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RYA 2005/7
The protection of WS case 57 does not extend to an CASE 121
owner or person in charge who knows, or should know, The procedure that must be followed in order to change
that the boat does not comply with class rules. a racing rule for an event is described in detail.

Rule 81, Rescheduled Event Rule 85.1, Changes to Rules
RYA 1999/9 RYA 1969/1
When a race is abandoned, and the race committee or Unless the sailing instructions state otherwise, when
protest committee decides that it will be resailed on courses are shortened using flag S, the finishing line
another day, rule 81 applies. A boat that had entered must be between the committee boat and a mark, or at
but not sailed the abandoned race has a right to take a line or a gate.When sailing instructions include an
part. A boat that took part in the abandoned race but is obligation that applies before or after a boat is racing,
not able to participate in the resail is not entitled to a boat may be penalized for breaking that rule. The
redress, even though the abandonment resulted from penalty is to be applied to the race nearest in time to
her own previous request for redress, provided that the the incident.
race committee acts reasonably in deciding a date for
the resail. RYA 1997/2
A sailing instruction that states how a change of
PART 7 – RACE ORGANIZATION course will be signalled, but which does not refer to
rule 27.1, does not change that rule, and therefore
does not empower the race committee to signal a
Rule 84, Governing Rules course change after the warning signal.
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A boat is not permitted to protest a race committee for Rule 86, Changes to the Racing Rules
breaking a rule. However, she may request redress, and
is entitled to it when she establishes that, through no CASE 32
fault of her own, an improper action or omission of the A competitor is entitled to look exclusively to written
race committee made her score or place significantly sailing instructions and to any written amendments for
worse. all details relating to sailing the course.
CASE 85
CASE 66 If a racing rule is not one of the rules listed in rule
A race committee may not change, or refuse to 86.1(c), class rules are not permitted to change it. If a
implement, the decision of a protest committee, class rule attempts to change such a rule, that class rule
including a decision based on a report from an is not valid and does not apply.
authority responsible for interpreting the class rules.
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CASE 98 The procedure that must be followed in order to change
The rules listed in the definition Rule apply to races a racing rule for an event is described in detail.
governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing whether or not
the notice of race or sailing instructions explicitly state Rule 86.1(b), Changes to the Racing Rules
that they apply. A sailing instruction, provided it is
consistent with any prescription to rule 88.2, may RYA 1980/2
change some or all of the prescriptions of the national A hook-round finish is contrary to the definition Finish,
authority. Generally, neither the notice of race nor the and sailing instructions are not permitted to alter a
sailing instructions may change a class rule. When a definition.
boat races under a handicapping or rating system, the
rules of that system apply, and some or all of her class RYA 1998/2
When it is intended that no boat finishing outside a time
rules may apply as well. When the notice of race limit shall have a finishing place, this requires a change
conflicts with the sailing instructions, neither takes to rule 35. To be valid, the sailing instruction concerned
precedence. must refer to the rule and state the change.

RYA 1989/6 RYA 2002/14
‘Other documents that govern the event’ in the Sailing instructions cannot vary the obligations in the
definition Rule must be stated or referred to in the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at
notice of race and in the sailing instructions before they Sea. The preamble to Part 2 of the Racing Rules of
become mandatory for boats racing. When a race Sailing (RRS) is a rule of Part 2.
committee considers it necessary for boats to adhere to
local regulations or prohibitions, it must issue an
explicit notice of race and sailing instructions to that Rule 87, Changes to Class Rules
effect. When no such notice or instructions are issued, a CASE 98
boat that does not comply with a local regulation or The rules listed in the definition Rule apply to races
prohibition does not break the Fair Sailing rule. governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing whether or not
the notice of race or sailing instructions explicitly state
Rule 85, Changes to Rules
that they apply. A sailing instruction, provided it is
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