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If the protest is late, rule 61.3 requires the protest committee to decide whether
                       there is an acceptable reason for it being delivered after the protest time limit.
                       When there is a good reason, the protest committee shall extend the time limit
                       and record its action.

               K.8.3 Identification of the Protestee

                       The protest must identify the protestee. In almost all cases, this will be by sail
                       number or boat's name. When there is an error in identification, the error may
                       be corrected before the hearing starts.

               K.8.4 Description of the Incident
                       The  protest  shall  identify  the  incident.  This  is  ‘requirement  (b)’  of  the  five
                       requirements for a protest listed in rule 61.2, and the only one of the five that
                       cannot  be  corrected  after  the  protest  is  delivered.  When  the  incident  is  not
                       identified, the protest will be found invalid. There must be adequate information
                       from  which  the  protestee  can  identify  the  incident  and  understand  the
                       allegation. Other details required by rule 61.2 may be corrected before or during
                       the hearing.
               K.8.5 Protestor's Representative

                       The protestor is technically the boat that protests, and the boat’s representative
                       is normally one of the crew. When a protest claims a breach of a rule of Part 2,
                       3 or 4, the boat’s representative shall have been on board at the time of the
                       incident,  unless  there  is  good  reason  for  the  protest  committee  to  rule
                       otherwise.
               K.8.6 The Hail

                       One issue that World Sailing’s Racing Rules Committee has not yet addressed
                       in a Case is the interpretation of ‘reasonable’ in rule 61.1(a), ‘… she shall hail
                       “Protest” and conspicuously display a red flag at the first reasonable opportunity
                       for  each.’  Judges  must  use  their  own  common  sense  to  interpret  the
                       requirement, but it does not take long to make a hail.

               K.8.7 The Protest Flag
                       A red flag must be conspicuously displayed at the first reasonable opportunity
                       after the incident and the flag must be displayed until the boat is no longer
                       racing. A protest flag must be seen primarily to be a flag (World Sailing Case
                       72).  No  protest  flag  is  required  from  boats  less  than  six  metres  unless
                       specifically stated in the Sailing Instructions or in the Class rules as allowed by
                       rule 87.

               K.8.8 Protests not in the Racing Area
                       In the racing area, when the protestor has hailed ‘protest’ loudly and displayed
                       the  protest  flag  correctly,  the  protestee  has  been  adequately  informed  and
                       nothing else is required under rule 61.1. When the protest involves an incident
                       that is not in the racing area, the protestor must inform the protestee that she
                       is that she is protesting as soon as reasonably possible. This might be the next
                       time they come close on the race course. If the boats had not come close to
                       each  other  on  the  water,  it  would  be  as  soon  as  reasonably  possible  after
                       coming ashore.
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