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Appeals

35 The right of appeal

35.1 The competitor has the right to appeal to the RYA (as the national authority).
Any such appeal would be determined by the Racing Rules Committee.
However - as with protests and request for redress - no appeal can be based
on the facts found by the protest committee.
35.2 Any appeal must be notified to the RYA within 15 days of the competitor
receiving the original written decision.

35.3 Grounds for appeal might be:

35.3.1 that a conclusion of misconduct and a decision to penalize (or warn)
was not supported by the facts found;

35.3.2 that the protest committee had found there was a gross breach of a
racing rule, when in fact no such rule was broken; or

35.3.3 the procedures of the protest committee were at fault.
35.4 The RRC can uphold, reverse or change the protest committee's decision.

36 Participation pending appeal

36.1 A competitor who has been excluded (or a boat which has been disqualified)
from an event is not entitled to continue to compete even if they notify the
protest committee of an intention to appeal. The original decision of the
protest committee must be respected and a refusal to do so would constitute
fresh misconduct.

36.2 The RYA has prescribed that the original decision of the protest committee
shall govern the results of the event.

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