CYA Messenger September 2013 | Page 82

Appendix C MATCH RACING RULES C8.5 When, after one boat has started, the umpires are satisfied that the other boat will not start, they may signal under rule C5.4 that the boat that did not start is disqualified and the match is terminated. When the match umpires, together with at least one other umpire, decide that a boat has broken rule 14 and damage resulted, they may impose a points-penalty without a hearing. The competitor shall be informed of the penalty as soon as practicable and, at the time of being so informed, may request a hearing. The protest committee shall then proceed under rule C6.6. Any penalty decided by the protest committee may be more than the penalty imposed by the umpires. When the umpires decide that a penalty greater than one point is appropriate, they shall act under rule C8.4. REQUESTS FOR REDRESS OR REOPENING; APPEALS; OTHER PROCEEDINGS There shall be no request for redress or an appeal from a decision made under rule C5, C6, C7 or C8. In rule 66 the third sentence is changed to: ‘A party to the hearing may not ask for a reopening.’ A competitor may not base a request for redress on a claim that an action by an official boat was improper. The protest committee may decide to consider giving redress in such circumstances but only if it believes that an official boat, including an umpire boat, may have seriously interfered with a competing boat. No proceedings of any kind may be taken in relation to any action or non-action by the umpires, except as permitted in rule C9.2. SCORING C8.6 C9 C9.1 C9.2 C9.3 C10 C10.1 The winning competitor of each match scores one point (half a point each for a dead heat); the loser scores no points. C10.2 When a competitor withdraws from part of an event the scores of all completed races shall stand. C10.3 When a single round robin is terminated before completion, or a multiple round robin is terminated during the first round robin, a competitor's score shall be the average points scored per match sailed by the competitor. However, if any of the competitors have completed less than one third of the scheduled matches, the entire round robin shall be disregarded and, if necessary, the event declared 78