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1. Safety (helping those in danger)
2. Fair Sailing (sportsmanship)
3. Acceptance of the rules (don’t resort to the law)
4. Decision to race (Disclaimer)
5. Anti-doping.
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DEFINITIONS
FINISH:
(slide 5)
6 CHANGES
[a] reference to finishing from the direction of the last mark of the course
has been dropped. Now crossing from the course side.
[b] makes clear that a boat hasn’t finished if she continues to sail the course
KEEP CLEAR: A boat being able to change course in either direction without immediately
(slide 6)
making contact, now applies to boats on opposite tacks as well as boats on
the same tack. This is a minor change of the game
MARK:
Previously an object attached temporarily to a mark was not part of the
Mark – now it is a part of the mark. (example; crowding buoy)
MARK-ROOM Generally – room for a boat to leave a mark on the required side.
“Room to sail to the mark” is now;
(slide 7, 8, 9 “Room to sail to the mark when her proper course is to sail close to it”, and
10, 11 & 12) “Room to sail her proper course while at the mark” is now;
“Room to round the mark as necessary to sail the course”
PARTY:
The definition now specifies 4 specific “parties” to a hearing;
e.g. Protestor & Protestee.
ROOM:
Now includes the words ”including space to comply with her obligations under
the rules of Part 2 and rule 31if it applies” – a meaning that applied anyway!
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PART 7 RACE ORGANISATION
RULE 86.1(b):
Re-worded and largely unchanged. However, sailing instructions
may no longer change the size of a Zone, which is now fixed at 3
boat lengths.
RULE 89.1:
The definition of an OA [Organizing Authority] has been expanded
and clarified.
RULE 90.3(c):
A new rule that confirms existing ISAF interpretations – that RCs
can from its own records correct scoring errors it has made
RULE 91(b):
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The rule about International Juries has been reworded to
specifically state the authority and responsibilities of juries.
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RULE 70.1(b):
“A boat may appeal……” - a new rule to ensure protests are heard and not
simply swept under the carpet.
RULE 70.3:
“Where Appeals may be sent” changed to:
“Where Appeals are required to be sent”.
RULE 71.2:
Appeal Committees have long been entitled to direct PCs to reopen a
hearing or to hold a new hearing. The addition to rule 71.2 also permits
the Appeal Committee to appoint a new committee for a new hearing.
Green crosses the finishing line at position 2
but realising that she left a mark out, returns
To the course and doesn’t “finish” until she
Returns at position 6.
PART 6 – ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS
RULE 76.1:
The old rule has been split into 2 parts – 76.1 & 76.2 and an addition
made to 76.1 that require boats denied entry to be given the reason
in writing so the boat can consider requesting redress.
RULE 76.3:
Previously 76.2 in the old rules.
RULE 78.2:
Reworded clarification of the old 78.2.
RULE 81:
The meaning of the rule has been extended from “Races” to “Events”
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“FINISH” 2013-2016 the exemptions have been expanded
& now includes: “(c) continues to sail the course”.
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RULE 69:
KEEPING CLEAR
RULE 69.1:
The rule has been refined rather than changed
Reiterates that 69 applies only to competitors [the owner and a member of
the crew] and stipulates that an allegation under 69 be resolved under rule 69.
RULE 69.2(c): “If it [PC] decides that the competitor committed the alleged misconduct” has
been changed to “If it is established to the comfortable satisfaction of the PC,
bearing in mind the seriousness of the alleged misconduct, that the
competitor has broken rule 69.1(a)”.
“Comfortable satisfaction” is the standard of proof provided for in ISAF’s
anti-doping laws. Also;
MNA’s may, with ISAF approval, change the standard of proof to comply with
the laws of their country.
RULE 69.3(a): Previously rule 69.2 under the 2009/12 rules. That MNA’s may conduct an
investigation is changed to “shall”. [a change made necessary to circumvent
charges that MNA’s are calling unnecessary hearings]
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RULE 64.1:
[Preamble]
(a) No real changes here! The 2013 rule makes the point that a boat that
has been exonerated can’t be DSQ. (b) The sentence dealing with a
penalty for breaking a rule when not racing is a transfer of the same
sentence from 2009 rule 64.1(d). [there is no (d) in the 2013 rules]
RULE 64.1(c):
This rule draws attention to rule 36 which states the circumstances in
which a penalized boat can’t be prohibited from sailing in a restarted or
resailed race – a new rule that makes no effective change to the 2009 rules.
RULE 64.3:
Heading changed: “Measurement Protests” becomes “Protests Concerning
Class Rules. No real change.
