| Event: | Race Number: 3B |
| Protesting Boat: #54 John McCormick | Protested Boat: #57 Mario Roberto Dubeux |
| Submitted Date/time: 04 Feb 2014 09:34 |
| Hearing Details: Contact prior to start |
Facts Found| |
- 10 seconds before the start, in 20 knots of wind, on the pre-start side of the starting line, boat 54 was on a slow, close-hauled, starboard tack.
- Boat 57 was on a starboard close-hauled tack on a collision course from astern of boat 54.
- Boat 57 luffed, causing contact between the front port hull of boat 57 and the starboard tiller of boat 54.
- Boat 54's starboard tiller was bent and the port tiller was broken after the collision.
- Boat 54 retired from the race.
- Boat 57 finished the race.
- No penalty was taken.
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Conclusion| | Boat 57, clear astern, did not keep clear of boat 54 clear ahead. Boat 57 broke rule 12. The contact caused serious damage. Boat 57 broke rule 14,
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Rule(s) applicable |
Decision| | Boat 57 DSQ for race 3B. Boat 54 given redress as the points for place 16 in race 3B. |
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Jury Members| | Maria Jose Lovigne ARG NJ (Chairman), David McIntyre NZL NJ, Leonard Chin MAS IJ, Mark Pryke AUS IJ, Philippe Mazard FRA IJ |
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