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On the other hand, if the identity of the boat is not material, a relaxation clause could be inserted, such as: ‘A competitor may accumulate the points he was awarded as a helmsman in the series, irrespective of the boat in which he raced’ or: ‘A competitor may accumulate the points he was awarded as a helmsman in that class of boat in the series.’
When the notice of race or a sailing instruction refers to a ‘helmsman’, then if another person were allowed to steer at any time during the race, there would be two helmsmen during that race. When awards are to a person, not a boat, and it is required to prohibit a temporary helmsman, sailing instructions might state in clarification: ‘only one person shall steer the boat throughout the race’. Otherwise, if ‘person in charge’ is substituted for ‘helmsman’, others may steer without hindrance to the award of the points to the person in charge.
The identity of the person in change can change during a series – as indeed can other things. In RYA 1997/1, a Sigma 33 named Serendip raced in a number of offshore races, gaining points for the year’s points prize. She was then chartered for the Fastnet Race in which she entered and sailed under the name Securon. Her points in that race were added to the points already won as Serendip.
Redcoat sought redress, asserting that Securon was in effect a separate boat, whose points should be tabulated separately from those for Serendip, and that combining them had boosted Serendip / Securon’s series score to the detriment of Redcoat’s. Redress was refused, and Redcoat appealed. The appeal was dismissed.
The boat’s name had been changed, with the approval of the organizing authority, she was entered by a person who was not the owner, and sailed with a different crew. None of these are relevant in the Racing Rules of Sailing, nor were they prohibited by class rules, the notice of race or the sailing instructions.
Had there been any change to the ownership of the boat, to her certificate (which would have been invalidated by change of ownership, under class rules), to her sail number, hull, spars or gear, these would have been matters relevant to the Racing Rules of Sailing or to class rules. But there was none, and she was therefore the same boat.
When a race committee wishes to place limitations on changing the name of a boat or on who may be the person in charge of a boat, it must say so in the notice of race and sailing instructions.
Rule 47 47.1 47.2 LIMITATIONS ON EQUIPMENT AND CREW A boat shall use only the equipment on board at her preparatory signal.
No person on board shall intentionally leave, except when ill or injured, or to help a person or vessel in danger, or to swim. A person leaving the boat by accident or to swim shall be back on board before the boat continues in the race.
No issues arise under this rule. Rule 48
48.1 48.2
FOG SIGNALS AND LIGHTS; TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEMES
When safety requires, a boat shall sound fog signals and show lights as required by the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (IRPCAS) or applicable government rules.
A boat shall comply with rule 10, Traffic Separation Schemes, of the IRPCAS.
Rule 48.2 avoids the need for race committees to make this provision (or, in the case of one famous offshore race, to ignore the issue completely). Best advice however would appear to be to make a Traffic Separation Scheme zone a prohibited area that is an obstruction that must be sailed round, since the method of crossing a TSS as required by IRPCAS rule 10 will often be incompatible with racing.
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