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  John Allan Mon 18:02
• "Rules Governing the Duration of Flag D Display Ashore Before Start"
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• Redress for UFD Penalty Caused by Contact Before the Start: Protest Committee Responsibilities and Applicable Rules
  To float a further hypothetical: assume the same first two paragraphs of facts found, but on a black flag. 
  
  There is a recall on that start. Y is, on the facts found, over and is, correctly from the point of view of the RC, BFD. Y's number is displayed, and Y leaves the race area as required. 
  
  X starts the restart, while Y, prejudiced by the fault of X, is disqualified from the race without recourse against the RC. That's clearly an entirely unjust outcome, that Y is prejudiced by another boat breaking the rules, but is there a route to a result that cures that outcome?
  Tim O'Connor Today 22:09
• A protests B, C & D; B protests A & C; C protests only D .. but not all valid

  Warren,  see John's response to this. He meant 60.4(b) and (c). 

  
  Yup.  fixed in my previous post.
  John Allan Today 22:06
• Best Scoring System to Select Champion Boat from multiple Divisions
  Niko,
  
  You suggested:
  
  "Gotcha. Since they all have handicaps, would you consider scoring them based on their adjusted average speed over the night? Basically handicapping the whole fleet against each other.
  To me, that seems more fair than comparing them based on the place they finish within their fleet of completely different competitors."
  
  I like your suggestion and I plan to run some tests vs the method I have been using around the Most Competitive Fleet.
  
  Thank you.
  Jerry Thompson Today 18:28
• "Rules Governing the Duration of Flag D Display Ashore Before Start"
  John, 
  
  The published RYA legal advice is that anyone under 16yo has to be considered to not be capable of making any decisions about their safety themselves and the RO or Event Director is personally legally responsible for their safety from when they tally on to when they tally off. Risk Assessments have to be done, including launching, crossing roads and all the time they are on the water etc and if the risk is not al low as reasonably possible suitable control measures have to be put in place to reduce the risk. This also applied to all beginners, those under training and vulnerable adults. 
  
  Experienced sailors 16 and over can be expected to make some decisions for themselves but the RO is still expected to have enough support boats available to attend all capsizes within a "reasonable" time, otherwise the RO is negligent. 
  
  
  
  Roger Wilson Today 17:18
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