered as purposeful increasing of competitor’s weight and therefore it will break rule 50.1(a),

A kiteboard is recovering from the time she loses steerage way until she regains it unless she is capsized. 

If the fairness of the competition is not affected or a boat’s score has not been made significantly worse, though no fault of her own, by the error of the race committee, the race committee is not required to take any action.

A boat taking a penalty or manoeuvring to take a penalty is not sailing her proper course. However rule 17 continues to apply while the boats remain overlapped within two hull lengths and on the same tack.

Meaning of “may be” in rule 62.1