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APPENDIX F: PRINCIPLES OF

SPORTSMANSHIP & FAIR PLAY

54 Sportsmanship and Fair Play

54.1 Rule 2, Fair Sailing, refers to the recognised principles of sportsmanship and fair play. The
recognised principles of sportsmanship and fair play include the following (which is a non-
exhaustive list):

55 Respect for the rules
55.1 Breaches of this principle include:

55.1.1 Knowingly breaking a rule and not taking a penalty

55.1.2 Deliberately breaking a rule

55.1.3 Deliberately breaking a rule to gain an unfair advantage

55.1.4 Collusion with another competitor to ignore rule breaches which may aggrieve or
disadvantage other competitors

55.1.5 Gamesmanship, defined as behaviour of questionable fairness but not strictly illegal
tactics

56 Respect for other competitors
56.1 Breaches of this principle include:

56.1.1 Bullying, intimidating or harassing others

56.1.2 Verbal abuse, unnecessary shouting or foul language

56.1.3 Ungracious acceptance of defeat

56.1.4 Sailing to benefit another competitor to the detriment of own position (not applicable in
team racing events)
56.1.5 Deliberately making misleading hails

57 Respect for race officials

57.1 Breaches of this principle include:

57.1.1 Use of language that might convey incompetence or prejudice of race officials

57.1.2 Use of language which personally offends a race official

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