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    Date Event   Event Name   Comments   Dates  
    2010-2-27   COPA LAGO YPACARAI 2010   This was only a 2 member protest committee, and of course, this was not an international Jury.
    As a Committee is "a person or group of persons elected or appointed to perform some service or function, as to investigate, report on, or act upon a particular matter", so, even if I could do it alone, I wanted to invite some local to join me.
    There is not, so far, a National Judge scheme in Paraguay, so there are not NJ´s as well.
    The other member of the Jury,is an experienced snipe sailor and helped me a lot on the logistics of my trip.
    This, I was told, was the most important event to be held in Paraguay this year.
    I have to add that the venue was spectacular. I think it is very rare to see a club like this, and there are people working there, trying to do things better, and I wanted to help them.
    		  Published 2010-3-8    
    2010-2-4   SINGAPORE AIRLINES SAIL AUCKLAND 2010   NilCompetant race management and good relationship with jury   Published 2010-2-16    
    2010-2-1   2010 BRAZILIAN YOUTH TRIALS   No problens, a very special event for youth. We had wind in Brasília!!! Very nice job. All team worked together and did a great championship for the youth brazilian sailors.   Published 2010-2-10    
    2010-1-30   2010 OK DINGHY WORLD   The rules knowledge among sailors is adequate. This fleet is friendly fleet. Sailing Instructions and NOR are very good.The Race Officer is very good and knows what he is doing. The juries and Race officer have good relationship   Published 2010-2-26    
    2010-1-29   Port Louis Grenada Sailing Festival   NoneR/C was challenged by the occasional drifting or disappearance of deep water marks   Published 2010-2-4    
    2010-1-25   YOG Qualifier, Central and South America   NOR 11.1 PENALTY SYSTEM:
    The provisions of RRS. Apendix P2.2 AND 2.3 shall not apply. All protest in the race area against a competitor, lodged under provision of P1, shall be covered by the provisions of P2.1
    SI 14.1 PENALTY SYSTEM
    RRS 44.1 is amended so that he two turns penalty is replaced by a one turn penalty including a tack and a gybe when a boat may have broken a rule of part 2 while racing.
    SI 14.2
    Appendix P will apply but only as prescribed in NOR 11.1 or as changed by SI 14.1Race Committee up to world class standards    		   Published 2010-2-4    
    2010-1-24   2010 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL SNIPE CHAMPIONSHIP   We have some questions about the correct age for masters on Snipe Class. The SCIRA doens´t have a specific rule aboute that. Only talks on two specific events (Worlds and Europeans). An suggestions is create a rule on SCIRE with the correct ages to do entries on the officials championships of the class.We have some requests for reddres, but nothing in special. The Snipe Class needs to be more specific about the correct ages to make entries on the officials championships.   Published 2010-2-10    
    2010-1-24   2010 Rolex Miami OCR   Judges were split on the new definition of party: does this new definition allow a jury to make a boat that may be affected by a redress decision a party to the hearing, when the jury is not considering redress for this boat?

    Requirement for the three highest-ranked boats to wear coloured bibs: one team requested to be exempted from this requirement because of an existing contract with a team sponsor.

    There were difficulties in some hearings to get in due time the race committee staff involved in the situation in question.

    Too many support boats were not properly identified with national letters. The requirement for coach boats to stay clear of the starting line and its extensions was not popular but we believe this should be apllied in all other Sailing World Cup regattas.

    The course designation based on the number of beats to windward to be sailed should be a standard.
    When three fleets are racing simultaneously on a trapezoid course the race committee decided to start them on an Outer-Inner-Inner sequence and this caused delays.     		  Published 2010-1-31    
    2010-1-18   KEY WEST 2010   On the first day of racing the Melges 32 class queried the sailing instructions as the alternative penalties defined in them did not conform with their class rules.
    The Jury ruled that the sailing instructions applied, as rule 86.1 prevents class rules from changing rule 44. Rule 86.2 did not apply.
    The sailing instructions were subsequently changed for races after day 1 for Melges 24 and 32 classes to meet the class preferences
    The class claimed that their rules, effective Jan 10th, have been approved by ISAF although they are not available on the ISAF website.
    Clarification is sought for future events.Excellent race management and communication with the Jury    		   Published 2010-1-26    
    2010-1-17   2010 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL LASER CHAMPIONSHIP   No problems.Great job.   Published 2010-1-25    
    2010-1-9   2010 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL OPTIMIST CHAMPIONSHIP   This was a very nice championship, without problems, but we called three coaches and warned for bad behavior on the water (discussions in front of the cildren). Was not so heavy, but important because they are teaching children. Grate work, because was a lot of tide (+or- 2.1mts). This tide on the race area for a trapezoid course for 155 optimist sailors was a great challenge.   Published 2010-2-10    
    2010-1-7   International Contender Class World Championship 2010     Published 2010-1-17    
    2010-1-4   17thTrofeo Marcello Campobasso     Published 2010-1-6    
    2010-1-2   2010 SPLASH World Championship   A protest was lodged querying the size of competitors top baton. Advice was sort from the Class Measurer who confirmed that the baton did not comply. The Jury requested the Class Measurer check all top batons before racing commenced the next day, which was successfully achieved, identifying another 5 non conforming batons, without delaying racing.
    Arbitration was successfully used during the regatta with all 6 boat on boat protests being settled before reaching the Jury.
    The jury decided that as all competitors were under 19 years of age to initially warn them for rule 42 infringements unless it was a blatant infringement. Seven competitors were warned and behaved themselves well after the warning. No rule 42 penalties were given during the championship, the fleet behaving extremely well.
    The on water race management was conducted at a very high level. There was a minor problem with a mark that had moved and was replaced, resulting in average points being granted to one competitor.
    The high standard of racing was marred by a large number of broken rudder blades on the chartered boats that had been provided by the class association.    		   Published 2010-1-14    
    2010-1-1   Soling World Champiomship 2010,   The RC under the guidance of PRO Carlos Odecio did a perfect and professional job.
    In the heat of nearly 40° he did not let wait the competitors for the start longer than necessary.
    Always good starting lines.
    The courses were layed perfectly and he reacted to each wind shift promptly so that we had even 4 course changes in some races.
    No request of redress against the RC.

    In the practice race a Soling capsized and sunk (depth 3,5 m). The Jury boat helped to recover the sunken yacht .
    IJ Luis Leal de Faria (POR) proved outstanding good seamanship until late in the night to help to recover the boat which was finally possible to do.
    		  Published 2010-2-18    
    2009-12-21   Euromed Malta Championships   A team manager who was allowed to observe a hearing interrupted and was asked not advertise his presence in the room. The second interruption was a strong insinuation that the IJ was not acting properly. He was firmly asked to apologise and to leave the room.The two NJ (MLT) rotated during hearings. The RRS 42 work was done using 1 good rib with two jury members each day. All Jury members served afloat.   Published 2010-2-26    
    2009-12-12   ISAF World Sailing Cup 2010/Sail Melbourne   Although the latest version of Addendum Q was slow in being received this did not raise any problems. OTW there were no boat on boat protests and only one scoring query during the 2 minute B Flag period.
    Most classes sailed through the finish line and proceeded to the marina rather than waiting to check the finishing positions and whether there were any protests.
    Of the 3 fleet racing jury boats 2 had low consoles and bench seating which were not good for 42 judging due to the difficulty in standing up. The additional 3 medal race boats also included boats with low consoles and bench seats Good rapport and cooperation with the Race Management.

    The medal races used a combination of W/L, W/LS and trapezoid outer/inner loops. Comments from competitors was that they would have preferred W/L and only one class racing at a time.
    		  Published 2009-12-28    
    2009-12-12   IODA ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009     Published 2009-12-21    
    2009-12-10   UAE NATIONAL DAY REGATTA     Published 2009-12-13    
    2009-12-4   Sail Sydney 2009   On the last day of the regatta a Request for Redress was lodged by a competitor alleging that he had been scored a finish place in race 1 but this had subsequently been changed to an OCS. The competitor did not turn up at the Hearing and it proceeded in his absence. Documentation provided clearly demonstrated that the competitor had never been shown in the results as anything but OCS and the request for redress was denied.
    The Jury considered this may have been a breach of Rule 69 and as the request was on the last day have now lodged a Report to the MNA under Rule 69.2(a).
    Racing was divided between morning and afternoon fleets which worked well generally but occassionally the morning fleet lost a race if the wind was light and there were delays in commencing racing.

    Overall a good relationship with the Race officials but redress was granted on, what the course race officer described as "sloppy" race management. A competitor has been noted as OCS at the start of a race and the Individual Recall flag was raised. Due to an error by the race committee when telephoning the results ashore they forgot to state the competitor was OCS and this error was compounded in the Results sheet. It was not until 2 days later that the error was changed on the published results which were not qualified as provisional. The competitor was not advised of this error by the Race Management but saw his results had changed and requested redress. Based on the Race Officer´s comments redress was granted.
    		  Published 2009-12-28    
    2009-12-3   1st Gulf Council Countries Sailing Regatta   One National Judge, did not come due to last moment illness. No qualified replacement was available . The IJ remained properly constituted according to Appendix N1.5   Published 2009-12-7    
    2009-12-3   St. Nicholas 2009 Regatta     Published 2009-12-10    
    2009-12-3   2009 Lightning South American Championship   Only four protests were lodged, an arbitration system was considered for this event, none of the protestees accepted an arbitration.A RC boat was not available, a local fisherman boat was used as the RC boat for the regatta with great success. The local fisherman provided all the information to the PRO, as tides, predominat winds, local currents, etc., since there was no internet at the site of the regatta. The PRO received assistance from the chairman of the PC during the regatta.   Published 2009-12-10    
    2009-11-29   Phuket King’s Cup Regatta 2009     Published 2009-12-10    
    2009-11-26   Sail Brisbane 2009   The event was a ISAF Grade 2 event. The four protest lodged were boat on boat protests. There were no requests for redress. There were no Allegation of Gross Misconduct (Rule 69) hearings although the Protest Committee did have a talk to one of the children following a minor altercation. There were no problems with either the Notice of Race or the Sailing Instructions, the regatta was well conducted by all concerned. The numbers participating in the regatta have grown each year over several years. There were three courses. The Northern course had the Laser Fullrig, Radials, 4.7,and Finns, the course was well managed. The Southern Course had a mixture of classes including childrens classes´. The race officer was not local and on the first day there some minor problems. For the rest of the regatta the course was well managed.
    The Eastern course only operated for the last two days with three classes, Contenders, SB3 and Hobie 16´s. The course was well managed. Strong winds on the final day caused most classes to lose at least one race.     		  Published 2009-12-3    
    2009-11-24   Byte CII Asian Championships 2009 and Youth Olympics Games Continent Qualifer     Published 2009-12-10    
    2009-11-8   TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE 2009   Rule 41 is impossible to manage since the competitors are fully equiped for outside communication, for their safety. They accept non-routing conditions by signing a form.There were no case to study and we could not test the jury behavior with members remaining in their own country, only connected by phone and computer.   Published 2009-12-21    
    2009-10-30   CHINA CUP     Published 2009-11-3    
    2009-10-26   Melges 24 World Championship   The Melges 24 class sailing instruction template includes two attachments. One is about coach/support boats and the other about arbitration/mediation. Both include new rules and interpretation difficulties.

    Our belief is that when we introduce new rules, especially in the sailing instructions, they should be clear and easy to interpret. An initiative from ISAF to develop standard sailing instructions to cover these issues would be appreciated. We need consistency between classes and countries when using these types of rules.

    The template also includes an on water system for giving penalties for breaking class rules (hiking and bowsprit) and RRS part 2 rules.

    Some penalties were given during the event, but many of the sailors did not do the appropriate penalty and were therefore DSQed. This system has to be simplified for the sailors to be able to make an instant decision on what action to do after a flag has been shown to them. In situations when the jury was unable to decide which boat broke a rule, we displayed U-flags and the class also recommends the jury to display green flags when no rule is broken. The U-flag was used once or twice and the green flag we never took afloat. The U-flag is too broad a brush. In a complex mark rounding (lots of boats), the flag is raised (but not pointed at specific boats) to indicate a rules infringement. Then there is another incident and up goes the flag again. Now there are any number of boats thinking they may be at fault and it becomes very difficult for the jury boat to keep track of who is doing what. The system could be simplified. The sailors made several mistakes not knowing what the flags meant and what penalty to do. The alternative would be to use one flag (red) and one penalty (two turns).

    Appendix P also applied. In the future it would need to be changed, but the sailors would have a better chance to do the appropriate penalty.    		   Published 2009-11-2    
    2009-10-24   J24 European Championship   Due to difficult weather conditions (rain and light shifty winds) only six races were sailed in two out of the four scheduled racing days.
    The scoring penalty was used except for Appendix P.
    Appendix P applied with the following changes: Rule P2.3 did not apply and rule P2.2was changed so that it would apply to any penalty after the first one.
    		  Published 2009-11-2    
    2009-10-12   30th. Rolex Middle Sea Race   Although Giovanni Jannucci, a member of the IJ was unavoidably absent owing to sudden indisposition. the I. J remained properly constituted with three I.J´s from different countries and one NJ.
    The Jury called a hearing in conformity with RRS 69.1 against Aurora ITA 333 for an alleged infringement of the SI´s and the IRC Rule which prohibits carrying two mainsails on board. At the hearing the representative of Aurora denied this allegation. The Jury then established beyond any shadow of doubt that they had in fact not only carried but used two mainsails while racing.
    The Jury DSQ´d the boat in the race under RRS 69.1 (b)2. and decided that the representative´s blatant lying constituted a breach of Gross Misconduct and therefore reported the matter to the relevant MNA´s.    		   Published 2009-11-3    
    2009-10-11   2009 IFDS Sailing World Championships   A great organised Disabled World Championship due to the circumstances. Every day posponements (no wind) and during the races a lot of windshifts.   Published 2009-10-26    
    2009-10-11   Barcolana     Published 2009-10-11    
    2009-10-6   Int Flying Fifteen World Championship   There were several instances where protest flags were claimed to have been flown correctly, but later examination of photos taken by the jury showed that the flags were not conspicuously displayed. Often the flag was flown low on the stay, or obscured by the crew´s torso, or not stretched on the hoist. In all cases the display of the flag was not seen by the protestee, but claimed to have been conspicuously displayed by the protester. The protest, in these instances, was disallowed, if an image was available from the incident supporting the lack of conspicuous display. Without the photographs, the protestor´s evidence would probably have been accepted and the protest would have proceeded.
    This was one of the first world championships conducted under the new rule 18.1 and not all of the competitors knew of the new zone definition or were able to adjust their tactics to the larger zone. The larger zone seemed to change the timing when spinnakers were being gybed or lowered. Once a yacht entered the zone the crew would usually start to take down their spinnaker further from the mark. Often a boat clear astern with their spinnaker still up would then surge into a late inside overlapped position with no right to mark-room.    		   Published 2009-10-14    
    2009-10-6   TP 52 World Championship   A Q&A will be submitted referring some concerns about the application of RRS 20.   Published 2009-10-18    
    2009-10-5   EUROPEAN DRAGON CHAMPIONSHIP   A start-finish line in the middle of the winward/downwind leg which generated seventeen protests by the RC leading to unpopular decision by the jury (5% penalty)   Published 2009-10-11    
    2009-9-27   2009 Platu 25 World Championship   Class Constitution 18.1 Racing says: At any event the Class may be sailing in one fleet, even if there are more than 60 boats entered for the race. The Jury suggested splitting the fleet of 92 boats in two with qualifying series and finals mainly for safety reasons. There were a lot of discussions during the class meeting and finally the majority agreed to split the fleet and the class approved it.   Published 2009-10-26    
    2009-9-26   LES VOILES DE SAINT TROPEZ     Published 2009-10-11    
    2009-9-25   U.S. NATIONAL OFFSHORE CHAMPIONSHIP   NoneNone   Published 2009-10-11    
    2009-9-23   Pacific Mini Games   AX P to P2.2.Medal race with all competitors in each class much appreciated by all participants.   Published 2009-10-18    
    2009-9-20   Audi Melges 32 World Championship 2009   There was an incident at the windward mark with one boat coming in on port and having contact with a boat on starboard. They happened to be first and second at the time. The incident was seen by a jury boat and evidence was given by a judge that the boat on starboard had slightly overstood and had not had to sail above close hauled to avoid the boat on port. The evidence was based on the fact that her jib did not lift. Some of the jury did not accept that a jib had to lift for a boat to sail above close hauled. The boat on port was disqualified for a variety of reasons   Published 2009-10-18    
    2009-9-20   Regates Royales   Dragon : 62 Entries / 12 Countries
    Classics (7 series) : 79 Entries / 16 Countries    		   Published 2009-10-1    
    2009-9-18   Open Dutch Championship for Olympic and Para Olympic Classes 2009   During the event a clinic for rule 42 was given by Eric Mehlbaum, to give trainees (national judges (in spe))on the water experience. This also solved the problem to have 3 juryboats on the water with only 5 judges. The clinic also gave the judges the possibility to sharpen their minds on rule 42.   Published 2009-9-30    
    2009-9-17   2009 Tasar World Championship   National letters and numbers in some boats were a different colour. Appendix G1.2(a)was changed by the SIs to allow these boats to race.Japan sailmaker of Tasar should be notified the need to comply with Appendix G.
    The Jury posted full sumary of protest decisions. Competior feedback to these was positive. It was thought to be a good learning exercise and promoted discusion around the boat park. 24 protests were heard with one rule 2 DNE. the competitor was OCS but made contact with 2 boats at the startline and took no penalty turns. The SIs gave the jury only 20 minutes to post hearing notices. The standard 30 minutes would be preferred. The RC did an excellent job and good communication between the groups. All 12 races were completed with many course changes. Venue was excellent and close to shore.    		   Published 2009-9-30    
    2009-9-15   Etchells North American Chapionship   Protest Arbitration was provided for in the Sailing Instructions for rules of Part 2 or RRS 31.   Published 2009-9-21    
    2009-9-13   International 8 metre World Championchip     Published 2009-10-1    
    2009-9-13   Charente Maritime Bahia mini transat 6.5  
    The full jury met at La Rochelle before the start.

    The organising authority paid for three judges to go to the first stop, in Funchal. Another judge participated in hearings via a Skype video conference link. The fifth was not available to be contacted on Skype.

    The organising authority paid for three judges to go to Bahia. One of the NJs remaining in Europe was not available at the time of some of the hearings, and so there was a video Skype conference link to the other NJ in Europe. Both NJs were available for some of the hearings, and there was a Skype conference link (sound only).

