• The Definition of Finish, (c) continues to sail the course
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  Jerry Thompson Wed 16:40
• Redress Rules - a brief history
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  John Allan Wed 00:12
• Redress for an unavoidable collision in which no rule is broken
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  Lars Rosenblad Tue 19:05
• Language of a written protest
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  Jaakko Haataja Mon 17:29
• PC modifying SIs after a race is completed
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  Bartz Schneider Sat 19:28

• The Definition of Finish, (c) continues to sail the course
  In a post i saw about shortened courses i believe the concept is wrong.
  
  When we have multiple laps and you cross the finish line on an earlier lap, you then continue to sail the course and have not finished. 
  
  When there is a shorten course, you have finished, there is no further course to sail as the race is finished. The old complete course is cancelled effectively and replaced with the new shorter course. 
  Michael Butterfield Today 20:23
• Pursuit Race Start Rules
  Several clubs in SoCal use a dynamic 'Club Handicap' (CHRF) pursuit system (see Santa Barbara YC).  Start time is set based on reverse ToD (meaning slower boats start first), and boats are racing from their individual 4 minute virtual prep signal.  But a boat can start anytime within a few minutes after her set scheduled time (even two seconds early without penalty).  The RC logs her actual starting time, and finish times are recorded for each boat.  Actual elapsed-time and corrected-time are calculated for each, which datum is used to recalculate handicaps for the next CHRF race.  The first few boats to finish overall receive prizes.  Plus the top boats by corrected time also receive prizes.
  
  

  Using this scoring process, everybody is a winner.  'A competitor either gets a trophy or gets a better handicap.'
  
  
  Dennis Dyer Today 14:26
• Redress for an unavoidable collision in which no rule is broken
  Lars said ' kite B acquires right-of-way when kite A crashes.  But did kite A take an action?'
  Shlomo said '[B] become ROW By the "action" of A'
  
  What was the 'action' of A?
  
  AFAICS there was no action by A.
  
  If there wasn't, then B has failed, iniitally to give A room to keep clear and has broken RRS 15.
  
  Consider MR Call B18, where there is a clearly identifiable action by Yellow, in releasing her sail, but the Call says 'an increase or decrease in speed is not in itself an action within the meaning of RRS 15.
  John Allan Today 01:48
• Redress Rules - a brief history
  Yes, It's useful to be able to use the long rear view telescope, looking back 70 years to see, more or less, the 'roots' of the rules.  I've also got a couple of books going back to the 1920s and late 1800s, but finding an exact rule in those is a bit difficult.
  
  Given that I'm a bit interested in processes of rules writing, it's interesting to see how, in major rewrite projects (1961, and 1995), some rules don't get combined and rationalised.
  
  This redress one is an example, where the combination took place outside the major rewrites in 1981.
  
  The other example is RRS2 and RRS 69, which scream to be rationalised, and still haven't been, after two major rewrites.
  John Allan Wed 22:29
• Language of a written protest

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  Hearing decision here! 

  
  We used Google translate, I seem to remember! Then got on with it. It's not that hard. 
  
  An important point: At a Japanese event for example, there are enough Japanese jury members (IJs and NJs) to verify meanings and keep track of translations. 
  
  Let's not overthink this... 
  Benjamin Harding Wed 05:45

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