Appendix B
WINDSURFING COMPETITION RULES
(b) (c) (d)
In expression competition, any first-round byes shall be assigned to the highest-seeded boards. In wave performance competition, only the winner of each heat shall advance to the next round. In freestyle competition, boards shall advance to the next round as follows: from an eight-board heat, the best four advance, and the winner will sail against the fourth and the second against the third; from a four-board heat, the best two advance and will sail against each other.
37.5 Finals (a) The final shall consist of a maximum of three races. The race committee shall announce the number of races to be sailed in the final no later than 5 minutes before the warning signal for the first final race. A runners-up final may be sailed after the final. All boards in the semi-final heats that failed to qualify for the final may compete in it.
(b)
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HEARINGS For a race of an elimination series that will qualify a board to compete in a later stage of an event, rules 61.2 and 65.2 are deleted and rule 63.6 is changed to:
63.6 Protests and requests for redress need not be in writing; they shall be made orally to a member of the protest committee as soon as reasonably possible following the race. The protest committee may take evidence in any way it considers appropriate and may communicate its decision orally. 70 APPEALS AND AUTHORITY (a) REQUESTS TO A NATIONAL
Rule 70.5(a) is changed to: it is essential to determine promptly the result of a race of an elimination series that will qualify a board to compete in a later stage of an event;
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