A boat may take a
Two-Turns Penalty
when she may have broken one or more rules of
Part 2
in an incident while
racing
. She may take a
One-Turn Penalty
when she may have broken
rule 31
. Alternatively, the notice of race or sailing instructions may specify
the use of the Scoring Penalty or some other penalty, in which case
the specified penalty shall replace the One-Turn and the Two-Turns Penalty.
However,
when a boat may have broken a rule of
Part 2
and
rule 31
in the same incident she need not take the penalty for breaking
rule 31
.
if the boat caused injury or serious damage or, despite taking
a penalty, gained a significant advantage in the race or
series by her breach her penalty shall be to retire.