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and the arbitrator. Only full protest  hearing  decisions   person in charge of a boat is free to decide who steers
               or procedures may be appealed.                     her in a race, provided that rule 46 is not broken.
                                                                  CASE 143
               Rule 70.2, Appeals and Requests to a               When  the  organizing  authority  for  a  race  is  not  an
               National Authority                                 organization  specified  in  rule  89.1,  a  party  to  a
                                                                  hearing does not have access to the appeal process.
               RYA 2005/2
               Even if the right to appeal has been denied under rule
               70.5(a),  this  does  not  preclude  the  protest  committee   Rule 76.1, Exclusion of Boats or
               from requesting confirmation of its decision under rule   Competitors
               70.2, since that is not an appeal.
                                                                  RYA 1999/3
               RYA 2005/6                                         By  participating  in  a  race,  a  competitor  agrees  to  be
               A  protest  committee  may  not  refer  only  part  of  its   governed by the rules, as defined, despite any assertion
               decision  for  correction  or  confirmation:  the  RYA  will   to the contrary.
               review all decisions related to an incident.       A  race  committee  cannot  disqualify  a  boat,  except  as
                                                                  permitted  by  Appendix  A5  for  breaches  of  rules  30.3,
               Rule 70.5, Appeals and Requests to a               30.4 and 78.2.
               National Authority                                 To reject or cancel the entry of a boat in a series under
                                                                  rule  76,  the  organizing  authority  or  race  committee
               RYA 2005/2                                         must do so before the first race of the series.
               Even if the right to appeal has been denied under rule
               70.5(a),  this  does  not  preclude  the  protest  committee   RYA 2013/2
               from requesting confirmation of its decision under rule   An organising authority may reject or cancel an entry
               70.2, since that is not an appeal.                 when they know that a boat intends to race with a sail
                                                                  number other than its registered number or use a sail
               RYA 2014/1
               A sailing instruction denying the right of appeal under   without any number.
               Rule 70.5(a) ceases to apply if the condition in that rule
               ceases to be satisfied.                            Rule 77, Identification on Sails
                                                                  RYA 2013/2
               Rule 71.2, National Authority Decisions            Rule  77  may  be  deleted  by  sailing  instructions.  When
                                                                  rule  77  is  deleted,  neither  Appendix  G  nor  the  RYA
               RYA 2002/6                                         prescriptions thereto apply. A boat might break a class
               When  the  conditions  relating  to  the  awarding  of  a
               trophy  are  ambiguous,  the  RYA  is  normally  no  better   rule  whether  or  not  rule  77  applies.  An  organising
                                                                  authority may reject or cancel an entry when they know
               placed than the protest committee to interpret them.
                                                                  that  a  boat  intends  to  race  with  a  sail  number  other
               RYA 2004/1                                         than  its  registered  number  or  use  a  sail  without  any
               Only the protestor and protestee are parties to a protest   number. A boat may be protested for a breach of class
               hearing.  No  other  boat,  even  if  present  at  a  protest   rules, rule 77 or the WS Advertising Code.
               hearing,  can  be  penalized  at  that  hearing,  and  the
               national  authority  has  no  power  to  confirm  or  re-  Rule 78, Compliance with Class Rules;
               impose  the  penalty:  indeed,  it  will  reverse  any  such   Certificates
               penalization on appeal, even if it is not that boat which
               appealed.                                          CASE 57
                                                                  When a current, properly authenticated certificate has
               Rule 71.4, National Authority Decisions            been presented in good faith by an owner who has
                                                                  complied with the requirements of rule 78.1, the final
               CASE 61                                            results of a race or series must stand, even though the
               When the decision of a protest committee is changed or   certificate is later withdrawn.
               reversed  upon  appeal,  the  final  standings  and  the
               awards must be adjusted accordingly.               CASE 131
               RYA 2002/13                                        At the end of an event, if a boat has broken rule 78.2 by
               Published  RYA  appeal  cases  are  persuasive  but  not   not producing a required certificate or arranging for its
               binding.                                           existence to be verified, the race committee is required,
                                                                  without a hearing, to score her ‘DSQ’ for all races of
                                                                  the event.
               PART 6 –
               ENTRY AND QUALIFICATION                            RYA 1997/1
                                                                  When a boat takes part in one race in a series under a
                                                                  different  name, and with a different  person in  charge,
               Rule 75.1, Entering a Race                         she  remains  the  same  boat,  and  her  race  points  will
                                                                  count  towards  her  series  points,  unless  class  rules,
               CASE 40
               Unless otherwise specifically stated in  the class  rules,   notice of race or sailing instructions say otherwise.
               notice of race or sailing instructions, the owner or other
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