Entry and Qualification

75 Entering a Race
  75.1 To enter a race, a competitor and board shall comply with the requirements of the organizing authority of the race. The competitor shall be a member of,

    (a) a national authority or a national windsurfing association, or;
    (b) a club or organisation affiliated to (a) above;

  75.2 Competitors shall comply with Appendix K, if applicable.

  75.3 The recommended maximum number of entries for a division at an event shall be.

    (a) Course Racing and Lond Distance -> Unlimited.
    (b) Course & Slalom, or Slalom only -> 80
    (c) Wave Performance -> 64
    (d) Speed -> 60

  75.4 Men, Women, Youths and Masters may race in separate divisions provided 8 or more enter a division. A Youth shall be under 19 years of age on the 31st December of the year of the competion, and a Master must be 35 or over on the 31st December of the year preceding the event.

76 Exclusion of Boards or Competitors

  76.1 The organizing authority or the race committee may reject or cancel the entry of a board or exclude a competitor, subject to rule 76.2, provided it does so before the start of the first race and states the reason for doing so.

  76.2 At world and continental championships no entry within stated quotas shall be rejected or cancelled without first obtaining the approval of the relevant international class association or the ISAF.

77 Identification on Sails
A board shall comply with the requirements of Appendix H governing class insignia, national letters and numbers on sails.

78 Compliance with Class Rules

  78.1 A competitor shall ensure that their board is maintained to comply with its class rules.

  78.2 When a measurer for an event concludes that a board does not comply with its class rules, he shall report the matter in writing to the race committee, which shall protest the board.

79 Advertising
A board and competitor shall comply with Appendix G.

80 Rescheduled Races
When a race has been rescheduled to an other day, all boards entered in the uncompleted race shall be notified and be entitled to sail the rescheduled race. Rule infringements in the uncompleted race, shall be disregarded, except for penalties imposed under Rule 69.1. New entries that meet the entry requirements of the original race may be accepted at the discretion of the race committee.

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