    There was one rule 69.1(a) hearing resulting in a warning.
    		  Published 2009-11-2    
    2009-9-12   Lightning World Championship   very quiet event from the jury perspective...incredibly sprotsmanlike class   Published 2009-10-14    
    2009-9-11   The Buddy Melges Challenge 2009 - Match Race Grade 2   None.Competitors ask the RC to use a long start line at light winds using the upper limit of the guidelines (30 seconds). The turning radio of the Elliott 6 meter is very wide at low speeds and it can be difficult during the dial up.
    There is a discussion with the AO regarding what would be best in case of light wind on the last day: not finish the round robin and do more final races or finishing it and do less final races. The decision taken was finishing the round robin.
    		  Published 2009-9-15    
    2009-9-10   Rolex Big Boat Series / IRC US Championship   An arbitration system titled Mediation in an Appendix to the Sailing Instructions using a penalty of 30% instead of the more customary 40% penalty was employed for this event. A total of 10 protests were filed that were subject to Part 2 infringement allegation. From these, 8 of the protests were successfully mediated and did not require resolution at a hearing by the International Jury.
    The conclusion drawn from this experience with a reduced penalty was that in fleets with smaller classes, a 10% lesser penalty was seen to be more readily acceptable to the competitors that were perceived in Arbitration to have infringed a Part 2 Rule and given the option of accepting a penalty in lieu of going to a protest hearing.





    		  Published 2009-10-18    
    2009-9-9   Trofeo Caja Mediterraneo Region de Murcia   The appointment of the jury by the organizing authority was challenged by the MNA. It raised the question whether rule 91(b) gives the MNA the right to approve whether or not there is an international jury or whether it gives them the right to approve the individual members that make up the jury. In the interests of the event, the member of the jury that was not approved acted as an observer, but this was an unsatisfactory situation.
    For safety reasons rule 41 should be amended to allow a man overboard to be recovered from the water by the first available means without it being considered outside assistance. In most cases it is safer for both the boat and the crew member for a rescue boat to retrieve a crew member from the water. The obligation in RRS47.2 on the boat to recover their crew member before continuing would still be in force but it would be safer for the crew member to wait in a vessel while he awaits their return.
    		  Published 2009-10-18    
    2009-9-9   Championnat d´Europe Access - Coupe des 4 nations     Published 2009-9-21    
    2009-9-8   6 M Gold Cup   Class Rules (Championship "Deed of Gift") require competitors to sail with a crew of 5, and to list on a waiver a maximum of 6 crew available. Any changes in crew must be approved by the Jury.
    Sailing instructions provided that any crew substitutions "by any person not named on the list" may only occur after written approval of the Jury.
    The Jury adopted the latter interpretation for this regatta, and the Class representative agreed with this interpretation. Only one such substitution occured for medical reasons.Early weather for the regatta was not favourable, but the Race Officer was able to catch up and finish the regatta losing only one race for the Classic Class.    		   Published 2009-9-13    
    2009-9-5   CENTOMIGLIA   Comments by Jury chairman Fabio Furlani IJ/ITA:
    In the early hours of the day there was a very strong wind and we had to postpone the start by 1 hour; at 9.30am the wind was still very intense but together with the PRO and the Organising Comitee I decided to give the start.
    The race continued quiet well until the last boat arrived.

    Comments by Miroslav Bjelajac IJ/CRO:
    One protest - withdrawn.Same sequence like Trofeo Gorla regatta. Efficient way to start large number of cruiser boats. Long pre-start line with sectors, divided by separator boats. Starting line was between mast at shore and staff with flag on stern of R.C. powerboat fast sailing in front of pre-start line and whole fleet, once starting signal was given. Crossing prestart-line or beeing in wrong sector (fleet) three minutes prior to start infringes SI and boat is penalized with additional 2% or 5% of actual sailed time.     		  Published 2009-9-21    
    2009-9-3   International Dragon World Championship   The Dragon class wants to use code flag U for incidents where judges on the water see a rule infringement. Appendix P was used, only one penalty given.All scheduled races sailed, only practice race was cancelled due to heavy winds.   Published 2009-9-15    
    2009-8-30   TORNADO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP   We experienced light wind during the competition and unfortunately we were able to complete 6 races only.
    All competitors behaved well and there were not protests or issues at all.

    		  Published 2009-9-21    
    2009-8-30   Trofeo Gorla   Total of four hearings. Two protests and two requests for redress. One boat DSQ, one protest dissmissed. One request for redress was upheld and one withdrawn.Very interesting and efficient way to start large number of cruiser boats. Long pre-start line with sectors, divided by separator boats. Starting line was between mast at shore and staff with flag on stern of R.C. powerboat fast sailing in front of pre-start line and whole fleet, once starting signal was given. Crossing prestart-line or beeing in wrong sector (fleet) three minutes prior to start infringes SI and boat is penalized with additional 2% or 5% of actual sailed time.   Published 2009-9-20    
    2009-8-29   Swan 45 World Championship     Published 2009-10-14    
    2009-8-27   34. KUP DJERDAPA  
    This event was national championship for classes Laser & Laser Radial.

    Protest committee was appointed and Appendix N does not apply.    		   Published 2009-9-1    
    2009-8-27   2009 Nautel Laser Masters World Championship   The Sailing Instructions changed Appendix P 2.1 to provide for a points penalty where a competitors first breach of RRS 42 occurred prior to finishing and the penalty signalled after finishing, and also changed P3 so that a second or subsequent penalty was not cancelled in the event of a postponement, general recall, or abandonment and thus the competitor was not permitted to sail in any re-sailed race. (Also changing rule 36)
    An arbitration procedure was offered and was used once in the regatta.
    The Jury decided as policy to protest any breaches of the rules in circumstances where it was difficult for other competitors to protest. No protests eventuated from this policy.
    A summary of Jury hearings can be found here.
    http://can09.laserinternational.org/documents/Laser%20Masters%20-%20Protest%20Hearings%20Summary.pdf
    The Race Committee and Jury had an excellent working relationship.    		   Published 2009-9-21    
    2009-8-23   Fireball World Championship  
    Good work from the race officer in difficult conditions (shifty winds, variable in strength).     		  Published 2009-8-31    
    2009-8-23   Slica 16 World Championship     Published 2009-8-31    
    2009-8-23   BYTE CII WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP   USED APPENDIX P BUT P2.1 WAS THE ONLY PENALTY AVAILABLE TO THE JURY. COMPETITORS THOUGHT IT WAS VERY FAIR BUT SOME ON THE JURY THOUGHT IT SHOULD HAVE GONE ON TO P2.2.GREAT RC TEAM, SUPPORT STAFF. EXCELLENT RELATIONS WITH ALL   Published 2009-10-14    
    2009-8-23   LASER-LASER-R ISAF LEVEL 1 AT CORK OCR   USED APPENDIX P BUT P2.1 WAS THE ONLY PENALTY AVAILABLE TO THE JURY. COMPETITORS THOUGHT IT WAS VERY FAIR BUT SOME ON THE JURY THOUGHT IT SHOULD HAVE GONE ON TO P2.2.GREAT RC TEAM, SUPPORT STAFF. EXCELLANT RELATIONS WITH ALL   Published 2009-10-14    
    2009-8-22   2009 Finn European Championship   One competitor asked permission to use a device for recording his track on the race course in some races of the event.
    The International Jury consulted with representatives of the International Finn Class as required by IFA Class Rule A.8.2.
    IFA Class Rule C.5.1 (b) lists the electronic devices that are permitted aboard whilst racing. A device for recording position, speed of course sailed, is not included in that list.
    The IFA Class Rules of Part II, of which C 5.1 (b) is a part, are "closed class rules." The ERS provides that, in closed class rules anything not specifically permitted is prohibited.
    The International Jury have concluded that, in the absence of direction from the IFA to the contrary, carrying this device aboard the boat whilst racing would break IFA Class Rule C.5.1 (b).
    In accordance with IFA Class Rule A.6.2, this interpretation is valid only at this event.
    As required by IFA Class Rule A.8.2, this interpretation is being sent to the Bulgarian Sailing Federation, ISAF and the IFA    		   Published 2009-9-2    
    2009-8-20   470 World Championships 2009   GPS tracking was used during the event for safety purposes. In addition, the organisers used the system to provide displays onshore. However Sailing Instructions did not allow information from the system to be used as evidence or as a basis for a protest or request for redress by the Race Committee or a boat, although the International Jury could use the information at their discretion. In one protest, the proximity of the boats was in question and the International Jury decided to view the tracking information to clarify the issue but was unable to use the information because of lack of expertise and uncertainty over the accuracy of the system. In view of the likely increase in use of GPS tracking systems, the Jury recommend that ISAF consider the issue and give technical guidance on the accuracy of such systems and the use of information derived from them in hearings.
    In all races apart from the medal race, Sailing Instructions defined a restricted area for support boats extending to 50 metres around the course area. However, support boats were allowed to enter the restricted area, provided they kept clear and to leeward of all racing boats. Coach support boats seemed to appreciate and respect this additional tolerance and with only a couple of minor transgressions, dealt with individually, they cooperated well with the Race Committee and International Jury.    		   Published 2009-9-13    
    2009-8-19   Optimist Class Portuguese Championship   Each day the jury posted the list of boats that had been in the Yellow Light area: Pumping 14, Sculling 6 and Ooching 3.

    Rule 42 penalties for the regatta were Pumping 10, Sculling 7 and Ooching 2.    		   Published 2009-9-20    
    2009-8-18   President´s Cup, Istanbul Int´l Sailing Week   Comments by Jury Chairman Yalcin Gurkan IJ/TUR
    1) There were no major rules issue.
    2) No redress requests related to the RC were granted.
    3) There were not any Rule 69 investigation.
    4) Due to strong and regular thermic wind conditions only limited qty of Rule 42 infringements occurred.
    It was enjoyable to work with this competent jury,there were no relationship issues within it. Ribs, radios and food were at satisfactory level. Strong and regular wind conditions facilitated the work of the RC.
    Nothing special for them as well

    Comments by Costas Tsantilis IJ/GRE
    Excellent performance by the PRO, very careful and perfect in the details, fast in taking decisions and very good coordination with the safety team in very strong wind conditions.

    		  Published 2009-8-26    
    2009-8-17   2009 Nautel Laser World Championships   The Sailing Instructions changed Appendix P 2.1 to provide for a points penalty where a competitors first breach of RRS 42 occurred prior to finishing and the penalty signalled after finishing, and also changed P3 so that a second or subsequent penalty was not cancelled in the event of a postponement, general recall, or abandonment and thus the competitor was not permitted to sail in any re-sailed race. (Also changing rule 36)
    An arbitration procedure was offered but not used by competitors in this event.
    The Jury decided as policy to protest any breaches of the rules in circumstances where it was difficult for other competitors to protest. No protests eventuated from this policy.
    Boats were supplied by the organising authority and several competitors requested redress for equipment failure resulting from a manufacturing defect. Redress was given in three such cases where a manufacturing defect was clearly evident .
    The Race Committee abandoned several races when fog substantially reduced visibility. A redress request by seven competitors resulted in the Jury abandoning a further race for the same reason.
    The eventual winner used aggressive match race tactics to ensure that another competitor did not win the last race and in doing so won the regatta. The other competitor was second in the regatta.
    The jury decided to publish a full summary of decisions on the event web-site when it became evident that competitor blogs were presenting a one sided view of jury decisions.
    A full summary of decisions can be found at
    http://can09.laserinternational.org/documents/Laser%20Standard%20-%20Protest%20Hearings%20Summary.pdf
    The Race Committee and Jury had an excellent working relationship.
    Coach boats had to be encouraged to stay outside of the race area and away from above the finish line.
    Sailing was cancelled for a day and the yachts packed away as “Hurricane Bill” passed through.
    The event experienced some unusually heavy fog “bank” conditions and the Race Committee had to work on setting race areas away from fog “bank” areas. On one race day race committee vessels had to escort competitors from an assembly area through a heavy fog bank to a clear area of St Margaret’s Bay.
    		  Published 2009-9-21    
    2009-8-13   X-35 European Championship 2009  
    Wonderful work from the race committe    		   Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-8-12   Int. 49er World Championship   In my opinion Appendix P and rule 42 are virtually not needed for the 49er class.   Published 2009-9-20    
    2009-8-10   Cowes Week     Published 2009-9-21    
    2009-8-9   World Championship int. Micro Class   The competitors had berthes at different places which were too far away from each other to have the jury in one place. Therefore we changed by sailing instruction the procedure rules of protesting similar to the match race rules and did the hearings on the jury boat which was big enough for the jury, parties and witnesses. This turned out as very practical and competitors did use this easier protest formalities in an increasing number. We had more protests than usual in this class, but we consider this as a service to the competitors and we were never sitting late in the evenings in the jury room waiting to get the parties and witnesses together.
    As a conclusion it could be recommended also to other events where there is a big Jury boat to have the hearings on the water.
    		  Published 2009-9-27    
    2009-8-9   Laser Radial Men´s European Championship   The Sailing Instructions set up an exclusion zone around the starting area Coaches were not allowed into the zone after a race"s first Preparatory Signal unless the race was postponed or abandoned.



    There was very poor discipline by the coaches who continued to enter the exclusion zone and caused problems to the race committee and jury boats. Action was taken against two coaches. One stayed ashore for one day and the other for two days. Another eight coaches who had entered the exclusion zone after a General Recall were given severe warnings.    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-8-8   Europe Class Youth European Championship   There was a question from the Race Official to the Jury was asked for Official Interpretation to the time limit for the last racing day. Jury answer according to the Notice of Race.
    		  Published 2009-8-26    
    2009-8-7   Europeans Laser 4,7 Youth Championships 2009   Arbitration system offered to competitors and accepted in approx 50% of cases.
    Whistle System implemented to encourage boats to take penalties afloat.
    Standard Laser class Notice of Race and SI used but had to be changed quite a bit.
    Host club offered very worm welcome to all participants and race officers.
    Race Committee could do a little bit better with a starting procedure and starting line.
    Otherwise very good.
    Special thanks to competitors for a fair sailing and coaches that respected racing area.    		   Published 2009-8-31    
    2009-8-1   COPA DEL REY     Published 2009-11-3    
    2009-8-1   Laser Standard Senior and Youth European Championship 2009   Sailing Instructions provided for Arbitration and Whistle system used by jury members when observing a possible breach of a rule.
    Arbitration in the class widely known and accepted in appr. 50% of cases offered.









    Race Committee worked professionally and consistent with class policies and ISAF Race Management policies. The race officers on both courses were IROs.

    The relationship between RC and the jury was very good.





    		  Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-8-1   COPA DEL REY - PALMA DE MALLORCA - SPAIN   Troubles on rules applicable. The Notice of Race included rules not updated along with Class Rules (ORC, IRC).

    Troubles with application of "Owner-Driver" concept in Class X35. Investigation to be made in ownership. No presence of class representative despite it was a Class official event, therefor no check of ownership evidence at the registration.    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-7-31   Flying Dutchman World Championships   Unusually, a yellow flag was given for paddling in the last minute before the start.
    The Race Officer performed very well and establish a good relationship with the fleet and jury. She is an NRO and passed the IRO Seminar at Hamble 2009.    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-7-31   Yngling World Championship   Before racing started, the measurer found that thirteen jibs and seven mainsails on nineteen of the thirty-four boats were outside class rules. All of these sails had been stamped and buttoned prior to delivery by manufacturing sailmakers who are authorized by ISAF measurement rules and MNAs to measure the sails they built.

    Upon learning of this problem prior to the start of the regatta the jury published an amendment giving the jury discretion in such matters.

    We allowed the use of these sails on the basis that the competitors had taken all reasonable steps to comply with class rules after the measurer gave evidence that there was no measurable advantage in the sails that did not conform.

    It may well be that allowing sail makers to verify sails they have made themselves is a subject that should be revisited.    		   Published 2009-9-20    
    2009-7-31   Finn Junior World Championship - Silver Cup   After the first day of racing in light winds the jury was concerned by the number of sailors who were breaking rule 42. While discussing this on shore with the competitors, it became clear that both the sailors and the coaches did not understand the rule. Many of the coaches were national level or private coaches and had not participated in the ISAF sponsored rule 42 training at Olympic Classes Regattas the previous two years.

    During a long onshore postponement the next day waiting for wind, the jury held a review of rule 42 and the rule 42 interpretations with competitors and coaches. Following the meeting there was a dramatic improvement in rule 42 compliance.

    It was the juries conclusion that because of the turnover of coaches, and especially in youth events were competitors and national coaches do not typically have access to international experiences, more effort is needed focused at this level. Perhaps a task force focused on second tier junior regattas would help expand rule 42 understanding sooner in a sailing athlete´s development.

    		  Published 2009-9-20    
    2009-7-31   Soling European Championship     Published 2009-9-27    
    2009-7-29   Audi Region of Sardegna Trophy   Judges were able to whistle if a red flag was flown by a competitor. The judges positioned themselves to be close to the boats during tight situations. This prevented possible reckless sailing at crowded mark roundings.   Published 2009-9-20    
    2009-7-28   420 World and Women´s Championship   Two rule 69 hearing were held.
    One rule 69.1(b)(2) to a competitor and reported to both his NA and the event´s NA.
    One rule 69.2 from a coach-father with three penalty suggesitons to the Organizing Authority which two were fulfilled. The findings were reported to the appropriate NA.    		   Published 2009-9-20    
    2009-7-25   Europe Class World Championship     Published 2009-9-20    
    2009-7-25   World Laser Radial Women   The event had an optional arbitration system in the SI"s. However, with very few protests and most cases involving sailors in the top of the leader board, the protestor of each case wanted a full hearing instead of an arbitration resulting in a smaller penalty if the protest was upheld.
    Very good relationship between race committee and jury. Race committee was very efficient and ran two good races every day with no delays and very few recalls.    		   Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-7-24   OK Dinghy World Championship 2009   Everything went as scheduled, good organization, different wind conditions, few yellow flags, 4 protests in one hearing, very friendly class.   Published 2009-7-30    
    2009-7-24   Contender Worlds 2009   Very friendly class
    Well done    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-7-24   Mirror World championship   Nothing to report
    Nothing to report    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-7-22   SNIM 09     Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-7-19   Laser 2 World Championship   Very good relationship with the RC. We were discussing all plans of the RC together each morning.
    Unfortunately two judges appointed for this event could not come, due to business reasons. Their companies (both universities) asked them quite seriously to stay that week at their business and not to leave. Only one could be substituted, but the Jury remained properly constituted under App.N!
    All races were started with flag P, no starting penalties came into force. Alle races were sailed in 15+ knots breezes. This is the main reason forthe absence of yellow flags
    		  Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-7-19   29er World Championship     Published 2009-10-11    
    2009-7-18   GUL Topper World Championship   We had to abandon a race after the race committee allowed a race to continue after fifty percent of the fleet had been on the course side of the starting line and there was no individual or general recall signaled. Fifteen boats requested redress from our decision. All requests were refused as we did not believe we had made a mistake.

    After these decisions the coaches strung a chain across the launching ramp and blocked competitors from launching their boats.

    We made it clear to the coaches that their behavior was unacceptable and we would considered disciplinary actions against their sailors and by informing their MNAs of their behavior. The coaches apologized to the jury, race officer and organizerrs and the situation calmed down.
    The race committee did not care very well identifying premature starters.    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-7-17   46th Aegean Rally     Published 2009-7-30    
    2009-7-13   Dragon German Championship   At the request of the Organizing Authority, the SIs were changed to allow the jury to display code flag "U" with a whistle if they saw an infringement of a rule of part2 or rule 31. If no boat took a penalty or lodged a protest, the jury may protest one or more of the boats. Action or non action by the jury was not grounds for redress changing rule 62.1(a).

