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The accelerated Protest Procedure ensures fast-track hearings for incidents
in which a judge’s decision was not available. This makes the result of each
heat completed shortly afterwards.

The speed with which radio sailing boats sail and maneuver means that
incidents develop extremely rapidly. Radio Sailing provides a real
challenge for all race officials.

Right to Left
Radio Controlled Umpiring: A Positioning Framework.
Course
Notes:
• Each umpire takes ¼ fleet plus 1. With 20 boat heats, umpires watch groups of 6 boats (so umpires overlap).
• If only 3 umpires, delete U4 on 1 st lap and U2 for remainder. If only 2, delete U2 & U4.
• If more than 2 laps then repeat positions 6 through to 8 as many times as needed

Position 1: Prestart and start U1 takes the boats nearest to the shore (near),
U2 those in the middle (middle) and U3 those furthest (far). U4 is left with the
boats that are further back from the line (back).
At the start U1 will umpire the group of boats on the line nearest to the shore,
U2 the group in the middle of the line and U3 the group on the line furthest from P7
shore. U4 will take those boat in the second row at the start.

Position 2: The first beat As boats leave the starting line the umpires remain 4

in the same configuration monitoring the progress of the fleet. While umpiring
their areas U1 and U2 need to think about advancing their positions ahead of

U3 in preparation to take over the first and second groups respectively in
preparation for the first mark rounding. U4 takes the back group for Lap 1.

Positions 3 and 4: Rounding the windward marks Approaching Mark 1, U1
switches to the first group, U2 to the second and U3 to the third. U4 will remain

P1 Start Umpires should be close enough so that U1 can tell U2 the last boat he is P6
watching; likewise U2 tells U3.
As boats begin to round, all umpires advance to be level with Mark 1 to watch
their boats round Marks 1 & 2, then promptly start walking downwind as their
boats leave Mark 2. From P4 onwards, umpires should walk level with the Repeat X
laps and

then to
finish
Position 5: Approaching and rounding the gate As the boats do the final
approach to the gate, U1 & 2 watch all boats’ approach and round the Gate. U1
will usually choose the starboard hand gate mark and U2 will pick the other one
(umpires should collaborate when most boats choose one mark to make sure
they can keep up with the fast pace rounding). U3 and U4 switch to take the
leaders on the beat from when they pass through the running boats.
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Position 6: The second beat As boats finish the rounding, U3 takes front far,
U4 front near. U1 & U2 take the back, same side as at the leeward gate.

Position 7: The second windward rounding As boats approach to round the
windward mark for the second time U3 & U4 watch the windward mark
rounding. U1 watches the first group as they leave Mark 1 and round Mark 2.
U2 does the same with the second group, and then U3 & U4 revert to following
their groups around Marks 1 and 2. All follow their groups on the downwind leg.
Position 8: Second leeward gate rounding and final beat The second
rounding of the leeward gate is a repetition of Position 5, but as they start the
final beat if boats are well-spread, U4 takes the 1 st group, U3 the 2 nd , U2 the 3 rd
and U1 the 4 th until each group finishes.