• 1.1 Helping Those in Danger and Redress Race Time Adjustment
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  John Quirk Yesterday 18:28
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• Mark-Room and Room to Pass an Obstruction who wins.
  It seems to me that its an economical use of words for the unless clause to have a  dual effect. Yes, it stops late bargers, but it also stops a requirement to fulfil the impossible. If one considers a narrow point in a channel, for instance, the competitors need not agree on when the overlap started because they must both accept the gap was always too small to give room. 
  Jim Champ Today 06:04
• 1.1 Helping Those in Danger and Redress Race Time Adjustment
  Interesting techincal point John and didn't consider that at the time - we were locked-down by PCG orders in the nearest port for the following 4-days standing-by on S&R call-out duty (as a 'Signal' had been put up for the Island in question - Oriental Mindoro). 
  John Quirk Today 00:43
• Rule 55.2 One Spinnaker Pole or Two?
  Gary, the issue is not whether the spinnaker is asymmetric or not. It is about the attachment of the pole to the sheet or clew of the spinnaker (RRS 55.3).
  
  Old sailors might say 'one clew of the sail must fly free'.
  
  In your 18 footer illustration, the tack of the spinnaker is on the pole, however complicated the guying/bracing arrangement of the pole may be, but the clew and the sheet are not attached to anything exerting outward pressure.
  John Allan Yesterday 23:14
• "Rules Governing the Duration of Flag D Display Ashore Before Start"
  Andreas, I don't agree that illustrations of flags used should not be included in SI.
  
  RRS Race Signals includes pictures of all flags referred to.  That indicates that the SI, when prescribing a new flag signal may do the same.
  
  I've frequently seen flags to be used, and actual marks, being displayed at Competitors' Briefings.
  
  Why is this a bad practice?
  John Allan Yesterday 22:37
• Appointment of an Investigator
  That’s fair enough too of course thanks Jim…
  
  

  On your final point, as I read it - STEPS: 1. PC (shall have at least three members) considers allegation of a breach of rule 69.1(a) (PC shall consider & decide whether or not to call a hearing). 2. in considering, if PC needs more information for the decision to call a hearing, it shall consider appointing a person or persons to conduct an investigation (investigator s) produce ‘a report’ of sorts for PC, and shall be disclosed to the PC for their considerations), 3. Hearing Decided (a Rule 69 hearing shall not be combined with any other type of hearing): if the protest committee decides to call a hearing, all relevant information gathered by the investigator, favourable or unfavorable, shall also be disclosed to the parties.
  John Quirk Wed 08:33

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