    This addition proved to be very successful. There were twenty-three "U" flags, three of which resulted in DSQ´s when the boat took a penalty on the next leg of the course.    		   Published 2009-9-20    
    2009-7-11   470 Junior World Championship 2009   Very well organised regatta, with very good media coverage. Due to winds up to 38 knots there was no racing on the first day of the event. The Race Committee managed to catch up and all scheduled races were sailed.

    A "sign on/sign off" procedure was established. Boats not complying with this SI was penalised with a 5 points penalty for each race of the day without a hearing. Competitors and coaches considered this penalty very heavy and asked the class to reconsider it for the next standard class sailing instructions. One competitor was penalised for repeated pumping while trying to release an inverted batten (BASIC 3). A request was sent to the class by the coaches to allow one pump in order to release an inverted batten.

    		  Published 2009-7-25    
    2009-7-9   Dun Laoghaire Volvo Regatta   In order to give as much experience as possible to local (IRL) members the jury constitution was 4 IJ permanent members and one of the NJ/IRL by rotation. The IRL members over the required number for a non-appeal-able International Jury were rotated through jury panels. If there had been a request for a reopening, the hearing would have been by the International Jury.

    The two NJ not sitting with the Int Jury and one IU formed a protest committee and their decisions were subject to appeal to the Int Jury although none was appealed.

    The course race officers were under the overall direction of the Director of Racing, Brian Craig who, since the inception of this event in 2005, ran the racing with competence and flair.


    		  Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-7-8   Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships   We had one difficult measurement protest regarding the tension of the Hobie trampolines. It was prohibited to adjust the tension of the trampolines, but there was no measurement to check if the tension had been adjusted. This led to bad feelings in the fleet and could easily have been avoided.
    The 420 class rule is unclear on when the changes to rule 42 come into effect. We posted an answer to a written question to clarify the situation and in conjunction with the class, have suggested a proposal for a class rule change.
    The two local judges added as observers should be considered full members of the jury. It is good for their experience and allows the chairman to complete an IJ reference form for them.The race management policy for abandoning races needs to be revisited. It was applied correctly but resulted in good races that were nearly finished to be abandoned. The resailed races appeared to be less fair for the majority of sailors.
    The internet connection was unsatisfactory making it impossible to work in an efficient manner. More effort to insure good internet service should be made in future regattas.
    Likewise, communication difficulties with the travel agency provided by the organizing authority led to significant hassles for the jury including very late flight planning, incorrect flight reservations and extra costs to the organizers.    		   Published 2009-9-21    
    2009-7-4   Int Optimist Dinghy European Championship   The jury applied the IODA alternative penalties to deal with minor infractions and it worked well.

    Whistling to draw the sailor attention when an incident had happened was very useful and encouraged the sailors to take the appropriate penalty-Turns.

    The organizers used a tracking system on the optimists. It was successful since people from all over the world could follow the races and the performance of every particular sailor through the event website.

    The jury had some discussions regarding the information provided by the tracking system. Could we accept the tracking system as an evidence in a request for redress for an OCS?, and in a case of sailing the course or taking a penalty?. During a meeting with the manager of the system we learned that the data was updated only four times a minute, therefore the jury concluded that the system used was very far from being accurate enough to be considered useful in a hearing. Nevertheless, the jury also decided to use the information provided at his discretion.Later on, in a presentation organized by the Tacking System Manager, the coaches agreed that they didn´t consider the system reliable enough to use that information in a hearing.

    Probably this is only the first step as these tracking systems are getting more and more accurate and spread to more events. A wider discussion should be open on this to state if the jury and the RC should use this information and how, in order to have consistency from one event to another.




    		  Published 2009-9-21    
    2009-7-4   ORCi World Championship     Published 2009-10-11    
    2009-7-4   Star European Championship-Rolex Baltic Week   Only two Yellow Flag penalties were given. Both for repeated body movement that encouraged the boats to rock more.




    The SIs changed the deadline to post a notice of a chance in the next day"s racing schedule. It was moved up from the recommended 2000 in Appendix L, to 30 minutes after the end of Protest Time. This encouraged the sailors to stay and socialize until 30 minutes after the the end of protest time when they would learn everything they needed to know: whether they were a party to a protest, listed as a witness or if the next day"s schedule had been changed. They did not have to come back after 2000 that night to confirm the starting time had not been chanced. The Race Committee was happy to move up their deadline which they saw as a convenience to the sailors.



    The the recommended Appendix L 23.1-Support Boats was changed to requiring support boats to stay 50 metres behind from starting line from the FIRST warning signal unless the race was postponed or abandonded - but not if after a General Recall. This reduced the havoc caused from the support boats speeding into the racing area allowing the port end of the starting line to be reset quicker.    		   Published 2009-7-13    
    2009-6-30   Laser Radial European Youth Championship   The SIs only allowed coach boats tot enter the race area after a Postponement. Many coaches did not read the instruction and entered after a General Recall. From the first start of the day, the PRO started many races under the Black Flag. This was very unpopular with the competitors. There were also long delays as the R/C waited for the fleet sailing the Inner Course, rounded the mark before changing course.

    An inexperienced finish line team resulted in numerous scoring problems. On the last day the final race was delayed until 1730 while scoring queries and seven redress hearing on scoring were dealt with.    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-6-30   2009 Laser Radial Youth European Championship   Arbitration was offered for a breach of Part 2 rules and only one protest was heard under the Arbitration system. For safety competitors were required to place their ID card on a hook corresponding to their ID number before going afloat and to pick it up after racing within a specified time. A number of competitors were protested by the Race Committee for either not depositing their ID card or not collecting it after racing. This was a discretionary penalty with a sliding points scale depending on the number of offences applying to that competitor.
    The Regatta was plagued with light and shifting winds but the RO was slow to react to major wind shifts and the wind ping out leaving competitors drifting around on the race track. There were also unacceptable delays in relaying the course or starting following fleets which resulted in parent/coach complaints.    		   Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-6-27   WAVES & RVYC Easter Seals Regatta  
    This regatta combined two popular and major regattas. In a post regatta review with the organizers it was concluded that the size of the event caused too many problems, overloaded the facilities, rescue fleets and race management personal.    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-6-26   XVI Mediterranean Games   Very light winds prevailed during the event which kept for many hours competitors on the water. Not all scheduled races were sailed. Final races had to be abandoned due to lack of wind.-Costas Tsantilis

    One rule 69 hearing based upon the allegation of possible gross misconduct of a sailor and his coach against a jury member after the competitor received an Appendix P penalty. Both individuals apologized and seemed sincerely remorseful. Both were warned but no further action was taken. - Ana Sanchez del Compo Ferrer    		   Published 2009-7-25    
    2009-6-25   Kieler Woche - International Classes   Arbitration from tables at the the boat ramp and two docks was offered. This attempt was unsuccessful this time, partly because of the weather (a hard rain as the boats were returning) and partly by a lack of informing competitors that it was available.



    If the judges saw an infringement of a part 2 rule on the water and knew who breached the rule, they displayed a red flag and blew a whistle. The flag only indicated that the judges had seen the protest and would witness at a hearing if asked. Few sailors demonstrated that they had read the sailing instructions and new what the signal meant. Some who had raced in Addendum Q medal races thought they were being penalized by the judge and made penalty turns.

    		  Published 2009-7-2    
    2009-6-25   Optimist Instanbul International Race Week   There was a misunderstanding and the EuroSAf Exchange Agreement judge was an National Judge rather than the expected International Judge. This affected the non-appeal status of the jury.   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-6-24   Swiss Championship Lacustre   Unfortunately two judges appointed to this event could not come due to business reasons. Their employers (both universities) asked them not to leave work. Only one could be substituted, but we concluded that the jury remained properly constituted under Appendix N.



    All races were stated in 15+ knots of wind which accounted for the absence of Yellow Flags.    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-6-24   International Swiss Championship Lacustre     Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-6-20   J22 World Championsihp   The Sailing Instructions and Notice of Race were conventional. However, the sailing instructions were amended with the approval of the Class Association to permit on-the-water penalties for infringements of Class Rule 8.8, the "hiking rule".

    The jury applied and policed the rule during the practice race giving guidance both on the water and at the first briefing, to assure a smooth introduction of the procedure and interpretation of the rule.

    The feedback from the Class Association and the competitors was positive and the experiment was judged to have been successful.    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-6-20   Kieler Woche - Olympic Classes   RED FLAG SI - In order to encourage better rule compliance the SIs included a Red Flag instruction. If judges saw an incident, and could decide who broke a rule, they would show a red flag and blow the whistle indicating that they would be willing to act as a witness at a hearing. Because most of the Olympic class competitors were aware of the Addendum Q rules of the Medal Race, most mistakenly understood the red flag as the judge directly penalizing a boat. Although it was difficult to assess whether the initiative worked, competitors seemed comfortable with the unintended idea of judges penalizing boats that are seen breaking.   Published 2009-7-2    
    2009-6-20   Kieler Woche - X35 World Championship, X41 European Championship   The class association was very lax with the initial crew weigh-in and maximum weight enforcement. As a result there was much grumbling during the regatta which distracted from the on-water competition.   Published 2009-7-2    
    2009-6-20   Kieler Woche - Offshore Regatta     Published 2009-7-2    
    2009-6-19   Optimist Scotiabank International Regatta   The following was added to the SIs,

    "On the Water Judging" - On the water judging will be used for part 2 rules. The umpires, comprised of the members of the jury, will blow a whistle when they expect one or more boats to take a penalty under rule 44. If the incident results in a protest hearing, the umpire(s) may provide testimony as a witness."

    (Editor"s note - In the past this "Blue Flag, on-water judging" has had limited effect. It would be interesting to learn how many flags were flown and penalty turns were made. Also, if any flags were flown and penalties done because of contact at the starting line.)    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-6-19   Int One Metre Radio Controlled World Championship   We adopted a virtually paperless protest procedure to speed up hearings, based on the provisions in Appendix C.   Published 2009-9-20    
    2009-6-13   J22 World Championship   The organizing authority, the Class Association, asked for direct judging of class rule 8.8-Hiking during the regatta. The SIs were changed, the rule and jury procedures were reviewed during the first briefing, and on-water guidance given during the practice race to assure a smooth introduction of the procedure and interpretations throughout the event. The feedback from the Class Association and the competitors was positive. The jury concluded that the experiment was successful.   Published 2009-9-20    
    2009-6-11   RS:X European Championship   Very well organised event, with very good media coverage. Competitors taking part at the medal race were presented to the media and spectators before the start. A big crowd gathered on Tel Aviv water breakers to watch the two medal races.   Published 2009-6-29    
    2009-6-9   Dubois Cup   This was a regatta of boats at least 30.5 meters long.

    The start was staggered, with boats starting at intervals of two minutes. The rules came into force at the beginning of the starting sequence, but all boats were allowed to run their engines until five minutes after the start and also for safety reasons. A declaration was required if the engine was put into gear but not was submitted.

    The procedure worked well. In winds up to 25 kts there was no contact between boats.

    There were no protests but the jury met twice to consider administrative details.    		   Published 2009-6-24    
    2009-6-9   Hungarian Dragon Championship   The race committee had trouble correctly changing the mark for the next leg of the course. The one reason was that they only used one mark laying boat.   Published 2009-9-21    
    2009-6-5   Open 470 European Championship 2009  
    The IRO managed to perform enough races under very difficult circumstances for racing    		   Published 2009-7-30    
    2009-6-1   XIII Games the Small States of Europe   According to the Technical Handbook of the Games of the Small States of Europe (Notice of Race) the organising country should provide all Optimist and Laser sailors, hull, mast and boom, which would be drawn by lots prior to the championship. The organisers allocated by draw the new boats to the athletes of the other participating countries and kept the old boats for their athletes. Participating countries protested claiming that the old boats (4 – 14 years old) were better than the new ones. A new boats draw took place including all athletes.

    In a meeting of the Technical Delegate with the Jury and the Team Leaders was decided that no more races will be sailed on the 5th (wind up to 35 knots) and 6th (no wind at all) June due to unfavourable weather conditions and predictions.

    Two members of the appointed International Jury could be considered as interested party. Although nothing happened this could create problems.     		  Published 2009-6-19    
    2009-5-20   Kiteboard Grand Prix Petit Navire   ISAF racing rules amended by the Kiteboard experimental rules (Appendix BB) were used for the first time. Since this was the first time both competitors and judges had to adapt throughout the competition.



    Most of the protests were rule 11 issues. We fortunately had no rule 18 protests because an overlap according to the standard rules is not easy to determine. Three board lengths is 3.5 meters and obviously not appropriate when the sailors are moving at over 20 kts.



    Three other areas that the judges thought could be improved were: (1) Foil boards and standard boards should not race together in the same class, (2) redress should not be automatically awarded after an incident, and (3) the time limit for competitors to finish after the first board was too short.



    The jury was impressed by the goodwill, fairness and sportsmanship of the competitors.    		   Published 2009-6-29    
    2009-5-6   Sines-Portugal Winsurfing Grand Prix     Published 2009-7-30    
    2009-4-30   Laser Europa Cup - Hyeres   The SIs provided for a whistle system the jury could use when observing possible rule violations on the water. The jury felt this was unpractical since the whistle could easily confuse competitors rather than encouraging them to take the penalty.   Published 2009-6-29    
    2009-4-25   2009 RS:X OPEN YOUTH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS   A number of problems created due to the behaviour of the PRO and his persistence to change the class championships rules concerning the length of the courses, the duration of the race, time limits, and the number of races sailed, were solved due to the experience and diplomacy of the class representative   Published 2009-6-16    
    2009-4-19   Bourgas Sailing Week   Nothing relevant
    This regatta needs to receive some support from ISAF if possible. It is a very well run regatta in a part of the world where sailing and sail administration is developing again. If ISAF could help with things like help promote the regatta to nearby countries or run youth clinics during the competition, the support would be very effective.    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-4-16   Semaine Olympique Francaise de Voile - 2008     Published 2009-6-29    
    2009-4-12   Bol D´Or Mirabaud   Very tough work with a barrister over a rule 62 OCS situation. The jury agreed that the concurrent was tired after 30 hours of racing in light winds.



    One rule 69 issue reported by the president of the OA for a situation after the prize giving reception.    		   Published 2009-7-25    
    2009-4-9   Optimist South American Championship   The sailing instructions provided for a restricted on-water direct judging for part 2 rules. If a judge saw an incident he would display a red flag and make a whistle sound signal. This meant that the judge has seen the incident and would serve as a witness, and, if no penalty was taken, might submit a jury protest. The result was very satisfactory. Most competitors either took their penalty right away or waited a little for the whistle, then took the penalty. Rule compliance was high and the number of protest hears was down from previous years. In reality, there is no point in having a hearing when the incident was clearly witnessed by two or more international judges.
    The optimist class has a group of experienced judges that serve the class regulary. In this jury everyone had served with at least one of the other five members several times. The on-water pairings flowed easily with a short and concise decision making process.



    For the same reason relations with the race committee were excellent. Race committee practices were ver good.



    On one day the last race was started late and it was almost completely dark when the sailors returned to the harbour. There were any complaints from the competitors and coaches about the late finish.    		   Published 2009-6-29    
    2009-4-8   South American Optimist Team Racing Championship   Umpired team races.
    The class has a well established format with very short races. Everything ran very smoothly.    		   Published 2009-6-29    
    2009-3-22   2009 Athens Eurolymp Week   Nothing Special to report. Members of the Jury also Umpired at the grade 3 women match race   Published 2009-6-16    
    2009-3-11   Alexander the Great Cup  
    On the third day of the event, a sudden storm with winds up to 40 knots hit the racing area before of the warning signal. Most of the fleet capsized or had damages. Due to the perfect reaction of the RC and safety boats, all competitors returned safe ashore.    		   Published 2009-4-19    
    2009-2-17   President´s Cup   There was a mix of inshore windward /Leeward and short daytime passage races. The wind was reasonably stable from the East. Under such circumstances mark laying could be achieved in reasonable depths of water with good holding. However from other directions mark laying could be difficult due to deep water. Race management was competent. All flags, timing and operational procedures on board the main committee boat were handled (under the direction of the PRO and a coach) by junior sailors from the Philippines.
    Jury relationships were good.

    		  Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-2-13   Kabb Optimist Trophy     Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-2-12   J. J. Giltinian International Trophy     Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-2-11   JSAF Wakayama International Regatta     Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-2-9   Kiwi Cup, Access Liberty World Championship     Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-2-4   Sail Auckland   In one race the finish line was to windward of the windward mark. It was a three lap race but one competitor crossed the finish line after two laps. He then realized his mistake, completed the third lap and finished.



    There was a considerable difference of opinion within the jury about whether he could correct this error and finish.    		   Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-2-2   J24 North American Championship   As written rule 44.3 Scoring Penalty does not exclude rule 44.1 One-Turn and Two-Turns Penalties. A sailing instruction is needed if 44.3 is meant to replace 44.2. Since rule 44.1 also includes the One-Turn penalty for rule 31, a clarification is also needed to allow a boat to take a One-Turn Penalty for touching a mark.



    "For a boat that may have broken a rule of Part 2, the rule 44.3 Scoring Penalty, Rule shall apply and rule 44.2 Two-Turns Penalty, shall not apply."    		   Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-1-30   Port Louis Grenada Sailing Festival  
    Race management for this event must be especially sensitive to the unique challenges of working in the Southern Caribbean where computer access and other resources may be limited. Flexability and ensuring good communication is crucial.    		   Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-1-30   Louis Vuitton Pacific Series   This match racing event was sailed using large "borrowed" boats. The SI"s modified rule C8.6 by defining "hard" and "soft" contact. In addition to on the water penalties the umpires could impose a scoring penalty on each yacht in the event of "hard" contact.

    The created the situation where a yacht, which had already qualified for the next stage, might choose to not race and forfeit a match thereby avoiding the possibility of her score being made worse than zero points for a loss.     		  Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-1-25   Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta   The jury held an inquiry pursuant to rule 69.1(e) following a report lodged by two judges alleging abusive obscenities from a competitor after he had been flagged for a rule 42 infringement. After the incident the competitor sailed in, packed his boat and left the venue before the end of protest time and the posting of the notification asking him to report to the jury. The report of the inquiry was sent to the MNA of the competitor and regatta organizing authority and ISAF.

    An interesting challenge was to make one full team by joining the judges panel (12 members) and the umpires panel (10 members). This was achieved thanks to the cooperation of the Chief Umpire, Peter Shrubb. Umpires and judges were given opportunities to swap and to act with the other group. Both groups ere equally involved in the medal races with mixed teams.    		   Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-1-19   Acura Key West Race Week     Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-1-17   Rolex Circuito Atlantico Sur     Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-1-13   6th KFC-Langkawi Geopark Int Regatta Perdana     Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-1-10   Tipco RS:X Youth World Championships 2008   The event was originally scheduled to be sailed December 5 through 14 but due to unanticipated circumstances close to the beginning date, had to be reschedule. This led to a reduction in the number of entries 98 teams from 19 countries to 49 teams from 16 countries.
    Since the event was scheduled in 2008, and with the support of the organizers, participants, coaches and officials,the 2004-2008 rules were used.    		   Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-1-8   Dragon Gold Cup  
    Separated startlines with a middle boat and a signal boat    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-1-8   Star Class World Champoinships   We changed the SI"s to have the end of protest time start from the last boat finishing instead of the usual from when the R/C boat docks at the marina. We did not want unforseen circumstances dictating the beginning of protest time.