RULE 66:
The rule pertaining to reopening a hearing has not been changed, but
the power of a MNA to direct a PC to reopen has been changed to
rule 71.2 and R5 [F5 is now R5].
RULE 67:
The subject matter of old rule 67 has been deleted. It dealt with on-water
penalties now covered by the preamble to Appendix P [Special Procedures
for Rule 42]. There has been no change to the requirement that SI’s must
state that penalties without hearings will apply.
The rule has been completely re-structured and re-written to clarify it’s
many meanings and requirements. [See slide 35 for changes]
RULE 69:
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MARK-ROOM # 1
A boat with Mark-Room sailing to the mark now enjoys exoneration for infringing 15 & 16
as well as rules 10 through 13. When rounding the mark she is entitled to room for a
seamanlike rounding instead of a proper course. Recommendation: If you’re right of way
just be careful not to take too much room.
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MARK-ROOM # 2
RULE 62.1(a): Redress – an improper action or an omission now includes an Equipment
Inspection or Measurement Committee.
Yellow is correct! The boat that tacks must be fetching the mark
after her tack – otherwise she is not entitled to room to tack.
Look up the definition of “Fetching”
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RULE 62.1(d):
Redress – the rule now includes specific reference to rule 2 offence by
“a member of her crew”. This is no real change as Terminology has long
required “boat” to be interpreted as including “the crew on board”.
Rule 62.2:
(a) Requests for redress must now identify the reason for the request.
(b) The rule now clarifies that requests from on the water incidents must
be submitted within the protest time limit or within 2 hours of the incident
which ever is the later and,
(c) Other requests must be made as soon as reasonably possible after
learning of the reason for the request. Only (a) is a significant change.
Rule63.1:
Rule 67 has been deleted from the exceptions to rule 63.1 because the
2012 rule 67 has been deleted from the 2013 rules.
RULE 63.6:
A member of a PC who saw the incident subject of a protest, must in
future, in the presence of the parties present, acknowledge that he/she
saw the incident - a significant change. Two more changes clarify that
rule 63.6 applies only to the parties present at a hearing.
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Red is not giving Mark-Room
RULE 60.1(a):
New rule; Rule 31 – touching a mark – has been added to the rules
which boats can’t protest unless she saw, or was involved in the incident.
RULE 61.1(a):
The past tense “saw” replaces the present tense “sees”. No real change!
RULE 61.1(a)(3):
Clarifies that a boat intending to protest a rule 28 infringement need
not hail and display a flag until a boat finishes, or at the first reasonable
opportunity thereafter. [No real change]
RULE 61.1(b):
RULE 62.1:
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Specifies that a RC or PC intending to protest a boat for an alleged
offence it saw on the water , must inform her within the protest time
limit as per rule 61.3. This will not change the practice of RCs & PCs.
It has long been the practice of SIs to contain a clause to permit
RCs & PCs to post notice of protests on the notice board within the
time limit and so give effect to the requirement to notify under rule 61.3.
In requesting redress, a claim that a boat’s score “has been” worsened
has been expanded to “has been or may be” worsened. This is
significant, because under the 2012 rules, a boat must first have had a
score for it to be worsened. Now it will be permissible for a boat to
claim that an action of the RC or OA may worsen her score.
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Room to sail to the mark – no change
from 2009 rules
Blue is giving
room to tack
Red is not giving Mark-Room
Pink is giving Mark-Room
Blue is ROW [rule11]; Yellow
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[rule 18.2(b)
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Both manoeuvres are permitted under
2009-2012 rules – by definition, the boat
with Mark-Room is entitled to sail to the
mark! [DIRECTLY TO THE MARK]
So even though she doesn’t need to bear
away or luff she can still do so legally.
MARK-ROOM # 3
BUT, Under the 2013-2016 rules, by
definition, a boat with Mark-Room may
only make this manoeuvre “when her
proper course is to sail close to it”
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MARK-ROOM # 4
RULE 48:
RULE 49.2:
Lifelines
RULE 50.4:
Headsails
Rule 10 of the IRPCAS has been added. It is not known whether such
schemes & zones exist in WA waters. The road and rail traffic bridges at
North Fremantle might qualify.
Following the introduction of Mark-Room
in 2009 there remained indecision about
the meaning of “at” the mark. Many judges
still hold that Yellow is still “at” the mark at
position 6, even though both boats have
passed the mark. They say slow heavy boat
Yellow is still sailing her proper course. So
the definition has been changed , proper
course has been dropped for seamanlike,
And Yellow is now definitely breaking rule 11.
Remember, Yellow is still the give-way boat.
Establishes the specifications of the ISAF Offshore Special Regs. shall apply
if Class Rules are silent on lifeline minimum diameters and materials.
