Appendix D
TEAM RACING RULES
(d)
When a protest committee decides that a boat that is a party to a protest hearing has broken a rule and is not exonerated, (1) (2) if the boat has not taken a penalty, 6 points shall be added to her score; if the boat’s team has gained an advantage despite any penalty taken or imposed, the boat’s score may be increased; when the boat has broken rule 1 or 2, rule 14 when she has caused damage or injury, or a rule when not racing, half or more race wins may be deducted from her team, or no penalty may be imposed. Race wins deducted shall not be awarded to any other team.
(3)
D3.2
When all boats on one team have finished, retired or failed to start, the other team’s boats racing at that time shall be scored the points they would have received had they finished. The team with the lower total points wins the race. If the totals are equal, the team that does not have first place wins. SCORING A SERIES Terminology In a round-robin series teams are assigned to one or more groups and scheduled to sail against all other teams in their group one or more times. In a knock-out series teams are scheduled to sail in matches; a match is one or more races between two teams.
D3.3
D4 D4.1
D4.2
Terminating a Series (a) The race committee may terminate a series at any reasonable time taking into account the entries, weather, time constraints and other relevant factors. When a roun