An organization may be affiliated to the national authority either directly or through affiliation to an entity which in turn is affiliated to the national authority.
For the purposes of the Racing Rules of Sailing, the national authority is an entity. Representation or jurisdiction of persons or bodies within the entity is not governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing.
If the national authority decides that the new and timely delivered evidence is also significant and might have led the protest committee to change its decision, it may reverse the decision of the protest committee and order that the hearing be reopened.
Where the sailing instructions specify an arbitration procedure, it is in effect a hearing, therefore Section B of Part 5, Hearings and Decisions, applies.
The Basic Principles require boats to take a penalty when they break a rule. After delaying taking the One-Turn Penalty and therefore failing to comply with the requirements of rule 44.2, the only option available is to retire.