    There seemed to be some confusion amongst the sailors as to what was permitted when a boat was subject to post race weighing, we will send some suggestions for the wording of the SI"s.

    The R/C did an exceptional coping with many wind shifts; all courses were Star Class regulation and were very fair to all competitors.    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-1-5   2009 Australian International Dragon Championship   For a fleet of only twenty-four boats, the carnage in this regatta was unbelievable. Four yachts lost their mast and another sank. At no time during the regatta did the wind strength exceed 25 knts and the sea conditions in the harbour were slight.

    Most of the damage occurred during breaches of rules 10, 14 and 18.2.    		   Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-1-4   Troffeo Marcello Campobasso     Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-1-4   7th Royal Langkawi International Regatta   Nice quiet event with very good race management.   Published 2009-4-19    
    2009-1-2   ISAF International A-Class Catamaran   There were 3 Rule 69 Reports and Hearings posted. The first 2 involved two competitors who had a protest against each other in the previous week"s Australian Championship. During this event there was a report from one of the competitors used gross verbal abuse and inappropriate language which related back to the previous week"s Event.

    It was considered this could be dealt with by the International Jury as the alleged incident occurred during the World Championships. An investigation was commenced and during this there was sufficient grounds to consider both competitors were involved in the use of gross verbal abuse and inappropriate language.

    At he Hearing it became clear that the inappropriate language only came from one competitor and he was given a warning. The Hearing against the other competitor was dismissed.

    The third Rule 69 involved a competitor was verbally abused 2 Jury members on being told ashore after racing that he was going to be protested for knowingly hitting a Mark and not taking any exoneration. He was also invited to be scored RAF. The competitor subsequently humbly apologised for his language and confirmed he should be scored RAF. No further action was taken.


    The Sailing Instructions were written by the RO and he was reluctant to make a number of proposed changes. The Sailing Instructions required competitors to sign on before going afloat and to sign off within a specified time limit after coming ashore. No penalty for not complying was specified.

    At the Briefing the RO verbally advised the competitors that if they did not sign on or off they would be appropriately scored DNS or DNF. This happened in Races 1 and 2 and a number of Requests for Redress were received.

    The Jury decided the RO had no right to score the boats DNS or DNF without lodging a Protest and redress was granted to the boats who requested redress and all other boats who had been scored in a similar was for the races.

    The Sailing Instructions were amended for the remainder of the Championship but no such protests were lodged.

    During a shorten course at the Gate there was sufficient room between the mark and finish boat for 3 boats to pass side by side. A person on the Finish Boat shouted at the boats who passed between the mark and the Finish Boat that they had not finished. A boat finishing properly on port gybe requested redress as the boats returning to the course received outside assistance. The redress request was refused and it was considered that the unidentified person on the Finish Boat fell within Rule 41(d)


    		  Published 2009-4-19    
    2009-1-1   Singapore Straits Regatta   A knowledgeable and conscientious jury.   Published 2009-8-23    
    2009-1-1   RS-Tera and RS-500 European Championship   Appendix P did not apply during the first two days. After some warnings and Rule 42 - Protests by the Jury, Appendix P applied for the rest of the event by an amendment of the SI.   Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-1-1   Pure Michigan Bayview Mackinac Race     Published 2009-8-13    
    2009-1-1   Giraglia Rolex Cup   Following an amendment about a new buoy that many competitors did not read, the Race Committee protested seventy-three boats in the same race for infringement of rule 28.   Published 2009-11-10    
    2009-1-1   Wing EURO ASSO Class CUP (European Championship)   Nothing specialVery good reactions on wind shifts. Change of courses were done well and at once.   Published 2009-9-23    
    2008-12-31   Flying Dutchman World Championship   Appendix P was changed to limit penalties to only P 2.1.

    Because the FD Class Rules allow pumping when surfing or planning conditions exist, there was only one yellow flag.    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2008-12-31   Flying Dutchman World Championhip 2008   Appendix P was changed to always P 2.1 penalty.
    Due to the FD Class Rule, which does not prohibit further pumping when surfing or planning, there was only one yellow flag.
    The RC and Jury had a very good relationship. The RC communicated well with the competitors, so everybody felt well informed about decisions made.

    		  Published 2009-4-19    
    2008-12-28   Formula Windsurfing Experience, Youth, Master World Championship & Festival  
    After four days of no wind the NOR and SIs were altered to allow a change of venue for one day. On the fifth day sailors, equipment and all organization were taken by bus and truck to a desert beach 120 km north of Ancon. Four successful races were completed and everyone was back by 20:00. On the sixth and last day the wind allowed racing at the original venue.    		   Published 2009-8-13    
    2008-12-16   Sail Melbourne / ISAF Sailing World Cup   The Race Management was very efficient in running many classes on just two courses with groups of classes at different times. While good for sailing, it was challenging for the Jury, as there was no Jury secretary available, only people from the Race Office helping with form handling. As some classes finished racing for the day when other classes just started, it was impossible for the jury to be on shore when the protest time for some classes ended.



    An electronic system for handling of results, protests and postings was offered by the organization, but due to lack of training, internet connection reliability and reliability of the system it was only used as a second to the "traditional" System of Laptop and printout of forms, with more testing and usability, a system like that might become useful.



    One of the Jury boats was too small to be used in any but flat sea conditions and had to return to the harbour on several occasions.


    		  Published 2008-12-30    
    2008-11-27   Colombian National Games   The Sailing Instructions state that arbitration was going to be implemented by the Jury in the water. If a boat was identified infringing a rule and having not complied with rules 31.2 and

    44.2, it would be penalized signaled with a red flag and it"s penalty would be two turns or three turns. This Sailing Instruction modifies rule 60.3, 61.1(b), 61.3,63.1 & 64.1 (a).


    Due to the distance between venues, RS:X at Lake Calima (27-30 Nov.) other classes at San Andres Island (1-7 Dic.) there were two race committees under the suypervision of the PRO. The relationship between the Jury members and the Race Committee was excellent.    		   Published 2008-12-30    
    2008-11-17   Hong Kong National & Open Windsurfing Championship     Published 2009-4-19    
    2008-11-9   VENDEE GLOBE   The 4 requests for redress were based on rescue action. In one case, the rescuer"s boat was severely damaged in the action close to Cape Horn, dismasted and could not finish the race. The boat was granted redress and scored 3rd in the race, at the position she was at the moment of the rescue, finishing position of the other boats not being affected by this decision.
    Before the start, two boats were protested by the Race Committee for measurement, based on an interpretation of the class measurer. After a request for interpretation, the jury instructed the measurer to deliver a measurement certificate for these 2 boats.
    Only 1 protest was heard onshore with competitors attending. All other cases were heard by e.mail during the race.     		  Published 2009-8-13    
    2008-10-16   2.4 m Class World Championship     Published 2008-12-30    
    2008-10-12   Barcolana 2008   Two yachts using engines before the warning signal, whilst in the vicinity of the start line and intending to race collided.
    They were not using their sails for propulsion. Whilst manoevring the bowsprit of one yacht hit the stern of another. At the time of the collision the yacht causing the incident had its engine in neutral. A crewmewmber was injured, the injuries were not life threatening but were serious. The incident was drawn to the attention of the jury. There was concern as to whether there was breach of fundamental rule 1.1 or a breach of any rule within part 2. A protest form had been submitted and a hearing was held.

    It was felt that even if the rules could not be applied the race committee and competitors involved might find it helpful for the jury to find facts.

    One issue was whether the jury can consider a breach of fundamental rule 1.1 when both yachts are using engines and the incident was prior to the warning signal. They were both in the vicinity of the start line and intending to race. But even so could the RRS and fundamental rule 1.1 apply??

    In examining the wording of first sentence in the preamble to part 2 of the rules the jury examined the use of the word sailing. Is the word "sailing"
    1. specific to the use of sails for propulsion or
    2. generic in that any ships whether under way and under power or sail are considered to be carrying out the function of sailing as in "sailing on a voyage".

    If the interpretation set out in No.1 above is applied there can be no breach of any rule in part 2
    If the interpretation set out in No.2 above is applied it is conceivable that there could have been a breach of a rule (e.g. if the sails had been hoisted and the fact of no overlap and same tack established rule 12 might have applied). So there could have been a breach of a part 2 rule under those circumstances.

    No penalty could have applied. There was no protest by the race committee or protest committee. The sailing instructions did not include the use of IRPCAS.

    In fact both parties acted commendably, rescue services extracted the injured crew promptly and the party causing the injury retired from the race.

    However the extent of the applicability of the RRS did raise interesting debate.


    With the traditional "Barcolana" start using one start time and start line for nearly two thousand competitors the control of the start area was interesting. There were only two requests for redress for OCS and both were denied.    		   Published 2008-10-13    
    2008-10-3   VIII Galapagos Cup Salinas & Galapagos Islands ECUADOR   There was an incompatibility between the NOR and the SI. The NOR stated, The main prize for the VIII Galapagos Cup should be given to the boat with the lowest accumulated score incorporating both classes, Blue and White. The SI stated, The winner of the Galapagos Cup should be the boat with the least amount of points scored in either of the Blue or White classes, classes assigned according to the boat´s building date. The PC after reviewing the Case book and Rule 63.7 decided., The overall winner of the VIII Glapagos Cup will be the boat with the least amount of points computing both classes.

    The PC resolved two interesting request for redress. The first one involved the RC failure to follow SI and anchored two identical pyramidal orange inflatable buoys in place of the windward mark. This resulted in confusion for several boats. Coincidentally the RC called for a course change by radio indicating wind direction 260 when 080 was the new course. Additional RC faults were no repetitive sounds, no green or red flags, no plus or minus boards. This array of mistakes caused the leading boat many problems. In their request for redress the lead boat produced their GPS track showing that they navigated in several directions trying to fulfill the radioed orders. Measuring the distance and using his certificate VMG for the respective wind angles, the PC arrived at 594.08 seconds subtracted form his overall time.

    The second request for redress involved a boat´s interpretation of the IMS results and probability of errors in the interpretation and contents of certificates, calculations and soundness of the necessary inputs.

    The PRO asked the RC for suggestions during the whole regatta. The PC has suggested the MNA ECUADOR to organize a Race Management Clinic and a Race Management Seminar as soon as possible. The chairman of the Federacion Ecuatoriana de Yachting has accepted and will be asking ISAF for assistance.    		   Published 2008-12-30    
    2008-9-14   2008 Platu 25 World Championship   10 seconds before the start there was a contact between two boats sailing on the same tack overlapped. The Judges displayed a red flag and made a sound signal informing them that they can witness or lodge a protest, according to the Sailing Instructions. There was no reaction from the two boats. Then the Jury followed the windward boat displaying the red flag for about 200 meters. No penalty was taken.

    After returning to the port both boats lodged a protest against each other. This stopped the jury from lodging a protest too. During the discussion concerning the validity of the two protests, both were found invalid. The Jury extended the protest time limit and based on its own observations lodged a protest against the windward boat for infringing RRS 11 and gave to the boat the opportunity to retire after finish (RAF).

    The boat did not retire and a hearing went on. The boat was found guilty for infringing RRS 11 and 2 and was scored DNE. A request for reopening was denied as no significant new evidence was presented to the Jury.


    Following a clarification of the Platu 25 class that life-lines does not exist in the Platu 25, RRS 49.2 concerning crew position did not apply.

    		  Published 2008-9-26    
    2008-9-9   Cap Istanbul   The Figaro – Bčnéteau class measurer reported during the measurement check, in Istanbul, after the finish of the fifth leg that in one of the competing boats the wire of the propeller shaft seal was found to be broken and sealed again.

    The boat was protested for infringing the class rules H.8.2 and H.8.3 and RRS 2 and was scored DNE in the fifth leg of the race.

    The International Jury also called a hearing under RRS 69 and penalized the competitor with 20 hours penalty on the total time of the five legs of the race.The penalty was reported to the MNA of the venue and the competitor.

    		  Published 2008-10-27    
    2008-8-17   2008 Aegean Regatta   One Judge had to withdraw from the Jury after the third day of the event due to a serious health problem.

    No protests were lodged during the event.

    		  Published 2008-9-7    
    2008-8-7   International 420 & International 470 Open Junior European Championships   There was concern about the extent to which sailors; particularly in the 420 class were knowingly infringing rule 31.2, and part 2 rules without taking penalties.

    There were to two jury protests of rule31.2 incidents in the 420 fleet leading to DSQ in each case. In two other cases, witnessed in both cases by jury members, one 420 class and one 470class the jury considered rule 2 should be applied and two boats were DNE.

    Consideration was given to rule 69 hearings on four issues
    1. team action in trying to have a competitor disqualified,
    2. internet – tampering with computer systems in the event internet network
    3. not retiring after a third rule 42 penalty
    4. unacceptable behaviour when a competitor abused and banged the hull of another with his fist immediately after finishing a race
    .
    As regards item 1, the jury was satisfied with the results of a protest hearing which subsequently DSQed one competitor and decided that a rule 69 hearing would be inappropriate. Items 2 and 3 related to behaviour of junior sailors where the investigations produced apologies and further action would have been excessive. Item 4 led to a DSQ and report to a national authority.

    Two judges observed an incident involving a protest between two boats and gave evidence at the hearing. The two judges did not raise a jury protest about the incident as a protest had already submitted by a competitor.

    During the hearing the evidence of jury members and others made it apparent that a third boat, not referred to in the protest form and not present at the hearing was involved in the incident. Accordingly the jury initiated a protest under rule 60.3(a)(2).

    At the second hearing a party to the hearing argued that the jury should not be permitted to initiate the jury protest. Jury members had observed the incident and thus the jury was obliged under rule 61.1(b) to inform the boat after the race within the time limit of rule 61.3 and had not done so.

    In the view of the international jury
    a) the jury could extend the protest time if there was good reason to do so.
    b) In any event rule 60.3(a)(2) was appropriate

    However it could be argued that there is conflict between the provisions of 60.3(a)(2) and rule 61.1(b). It is intended that this issue be drawn to the attention of racing rules committee.

    The regatta was sailed at a good venue and race management good.

    There were some initial communications issues on the water between race committee and jury but these were resolved after day 1.

    Shoreside amenities and equipment were good. The main jury office had its own networked computer and a laser printer. The jury secretary provided was extremely competent.

    Local mobile phone chips were available for purchase by jury members at a modest cost. The ease of use, breadth of coverage and confidential nature of mobile phone discussions were much better than open VHF. However, using international roaming is prohibitively expensive and not normally reimbursed by organisers. It is recommended that mobile phone chips should supplied to all jury members at major events.


    There was serious concern about the safety and quality of the RIBs supplied. Of the five supplied RIBs four were adequate. One failed totally and was replaced one day by a boat from one of the overseas coaches. Equipment failure extended to a race committee RIBS leaving insufficient cover for mark shifting/display of course flags on the 470 course on one day.

    Serious concern was expressed by the 420 class representative as regards safety cover. The organisers were counting coach boats as being available for rescue purposes. After 420 class complaints one good quality safety boat with a skilled crew was visible on each race course.

    Tampering with the internet by junior 420 sailors caused major concern to the organisers and to the jury. In certain countries and cases it could be a matter of criminal prosecution. The jury was strongly of the view that internet and computer management policies should be introduced as guidance for any clubs intending to provide internet access to competitors.

    Two jury members withdrew from the regatta immediately prior to commencement. An Italian NJ was recruited to fill the gap. Appendix N requirements were unaffected.    		   Published 2008-8-30    
    2008-8-2   Hobie Cat Multi Europeans   This eight day regatta saw very difficult conditions with two days lost due to light winds.

    It would have been better to have an event director on the venue and daily meetings between the OA, RC and Jury.

    To many mistakes during the starting procedure at one of the courses caused eight requests for redress to be granted.    		   Published 2008-8-21    
    2008-7-27   Stanford Antigua Sailing Week     Published 2009-7-25    
    2008-7-26   North Aegean International Sailing Week - X Yachts Cup - X35 Greek Championship   One measurement protest was lodged. The jury, after checking the measurement certificate and certain measurements of the boat found as fact three discrepancies, the spinnaker size, the LOA and the LWP.
    The spinnaker measurement increase was less than 2% of SPA and therefore the original certificate was not invalidated under IRC rule 19.8. This 0.759% was within the tolerances of IRC rule 19.8 and did not change the TCC. There was no penalty.
    It was the opinion of the measurer"s report the hull measurements error was the fault of the Racing Office and it was not reasonable for the boat"s owner could have been aware of it. The jury agreed and decided to give "no penalty".
    The final decision wast that the boat was to be scored in all races using her corrected TCC according to IRC rule 20.3
    A sailing instruction allowed the jury to act under rule 67 without a hearing for an infringements of rule 42. The jury decided the competitors should have the benefit of a hearing and the SI was changed. One boat was disqualified under rule 42.2(a).

    		  Published 2009-8-23    
    2008-7-11   45th Aegean Rally   The PRO approved the withdrawal of three lodged protests without informing the PC. When questioned about it replied that she believed that this was enough and there was no need to be approved by the PC. Protestors were invited by the PC to explain the reasons of withdrawal.



    Two protests lodged by the RC were dismissed. One under 62.1.a due to information given only to part of the competitors and one due to sails inspection that took place 24 hours after the end of the race and not after finish as written in the S.I.

    		  Published 2008-7-22    
    2008-7-5   SETH, IFDS Multihull World Championship   There was a collision causing injury and damage before the preparatory signal period. The infringing boat was scored DSQ under Rules 44.1 and 64.1.c   Published 2008-7-21    
    2008-7-2   Yngling Youth European Championship   Nothing out of the ordinary.
    There was excellent liaison between the race committee and the jury.    		   Published 2009-8-23    
    2008-6-30   Match Cup Sweden   Match racing regatta with four hearing before an International Jury totaling 1hr 50min.   Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-30   Istanbul Optimist Sailing Week   Six judges were used. Three IJ and three NJ for appendix P. A rotation system was used for NJs during the hearings so that every time three IJ and two NJ were in the panel.

