WHAT’S NEW?


Rule 49.2, Lifelines


This makes clear that the default requirement for a lifeline is that it should be ‘taut’ (which of course is imprecise). Therefore this is overridden when ‘a class rule or any other rule specifies a maximum deflection’ – in theory, the value for that maximum deflection might not be considered ‘taut’, but the specific overrides the general. ‘Any other rule’ might include the Offshore Special Regulations when they are stated to apply, as well as the notice or race or the sailing instructions. This is all subject to the lifeline having been required in the first place ‘by the class rules or any other rule’.


Rule 55, Trash Disposal


The penalty can now be less than disqualification, if the protest committee so decides, and the rule applies at all times when afloat.


PART 5, PROTESTS, REDRESS, HEARINGS, MISCONDUCT AND APPEALS Rule 60, Right to Protest, Right to Request Redress or Rule 69 Action Throughout the rule, the defined term Interested Party is replaced with ‘a person with a conflict of interest’ (see changes to Definitions, above).


Now that Support Persons are bound by the racing rules, rule 60.3 grants a new power to a protest committee to call a hearing to consider whether a Support Person has broken a rule – this is not called a ‘protest’, since a protest, as defined, is an allegation that a boat has broken a rule.


The new Technical Committee (which may be just one person – see under new rule 92), now being independent of the race committee, is given a general power to protest, and a duty to protest directly under the equipment rules in Part 4 of the racing rules, and under the class rules. That does not prevent a race committee, a protest committee or a boat protesting under any of those rules. The technical committee has the same powers as a race committee to request redress for a boat, and to report Misconduct to the protest committee with a request for action under rule 69.2(b).


Most changes to the racing rules are ‘sidelined’ in the World Sailing original text with marginal vertical lines, but this not done in later rules where ‘Technical Committee’ has been added to references to the Race Committee and Protest Committee where the rule now grants all these committees similar powers.


Rule 60.5 confirms that there is no right to protest, as defined, for an alleged breach of fundamental rules 5, 6 or 7, or under rule 69, Misconduct: all of these rules have their own processes.


Rule 61.1, Informing the Protestee


Rule 61.1(a)(3) is edited to make clear that the time limit for protesting over sailing the course is always with reference to when the protested boat finishes.


Rule 61.1(a)(4) changes the ‘hailing and flagging’ exemption to cases of injury or serious damage that is obvious to the boat intending to protest, as opposed to both boats, and adds an exemption from hailing and flagging if the incident has resulted in a member of either crew being in danger.


Rule 61.2, Protest Contents The possibility of a protest being found invalid on a technicality has been reduced. The only compulsory requirement for a protest is that it is in writing, and, when lodged, it identifies the incident. All other requirements (including when and where the incident occurred) can follow at various stages before and during the hearing.


Rule 62.1, Redress Redress may be due when there may have been an affected place, as well as an affected score –for instance, in a single race without handicaps, there is no need for scores – just a record of the places.


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