Section X2
The Event
X2.4.1
Common Problems Encountered in Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions
  • Any change to World Sailing Regulation 20, Advertising Code (see Appendix 1), requires careful review. Restrictions to advertising must be stated in the Notice of Race. Unless some form of alternative or discretionary penalty system is incorporated, the protest committee has no choice but to disqualify a boat after finding as a fact that she did not comply with a sailing instruction which is includes the words “boats shall” or “boats shall not”.
  • The description of the starting and finishing lines and course instructions should be very clear. If the members of the protest committee or protest committee cannot easily understand them, then some of the competitors will be confused as well.
  • RRS 62.2 allows a request for redress to be delivered as soon as reasonably possible. On the last day of a large international regatta or world championship, it is advisable to fix the time for some requests for redress to be delivered by applying RRS L16.7:

16.7 On the last scheduled day of racing a request for redress based on a [protest committee] [jury] decision shall be delivered no later than 30 minutes after the decision was posted. This changes RRS 62.2.
X2.2
Communication with the Protest Committee Chairman and Vice-Chairman
Long before the event begins, the tasks of the chairman and vice chairman include:
i. review the Notice of Race and draft Sailing Instructions;
ii. if so required, assist the organizing authority to choose the appropriate judges for the event;
iii. agree with the organizing authority on reimbursement of expenses and housing;
iv. communicate to the organizing authority the requirements of the protest committee on the water and ashore; and
v. allocation of other tasks and duties among the jury members,
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