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Appendix B WINDSURFING COMPETITION RULES (a) STARTING A ROUND Signal Stand-by Course closed Preparatory Starting (b) ENDING A ROUND Flag AP flag Red flag Red and yellow flag Green flag Means Course closed. Races are postponed Course closed; will open shortly Course will open in 5 minutes Course is open Signal End warning Extension Round ended 64 DECISIONS Flag Green and yellow flag Means Course will be closed in 5 minutes Yellow flag Current round extended by 15 minutes Red flag A new round will be started shortly Rule 64.1 is deleted and replaced by: 64.1 Penalties (a) If a board fails to comply with a rule, she may be warned. If a board is warned a second time during the same round, she shall be excluded by the race committee from the remainder of the round A list of the sail numbers of boards that have received warnings or have been excluded shall be posted on a notice board near the finishing line. A board observed in the course area after having been excluded from a round shall be excluded from the competition without a hearing, and none of her previous times or results shall be valid. Any breach of the verification rules may result in exclusion from one of more rounds or from the competition. (b) (c) 68