    The relations with the PRO were excellent

    		  Published 2008-7-21    
    2008-6-29   Rolex Commodores´ Cup     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-29   Toyota Micro Class World Championship   In spite of the boats being smaller than 6m, the NoR and SI were changed to add that protest flag be displayed at the incident.   Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-28   Round the Island Race     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-28   Flanders Regatta     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-28   X-99 World Championship     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-28   Tour de France a la Voile     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-28   Cork Week     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-28   Optimist European Championship     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-25   X-35 European Championship     Published 2008-7-15    
    2008-6-22   Boat International Superyacht Regatta     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-21   Offshore-ORC and International German Championship     Published 2008-7-15    
    2008-6-21   Kieler Woche - International Classes   The jury had problems applying rule 42 to the International Moth Class (http://www.int-moth.org.uk/). Although the definition of planing - predominantly supported by hydrodynamic lift, rather than hydrostatic lift (buoyancy) - seems to apply to a boat sailing with the foils supporting the hull above the water, the competitors felt they needed to pump to get the boat onto the foils and remain on the foils both upwind and downwind. A three judge working party was formed to work with the International President and Secretary to propose changing the class rules to modify rule 42. (Rainer Heinrich - chairman)

    On the first race of the last day a 29er coach was warned he was infringing a sailing instruction by being inside the sailing area during the race. Three boats were identified coming up to him after the race to receive food, water and other support. During the last race, he was again seen infringing the sailing instruction. This time he was asked to come to the jury office after day´s racing. When he did not, a protest was lodged within the protest time by one of the judges against the three boats he was supporting.

    When the three boats did not respond to the announcement, the boat park was searched. It was learned that the three boats and the coach had packed their boats and left the event. It was also discouvered that the coach had not registered or paid the regatta coach registration fee.

    In a 63.3(b) hearing the three boats were disqualified from the last race. A letter was sent to the coach´s federation president outlining the reasons for the disqualifications. (Pat Healy, Jury Member)    		   Published 2008-7-21    
    2008-6-21   Kieler Woche - Olympic Classes   There was a request from the organizers to form the jury to determine the requirements for using Addendum Q for all of the fleet races for one or more of the Olympic Classes in 2009. (Pat Healy-Jury Member)   Published 2008-7-21    
    2008-6-20   ISAF ORCi World Championship   Very quiet event, good cooperation with the Race Committee   Published 2008-7-21    
    2008-6-20   Newport Bermuda Race 2008     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-20   Scotiabank International Caribbean Optimist Regatta   As in past years, the jury blew a whistle when it observed an infringement of Part 2 rules or a competitor touching a mark. this indicated to the competitors that the jury had seen a possible infringement and was available to provide evidence should a protest occurred. Twenty-five competitors signed Penalty Acknowledgment forms during the event.

    (Editors Note: Some juries have found confusion among competitors who also match race if a blue flag is used. In match racing a blue flag indicates a (the blue boat) is penalized and competitors think they are being penalized rather than the flag meaning the judges have seen an incident. It is also considered best practice if the flag and whistle is used only when the judge knows who broke the rule. This can be very difficult at mark rounding when the rights and obligations are determined at the 3-length zone.)    		   Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-19   J24 Canadian Championship  
    Race Officer had to shorten one race at the gate. He failed to set the Signal Boat close enough to the gate to avoid confusion. Boats wanted to pass between one of the gate marks and the signal boat. Judges were on the water and were able to identify all finishing boats on tape recorders to back up the Signal boat records.    		   Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-17   Al Bareh International Regatta     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-15   Tomis Trophy     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-14   Sardinia Rolex Cup 2008     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-13   154th Annujal New York Yacht Club Regatta     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-13   2008 Tornado European Championship – Mats Nyberg Trophy   Most positive event, good racing, friendly atmosphere, no protests, excellent cooperation with Race Committee   Published 2008-7-21    
    2008-6-13   Bol d Or   No jury working room or appropriate working space was provided for jury meetings.

    The Jury was obliged to share the provided "jury hearing room" with the press and the photographers at all times except during the hearings.

    		  Published 2008-7-21    
    2008-6-12   Laser Europe Cup 2008 - Aabenraa     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-11   Audi Farr 40 Cup     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-11   Star European Championship     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-7   Sony Baltic Open Regatta   The SI made a mistake in defining the finish line. The SI had the finish between a non-existing buoy approximately 300 meter ahead of where the Race Committee had established their finish line in the "usual" position. All the boat sailed through the Race Committee"s finish line at the end of the 45 nmi leg in 30+ kts of wind and all but one accepted the finish time. One boat asked for redress saying she had passed the point of the SI finish line 18 minutes before actually finishing.

    When queried about taking 18 minutes to sail 300 meters, he half smiled saying how was it possible for us to prove he did not. Unfortunately he did not realize that the race tracker he was carrying for the first could do exactly that. His GPS track showed him 1.6 nmi away from the position he claimed to be.

    The Protest Committee did not give him redress and we warned him about rule 2 and 69.    		   Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-5   J24 World Championship     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-5   470 European Open Championship     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-1   Trophee Ville de Marseille     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-6-1   ORC International Central European Championship     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-31   Contender Open European Championship   Unfortunately, after the last race and pressed by the prize giving ceremony, we made a redress decision that, after later reflection, we should not have made. It would have been better for us not to accept the pressure being put on us and to take a few more minutes to work through the problem.   Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-30   Sperry Top-Sider Bayview NOOD Regatta     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-30   Flying Dutchman Open European Championship     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-28   Melges 24 Volvo World Championship     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-28   Posidonia Cup 2008   Very quiet event. All boats were sponsored mainly by shipping companies. The protest committee had no work at all. No protest was logged   Published 2008-7-15    
    2008-5-23   Etchells World Championship   There was some differences between interpretation of the class rules regarding crew substitution by the jury and competitors. The class executive realize that some modifications are advisable.
    the Etchells Class procedure of using a mid-line signal boat and both a port end and starboard end pin boat required extra time to reset the starting line if the wind shifted. On the last day one and a half hours were lost trying to react to a prestart wind shift.

    All members of the jury chaired at least one hearing and undertook arbitration.    		   Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-22   Bosphorus Cup     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-21   Delta Lloyd Regatta - Holland Olympic Week     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-20   Rolex Capri Sailing Week     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-18   Star Western Hemisphere Spring Championship   Because of a last minute medical emergency and no replacement could be found the International Jury jury operated under N1.5.
    The race management quality suffered a bit because a number of members were rotating though out the week. Although there were some adverse effects, some marks could not be moved because the personnel could not react quickly enough, all scheduled races were run.    		   Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-16   Sicily Grand Prix     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-15   Mumm 30 European Championship     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-14   Optimist Southeast European Open Cup  
    Races held in strong winds.    		   Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-14   Eurocat     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-14   2008 Port Bourgas Regatta   A short presentation of appendix P by the Jury took place, after coaches complains on penalties given for rule 42 infringements, which resulted to reduce them by 90% during the rest of the event.

    Three competitors were penalized under RRS 2 for team racing, use of false language and aggressive behaviour against another competitor.

    Warning was given to two coaches under rule 69 for being too close to their sailors, and instructing them to infringe the rules while racing.

    Although it was not required by rule 69 to report the warning, the chairman of their national authority, requested the chairman of the jury to send him a report of the incident.

    		  Published 2008-6-3    
    2008-5-12   Trofeo Ciudad de Alicante     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-12   RS:X Team Racing European Open Championship     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-11   Finn Masters World Championsip  
    Three young Dutch sailors were allocated to the International Jury each day so that 4 jury boats could be used. They were all from classes where RRS 42 judging was a regular feature and all were very proficient in spotting the actions of others. They also observed during hearings with the permission of all parties. A very useful exercise.    		   Published 2008-6-3    
    2008-5-9   ADM Sun-Sin Cup International Yacht Race  
    The Organizing Committee ensured that all technical officials, measurement, jury and race officials, were properly qualified.    		   Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-9   ABN Amro North Sea Regatta     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-7   Yngling Open Spring European Championship     Published 2009-7-30    
    2008-5-2   Top of the Gulf International Regatta   We had an application to reverse a RAF which, after considering the circumstances, we approved.

    The PRO was very easy to work with and cooperated fully and enthusiastically in redress hearing.    		   Published 2009-7-29    
    2008-5-2   2008 Finn European Championship  
    The Finn class rule changes rule 42 on downwind legs in winds over 12 kts. To indicate winds over 12 kts the class uses flag "Oscar" at a mark. To indicate the wind has dropped below 12 kts the race committee would use flag "Romeo".



    The PRO delegated the decision when to fly "Oscar" and "Romeo" (and notify the on-water judges) to the weather mark boat. This worked very well. It eased the duties of the PRO and allowed the weather boat to monitor the wind that was approaching the sailors.    		   Published 2008-6-3    
    2008-5-1   2008 RS:X European Championship   Due to lack of wind, medal race was cancelled.   Published 2008-6-3    
    2008-4-19   Semaine Olympique Francaise de Voile - 2008   A coach was given a warning under rule 69 for inappropriate and aggressive behavior towards a competitor after the competitor, in the coaches opinion, did not act on his request to help unblock the launching ramp.

    Although it was not required by rule 69 to report the warning, the panel decided it was appropriate to write a letter describing the facts and conclusions of the hearing to the national authority employing the coach. (Submitted - Pat Healy, Jury Member)    		   Published 2008-5-9    
    2008-4-9   Expert Olympic Garda 2008   Nothing special to report   Published 2008-6-3    
    2008-3-22   49er European Championship   1. Redress - There was a general feeling from the 49er sailors that the current redress rules did not result in just or fair results.
    (a) In both the Princess Sofia and the championship regattas, there were several successful requests for redress for broken tiller extensions which happened during incidents where a boat was disqualified for a part 2 infringement. Although we found no evidence that anyone had purposely broken something to qualify for redress, it was felt that the rule, at best, allowed for a plausible accusation that someone had done so, and at worst, tempted a competitor to purposely create damage to improve their race result.
    (b) A boat in contention to win the series was taken out of the race by a boat breaking rule 10. The port gybe boat was disqualified in the hearing, but as there was no damage, the right of way boat did not qualify for redress. This probably cost the boat the gold medal.
    Some of the jury considered a possible solution would be to have no redress at all.

    2. Medal Race - Most of the competitors who did not qualify for the medal race left the venue soon after the last fleet race. It was extremely embarrassing and disappointing to the host club, sponsors, local officials and class officers when only four crews were present for the prize giving ceremony. Something needs to be done in single class events to involve more of the fleet in the medal race day. Amongst the suggestions was: scrap the medal race, or, since the race committee is setting up the entire course for a twenty minute race, have race-offs for positions 11 through 20, 21 through 30, etc.    		   Published 2008-6-5    
    2008-3-19   420 South American Championship   Jury used a third member on-board with a video camera. It was usefull for protests and rule 42.
    IR changed Apendix P so the third infringment is DNE on that race.    		   Published 2008-6-3    
    2008-3-9   5.5 Metre Class World Championship     Published 2008-3-28    
    2008-3-5   5.5 Metre Duke of Edinburgh Cup, Bahamian National Championship     Published 2008-3-28    
    2008-3-2   International 5.5 Metre Class Scandinavian Gold Cup     Published 2008-3-28    
    2008-2-21   2008 Emirates Maktoum Sailing Trophy   Addendum Q applied to all Races.

    Out of 11 protests and requests for redress, 6 were heard at the dock after the end of the race according to Addendum Q.

    		  Published 2008-3-4    
    2008-2-17   Athens Eurolymp Week 2008     Published 2008-3-4    
    2008-2-10   Yngling Women´s World Championship   Most Ynglings have a "Gybing Line", a three meter line tied to the middle of the boom in front of the mid boom-mainsheet block. A question was submitted as to whether this line could be used for pumping allowed by rule 42. After consulting with the class technical director (attending the regatta as the measurer) and the class president, it was determined that: (1) the class had recently changed the rule to allow a fitting on the boom for a "gybing line" (a line to assist gybing in strong winds and smooth water), and (2) the class rules were "closed" (if something was not allowed in the class rules, it was not allowed).

    The jury´s answered was that a gybing line is not a sheet used to control a sail and its use is not allowed by the rule 42.3(c) exception.    		   Published 2008-5-9    
    2008-1-28   Miami Olympic Classes Regatta     Published 2008-7-21    
    2008-1-4   15th Trofeo Marcello Campobasso 2007     Published 2008-3-4    
    2008-1-3   2008 Laser Central & South American Championship   Sailing Instructions deleted P2.3., P2.2 was used for the whole event.
    Seven sailors requested redress for BFD, none was granted.
    One Rule 69 hearing, a competitor lied to three members of the International Jury, the competitor alleged that the boat that infriged a rule was another competitor with a similar sail number and with the same boat color. The International Jury imposed a penalty to the competitor and send a report to the MNA of the event.
    The Race Management was up to world class standars.
    Wind shifts up to 40 degrees were usual, trapezoidal courses were reset inmediately.
    Black flag was used in 70 % of the races due to general recalls caused by strong currents.    		   Published 2008-5-3    
    2007-12-27   2007 Laser 4.7 World Championship   One rule 69 hearing which was dismissed as there was insufficient evidence to demonstrate that the protestee made the statements reported to the jury.

    Arbitration offered to some Part 2 protests but competitors preferred to go for a Jury Hearing.

    The OA supplied 3 Jury boats of which 2 were not suitable to undertake OTW judging. The OA stated they could not supply any further boats and a jury member was able to obtain 2 replacement boats from sources in Cape Town.

    A very good working relationship, ashore and afloat with the Race Committee.


    		  Published 2008-1-10    
    2007-12-18   Soling World Championship   There was a rule 69 hearing based upon a report from a competitor who had been confronted at a regatta dinner by a crew member of a boat that had been disqualified in a protest in which the competitor had been a witness. The report said that the individual interrupted the dinner and accused the witness of lying while standing over him at his table in a very aggressive and threatening manner.

    The International Jury informed the crew member of the alleged misconduct in writing and set the hearing for that evening after racing. The boat of the crew member withdrew from the remaining three races of the regatta thirty minutes after receiving the letter.

    At the hearing the crew member admitted his wrong doing and offered no excuses for his behavior. He presented a copy of the written apology he had attempted to give the competitor after racing and which the skipper had refused to accept. (The letter of apology was accepted by the competitor during the hearing.) He also stated that at the dinner he had enlisted the help of two other skippers who spoke the same language as the competitor and attempted to apologize. That apology had also been refused. His testimony was supported by the two skippers who were witnesses.

    The jury concluded that the actions at the dinner were a gross breach of good manners. It decided that the reluctance of the skipper to listen to the attempted apology at the dinner and to initially not accept the written apology offered before the hearing may have contributed to the incident becoming a gross breach of good manners. This was considered as a mitigating reason when determining whether to penalize the competitor.

    Finally the jury decided the crew member showed extreme remorse for his actions both in the written apology, in his conduct at the hearing and in his boat immediately withdrawing from the regatta.

    The jury concluded that voluntary withdrawal from the final three races by the crew was sufficient and warned the competitor about is actions.    		   Published 2007-12-10    
    2007-12-5   HKG Open Windsurfing Championship  
    Due to a race management mistake concerning a change in the divisions starting order, the Jury had to give redress to six boards in three races. The decision did not effect the final score.





    		  Published 2007-12-13    
    2007-10-19   China Cup International Regatta  
    Race Management was good. However the onshore side which was organised by Longcheer Yacht Club was very disorganised. The China Cities Windsurfing event was taking place at another venue about 15 minutes away and International Jury members from there were also forming the Jury at the China Cup. They had not been advised by the organisers about this.
    Due to hearings there and lack of accurate information from the China Cup liaison person regarding when the other jury members would arrive hearings had to be delayed by nearly an hour which resulted in major annoyance with the competitors.

    		  Published 2007-12-11    
    2007-9-13   2007 AUDI FORMULA WINDSURFING FESTIVAL - TALLINN   The Jury did spend 6 hours sitting time to amend the sailing instructions the day before to be published. A good job was done to conform the SI of such class to ISAF template and wordings, preserving in the mean time the competitor´s ability to recognize them.

    The Jury decided a special redress policy for this event. Because of the wind conditions influence in the results, redress results were determined using rule A10(a) amended to consider all the races in the series on the day of the incident.

    Eight requests for redress was given to eight protesting boards, conforming the appendix B 7.2. A competitor was scored DNE because he not retiring after an incident in which caused a serious damage. Another competitor was scored conforming 64.1(c) for breaking rule 22.1 when not racing, he interfered with a boat that was racing.

    The Jury, as requested by the race committee, did provide a jury member who was an experienced windsurfer sailor, as observer onboard the pin end RC boat. This to act as witness in case of requests for redress or protests about OCS or incidents on the starting line.

    An innovation was the use of GPS mobile phone tracking system. A small GPS phone in a waterproof case was taped to the base of the masts. The signal adopted to display in real time the marks and the top competitors position on a screen and on internet.

    The formula windsurfing class representative did act very well as PRO and the experience windsurfing class representative did act very well as scorer. The scores were less than one hour after the race - even in internet.

    It was an enjoyable event with a good atmosphere and sailors that were keen to learn and communicate. The relationship between sailors, class representatives, jury and race committee was excellent.    		   Published 2007-8-24    
    2007-9-3   XL Open Balkan Sailing Championship   According to the NoR, each competing country had to appoint two members at the International Jury one of them to be IJ. Three IJs and nine NJs were appointed. It was agreed to use a rotation system during the hearings in order to have only two NJs in the panel each time. All judges were used during on water judging, and all NJs participated in at least one hearing. One NJ had to go before the start of the event due to a serious health problem in her family.

    We had a request for redress from a competitor concerning his finishing position. Redress was given, but later the Jury decided that it might have made a significant error and reopened the hearing under RRS 66 in order to get more evidences. Finally the redress was not given.


    The RO at the Optimist finishing line was inadequate which created problems including the one concerning the request for redress mentioned before. We had a very good co-operation with the PRO. The Jury boats provided were inadequate and the Jury refused to go on the water. After discussing the problem with the organizers one good and one satisfactory boat were provided





    		  Published 2007-9-17    
    2007-8-20   2007 Sunfish World Championship   Because all boats and equipment were supplied by the manufacturer rule 62.1 was amended by adding 62.1(e), failure of chartered equipment. Two redress requests were heard and granted for failure of defective equipment through no fault of the competitor.

    In order to encourage boats to stay behind the line during a start with an I Flag during the final minute before the start the race officer would hail sail numbers as boats as they crossed starting line. This worked well keeping boats behind the line but was a clear advantage to those who had broken the one-minute rule.     		  Published 2007-12-13    
    2007-8-19   Lightning North American Championship   Some reformatting of the signal flag layout on the signal boat would be beneficial. The International Jury consisted of both certified IJ´s and National Judges. The NJ´s were given the opportunity to Chair hearings and performed well. Arbitration was in place but only two submissions were sent to arbitration.

    A difficult regatta due to the consistently light winds and relatively strong currents. Prompt responses by the RC kept the courses both square and fair. There were a number of general recalls and these seemed to be a factor of current pushing up the course. Overall the hail responses to OCS boats were within an acceptable time frame.

    The onshore support offered by the two sailing clubs involved was excellently and efficiently organised (the whole fleet was being dry sailed) and I personally heard no comments of dissatisfaction from any of the participants. The regatta was run at a very high standard and I submitted a report to this effect to US Sailing for the St.Petersburg Trophy    		   Published 2007-10-22    
    2007-8-18   2007 Finn Junior World Championship - Silver Cup   A competitor was protested under Appendix P2.2 (Second Protest) during a start in which a general recall was then signaled. According to P3 the penalty was canceled, but not the number of times the boat had been protested, and the competitor then sailed in the restart of the race. Several competitors argued that this rule was unfair towards other competitors who were penalized during the restart of the same race and were required to withdraw if they received P2.2 protest. They felt that the same principle used in rule 30.3 (Black Flag Starting Penalties) would be better.
    At the request of the race committee, the jury offered advice on changes in the schedule of races.    		   Published 2007-12-13    
    2007-8-18   Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2007   A separate Q&A has been submitted regarding a boat which retired after finishing but subsequently found she had not broken a rule and requested re-instatement.

