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Common infractions

• Pumping to pass one or two boats just as the boats are finishing.
• In light air on beats or runs to a finish, roll tacks or gybes that are forceful
and either repeated and unrelated to wind changes or tactics, or that
result in the boat going faster than it would have without tacking or
gybing.
• Often, if two boats are close coming into the finish, a boat will try one big
roll and a pump, or both, to pull ahead just at the finish. In these
situations, the judge needs to be ready to react quickly, but correctly. One
roll or one pump does not break a rule, unless it clearly propels the boat
and breaks rule 42.1

Positioning of Jury boats

A Jury boat should position itself near the last leeward mark and move towards
the finish with the leaders. The Jury boat should position itself close to and to
leeward of the first small group of closely competing boats and follow them to
the finish. It should then remain at the finishing area.

The second Jury boat should watch the end of the last run, and then patrol the
final reaching area paying particular attention to “pressure points” where boats
are close together and passing might be possible by infringing rule 42.
I.9 At the Competitors' Briefing (with/without Appendix P)

Telling the skippers that there will be an active on-the-water Jury presence has
a significant effect on compliance with rule 42. The chairman should cover the
following points:

• The Judges will take action only on clear infringements.
• The Judges will not issue warnings about rule 42 infractions.
• The Judges will post a list of boats penalized under Appendix P.
• Remind the competitors that rule 60.1 still applies and one boat may
protest another.
I.10 On-Shore after the Race

Upon returning to shore, the Judges should submit their penalties to the rule 42
coordinator. He or she will promptly compile a combined list of all rule 42
penalties and review the list to see if all competitors took the appropriate
penalty. If a boat did not take an appropriate penalty, the coordinator notifies
the race committee of disqualifications under P2.1 (DSQ), P2.2 (DNE) or P2.3
(DNE from either that race or all races in the regatta), depending on the
competitor’s action.

The Judges should post the complete list of boats that they have penalized for
rule 42 under Appendix P on the official notice board as soon as possible.
Include on the list the names of the Judges who issued each yellow flag, so the
competitors can approach the Judges with any questions or clarification they
might have.

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