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RYA RACING RULES GUIDANCE

GUIDANCE PRIMARILY FOR RACE OFFICIALS
Competitors Retiring or Withdrawing a Retirement
Guidance for race committees on time limits for competitors retiring or
withdrawing a retirement.

Discretionary Penalties
Guidance on discretionary penalties which are becoming increasingly
common for a breach of some rules.

Environmental Responsibility and Trash Disposal
Guidance on the Basic Principle, Environmental Responsibility, and
rule 55, Trash Disposal.
GPS Evidence in Hearings
Guidance on a technical area that is becoming more common.
IRC Rating Protests
Guidance on protests concerning alleged breaches of IRC
measurement rules (should be read in conjunction with the RYA
guidance on Measurement Protests below).
Measurement Protests
Guidance on protests concerning alleged breaches of measurement
rules. It does not directly address protests concerning other aspects
of class rules, although some of the principles are applicable to such
protests.

Permitting Use of an Engine
Options for, and limits on, sailing instructions allowing the use of an
engine for propulsion.

Protecting Boats Before the Start
Methods and penalties to inhibit interference by boats that are not
racing with boats that are in their starting sequence.

Protecting Committee Boats
The paper explains the correct methods for race managers to protect
their own and borrowed boats used as committee boats.

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