WHAT’S NEW?
APPENDIX K, NOTICE OF RACE GUIDE The preamble confirms officially that ‘rule references within the notice of race use RRS, NoR and SI to denote the source of the rule. ‘RRS x’ is a rule in The Racing Rules of Sailing. ‘NoR x’ is a rule in the notice of race, and ‘SI x’ is a rule in the sailing instructions.’ It also reminds us again that care should be taken to ensure that there is no conflict between a rule in the notice of race and a rule in the sailing instructions, and adds that, if the notice of race is made available electronically, printed copies should be provided on request.
In the actual text of the notice of race, the notation ‘[DP]’, when used, means that the penalty for a breach of that rule may, at the discretion of the protest committee, be less than disqualification.
If the new Standard Sailing Instructions (Appendix S – see below) are to be used, K1.7 suggests appropriate words for the notice of race.
K2.2 reminds that, when a boat is protested for not displaying advertising chosen and supplied by the organizing authority, the protest committee has various discretionary options.
An important item for a notice of race at an event where there is to be pre-race inspection or measurement is (K8.2) the deadline for having passed such tests.
The guide suggests that the penalties for breaking clauses concerning diving equipment and plastic pools (K17) and radio communication (K18) should be discretionary.
APPENDIX L, SAILING INSTRUCTIONS GUIDE The preamble repeats the Notice of Race Guide’s explanation of ‘RRS’, ‘SI’, ‘NoR and ‘[DP]’, the injunction to avoid conflicts between the notice of race and the sailing instructions, and the need to be able to provide a print- out of electronic sailing instructions. A discretionary penalty is suggested for leaving or launching before flag D permits it (L4.2) and for not avoiding the starting area during previous starting sequences (L11.3).
Other suggested ‘DPs’ are ‘tallying’ failures to check-out and check-in (L18.1), not notifying the race committee of retirement (L18.2), improper substitution of competitors (L19.1) and of equipment (L19.2), advertising breaches (L21 – but the discretion is already built into Regulation 20), support boats that intrude into the racing area (L23.1), or that are inadequately identified (L23.2), breaches of haul-out restrictions (L25), non-permitted use of diving equipment and plastic pools (L26) and making prohibited radio communications (L27).
There is no longer a sailing instruction for the U Flag procedure, now that it is rule 30.3. It is no longer suggested in L16.6 that boats should be prohibited from protesting each other over trash disposal under L24, or that the penalty under L24 should be discretionary, since L24 does not actually place a requirement on a boat.
APPENDIX M, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROTEST COMMITTEES New M2.3 gives guidance on assessing conflicts of interest. Guidance for Misconduct hearings under rule 69 is brought into line with the changes to that rule.
APPENDIX N, INTERNATIONAL JURIES There is some re-ordering of some clauses. Guidance on conflicts of interest are enhanced with these words: considerable weight must be given to the fact that decisions of an international jury cannot be appealed and this may affect the perception of fairness and lower the level of conflict that is significant. In case of doubt, the hearing should proceed as permitted by rule N1.6. (Rule N1.6 permits the non-participation of one or two jury members.) Detailed guidance related to Misconduct hearings under rule 69 is added. There is a provision for World Sailing to be able to appoint an international jury with three persons only in limited circumstances.
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