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GUIDANCE PRIMARILY FOR RACE OFFICIALS Page

Competitors Retiring or Withdrawing a Retirement 57
Guidance for race committees on time limits for competitors retiring or withdrawing
a retirement.

Discretionary Penalties 58
Guidance on discretionary penalties which are becoming increasingly common for
a breach of some rules.

Environmental Responsibility and Trash Disposal 62
Guidance on the Basic Principle, Environmental Responsibility, and rule 55, Trash
Disposal.

GPS Evidence in Hearings 65
Guidance on a technical area that is becoming more common.

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IRC Rating Protests 68
Guidance on protests concerning alleged breaches of IRC measurement rules
(should be read in conjunction with the RYA guidance on Measurement Protests
below).

Measurement Protests 73
Guidance on protests concerning alleged breaches of measurement rules. It does
not directly address protests concerning other aspects of class rules, although
some of the principles are applicable to such protests.

Permitting Use of an Engine 77
Options for, and limits on, sailing instructions allowing the use of an engine for
propulsion.

Protecting Boats Before the Start 79
Methods and penalties to inhibit interference by boats that are not racing with boats
that are in their starting sequence.

Protecting Committee Boats 81
The paper explains the correct methods for race managers to protect their own and
borrowed boats used as committee boats.

Recommendations for Protest Committees 83
Extended guidance on Appendix M regarding protest committee procedure with
examples of appropriate actions in described circumstances.

Restricting Protests or Requests for Redress by Boats 94
Guidance on the limited number of circumstances where it is good practice to
restrict protests by boats. Restriction of requests for redress by boats is not
recommended.

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