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• Definition "Party" + RRS 76.3
  I agree with Frank.
  
  RRS 61.1(a) says 'A boat may request redress'.
  
  RRS 76.3 says 'Redress may be requested by a ... competitor ...'.
  
  So the entitlement to request redress in RRS 76.3 is additional to the entitlement in RRS 61.1(a).
  
  RRS 63.2 requires the protest committee to hear each protest or request... . So every request must be heard.
  
  RRS 61.4(b) says 'A boat is entitled to redress... ' and RRS 61.4(c) says 'If a boat is entitled to redress, the protest committee shall make as fair an arrangement as possible ...'.
  
  So the entitlement to be given redress is confined only to a 'boat'. If a competitor requests redress in accordance with RRS 76.3, the competitor cannot be given redress, only a boat associated with the competitor can be given redress.
  
  So the boat associated with the competitor is 'a boat for which redress is requested' and, in accordance with RRS Definition Party, that boat is a party to the redress hearing.
  John Allan Today 21:33
• Rule 17 upwind before and after the start.
  Thanks Guys
  Nick Taylor Today 19:38
• Virtual Mark rounding
   Hi Jim,

  No, I did not change the size of the zone or contemplate doing so. When using a waypoint it is very hard/impossible to judge how far one is from a waypoint using a chart plotter or handheld GPS. My view is that for practical purposes the size of the zone is really irrelevant. 

  
  

  In the end I decided to use the WS Appendix WP as is, rather than do something unusual. The thinking is that maybe the drafters thought through the issues better than I did.
  
  The NoR and SI can be found here: https://www.sssa.africa/racing/.

  
  Lance
  Lance Burger Today 04:51
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  RYA's Casebook is at https://www.rya.org.uk/racing/rules/rya-case-book/
  Peter Glick Fri 20:08
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  Thanks everyone for your contributions. There is a clarity in my mind now with all the inputs given here. Now I will close this thread here.
  Satish Kumar Kanwar Fri 19:17

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