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APPENDIX E RADIO SAILING RACING RULES Radio sailing races shall be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by this appendix. E1 E1.1 CHANGES TO THE DEFINITIONS, TERMINOLOGY AND THE RULES OF PARTS 1, 2 AND 7 Definitions Add to the definition Interested Party: ‘but not a competitor when acting as an observer’. In the definition Zone the distance is changed to four hull lengths. Add new definition: Disabled heat. E1.2 A boat is disabled while she is unable to continue in the Terminology The Terminology paragraph of the Introduction is changed so that: (a) ‘Boat’ means a sailboat controlled by radio signals and having no crew. However, in the rules of Part 1 and Part 5, rule E6 and the definitions Party and Protest, ‘boat’ includes the competitor controlling her. ‘Competitor’ means the person that controls a boat using radio signals. In the racing rules, but not in its appendices, replace the noun ‘race’ with ‘heat’. In Appendix E a race consists of one or more heats and is completed when the last heat in the race is completed. (b) (c) E1.3 Rules of Parts 1, 2 and 7 (a) (b) (c) Rule 1.2 is deleted. In rule 20, hails and replies shall be made by the competitor controlling the boat. Rule 23 is changed to: ‘If possible, a boat shall avoid a boat that is disabled.’ 90