C8.1 Rules Changes
Rule 60.1 does not apply to protests by the race committee or technical committee under
rules
for which penalties may be imposed by umpires.
C8.2
When the umpires decide that a boat has broken
rule 31,
42,
C4,
C7.3(c)
or
C7.3(d)
she shall be penalized by signalling her under
Rule C5.2
or
C5.3
.
However, if a boat is penalized for breaking a rule of
Part 2
and if she in the same incident breaks
rule 31
,
she shall not be penalized for breaking
rule 31
.
Furthermore, a boat that displays an incorrect flag or does not display The
correct flag shall be warned orally and given an opportunity to correct the error
before being penalized.
she shall be penalized under Rule
C5.2,
C5.3
or
C5.4.
C8.4
If the umpires or protest committee members decide that a boat may
have broken a
rule
other than those listed in rules
C6.1(a)
and
C6.2
,
they shall so inform the protest committee for its action under
rule 60.1
and
rule C6.6
when appropriate.
C8.5
When, after one boat has
started
, the umpires are satisfied that the
other boat will not
start
, they may signal under
Rule C5.4
identifing the boat that has not
started
.
C8.6 When one boat retires after both boats in a match have started, the
umpires may signal under rule C5.4, identifying the retired boat.
C8.7
When the match umpires, together with at least one other umpire,
decide that a boat has broken
Rule 14
and damage resulted, they may
impose a points-penalty without a hearing. The competitor shall be
informed of the penalty as soon as practicable and, at the time of
being so informed, may request a hearing. The protest committee
shall then proceed under
rule C6.6
. Any penalty decided by the
protest committee may be more than the penalty imposed by the
umpires. When the umpires decide that a penalty greater than one
point is appropriate, they shall act under
rule C8.4
.