    The forms contained within the IJ manual do not reflect current best practice in tracking all documents submitted, and their use caused some confusion within the Jury administration until updated. It is suggested that these forms be revised and published with a recommended operating procedure for the benefit of future events.    		   Published 2007-8-26    
    2007-8-17   2007 Laser Master European Championship   Arbitration was offered through the SIs but not accepted by the parties.   Published 2007-12-13    
    2007-8-17   470 and 420 Junior European Championship 2007   The jury penalised three competitors with DNE under rule 2. Two were after they admitted they knew they broke a rule that caused damage and did not take a penalty. The third was for hitting a competitor with the tiller extension. The jury discussed the possibility of further action under rule 69 but decided not to pursue the matter further.



    There was discussion about how to interpret the Appendix P word ´series´ in applying to the regatta´s qualification and final series. (Editor´s Note: ISAF´s Q&A 06-001 speaks to this issue. It was the Q&A Panel´s opinion that in this case the series meant all the races a boat sails in a regatta which included the qualification and final series. http://www.sailing.org/1545.php)

    The jury reached the conclusion that it was a better practice for the organizing authority to provide a daily amount of money for meals rather than attempt to feed the jury at the same time as the competitors. This gives the jury more flexibility in planning hearing, meets the different diet requirements of individual members and may avoid long waits in restaurants or food lines.    		   Published 2007-12-13    
    2007-8-12   Canadian Youth National Championship   Because this was a youth regatta the jury spent extra time explaining the decisions to the competitors. In some cases this dialogue turned into a teaching experience to ensure they understood the rules.
    Because the regatta was also used for training and certification of race officials, there was a tendency to be a little too exact in setting the courses and reacting to windshifts. This caused the loss of two races over the four day regatta.    		   Published 2007-12-13    
    2007-8-10   Canadian Open National Championships  
    This 204 boat regatta was immediately followed by the 145 boat youth championships. Although it was a very large undertaking the regatta ran quit smoothly with very few surprises.    		   Published 2007-12-13    
    2007-8-9   Sail East   A competitor alleged an RC timing error and brought a witness supporting the allegation. The course PRO reported timing problems in other starts, but thought this one was OK. He offered to replay his digital recording of the start. The recording revealed a ten second delay in the starting signal which supported the allegation and the testimony and redress was granted.
    This was the first of two practice events for the 2009 Canada Games. Although most of the race committee officials had experience laying courses or race management, the race committee did remarkably well. Management at the finish and scoring were the main areas where problems occurred.



    This was not an international jury but because of the number of classes, competitors, hearings and on water Appendix P time, was considered by us to meet the requirements of a principle event.    		   Published 2007-12-15    
    2007-8-9   2.4mR World Championship   The possibliity of arbitration instead of full panel hearings was offered to competitors.



    The Whistle System was used and the jury was afloat in two boats during all 24 races.    		   Published 2007-12-13    
    2007-8-8   Western Canada Summer Games   Entry to these summer games is restricted to only one country. The national authority approved a non-appeal protest committee under rule 70.4(b) consisting of 3 IJs and 2 NJs without national restrictions. The original chair was unable to attend due to a family medical emergency and a revised jury consisting of 2 IJs (one national and one non-national) and two national NJs. There were no problems or issues because of the make up of the jury.



    The event technical package, the NOR and the SIs stated only the measurement of rules or a class were applicable. This is contrary to ISAF Case 98 Q3. We had an protest concerning a non-measurement class rule that was ruled invalid. Had the protest been valid, the rule´s interpretation in ISAF Case 98 would have advised us to rule contrary to the technical package, NOR and SIs. The OA was advised of that possibility.



    (Editor´s note - At the 2007 Semaine Olympique Francaise de Voile the jury was asked a question whether incorporating the class rules in the NOR and SIs meant that the Appendix of the Tornado Class Rules governing international regattas was part of the rules of the regatta. The SOF International Jury came to the conclusion that only the class measurement rules are reviewed and approved by ISAF. Therefore the ´Class rules´ mentioned in rule 86 only pertains only to the ISAF class measurement rules.)


    The race committee was very prepared and practiced both afloat and ashore. In one case exhausted 29er crews were removed from their capsized boats and taken ashore. Their abandoned boats were anchored with ground tackle that was in the rescue boats for that purpose, marked by their GPS location and tagged with surveyor´s tape to denote the crew had been removed.    		   Published 2007-12-14    
    2007-8-4   2007 Laser Radial Youth European and World Championships   There was a collision with injuries between a judge boat and a race committee patrol boat. The two judges were unhurt, but the driver of the patrol boat suffered bumps and bruises. The second patrol boat crew had a cut requiring several stitches to the face. She is expected to recover completely.

    From the information the chairman received after the incident I concluded the judges involved were not at fault and both handled the rescue efforts admirably.

    Some lessons learned (or relearned):

    - Be ever alert when handling a power boat in a crowd. This incident occurred in light to moderate conditions as sailboats, coaches, patrol and jury boats were all starting to head for the harbour.

    - Use the motor kill cord. Although this incident did not result in an out-of-control boat, a small change in the nature of the collision could have thrown someone into the water and made matters much worse.

    - Juries should insure that the organizing authority has an emergency plan including first aid supplies on the water (better in all the motor boats) and where to meet ambulances and first aid personnel when coming ashore.

    - I transported the person with the cut to the harbour and had nothing appropriate to cover the wound. In addition, my memory of basic signs of shock or concussion was poor. We should keep out basic first aid training up to date and I plan to start carrying a small emergency first aid kit.
    The race committee did a very good job in strong current and occasionally large seas. A good indication was that there were no requests for redress from OCS calls.    		   Published 2007-12-13    
    2007-8-4   ZOOM 8 World Championship   The sailing instructions offered arbitration but no party agreed to it. All wanted normal hearing before the jury.   Published 2007-10-24    
    2007-8-3   Western Canada Summer Games   The Western canada Summer Games are a multi-sport youth development event. The Games require no-appeals officiating and so CYA appointed a non-appeals protest committee (3 IJs, 2 NJs, without national restrictions) under RRS 70.4(b). The original chair was unavailable due to a family medical emergency and the CYA approved continued non-appeal staus with a PC of 4 (2 IJs: 1 Canadian, 1 American).

    The event technical package, NOR and SIs made only the measurement rules of classes applicable, contrary to ISAF Case 98, Q3. We had an invalid protest under class rules and recognised that we would have had to have ruled contrary to the technical package, NOR and SIs had the protest been valid. The OA was advised of that possibility.
    A well prepared and practiced race committee, both afloat and ashore. Particular note is made of effective safety practices. During one race weather conditions required removal of 29er crews from their (capsized) boats due to exhaustion, with crews being taken ashore, and boats being recovered later. Club practice has safety boats carrying ground tackle to anchor abandonned boats for later recovery (the sailing venue has the benefit of relatively shallow water depths, of about 7 metres - abandonned boats are marked by GPS and tagged with surveyor´ tape to advise that the crew has been recovered).    		   Published 2007-8-9    
    2007-8-1   International FJ World Championship Regatta   Discussion about whether a protest can be filed in a language other than English. This discussion came out of an invalid protest where the protestor claimed he spent time translating the protest into English. The jury would accept a protest filed in any language as long as it met the requirements or rule 61.2. This specific protest was much more detailed than the rule required.
    Relationship with Race Management was excellent. However the regatta was organized in a rather casual manner for a World Championship. More race committee assets in terms of boats, gear and staff would have improved the quality of the regatta. Sailing instructions were late in being published. The jury assisted in many functions that would have been more properly dealt with by the OA/RC. This assistance was welcomed by the RC/OA and was provided willingly by the jury.    		   Published 2007-8-9    
    2007-8-1   2007 Hau Hin Regatta & Vega Rudder Race   There were considerable delays that caused some frustration to the competitors. As the race management team gains experience this should improve.   Published 2007-12-14    
    2007-8-1   2007 International FJ World Championship   There was discussion over whether a protest can be filed in a language other than English. The discussion came about when a protestor said the reason his protest was late was because he had spent time translating the protest into English. The jury decided that it was common practice to accept a protest in any language as long as it met the requirements of rule 61.2. In this case the protest was late, it contained much more detailed than the rule required and the conclusion was that there as no good reason to extend the protest time.
    The relationship with race management was excellent. However, the regatta was organized in a rather casual manner for a world championship. More race committee assets in terms of boats, gear and staff would have improved the quality of the regatta. The sailing instructions were late in being published.     		  Published 2007-12-14    
    2007-7-31   Star North American Championship   The Star Class rules dealing with daily weighing of randomly selected skippers and crews are in need of revision by the class. For example, is there a limit to the number of times that a skipper and crew can be reweighed if they are found to be over the limit? Who is responsible for the weighing, the class measurer or someone else?

    At this event the jury supervised the weighing on days 2, 3 and 4. If there had been a request for redress involving the weighting, this would have been awkward. The measurers should conduct the weighing of selected skippers and crews each day.

    Also, the standard Star Class sailing instructions call for the jury to notify the boats selected for skipper and crew weighing while they are on the water, just after finishing the last race of the day. However,notifying individual boats that they have been selected takes away from the on-the-water judging of rule 42 at a critical time. The duty to inform boats selected for weighing should be the race committee´s and not the jury.    		   Published 2007-12-10    
    2007-7-27   North Aegean Sailing Week & X Yachts Hellenic Cup 2007 & X35 National Championship   Nothing important to report. Very good co-operation with the Organizing and the Race Committee.













    		  Published 2007-8-6    
    2007-7-22   2007 Lightning World Championship   We had a rule 69 hearing. One boat had been observed by a number of competitors to be helmed by a member of the crew that was not the officially registered skipper, during the start and part of the first leg of race number 6, infringing class rule V5 ( eligibility).

    After a report received by one of the competitors the jury invited the skipper of the boat in question to reply on the allegations. He denied the allegations, but three competitors witnessed the change of the helmsman. The boat was scored DNE in race no 6. A report was sent to his National Authority.

    The relations of the Jury with the organizers, the race committee and the class representatives were excellent.

    A GRE NJ replaced one GRE IJ after the first day of the championship, due to health problem.


    Due to a new class rule, the competitors used portable VHF radios in order to listen from the RC the OCS boats. OCS boats not being called back by radio, requested a redress, which was not given according to the SI. A number of competitors questioned the benefit of this new class rule.    		   Published 2007-8-6    
    2007-7-19   2007 Nordic Youth Sailing Chamouinships   P2.3 was deleted -- popular.   Published 2007-12-10    
    2007-7-17   2007 Lightning European & Master Int"l Championships   A Lightning class championship rule forbids any kind of assistance to competitors from the moment they leave the harbour until they return, unless this assistance is available to every one.

    Due to extremely heat(40-43C), some competitors asked for, and received, water from nearby spectator, race committee and support boats in between and after races. The class made a reported about competitors who received water to the race committee and the jury.

    After a long discussion everyone agreed that, due to the heat, it was unsafe not to give out water and, no one who had asked for water had been denied it. The class representatives agreed that extra water was needed and that it would be provided to competitors by race committee boats at the end of each race.

    		  Published 2007-7-24    
    2007-7-13   Int Contender World Championships. Medemblik NED   The work from the organising club Royal Hollandia was of the highest calibre. Everything was well prepared and and the race management was excellent.There were very varied conditions across the week but they were all dealt with effectively and with the best competition in mind.

    The relationship between the jury, the race committee and the competitors was excellent. The class showed a high standard of sailing and rule observance. I believe that the event was a great success    		   Published 2007-7-26    
    2007-7-13   44th Aegean Sailing Rally 2007   IRC Greece, three days before the end of the Regatta, informed in writing the owner of a boat, that due to their own mistake the LL dimension was inserted wrong in the measurement certificate and a new TCC certificate had been issued. The boat requested a redress to be re-scored in all the races of the regatta, according to his new TCC as required be the IRC rule 20.3. Redress was given   Published 2007-7-24    
    2007-7-12   Volvo Dun Loaghaire Regatta   The Sailing Instructions required that if flag V with sound signals was used at a mark or gate, boats were required to sail directly to the finish. Following a strong wind warning, a race committee made the signal for one of the fleets at the first rounding of the downwind gate. The fleet was very compressed. In the opinion of the jury members observing the race, many of the fleet missed the signal despite it being done correctly. All but 10% went through the finish line, but many probably did so more by luck than knowing flag V was in effect.

    With 522 entries and it being only the second time the regatta had been run, the organizing committee had a big challenge. They succeeded in both preparation and execution of the event. There were two panels and two arbitrators. No panel decisions were appealed to the full jury and all of the arbitration decisions were accepted by the parties.    		   Published 2007-12-17    
    2007-7-12   VOLVO ISAF YOUTH SAILING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP  
    It would be easier and allow more flexibility if the jury members received a $40 US per day eating stipend.



    One request for redress for a race committee member who hailed the country letters and JPN was confused with FIN.    		   Published 2007-12-16    
    2007-7-11   9th All Africa Games   The jury received a protest from a competitor against another boat for team racing. After hearing the evidence the jury disqualified the protester and his witness for team racing under rule 2.
    It would be most advisable to introduce team racing into the next All Africa Games. This would increase this sailing specialty and be a practical way to encourage different countries to compete together increasing friendship and cooperation.    		   Published 2007-12-10    
    2007-7-8   Quicksiffer IFCA Slalom   In this board sailing slalom event, the jury posted the following interpretation for rule 18.   Published 2007-12-11    
    2007-7-7   EC J-22 Hoorn Holland  
    no special problems, good races of high quality and good relation between Race Management and Jury    		   Published 2007-7-10    
    2007-7-3   Swan 45 World and Swan European Championships   There was concern in the class about rule observance and the jury was asked to pay special attention to the start and mark roundings -- unusual in boats of this size. It proved useful;we saw and gave evidence on a number of incidents at the windward mark, most of which resulted in damage. I think that we were acting as ´highway policemen´ and because the competitors saw the policemen on the race course, they followed the rules a little better than they would have done otherwise.   Published 2007-8-16    
    2007-7-2   X99 World Championship   Chairing of the hearing was rotated between the panel members.
    Race management was good. The only criticism was that the PRO chose to sail a third race (which had been abandoned) on the lay day when most of the fleet would have rather gone back to the harbor.    		   Published 2007-12-10    
    2007-7-1   Europe Dinghy European Championship   There was one rule 69 action. Both A and C agreed to the following facts. After a three race day sailor A (girl) arrived at the ramp and dropped her sail. Competitor B (girl)then arrived at the ramp. She had problems dropping her sail and her boom touched A´s boat. A asked B many times to drop her sail. At this time sailor C (boy) seeing the problem, came to help B. In doing so he pushed A´s boat a little bit backwards. A then gestured to C with her middle finger. In reacting to this C pushed A´s head into the water and then fell into the water himself.

    C apologized to A in writing before the hearing. A did not accept. A apologized to C during the hearing. C Accepted.

    The decision of the jury was to issue a warning under rule 69.1(b)(1) to both A and C.
    The race committee had a problem with boats not signing in and out. Unless there were exceptional circumstances, the jury penalized the competitors 5 points to the first race of the day for not signing out and five points to the last race of the day for not signing in.    		   Published 2007-12-10    
    2007-6-30   NatWest Island Games XII   14 Islands from 6 different countries participated at the Sailing competition of the event (14 sports)



    We had a hearing under RRS 69. A competitor failed to sign going IN the water according to the SI, but his signature was found in both columns of the list after signing going OUT of the water. The competitor declared that he had sign before going IN the water but finally admitted that he was lying. He never apologized for this action. The competitor was penalized under 69.1(b)(2).

    There was an excellent relationship between the Nautical Club of Rhodes, the race management and the jury throughout this event.



    The PRO denied starting the races because the Organizers of the Games had failed to provide a sufficient number of safety vessels although the Competition Manager had applied for them well in advance. Finally, thanks to the efforts of the Nautical Club of Rhodes the problem was solved.



    There has been a strong reaction from a lot of the RS:X competitors against the SI saying, "Lifejackets shall be worn by competitors at all times while afloat" insisting that they NEVER wear life jackets in their islands !!!. The wind speed during the series was between 12 and 25 knots.

    		  Published 2007-7-10    
    2007-6-23   Moth World and European Championship   The jury did not work in a protest hearing, however, it had extensive discussions over the Notice of Race, the Sailing Instructions and directly supervised and assisted the organizing authority.



    The Moth is a development class and ninety percent of the boats use hydrofoils. There is dramatic speed increases and times when skippers do not have complete control of their boats. It was the jury´s opinion that such a class should amend their class rules concerning rule 42 and consider increasing the size of the 2-Length Zone.



    The class requested a special scoring system to allow DNF boats to receive less points than DNS or DNC. An incomplete copy and paste SI ammendment caused some unfair DNS scoring.



    The organizing authority did not wish to have on-water rule 42 judging using Appendix P or rule 67.
    The cause the race committee did not have enough people, two jury members went on the race committee boat and assisted identifying boats crossing the finish line. The remainder of the jury members were on the race course in a separate jury boat.    		   Published 2007-8-15    
    2007-6-20   International Etchells 22 World Championship   Prior to the start of the racing one of the judges brought a guest to the first jury dinner. It was later learned that the guest was a competitor. This could have been seen as compromising the appearance of impartiality of the jury and should be avoided.   Published 2007-10-22    
    2007-6-18   Block Island Race Week  
    Two panels worked as the same time. Most IJs rotated as chairman of a panel. Judges not assigned to a panel acted as arbitrators.    		   Published 2007-12-10    
    2007-6-18   Velocitek Musto Performance Skiff World Championships   This was the first World Championships of the class. Some sailors had come from classes (non ISAF) which have a relaxed attitude to the rules (eg touching marks) and so initially had a steep learning curve. We undertook one Rule 69 hearing for attitude in the Jury room for which a warning was given. The party involved genuinely thanked the jury for treating him to a valuable lesson and the class were very pleased with the raised standards all round.

    It was an enjoyable event with a good atmosphere and sailors that were keen to learn and communicate. The relationship between sailors, jury and race committee was excellent and bodes well for the future of this impressive class.
    The race management was very good in sometimes difficult conditions. The only unusual practice appeared to be that of using AP for a general recall in stead of 1st Substitute. Although this did not cause any problems, we believe that some sailors were a little confused.    		   Published 2007-7-10    
    2007-6-16   IMS European Championship & Croatian Grand Prix   The SIs had changed rule 35 and all boats were required to finish within a time limit of two hours. Race 5 was sailed in light winds that became lighter as the race progressed. Only four of the thirty-five boat fleet finished within the time limit. However, the race committee stayed at the finish line displaying a blue flag and recorded the times of the remainder of the fleet. Boats that crossed the finish line after the time limit were scored DNF. The rounding times of the previous mark had not been taken.



