| Event: Royal Brighton Yacht Club | Race Number: 2 Blizzard |
| Protesting Boat: 6731 | Protested Boat: 4660 |
| Submitted Date/time: 04 Jul 2026 16:19 |
| Hearing Details: Port/Starboard |
Procedural Matters| |
- The hearing was held online via Zoom.
- Sukkyong Kim attended the hearing as an observer.
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Facts Found| |
- Race 2 of the Blizzard series was sailed in wind speed approximately 8-10 knots from the West and minimal waves.
- Within the last minute before the removal of the class flag, True Colours was approaching the start line on starboard tack. BKT JAMHU was on starboard overlapped to leeward of True Colours. Rock n Roll was to leeward of both boats sailing on port tack on a converging course with BKT JAMHU.
- Rock n Roll bore away to pass astern of BKT JAMHU.
- True Colours hailed to Rock n Roll to avoid contact.
- Rock n Roll accelerated and collided with True Colours at midships, piercing a 20cm hole in True Colours’ hull and damaging her safety rail.
- There were no injuries and no boats took penalty turns.
- True Colours retired from the race due to the damage.
- Rock n Roll sailed the course and finished the race
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Conclusion| |
- The damage to True Colours was considered serious.
- Rock n Roll on port tack failed to keep clear of True Colours on starboard tack, and broke RRS 10.
- Rock n Roll did not avoid contact when it was reasonably possible, and broke RRS 14.
- It was not reasonably possible for True Colours to avoid contact with Rock n Roll. She did not break RRS 14.
- True Colours score in race 2 was made significantly worse through no fault of her own by physical damage because of the action of Rock n Roll that was breaking RRS 10 and 14 and was penalised. Therefore, the requirements for redress in RRS 61.4(b)(2) are met and is awarded average points in Race 2.
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Rule(s) applicable |
Decision| |
- Rock n Roll is DSQ in Race 2.
- Redress is given to True Colours. True Colours is to be scored in race 2, and in any other races in the Blizzard Series in which she is unable to sail due to the damage resulting from the collusion with Rock n Roll, points equal to the average, rounded to the nearest tenth of a point (0.05 to be rounded upward), of her points in all unaffected races in the series. No other boat’s score shall change.
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Jury Members| | Paul Pascoe IJ (Chairman), Ben Fels IJ, Richard Geake-Ransome NJ, Byungho Song IJ. |
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