World Sailing Cases

Informing the Parties and Others

  1. The protest committee shall promptly inform the parties to the hearing of the facts found, the applicable rules , the decision, the reasons for it, any penalties imposed, and any redress given.
  2. If requested by a party in writing within seven days of being informed of the decision, the above information shall be provided promptly in writing and the protest committee may, if it considers it relevant to do so, prepare or endorse a diagram.
  3. The protest committee may publish the above information after any hearing, including a hearing under rule 69, unless it decides there is good reason not to do so.
  4. The protest committee may direct that the above information is to be confidential to the parties .
  5. If the protest committee penalizes a boat under a class rule, it shall send the above information to the relevant class rule authorities.