Two changes: (a) The rule applies specifically “for the purposes of rules
50, 54 and Appendix G” and,
(b) the difference between a spinnaker and headsail: the mid-point
width of a headsail has been increased from “not more than 50%” to
“not less than 75%.”
RULE 52:
No real change: “by manual power” has been changed to “the
Manual power power provided by the crew”
RULE 55:
TRASH
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ISAF Rule 55 in the 2013 rules replaces the rule that isn’t a rule –
a YA prescription masquerading as rule 55 in the 2009 “Blue Book”.
The 2013 rule 55 makes intentionally putting trash in the water an
offence.
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RULE 42.3(c):
Yellow may not gybe –
she has lost the right to
sail a proper course
The word ”surfing” has been changed from accelerating “down the
leeward side of a wave” to;….. ”down the front of a wave” and
in the third line:
“pull the sheet and the guy controlling any sail………but only once
for each wave or gust of wind” has been changed to:
“ pull in any sail …………..but each sail may be pulled in only once for
each wave or gust of wind”
There is no change between the official ISAF meaning of the 2009 rule
and the 2013 rule - Only one pump of a sail per wave or gust is
permitted.
RULE 42.3(h):
Exceptions
RULE 44.1:
Green is taking too much room.
As give-way [rule 11] she is entitled
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The 2009 rule dealing with the same topic is 42.3(g). And the change
in the rule has been to replace “boat” with “vessel”, to coordinate
rule 42 with the changes made in Terminology and rule 41, and to
coordinate rule 42.3(h) with 42.3(j).
There are several changes of expression in rule 41, but the meaning of
all but section (b) is unchanged.
The change to section (b) is to include a new exception: “despite taking
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RULE 41(a):
“Danger” added to “ill or injured” added to the situations in which help
can be given to a crew member. The change has been made to coordinate
rule 41 [Outside Help] with Rule 1.1 – a fundamental rule – which
requires boats to give help to a person or vessel in danger.
RULE 41(b):
In a 2010 Australia Cup heat, Yellow fouled the RC’s anchor line and boat,
and it was necessary for the crew of the RC boat to give assistance to
Yellow to enable her to get free. Yellow was penalized for touching the
mark, but debate ensured around the world, about whether Yellow broke
rule 41(b) for receiving outside help.
The argument in favour of DSQ arose because the meaning of “boat” in
the rule Terminology is “a sail-boat and the crew on board”.
The argument against DSQ was that (a) it is not the intention of the rule
that receiving help be restricted to receiving it from a sailboat and (b) it
defies common sense. So “boat” has been dropped and “vessel”
included in 41(b), and “vessel” included in Terminology.
RULE 41:
The new proviso is self explanatory: a boat should not gain a significant
advantage from having received help under 41(a) – so it may be
protested and penalized, but the penalty may be less than DSQ.
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PART 2 - WHEN BOATS MEET [9 CHANGES]
Section A Preamble: the words “over another boat” have been added for semantic reasons
but the change has no effect on the application of the rules
Rule 28:
RULE 14(b):
• The changes make clear that boats must start, sail the
course described in the sailing instructions & finish.
“shall not be penalized” has been substituted with,
“shall be exonerated if she breaks this rule” No change effectively
Section C Preamble: ”When rule 20 applies, rules 18 & 19 do not” has been deleted plus
the exoneration provision in 20.2 has been deleted. Exoneration for
rules 18.5 & 20.2 have been moved to a new rule – rule 21.
Rule 18.2(c)(2):
[See slide 17].
Rule 18.2(e):
[See slide 19]
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This new rule means that a boat entitled to mark-room
may , after sailing to the mark, make a seamanlike rounding as
close to the mark as her proper course dictates. [A boat that
becomes overlapped inside a boat with mark-room can’t say: “I
gave her plenty of room to round the mark outside of me”]
The words: “or by tacking to windward of the other boat” have
been added to the old rule.
A diagram attached explains the benefits of this change!
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• Note the new definition of finish - after crossing the finishing line a
boat may now go back (continue to sail the course) to correct an error
made in sailing the course so as to comply with rule 28.1.
• The reference in rule 28.2 to leaving starting marks on their required
side when starting has been deleted. It’s covered by the definition of
start anyway.
• Otherwise there have been no changes to rule 28
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Rule 22.3:
This rule has had “through the water” added. However, the interpretation of
the rule remains unchanged. If a boat starts moving astern “through the water”
as against “over the ground” - while it is backing a sail, it looses ROW.
Rule 25.3:
A new rule that permits a RC to use an object other than a flag as long as it
has a similar appearance to the flag it replaces – a drogue, a board etc.
