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race, the sailing instructions, or any of the other documents that govern the
event, RRS 63.7 instructs the protest committee to apply the rule that it believes
will provide the fairest result for all boats affected when deciding any protest or
request for redress. However, good practice is to amend the Notice of Race
and/or Sailing Instructions as soon as the conflict is discovered.

The Chairman and Vice-chairman of the protest committee (and, if possible, the
other members) should review the Sailing Instructions before the final draft is
agreed upon. Members should send their comments to the Chairman who
reviews these before submitting them to the Race Committee. All members of
the protest committee should review the final document so that any corrections
can be suggested to the race committee before the competitors' briefing.
However, last minute changes should be limited to only those required to sail
the regatta.

G.4.1 Common Problems Encountered in Notice of Race and Sailing
Instructions

• Any change to World Sailing Regulation 20, Advertising Code (see
Appendix 1), requires careful review. Restrictions to advertising must be
stated in the Notice of Race. Unless some form of alternative or
discretionary penalty system is incorporated, the protest committee has no
choice but to disqualify a boat after finding as a fact that she did not comply
with a sailing instruction which is includes the words “boats shall” or “boats
shall not”.

• The description of the starting and finishing lines and course instructions
should be very clear. If the members of the protest committee or protest
committee cannot easily understand them, then some of the competitors
will be confused as well.

• RRS 62.2 allows a request for redress to be delivered as soon as
reasonably possible. On the last day of a large international regatta or world
championship, it is advisable to fix the time for some requests for redress
to be delivered by applying RRS L16.7:
16.7 On the last scheduled day of racing a request for redress based on a
[protest committee] [jury] decision shall be delivered no later than 30 minutes
after the decision was posted. This changes RRS 62.2.