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I On the Water Operations Including Rule 42 and Appendix P

I.1 Statement I 1
I.2 Monitoring Rules Compliance—General I 1
I.3 Liaison with Race Committee I 2
I.4 Equipment Required I 2
I.5 Rule 42 I 3
I.6 Deciding Whether to Penalize I 3
I.7 Regatta procedures – Fleet Racing I 5
I.7.1 Signaling the Penalty I 6
I.7.2 Recording the Penalty I 6
I.7.3 Explaining the Penalty to the Competitor I 8
I.8 Positioning the Boats I 8
I.8.1 Pre-Start I 10
I.8.1.1Start I 11
I.8.2 Upwind I 11
I.8.3 Reaches I 13
I.8.4 Run I 14
I.8.5 The Finish I 16
I.9 At the Competitors’ Briefing
(with/without Appendix N) I 17
I.10 On-Shore After the Race I 17
I.11 Rule 42 Redress Hearing I 18
I.12 Appendix P—Immediate Penalties for Breaking
Rule 42 I 18

I.1 Statement

Most of this chapter focuses on Judges’ activities when Appendix P is in effect.
The first section applies whenever the Judges are on-the-water observing
racing. The remainder of the chapter focuses on judging rule 42 when Appendix
P applies.

I.2 Monitoring Rules Compliance—General

The Judges’ presence on-the-water in easily identified Jury boats leads to
better rules compliance, providing a better quality of racing. The concept of
officiating through proximity leads to competitors being less likely to break the
rules because Judges are watching them, and they could be penalized or
protested. The majority of competitors, who normally respect the rules, feel less
pressure to “push the rules” in order to keep up with those who are breaking
them. Competitors are more likely to comply with a rule, or take their penalty
when they infringe a rule, or to protest, if they know the Judges may have seen
the incident.

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