    The race committee lodged a request for redress for the boats scored DNF on the grounds that the race committee had made an error by not shortening the course at the previous mark.



    Having taken evidence from the race committee and the four boats that had finished within the time limit, the jury determined that the race committee had omitted to shorten the course and granted redress. The four boats that finished were scored first through fourth. The remainder were scored places fifth through thirty-five using their corrected times.



    Several subsequent requests for redress from boats seeking a greater amount of redress were denied. One boat who established to the satisfaction of the jury that, although she had crossed the finish line, she had stopped racing when the time limit expired, was give redress based upon her average points [A10(a)].


    The light and variable conditions that prevailed throughout most of the regatta made laying courses, starting lines and finish lines difficult.    		   Published 2007-8-15    
    2007-6-4   FF15 British CHampionships  
    Course was starting line between the leeward and windward marks. It would be much better if the line was to leeward of the leeward mark.    		   Published 2007-12-10    
    2007-6-1   Finn European and Junior Open European Championships   MINIMUM NUMBER OF RACES FOR A REGATTA, DISCARD & MEDAL RACE

    1. There was discussion about the number of races that should be completed to sail the Medal Race.

    At the moment the picture is confusing at best. Four races make a regatta, five races allow a discard. It is difficult for journalists or the non-sailing public to understand how someone who is mid fleet after four races because of a DSQ can suddenly jump into the regatta lead after a top ten finish in race five.

    In the worst case, if a medal race was sailed after only four races even the smartest sailors would not be able to determine what the scores should be.

    A simple format was suggested:

    Minimum number of races completed for a discard – two.
    Minimum number of races completed for a regatta – three
    Minimum number of races completed to sail the medal race on the final day – four.
    Use the first race to break ties during all fleet racing.
    Use the medal race to break in top ten positions.


    RELOCATE ADDENDUM Q CHANGING SI FOR BREAKING TIES

    2. It would be better to move the sailing instruction for breaking ties for the top ten boats in the medal race to Addendum Q and have the addendum change the Sailing Instructions than, as it is now, the method for breaking ties be in the medal race in the sailing instructions.

    The R/C sailed a windward/leeward-gate course. At the end of the last downwind leg the fleet sailed through the gate and then a short reach the finish line between the R/C boat and a mark twenty meters directly upwind of the R/C boat. As the boats were finishing the PRO was repositioning the leeward end of the starting line and the weather mark. He was able to start the next sequence ten minutes after the last boat finished.

    This extremely short turn around time was appreciated by all.
    		  Published 2007-7-10    
    2007-5-30   2007 ABN AMRO North Sea Regatta   Redress requested for a port/starboard collision, neither boat was racing at the time of the incident. Redress was not granted. Sign out and in was done with a computerized bar code system.

    Comments from the IJSC: ´The rules of Part 2 apply between boats that are sailing in or near the racing area and intend to race ...´ (Preamble Part 2). If the right of way boat intended to race and was damaged by an ´action of a boat that was breaking a rule of Part 2 or a vessel not racing that was required to keep clear´, most International Juries would award redress under rule 61.1.



    		  Published 2007-12-11    
    2007-5-26   Goldener Pfingstbusch 2007   16 Judges. Nothing special, just nice racing and very good relationships between judges and between judges and race committee.   Published 2007-7-5    
    2007-5-10   Open Dutch Campionship for Olympic & Paralympic classes 2007   Finn 66 scored as DNE following sailing instruction 14.6 was given redress by the jury after it was determined that, unseen by the race committee, she had returned and started correctly.

    (SI 30.1 - if a boat fails to start or breaks rule 30.1, the race committee at mark 1 will point flag X at her, make a sound signal and hail her sail number. The boat shall immediately retire from the race. If she fails to do so she will be disqualified without a hearing and her scoring will be not excluded. This changes rule A6.)

    The jury thought it was not a good practice. In such a situation it is more fair to allow the boat to finish and then be scored OCS. If the jury later finds the race committee made a mistake, it has a finish position to use to determine redress. If the boat is required to retire, the only redress available is the less satisfactory, average points.
    		  Published 2007-10-15    
    2007-5-2   Southeastern European Open Optimist Championship  
    Because of the small size of the lake the boats were divided into four fleets. There were two starts for each race and the fleets rotated who they sailed against. It is the hope of the regatta organizers to make this an annual event. The jury was on the water for all of the races.

    Relations between the Race Committee and the Jury were excellent. On a number of occasions the RC sought the advice of the Jury.    		   Published 2007-12-15    
    2007-5-1   Etchells North American Championship   One protest found invalid under rule 61.1(a) caused concern among a number of competitors, apparently because there were very different understandings of the timeliness of the protest flag, inside the hearing.   Published 2007-8-15    
    2007-4-27   Spring Regatta 2007   The second P2 protest was against an Optimist for sculling while taking a penalty in response to a first P2 protest.   Published 2007-12-15    
    2007-4-21   Semaine Olympique Francaise 07 - Hyeres   We had one hearing under rule 69. Following an incident on the water competitor A approached competitor B on the shore in a confrontational manner. Competitor A threw a punch to the face of Competitor B. Other competitors pulled the two apart. Competitor A filed a report with the jury. Before the hearing B apologized to A and A accepted the apology and asked in the hearing for the age and apology to be taken into account. They International Jury penalised Competitor B with a DNE for the race in question and warned Competitor A about his own behaviour. Reports have been sent to the host MNA and the MNA of Competitor B.



    Two competitors in the Tornado class filed claims for redress on the basis that the race committee had not used the Tornado Class rules when deciding if a race should be abandoned due to light winds. The IJ referred the matter to ISAF. The response from ISAF was that the Tornado Class rules referred to had not been approved by ISAF. Further, the ERS (adopted by the Tornado Class) define a class rules as the rules specifying the equipment in which athletes compete. Therefore the rules referred to by the competitors were not class rules and did not apply to this event.



    On the evening before the Medal Races we had two requests to re-open hearings. Both were refused, but had they been granted we would have had great difficulty finding the competitors and witnesses that evening. This may have put the medal race schedule the following day at risk. It is recommended that Addendum Q be amended to advise competitors leaving the venue the day before medal racing before all jury matters are finalised that they may miss hearings that could affect their results.


    There was an excellent relationship between the organisers, race management and jury throughout this event. We had daily formal meetings every morning and informal meetings throughout the evenings as issues arose.    		   Published 2007-6-14    
    2007-4-5   Laser Europa Cup   Because two foreign judges failed to attend, the jury could not be constituted and we could only manage one panel.



    The work required by Appendix P was done by a single judge in a jury boat. With three fleets on each area and only four jury boats, two fleets were without survey and a judge alone among a fleet cannot cross quickly enough or from the head to the tale of the fleet without being very unpopular with his wake.



    In this case applying Appendix P was an unfair joke.    		   Published 2007-8-15    
    2007-4-4   Soling South American Championships   Despite the competitive fleet, there was no protest. Boats did their turns on the water avoiding protests on shore


    The sailors were complete exhausted after the second day three long races were sailed in moderate winds. This reflected a problem with the class rules. Soling Class Championships Rules recommend a nine race series for a continental championships AND limit the number of races per day to two. This is a problem if the championships is to be held over a three our four holiday weekend.

    There was much discussion and suggestions on how to change the championship rules.    		   Published 2007-4-10    
    2007-3-28   Laser Central and South American Championships   With the approval of the organizing authority, P2.1 and P2.3 were modified to provide for a two-turn penalty for the second and subsequent rule 42 protests.



    It was noted by the jury that enforcement of rule 42 is not included in Addendum Q, and that boats penalized by the umpires for rule 42 would require a two-turn penalty or, if protested by a competitor, a hearing. It was also noted that if Appendix P had not been modified, a competitor could be disqualified from the regatta under P2.3 while competing i the medal race.



    There was one rule 69 hearing that was dismissed and one rule 2 protest alleging team racing against one competitor what was also dismissed. Both hearing included the same competitors.



    All three fleets (Laser, Laser Radial, Laser 4.7) concluded with medal races for the top ten competitors after nine races. These races were umpired using Addendum Q with two umpire boats. With Jorge Barreda´s assistance, I held a short seminar on umpired fleet racing with the competitors before the medal races. There were two green flags and one penalty during the three races.
    The race management was up to world class standards. One issue was noted. Early in the regatta the race committee was dropping the course designation flag at the Warning Signal. When asked about it the response was that the R/C shall signal the course     		  Published 2007-8-15    
    2007-3-23   Barcelona Olympic Sailing Week   The jury granted redress following an incident with serious damage to the right of way boat during the medal race. No damage resulted on the non-right of way boat however a crewman was hospitalised. It was easy to grant redress since the incident occurred close to the windward mark on the second beat. After the hearing the jury discussed the issue of what what happen if the incident happened before the warning signal. In an event with supplied equipment we could have replaced the boat and resailed the race, but what if the right of way boat´s crew was injured?



    We prepared for the medal race by using the material from the ISAF WSG in Austria and the Eurolymp in Lake Garda.
    The housing and jury boats were inadequate. The organizing authority intended to lodge the jury on a 45 food catamaran. It was not acceptable due to the conditions that included lack of heat, lack of privacy and shared cabins. The organizing authority accepted to lodge the jury in a hotel. Two jury members chose to stay on the sailboat.



    The 4m/25 hp jury boats were inadequate. these were changed to 5m/50 hp boats for the medal race.



    Possibly ISAF could write a paper highlighting the organizing authority´s responsibility.    		   Published 2007-8-15    
    2007-3-14   Split Olympic Sailing Week   The International Jury met with competitors and reviewed Addendum Q procedures. This effort was appreciated.

    The jury granted redress to a 49er after a collision with a press boat that caused damage.


    The five day regatta was sailed in winds over 20 knots flawlessly and without any equipment breakdowns by the competitors or two race committees.    		   Published 2007-4-13    
    2007-3-1   J24 World Championship   Race 10 was started under the Black Flag Rule (rule 30.3). Twenty seconds before the start, bow 37 was one hull length behind the starting line with sails fully eased and with no forward motion. Bow 65 came from clear astern at full speed and collided with bow 37 in the transom. The collision caused damage to bow 37 and pushed her over the starting line prior to the start signal. After the starting signal the Race Committee signaled a general recall and also recorded bow 37 as OCS. Bow 37 protested bow 10.

    The race was restarted. Bow 37 did not sail per rule 30.3. Bow 65 did sail as she was not scored OCS by the Race committee in the previous start.

    The jury concluded that bow 65 had broken rule 12 in the first start. Since the race was restarted she was not penalized or prohibited from competing in the restart of the race (rule 36).

    The jury also concluded that bow 37 was compelled by bow 65’s breech of rule 12 to break rule 33.3 and was exonerated. Bow 37 was granted A10(b) redress under rule 64.1(b).
    		  Published 2007-4-13    
    2007-2-20   Athens Eurolymp 2007   One request for redress due to an omission of the Organizing Authority has lodged.
    A competitor serving in the Hellenic Army had asked the OA (Hellenic Yachting Federation) to request a permission from the Hellenic Army, to allow him to participate at the event, as it is always happening in such cases and lodged his entry on time. The OA representative admitted that by mistake, the application was sent to the wrong office,. This delay resulted him to miss the first two races. There has been a long discussion among the members of the IJ, if this was an omission of the OA or of the HYF. During the discussion, the argument was if the problem had to be solved by the IJ or by the HYF as this event was included in the national ranking list events for the formation of the pre-Olympic team, The majority of the jury agreed that the Organizing Authority and the Hellenic Yachting Federation is the same thing, that the request for redress was concerning this event and with votes three to two, redress was granted.

    A NJ from Greece joined the five IJs on the water to have two Judges on each Jury boat for Appendix P. He also replaced a Greek IJ who could not attend one hearing due to conflict of interest.

    Due to very strong winds 28 – 35 knots, the Race Committee decided to cancel all medals races.





    		  Published 2007-3-13    
    2007-2-18   Sail Auckland   The Sailing Instructions were prepared very late and included accommodations to the event sponsor that conflicted with the Notice of Race. This caused a number of problems that were eventually satisfactorily resolved.   Published 2007-4-13    
    2007-2-17   Int. F18 Class World Championship   During the hearing the protesting party offered evidence from his “head-cam”, a video camera mounted on a helmet of the catamaran’s skipper. This request was supported by the protestee and accepted by the jury. The video was helpful.

    The jury recommended that the use of this type of equipment should be reviewed by the class association and the regatta’s organizing authority.
    Since the Int. F18 is a “restricted” class, it was anticipated that different builders might have different interpretations of the measurement rules. Before the event, the jury worked closely with the organizing authority and the class association to insure that “an authority responsible for interpreting the rules”, as provided in rule 64.3(b), was appointed. This effort was rewarded at the first protest when a measurement issue was quickly resolved and popularly received.    		   Published 2007-4-13    
    2007-2-4   Pre - PanAmericano Rio   After an incident at the leeward mark, boat A decided to hinder boat B for the entire upwind leg. Both boats lost several places (3rd and 4th to thirteenth and fourteenth). Boat A then did not compete in the following races. The jury concluded that boat A’s action “did not improve or maintain her own position in the series” but was intended only to hinder boat B. Boat A was disqualified by Rule 2 and boat B was granted redress and scored twelve points instead of thirteen.   Published 2007-4-13    
    2007-2-1   Laser Radial North American & Finn Midwinter Championships   The jury had the usual difficulties in establishing the interpretation of rule 42.

    The jury held a hearing based upon a report of unsportsmanlike conduct. Its conclusion was that it was boarding on a breach of the rule, but no penalty was given.
    The race management was good except for one instance when the wrong course was selected and caused the two fleets to sail through each other frequently.    		   Published 2007-5-2    
    2007-2-1   2007 Yngling North American Championship     Published 2007-2-10    
    2007-2-1   2007 49er North American Championship     Published 2007-2-10    
    2007-1-29   2007 Tornado North American Championship     Published 2007-2-10    
    2007-1-27   2007 Int 505 World Championships  
    Rule observance was becoming rather cursory, mid-regatta, particularly around the leeward gates. Jury posted an advisory note that the sport is self-policing and that a better standard of rule observance was expected. The standard improved dramatically for the remainder of the racing. Cameras were a useful aid for later analysis, need to be used in conjunction with hands-free voice recorders.    		   Published 2007-8-26    
    2007-1-26   LaSource Grenda Sailing Festival   We were faced with several challenges to the Caribbean Sailing Association’s rating system, as it applies to regattas of this size and only a few boats in a particular class. We had to refer several ratings issue to the CSA Chief Measurer for review.

    We also had a challenging time with the “workboat” portion of the regatta where traditional workboats compete with their working crews. These individuals are very keen and competitive but do not have any experience with ISAF’s Racing Rules of Sailing and on-the-water judging. Over the years we have been offering pre-racing informal rule reviews. This year’s competition was very successful with sailors gracefully accepting their assessed penalties.
    		  Published 2007-4-13    
    2007-1-22   Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta   Rule 18.2(c) and Case 59: Case 59 does not cover the case of a boats clear ahead which enter the two-length zone and some of them thereafter being required to sail out of the two-length zone in order to round the mark and give inside boats room to do so. Community of judges is split on the interpretation.

    Furthermore, even Case 59 does not include the mention "about to round". In an open discussion, judges thought that when all boats are considered as "about to round" all along the manoeuvre after the first boat clear ahead enters the two-length zone, the boat clear astern should "thereafter" keep clear of all boats clear ahead, regardless of the moment they entered the two-length zone.

    In Addendum Q1.2(c), there is no description of the penalty a boat must take "at or near the finish line".

    The questions of how to score a competitor for the complete regatta who has received his or her third Appendix P yellow flag needs to be clarified.

    There was a scoring problem when boats who had pre-entered but had decided not to attend the regatta were remained in the rankings as     		  Published 2007-4-13    
    2007-1-20   58th Brazilian Snipe Championship   The Brazilian Snipe Class Association decided to delete rules 62.1(a) and (b) for the championships. This was stated in the NOR and the SIs. (Editors Note: Although the Brazilian Snipe Class may have requested or required this change in the racing rules, it was the Organizing Authority, who issues the NOR and SI, and is responsible for allowing the change (rule 86.1).)

    Unluckily, half of the hearings involved requests for redress. In two of these cases there was serious physical damage caused by a boat that was disqualified for breaking a rule of Part 2.

    It was not a very popular decision and was reviewed at a class meeting at the end of the championship.    		   Published 2007-4-8    
    2007-1-11   07 470 North American Championships  
    All races were run under Oscar flag.    		   Published 2007-1-18    
    2007-1-11   07 RS:X North American Championship     Published 2007-1-18    
    2007-1-4   Trofeo Marcello Campobasso   The RC further to V flag during the last two minutes, used a rib to prevent competitors to cross the line. Due to the big waves created by the ribs speed, there have been many contacts between the boats. Competitors were pushed back from the starting line from the preparatory signal preventing them to select their route and make their strategy for the race. Coaches made a report to the Jury. The RC replied that they know the problem, but no action was taken and the problem continued during the series. The Jury used a big pvc boat with a 200HP motor with driver. Three to five photographers were hosted on the same boat. It was not possible to adequate apply App P, in a fleet of 145 boats.   Published 2007-4-8    
    2006-12-16   Sydney International Regatta   A rule 69 hearing against a 470 female sailor for use of inappropriate language against another competitor. The report statement was upheld and the competitor given a warning.

    Of the boats offered to the jury, only two were suitable and those were only available for two days. Two of the remaining boats could not be used.
    The sailing instructions contained a Harbour Safety section, which required competitors to be outside an area 200 meters in front and 30 meters to the side and rear of Sydney Harbour Ferries, commercial shipping and naval vessels.

    In certain wind directions, the courses were laid across the main shipping cannels. On the first day this course was used the competitors were undisciplined and caused commercial ships to stop or slow down. Protests were lodged against a number of competitors who were disqualified.

    On subsequent days when competitors bore away to allow the shipping to cross the course the boats ahead of the ferry gained an advantage every time, the extent of which depended on whether it was a Sydney Harbour Ferry or commercial shipping, due to their speed differential.

    At no stage did the race committee abandon a race for this reason. This was likely due to the tight racing schedule of two races in the morning and other classes having three races in the afternoon on the same course.

    On the grounds of safety and fair racing, courses should not be set across main shipping channels.    		   Published 2007-4-8    
    2006-12-10   15th Asian Games   Since this event was so important to many Asian countries, many sailors, coaches team leaders as well as country representatives tried to get the most benefits from protests and requests for redress. In many cases, the parties were close to not telling the truth and judges were pressured to change their decision.
    The Race Management and ITO teams worked very well together.    		   Published 2007-4-8    
    2006-12-1   2006 Tornado World Championship  
    Race Committee used a state-of-the-art hand held video camera at the leeward end of the 500m starting line during the start. Although the camera had some electronic stabilization, there was too much movement when using the telephoto settings to read bow or sail numbers beyond 250m. Nor was the picture sharp enough to read the bow numbers beyond 250m. Very expensive, mechanically stabilized cameras would be needed to correct this problem.

