CYA Messenger September 2013 | Page 89

Appendix D TEAM RACING RULES (b) breaks a rule of Part 2 and makes contact with another boat on her team or with a boat in another race, and no boat takes a penalty; breaks a rule and her team gains an advantage despite her, or another boat on her team, taking a penalty; breaks rule 14 and there is damage or injury; clearly indicates that she will take a One-Turn Penalty, and then fails to do so; fails to take a penalty signalled by an umpire; commits a breach of sportsmanship. (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) The umpire shall signal a decision in compliance with rule D2.4. A boat penalized by an umpire shall take a Two-Turns Penalty except that, when an umpire hails a number of turns, the boat shall take that number of One-Turn Penalties. D2.4 Signals by an Umpire An umpire shall signal a decision with one long sound and the display of a flag as follows: (a) (b) (c) D2.5 For no penalty, a green and white flag. To penalize one or more boats, a red flag. The umpire shall hail or signal to identify each boat penalized. To report the incident to the protest committee, a black and white flag. Two-Flag Protest Procedure This rule applies only if the sailing instructions so state and it then replaces rule D2.2. When a boat protests under a rule of Part 2 or under rule 31 or 42 for an incident in the racing area, she is not entitled to a hearing and the following applies: (a) (b) She shall hail ‘Protest’ and conspicuously display a red flag at the first reasonable opportunity for each. The boats shall be given time to respond. A boat involved in the incident may respond by promptly taking an appropriate penalty or clearly indicating that she will do so as soon as possible. 85