CYA Messenger September 2013 | Page 99

Appendix E RADIO SAILING RACING RULES However, a boat or competitor may not protest for an alleged breach of rules E2 or E3.7. E6.2 Protest for a Rule Broken by a Competitor When a race committee or protest committee learns that a competitor may have broken a rule, it may protest the boat controlled by that competitor. E6.3 Informing the Protestee Rule 61.1(a) is changed to: A boat intending to protest shall inform the other boat at the first reasonable opportunity. When her protest concerns an incident in the racing area that she was involved in or saw, she shall hail twice ‘(Her own sail number) protest (the sail number of the other boat)’. E6.4 Informing the Race Committee A boat intending to protest or request redress about an incident in the racing area or control area shall inform the race officer as soon as reasonably possible after finishing or retiring. E6.5 Time Limits A protest, request for redress or request for reopening shall be delivered to the race officer no later than ten minutes after the last boat in the heat finishes or after the relevant incident, whichever is later. E6.6 Redress Add to rule 62.1: (e) external radio interference acknowledged by the race committee, or (f) becoming disabled and as a result retiring because of the action of a boat that was breaking a rule of Part 2 or of a vessel not racing that was required to keep clear. E6.7 Right to Be Present In rule 63.3(a) ‘the representatives of boats shall have been on board’ is changed to ‘the representative of each boat shall be the competitor controlling her’. 95