    After two of the races, requests for OCS redress were avoided after competitors saw the start´s video. Both times, competitors said they were satisfied and added that they had been asking for starting line videos for many years.

    As the boats sailed across the starting line in winds over 8kts, most of the leeward bow was under water. It was impossible for the leeward end of the starting line to read the bow numbers on the outside of the port hulls. It would have been better to have the bow number on the inside of the starboard hull.    		   Published 2007-1-12    
    2006-9-20   Blind World Sailing Championship   At the hearings both the blind competitor and the sighted person were allowed to represent the boat.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-9-20   Optimist Swiss Championship     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-9-12   Laser World Championship   Arbitration was offered and accepted on the four Part 2 protests.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-9-9   I-14 World Championship     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-9-1   Borneo International Yachting Challenge   Although promised by the organizing authority, upon arriving at the regatta I was informed that two international judges would not be coming. Furthermore, no replaced was possible. I insisted that the juries" title be changed to "Protest Committee" and all parties be advised that our decisions could be appealed. Fortunately, no issues are likely to be appealed.**Although I do not think I could have foreseen this happening, I plan to work harder to confirm jury invitations are on track if I am invited to chair another jury.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-9-1   South American Snipe Championship     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-8-27   Europe Class Open Week   The PRO protested several boats for not signing in and out. The Sailing Instructions allowed for the penalty to be at the jury´s discretion. After consulting with the Race Committee, the jury decided to penalize boats five points for not signing out and five points for not signing in.

    Carol Haines -
    A third IJ was unavoidably detained and could not be replaced in the time available. The International Jury was properly constituted under N1.5 for the one hearing.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-8-25   Petronord Dragon Gold Cup   An AP indicating postponement, rather than a General Recall, should have been used on at least two occasions.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-8-24   Mirror European Championship   In one case, the evidence (paint color and scratches) clearly indicated that the protester was protesting the wrong boat. The jury disallowed the protest even though the protester insisted that the evidence was wrong and he was protesting the correct boat. The hearing was closed before it grew into a poor sportsmanship issue. The next morning the protestor came back to the jury and admitted he had identified the wrong boat.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-8-19   Micro Class World Championship     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-8-19   Micro Class World Championship  
    Procedures started every day on time. Courses properly layed and managed, with wll done changes. Nice relationship with the jury.

    Good behaviour of competitors under rule 42 and Part 2.    		   Published 2007-4-8    
    2006-8-17   Audi X-35 Gold Cup   The race committee protested a boat for having white sail numbers on a gray sail. We dismissed the protest because it was the only boat using them. The competitor colored the sail numbers black that evening, but black on gray numbers were just as hard to read as the white ones were.
    We warned the fleet against rule 42 infractions after competitors were observed pumping the sails in nonplaning conditions. The following days were free of such incidents.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-8-17   X35 Gold Cup     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-8-12   Splash World & European Championships   There was no on-water measurement because the chief measurer refused to go afloat in a RIB. The jury handed out colored number batons to the boats to be checked when they got ashore. This worked reasonably well although the judges were not able to chaperon the boats to the harbor.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-8-10   Gothenburg Offshore Race   The event organizers hoped to attract international entries by offering an International Jury, however, only Swedish boats entered this year.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-8-6   H-Boat World Championship   The day prior to the first race, the class requested the jury supply on-water rule 42 judging by adding Appendix P. The jury did not think it was appropriate to use Appendix P in the 8.5 meter, 900 kg keelboat. After some negotiation, the class and jury agreed to use rule 67 and disqualify boats without a hearing for breaking rule 42 rather than Appendix P. This decision was announced at the skipper"s briefing.
    If would be useful if ISAF would state guidelines or requirements stating which classes should use Appendix P.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-8-6   Europe Class European Championship   As a competitor left the room after losing the protest, she swore at the two boats that had protested her. The competitors reported the incident in writing to the jury. At the opening of the rule 69 hearing, the jury received a copy of a letter of apology from the competitor to the two girls. The jury concluded that there her actions were a gross breach of good manners and sportsmanship and, based upon the letter of apology, decided to give a serious warning. No further actions were taken.

    One jury member did not take part in the jury after his son qualified for the European Championship regatta during the Open Week. It was impossible to find a replacement.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-8-1   ZOOM8 European Championship   One IJ did not show up and the organizing authority refused to try to replace him. We continued and announced at the hearings that we were no longer a non-appeal jury. No appeals are foreseen and no written decisions were requested.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-31   Ronstan Topper World Championship   There was disagreement between the organizing authority and the jury over whether a qualification series and a final series were, with respect to Appendix P, one or two series. The jury decided that it was one series and all flags from the qualification races carried over to the final races. It is recommended that the “series” be changed to “event” in Appendix P.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-29   Enterprise World Championship   The class is still using a gate starting system and has done so successfully for many years. Two jury boats with drivers were provided for the jury members for on-water rule 42 judging. One was not very useful because it was too big.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-29   Nordic Week   The R/C flew the "V" flag during the last two minutes of the start to indicate that boats were OCS. This idea was well received by competitors.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-29   Copa del Rey Agua Brava-Camper     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-29   505 World Championship     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-27   IODA Asian Sailing Championship   The R/C used the "V" flag from both ends of the starting line during the last two minutes to indicate boats were OCS.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-24   Volvo Women Yngling Open European Championship   Rules observance was appalling. We decided not to protest Part 2 incidents on the basis that sailing is a self-policing sport. However, one sailor was warned for her aggressive behavior and rule breaking. She was protested once under rule 60.3 but the full jury (surprisingly) dismissed the protest on the grounds that the burden of proof was not satisfied.

    The Race Management Team was reluctant to accept suggestions from the competitors and coaches when they asked for an offset mark. The jury organized a daily coaches meeting with a representative from the race committee present.

    Lars Nyquist-
    The application of the class rule of the Yngling is not stable. Measurement issues with spinnaker cloth (weight/m2) and the size of opening for deck fittings were discussed at the beginning of the event.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-23   Central American and Caribbean Games     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-22   Travemunder Woche   Members of the Travemunder International Jury assisted the 420 Junior World Championship International Jury running at the same time and on the same venue.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-22   Hobie Tiger & Dragoon World Championships   Too many redress hearing because of some inobservance and lack of evidence at starting problems.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-22   Youth Europe Dinghy European Championship   R/C requested redress for an OCS when discovered they had made a mistake giving a BFD to a boat. Only P2.3 penalties were deleted by the SIs. All second penalties were P2.2.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-22   Scandinavian Gold Cup   Two competitors were very unhappy with a jury redress decision to award first place to a boat that had a 1/3 leg lead when the R/C indicated a change of course to the finish line but did not change the course. The jury responded to a request for a reopening and a letter, but decided they had not made an error in their decision.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-22   Semaine Nautique Int. de M'diq     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-22   Youth Europe European Championship     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-21   Volvo Euro Cup     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-20   Laser Europa Cup     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-19   Laser & Laser Radial North American Championships   Redress was granted to eleven competitors in six separate hearings after the anchor dragged on a finish line boat and both the original and the replacement boats displayed blue flags.   Published 2007-1-5    
    2006-7-18   Volvo Nordic Youth Championships   One rule 69 hearing resulted when an Optimist sailor reacted to a Yellow flag protest with foul language and hand signs to the judges. The hearing included the competitor"s mother and coach. After profuse tears competitor"s apology, and reprimands by his mother, no penalty or further action was taken.**A second rule 69 hearing was as a result of a report from a competitor accusing another competitor of gross misconduct on the water. A pre-hearing was held with the competitor and his father. They acknowledged, but belittled the incident and the hearing was adjourned to the next day. However, the jury dismissed the case when the accusing party submitted a written request that the action be discontinued.**At times the 353 competitors in eight classes were too many for the number and experience of the race officers which resulted in a disproportional number of request for redress for scoring errors at the finishing line.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-16   11 Metre One Design World Championship   The class has been working with the jury for two years to have better racing rule and class rule compliance, especially with rule 42 and part 2 rules. There was a marked improvement this year by using an offset mark, a gate, Appendix P and having the jury on the water.
    The class still has issues with their class rules.
    The courses were very short (1/2 nmi. beats very close to shore) but worked surprisingly well. A special SI was used because of the problem with the finishing line in the middle of the course.
    The sailors did not appreciate the R/C using a Black Flag at most starts.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-13   Trofeo Zanoletti     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-9   Cascais International Race Week   The jury held a pre-medal race meeting with the competitors to review the changes in the racing format.
    I think it is not a good idea to change the course areas for the classes every day.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-9   8 Metre World Championship   A difficult measurement problem was settled using the class measurers interpretation of the class rules.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-8   Ilhabela Int. Sailing Week   50 m below the starting line and prior to the start of BLUE, on port tack collided with YELLOW on starboard tack and caused damage. YELLOW"s start was after BLUE"s. The Sis required that boats that had not received their staring sequence to remain far from the starting area, but gave no distance. The jury decided that rule 22.1 was not broken and 50 m was far enough away from the starting area and DSQed port tack BLUE   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-5   Laser European Senior and Youth Championships   A request for redress for sailing in the wrong group was denied for not meeting the requirements of rule 63. However the Sis allowed for discretionary penalties for sailing in the wrong group. The solution was for the jury to protest the boat. The penalty was the finish position plus four points.
    The class used arbitration as an option in boat vs. boat protests.
    The Laser Class does not hail recall numbers.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-3   Byte World Championship   Based upon a report by the builder that some of the masts manufactured that year were not to specification and could fail spontaneously. The organizing authority requested that if a mast failed that redress would be given. The jury changed the sailing instructions allowing redress for mast failure to rule 62.
    Competitors would benefit if the class offered information and perhaps training on rule 42.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-1   Int. Yngling World Championship   The class measurers were still using the special ISAF dispensations for the Olympic Games concerning cockpit tools. There were also questions with a keel shape and a mast gravity center of gravity. These were decided by the classes measurement committee.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-7-1   X99 World Championship     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-6-30   Laser 4.7 European and World Championships   The jury issued a number of Sailing Instruction clarifications about scoring and excluding the worst race from the final series. Each day two judges acted as arbitrators and five judges formed a a panel.
    Of the four jury boats, one was replaced for a more reliable boat and one was forced to return to the harbor when the wind blew over 20 kts.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-6-17   Kieler Woche   It was not ideal that on the last day all the judges were used for the medal races and no judges were monitoring the fleet race for the non-top ten competitors.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-6-17   IMS Central European Championship   The jury discussed the retirement of a boat in the long race of the series because it had used its engine to get off a reef after going aground. Whilst boats should be discouraged from navigating too close to obstructions, the jury believes that forcing the boat to retire for this breech of rule 42 is too harsh. It recommends that the ISAF Racing Rule Committee consider how the rules might be amended to give juries discretion to impose a penalty to fit the offence.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-6-9   Asian Pacific Laser Championship   Only penalty P2.1 was used because P2.3 and P2.3 was considered too harsh for lesser experienced sailors. I am not sure that this is an improvement.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-6-4   IMS European Championship   A boat was initially penalized under rule 2 and the owner penalized under rule 69 for deliberately moving the mainsail"s clew black band during racing.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-6-3   Goldener Pfingstbusch   It is getting more and more of a pain to create/read/work with proper sailing instructions because the rules are spread over too many documents. An example is Advertising, Class Rules and Class Championships rules. If judges and measurers have problems finding the correct rule how can the average sailor find it?
    In the medal races was necessary for the organizing authority to supply the protest flags because all classes were less than six metres and did not normally carry flags.
    In one instance the jury did not realize that the Medal Race SI"s changed the penalty for a rule 42 yellow flag and black flagged a boat who only did one turn. We strongly recommend that Addendum Q be changed to allow jury initiated requests for redress.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-6-3   Rolex Sardinia Cup     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-6-2   Land's End Bayview NOOD Regatta     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-6-1   Finn Master World Championship   It is impossible to fill out the judge evaluation because there were no protests, only requests for redress for OCS.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-6-1   2.4m German Championship     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-5-26   Bosporus Cup   There was only one request for redress and that was withdrawn after 1/2 hour. It is difficult to fill out the judge evaluation and comment on the rules and procedures.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-5-25   Melges 24 North American Championship   The invited PRO had a difficult time because the members of his team kept changing during the regatta.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-5-25   Volvo Ocean Race Leg 7 & In-port Race   Redress hearings were conducted with the parties, other competitors who later gave testimony as witnesses and jury witnesses present. The result was agreement by everyone on the evidence on the two rule 1.1 issues. In one instance a man was overboard and subsequently died. The other concerned the rescue of a boat that later sank. The jury spent ten hours prior to the hearing going over RC unaltered SAT C electronic evidence that was later presented at the hearings. The jury concluded that in this instance this procedure was much quicker, more transparent and lead to a quicker decision that was understood and accepted by all parties.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-5-21   Koh Samui Regatta     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-5-14   Angostura Sail Week   The jury decided that when the word "seamanlike" was dropped from rule 18 the definition of "Room" was amended. Yet in Case 103 the definition of "Room" is re-asserted and so appears to be at cross purposes to the first paragraph of rule 18. A query will be sent to the Q&A.
    If a boat is seen to break a rule in the racing area, does 61.1(b) allow the R/C or P/C to inform by radio a boat that they are protesting at the time of the incident? A query will be sent to the Q&A.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-5-14   Fiji Island Games     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-5-13   Soling European Championship   We allowed one competitor to request a re-opening. Although time since the original decision was over 24 hrs. the jury allowed the request but decided no new evidence was available. These decisions lead to more requests and more delays. Fully 60% of the hearing time was spent on this one problem. We should have said the issue was now closed after the first re-hearing.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-5-10   ISAF World Sailing Games   After a mixed team entry was accepted, registered, allocated a boat, the organizing authority realized it was not an open event but a single gender event. The official Notice of Race was clear and redress was denied.
    The jury applied the sailing instruction that denied redress for of failure of supplied equipment even after the manufacture"s representative testified that the failure was a production problem. This was an unpopular decision.
    At least four more judges and two experienced jury office personal were needed at the end of the regatta for the on-water rule 42, and umpiring the medal races and umpiring the team racing.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-5-9   Slovak Sailing Week   The jury was determined to be properly constituted after it was impossible to replace an international judge who did not attend to the event after becoming ill.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-5-8   FW European Championship   There were some problems to run all the scheduled races because of a minimum wind speed requirement in the class rules.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-5-4   Maktoum Sailing Trophy     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-4-28   UFO 22 European Championship   Class rule i2 (crew position and prohibition against hanging on shrouds while tacking), i5 (extending the bowsprit while jennaker is not flying) and rule 42 were umpired on the water with by using red flag protests. These efforts to improve compliance to the class rules and kinetics were appreciated by the competitors and class officials.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-4-28   Lexus Newport to Ensenada Mexico Race   A rule 69 hearing is being considered for a competitor that did not appear at a protest hearing. Because of the long distance of the race and the possibility of protests from boats finishing long after the leaders, the sailing instructions allow for a second hearing time one week later at the yacht club starting the race. The rule 69 hearing will be considered after that time. (Post Regatta Note: No further information available.)
    Arbitration was available for part 2 breaches.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-4-21   IODA South American Championship     Published 2006-8-1    
    2006-4-14   12ft Skiff Australian Championship     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-4-6   Optimist South American Championship     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-4-1   Europa Cup   Rather than start a rule 69 proceeding concerning a competitor who was extremely abusive after a port-starboard incident, a jury member talked to the competitor"s father. As a result, there were no further incidents from the competitor.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-3-25   Volvo Ocean Race Leg 4 & In Port Race   It is not clear in fleet racing when a boat begins to take a penalty and becomes a give way boat.
    The inshore races Addendum Q used 1-Turn penalties. Other penalties were at the discretion of the protest committee and penalties other than DSQ (e.g. financial) could be imposed.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-3-21   Expert Olympic Garda     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-3-20   Split Olympic Week   The planned medal race was abandoned due to lack of wind. Only three 49ers sailed in an umpired race. One boat was DSQed for not sailing the course.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-3-16   Asian Sailing Championship   A rule 69 action was taken against a competitor who did not round mark 1 but finished the race, did not report the mistake when the scores were posted and finally, two days when other competitors requested redress to correct the scoring error, asked to withdraw from the race in question due to equipment failure. The competitor was scored DNE in the race and the national authorities were notified.
    A rule 42 clinic prior to the Asian Games would be helpful to the Asian judges. (Post Report Note: This was previously scheduled and will take place.)    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-3-6   Miami Race Week     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-3-3   Sydney 38 One Design Australian Championships     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-2-28   Andalusian Olympic Week     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-2-23   Primo Cup     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-2-17   18 Ft Int Championships     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-2-11   OK Dinghy World Championship   Only penalty P2.1 was used.
    A competitor asked for redress because he had been asked to deliver the eulogy at the funeral of a close friend and fellow sailor. The only way the jury saw they could help was to allow the race committee to change the sailing instructions and modify rule 62.1 to allow competitors to request redress for exceptional personal circumstances. This decision was very popular.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-2-4   Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2 & In Port Race   The fleet race was sailed under Addendum Q. There was a request for redress based on a boat being incorrectly identified as OCS. However, when it was determined that the boat had failed to display the flag required by Q5.1 the hearing was closed.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-2-1   Finn Midwinter / Laser Radial North American Champ     Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-1-22   Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta   At the end of the first day it was clear that the ten minute time limit for RS-X boards to finish after the first finisher was too short. The jury decided an error had been made. It granted redress to boats that had not finish and the time limit was extended to twenty minutes.
    There was a question about personal buoyancy for RS-X boards that needs to be clarified.
    Giving points for DNF, DSQ and DNC equal to one plus tenth place in the Medal Race allowed boats who had build up a lead greater than 22 points in the fleet racing and not to sail the last race. This is not the ISAF intention and needs further thought.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-1-22   Dubai Junior Regatta   Addendum Q was used on the last day. The jury made changes that will be reported directly to the Addendum Q working party.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-1-22   Key West Race Week   The jury felt that more guidance defining "serious damage" would be very useful.
    Arbitration was very well received by all competitors.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2006-1-6   Contender World Championships   Per the sailing instructions for changing the starting time of a race, an amendment moving the starting time from 1400 to 1200 on the first day of racing was posted at 1730 the day before. Unfortunately, most of the competitors had left the venue. Many competitors did not receive the information and arrived too late for the 1200 start. Redress was not given because the R/C had complied with the Sailing Instructions.   Published 2006-8-31    
    2005-12-27   Dart 18 World Championship   The class rules do not have an effective or published date and are not accessible on the ISAF site. This caused lots of problems with class measurement issues.
    Midway through the series, when the wind forecast indicated that it was unlikely that enough races would be sailed to constitute a series, the NOR and SI was changed reducing the minimum races for a regatta from six to four.
    The race management was not the top quality. Twice the jury advised the PRO to respond to changes in the sailing conditions and he refused. Only one jury boat was available. It was inadequate and not available on all days.    		   Published 2006-8-31    
    2005-12-27   Australian 420 Championship   Two competitors received DNEs under rule 67. They received redress when it was learned that the SIs did not include the required notification. The organizing authority then added Appendix P for the remainder of the re