Protests, Hearings, Misconduct and Appeals

Section A - Protests

60 Right to Protest and Request Redress; Committee Action
  60.1 A board may;

    (a) protest another board, but not for an alleged infringement of a rule of Part 2 unless it was involved in the incident; or
    (b) request redress.

  60.2 A race committee may,

    (a) protest a board, but not as a result of a report by competitor or other interested party or of information in an invalid protest;
    (b) request the protest committee to consider giving redress; or
    (c) report to the protest committee for its action under rule 69.1(a).

  60.3 A protest committee may call a hearing to,

    (a) protest a board, but not as a result of a report by a competitor or other interested party except under rule 61.1(c), nor as a result of information in an invalid protest.
    (b) consider giving redress; or
    (c) act under rule 69.1(a).


61 Protest Requirements
  61.1 INFORMING THE PROTESTEE

    (a) A board intending to protest because of an incident that occurs in the racing area shall, at the first reasonable opportunity, hail 'Protest' and shall inform the race committee as soon as reasonably possible after it finishes or retires. In all other cases it shall inform the other board as soon as reasonably possible.
    (b) A race committee or protest committee intending to protest under rule 60.2(a), rule 60.3(a) because of an incident it observes in the racing area shall inform the board within the time limit determined by rule 61.3, by a notice on the Notice Board. In all other cases it shall inform the board as soon as reasonably possible.
    (c) During the hearing of a valid protest, if the protest committee decides to protest a board that is involved in the incident but is not a party to that hearing, it shall inform the board as soon as reasonably possible of its intention and of the time and place of the hearing.

  61.2 PROTEST CONTENTS

  61.2.1 Entire Fleet races
  A protest shall be in writing and identify

    (a) the protestor and protestee,
    (b) the incident, including where and when it occurred; and,
    (c) any rule the protestor believes was broken,

  Provided the written protest identifies the incident, other details may be corrected before or during the hearing.

  61.2.2 Elimination Races or Heats

A protest shall be made orally to the official scorer, the jury or the race director, by making a declaration immediately following the race in which the incident occured. The declaration shall include;

    (a) the word 'protest'
    (b) the protestor's sail number
    (c) the sail number(s) of the board(s) being protested or other particulars that identify the protestee(s)

  61.3 TIME LIMIT (Entire Fleet races)
A written protest by a board, or a protest by the race committee or protest committee about an incident the committee observes in the racing area, shall be delivered to the race office no later than the time limit stated in the sailing instructions. If none is stated, the time limit is two hours after the last board in the race finishes. Other race committee or protest committee protests shall be delivered to the the race office within two hours after the committee receives the relevant information. The protest committee shall extend the time when there is good reason to do so.

62 Redress
  62.1 A request for redress shall be based on a claim that a board's finishing place in a race/heat has, through no fault of its own, been made significantly worse by,

    (a) an improper action or omission of the race committee or protest committee,
    (b) being infringed by another board that was required to keep clear and retired or against which a penalty has been imposed under rule 64.1,
    (c) giving help (except to itself) in compliance with rule 1.1, or.
    (d) a board against which a penalty has been imposed under rule 2 or disciplinary action has been taken under rule 69.1(b).

  62.2 The request shall be made within the time limit of rule 61.3.