John re: "Boats shall not pass between Mark H and the Tower from the first warning signal until all yachts have finished’.

Not a fan of putting that sort of requirement on boats that are no longer racing.   There is no penalty on the water a boat could take if they realize their error or are forced by rule by another boat across that line (only exonerated if the other boat was breaking a rule at the time). 

Really .. I think the best solution is to mark the hazard itself .. get rid of H and start/finish between A and Tower .. and let boats navigate around the hazard. 

Think about a power boat that decides to plop itself in the middle of the race .. boats would navigate around it.  

I don't think it's good practice or fair to sailors to put an avoidance requirement on an area or line without giving them the avoidance/navigational rights of Part 2. 

Yes John, I agree. I meant there may be no reasonable opportunity on some courses and so there seemed to be some suggestion that the protest needed to be raised before the NSC boat crossed the finishing line and I was merely trying to say that couldn't always be possible. 

I have just watched the Women's regatta on mastabeam. Fantastic.

I see the dropbox in the form for "AI Involvement" now and hadn't noticed it earlier.  Thanks for pointing it out!

See discussion above.

Hitting an anchored boat may found a claim for damages, but does not break any IRPCAS rule.

Hitting a dock or pier, the same.