Rule 28:
The rule has been re-written to make it easier to read and understand. Of
[See slide 27] particular note is the clarification that a boat can sail back on to the course
& continue racing after having crossed the finishing line. [see also slide 5]
Rule 29.1:
The rule now makes clear that boats OCS must sail back to the pre-start side
of the line to start. [Someone must have motored back!!]
No
Rule 33(a)(2): The words “flag or board” are deleted so that any material can be used.
Yes
Part 4 Preamble: New rule 55 “Trash Disposal” always applies whilst on the water.
Rule 41:
[see slide 28]
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3 beneficial changes: “danger” has been added to (a); “vessel” has been
substituted for “boat” in (b); and an overall proviso added to the effect
that a boat may be penalized if she benefits from and of these actions.
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When Yellow gybes at 5, she
must be sure to give Green and
Blue room to keep clear [rule 16]
Green gives Mark-Room at position 1 and gives room for Yellow to tack at position 2.
Rule 18.3 turns on between Blue & Yellow and Green at position 2, and both give
Blue Mark-Room [rule 18.2(a)]. Rule
17bydoes
not apply
to Blue and she may luff.
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Rule 21 EXONERATION
Rule 18.2(c)(2)
A new rule that replaces & improves old rule 18.5.
Old Rule18.5 exonerated a boat with Mark-Room for breaking
rules 10-13 inclusive when sailing to the mark, and for breaking
rules 10-13 plus 15 & 16 when sailing her proper course at the mark.
New Rule 21 exonerates a boat for breaking rules 10-13 plus 15 & 16
sailing to the mark and sailing a seamanlike course around it.
The exoneration provided in old rule 20.2 has been transferred to
new rule 21, and a new rule introduced:
Exoneration for being compelled to break rule 31 (touching a mark)
has been introduced.
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Yellow has given Blue room to sail to the mark,
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Rule 20: the principles haven’t changed.
A boat above close hauled can hail for room.
She can’t hail if (a) she can safely avoid the obstruction with a slight change of
course, or (b) If the obstruction is a mark the other boat/s are fetching .
When a boat hails, she must give the other boat/s time to respond, but respond
the other boat/s must,- regardless of whether the hailed boat/s think the hail was
valid or not. If the hail was invalid the only recourse is to protest.
The hailed boat must be given time to hail other boats on the same tack.
There are only 2 valid responses: (a) Tack ASAP or
(b) reply “YOU TACK” and keep clear.
In this diagram, Yellow has mark-Room and being
ROW as well, she may sail a proper course, which
she does here by bearing away at position 2 to
make a smooth fast rounding. Blue establishes an
inside overlap but bails out at 3 so she doesn’t
break rule 18.2(b).
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When the hailed boat responds, the hailing boat must tack ASAP.
Provision for exoneration has been moved to new rule 21.
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Overlap established to windward
RULE 18.2(E)
Rule 18.3
This diagram demonstrates how under 2009-2012 rules,
Green and Blue would be subject to 18.3 because they
are subject to rule 13 (tacking) inside the zone. [a boat
completes a tack when she reaches a close-hauled course]
But under the 2013-2016 rules only Yellow passes head
to wind within the zone. So only yellow is subject to 18.3.
Don’t forget, however, the tacking boat is still subject
to all the limitations of being give-way while tacking!
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Rule 18.3:
(see slide 21 & 22)
Currently, a boat becomes subject to rule 18.3 when it completes a tack
inside the zone. A boat could pass head to wind outside the zone but
still fall within the scope of 18.3 if she became subject of rule 13 inside
the zone. This has been changed – rule 18.3 now applies only to a boat
that passes head to wind inside the zone. This is a minor game change.
Rule 18.5:
Rule 18.5 has been deleted and the provision for exoneration it
provided - for when a boat entitled to mark-room broke rules 10-13,
15 & 16 while taking mark-room - is transferred to a new rule: Rule 21.
Rule 20:
(See slide 23)
Rule 20 has been restructured and the provision for exoneration in 20.2
has been transferred to a new rule – Rule 21. The rest of the rule has
been re-written to make its provisions much clearer. Much easier to
understand but no real changes.
Rule 21:
Rule 21 is a new rule that brings together the existing exoneration
rights in 18.5 and 20.2 into the one rule.
Rule 22.3:
A boat moving astern “through the water” …….. The words “through
the water” have been added, but the interpretation of the rule has
not changed – it makes clear that it means a boat moving through the
water, not over the ground.
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Rule 18.3
So, in this scenario, under the 2013 rules,
Blue is subject only to rules 10, 13, 12 & 15,
- not 18.3.
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