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RYA 1967/3 Rule 30.3, Starting Penalties: U Flag Rule
A boat returning to start after a recall is entitled to CASE 140
consider that the removal of flag X indicates that she How the rules apply when a boat is compelled to cross
has returned completely to the pre-start side of the the starting line by another boat that was breaking a
starting line.
rule of Part 2.
RYA 1977/1
A hail does not constitute the sound signal of an RYA 2004/9
individual recall signal. It is reasonable to expect the The ends of the starting line are as stated in the sailing
recall sound signal to be equally as audible as the instructions, and determine the beginning of the
starting sound signal. extension of the starting line for rule 30.1 and the base
of the triangle in rules 30.2, 30.3 and 30.4, unless the
RYA 1994/8 sailing instructions say otherwise.
In finding facts, a protest committee will be governed by
the weight of evidence. In general, a race official Rule 30.4, Starting Penalties: Black Flag Rule
sighting the starting line is better placed than any
competing boat to decide whether a boat was over the CASE 65
line at the starting signal and, if so, whether she When a boat knows that she has broken the Black Flag
returned and started correctly. rule, she is obliged to retire promptly. When she does
not do so and then deliberately hinders another boat in
RYA 1998/3 the race, she commits a gross breach of sportsmanship
When a boat has no reason to know that she crossed the and of rule 2, and her helmsman commits an act of
starting line early and the race committee fails to signal misconduct.
‘individual recall’ promptly and scores her OCS, this is an
error that significantly worsens the boat’s score through CASE 96
no fault of her own and therefore entitles her to redress. When after a general recall a boat learns from seeing
her sail number displayed that she has been disqualified
RYA 2006/2 by the race committee under the second sentence of rule
When there is an improper action of the race committee, 30.4 and believes the race committee has made a
a boat is entitled to redress only when she can show a mistake, her only option is not to start, and then to seek
clear link between that action and her score. If flag X is redress. However, if the race committee does not
removed prematurely, an OCS boat that does not return display her sail number and she sails in the restarted
will be entitled to redress only if she can show that she race, she should be scored BFD, and not DNE.
would have returned had it been displayed for longer. If
she can satisfy the protest committee on this point, CASE 111
appropriate redress would take into account the time If a boat breaks rule 30.2 or rule 30.4 during a starting
she would then have taken to return and start. sequence that results in a general recall, the race
Reinstatement into her finishing position is unlikely to committee is required to penalize her even if the race
be equitable to all boats. had been postponed before that starting sequence or if,
during a later starting sequence, a postponement was
RYA2014/2 signalled before the starting signal.
When the race committee intends an individual recall
but, while displaying flag X, makes two sound signals in CASE 140
addition to the starting sound signal, this is an How the rules apply when a boat is compelled to cross
improper action. However, a boat that ceases racing the starting line by another boat that was breaking a
before she can see which recall flag, if any, is displayed rule of Part 2.
may be at fault and hence not entitled to redress.
A race committee signal comprises both the flag and the RYA 2004/9
sound. The ends of the starting line are as stated in the sailing
instructions, and determine the beginning of the
Rule 30.1, Starting Penalties: I Flag Rule extension of the starting line for rule 30.1 and the base
of the triangle in rules 30.2, 30.3 and 30.4, unless the
RYA 2004/9 sailing instructions say otherwise.
The ends of the starting line are as stated in the sailing
instructions, and determine the beginning of the Rule 31, Touching a Mark
extension of the starting line for rule 30.1 and the base
of the triangle in rules 30.2, 30.3 and 30.4, unless the CASE 77
sailing instructions say otherwise. Contact with a mark by a boat’s equipment constitutes
touching it. A boat obligated to keep clear does not
break a rule when touched by a right-of-way boat’s
equipment that moves unexpectedly out of normal
position.
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If a boat makes an error under rule 28.2 or breaks rule
31 at the finishing line and finishes without correcting
her error or taking a penalty, she must be scored points

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