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6 UNDE R S TANDING THE RAC ING RUL E S OF SAI L ING THROUGH 2 0 2 4


• Rule 41 (Outside Help) Rule 41(a) permits a boat to receive help for a crew member who is ill, injured or in danger (which can include being in the water). The previous rule 41 said that if a boat gained a significant advantage from help received under rule 41(a) it could be protested and penalized. This has been deleted in new rule 41 to remove any motivation for competitors not to avail themselves of help when they are in danger.


• Rule 42.3(c) (Propulsion: Exceptions) Rule 42.3(c) contains some new exceptions for when boats can pump. Boats may now pump on a beat to windward if they are able to surf down the front of a wave (for instance a large powerboat wake moving to windward), and they may pump as much as they like to initiate foiling (lifting up on hydrofoils).


• Rule 43 (Exoneration) “Exoneration” means “freed from penalty.” Several rules in the previous rule book contained exoneration provisions (specifically rule 14(b) involving contact, rule 21 involving room and mark-room, and rule 64.1(a) involv - ing being compelled to break a rule). Those rules have now been consolidated into the new rule 43. In the previous rules, the protest committee “exonerated” boats as part of its decision. New rule 43 exonerates boats entitled to exoneration at the time of the incident, and says they cannot be penalized. This works with the new Basic Principle: Sportsmanship and the Rules, which says that boats which have broken a rule do not need to take a penalty if they are exonerated. Note that if a boat is protested, the protest committee will decide if the boat is indeed entitled to exoneration or not based on the facts it finds. Rule 43 has been added to rule 86.1(a) (Changes to the Racing Rules) meaning that the notice of race and the sailing instructions cannot change rule 43.


• Rule 44.1 (Penalties at the Time of an Incident: Taking a Penalty) now allows for the notice of race or the sailing instructions to specify the use of the Scoring Penalty (rule 44.3, Scoring Penalty) or some other penalty.


• Rule 44.2 (One-Turn and Two-Turns Penalties) In order to finish after completing a penalty turn, a boat need only have her hull on the course side of the finishing line (her crew, sails and other equipment is immaterial).


• Rule 47 (Trash Disposal) “Support persons” have been added to rule 47 (previously rule 55), clarifying that the term “participants” in the Basic Principle: Environmen- talResponsibility, includes support people. This means that support people (parents, coaches, etc.) who intentionally put trash in the water, and the boat(s) they are supporting, can be penalized (see rule 64.5, Decisions Concerning Support Persons). Rule 47 has been added to rule 86.1(a) (Changes to the Racing Rules) meaning that the notice of race and the sailing instructions cannot change rule 47.


• Rule 48.2 (Limitations on Equipment and Crew) Rule 48.2 (previously rule 47.2) now clarifies that if a boat is capsized and drifts towards the next mark or across the finishing line without all the sailors on board or in contact with the boat, that is OK. Furthermore, when the crew begins sailing the boat again, anyone in the water simply needs to be in physical contact with the boat, not onboard.


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