Race Organization

85 Governing Rules
The organizing authority, race committee and protest committee shall be governed by the rules in the conduct and judging of races.

86 Rule Changes

  86.1 A racing rule may not be changed unless permitted in the rule itself or as follows:

    (a) Prescriptions by a national authority may change a racing rule, but not the Definitions, a rule in the Introduction, Sportsmanship, Part 1, 2 or 7; rule 43.1, 43.2, 69, 70, 75, 76.2 or 79; a rule of an appendix that changes one of these rules; or Appendix G, K, L or Q.
    (b) Sailing Instructions may change a racing rule by referring specifically to it and stating the change, but not rule 76.1, RRS Appendix F, or a rule listed in rule 86.1 (a).

  86.2
If a national authority so prescribes, these restrictions do not apply if rules are changed to develop or test proposed rules in local races. The national authority may also prescribe that its approval is required for such changes.

87 Organizing Authority; Notice of Race; Committee Appointments

  87.1 ORGANIZING AUTHORITY

    Races shall be organized by an organizing authority, which shall be;

    (a) the ISAF;
    (b) a member national authority of the ISAF;
    (c) a club or other organisation affiliated to a national authority;
    (d) a class association, either with the approval of a national authority or in conjunction with an affiliated club; or
    (e) an unaffiliated body in conjunction with an affiliated club, except that in a major event designated by ISAF, the unaffiliated body shall be owned and controlled by an affiliated club which shall have the approval of the relevant national authority.

  87.2 NOTICE OF RACE; COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
The organizing authority shall publish a notice of race that conforms to Appendix M1, appoint a race committee and, when appropriate, appoint a jury.

88 Race Committee; Racing Instructions; Scoring

  88.1 RACE COMMITTEE
The race committee shall conduct races as directed by the organizing authority and as required by the rules.

  88.2 SAILING INSTRUCTIONS; ORAL INSTRUCTIONS

    (a) The race committee shall publish written sailing instructions that conform to Appendix M2,
    (b) The sailing instructions for an international event shall include, in English, the applicable prescriptions of the national authority,
    (c) Changes to the sailing instructions shall be in writing and posted within the required time on the official notice board.
    (d) Oral instructions may only be given in accordance with the procedure specifically set out in the sailing instructions.

  88.3 SCORING
The race committee shall score a race or series as required by rule A1 and by the scoring system specified in the sailing instructions.

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