| Event: | Race Number: 10 |
| Protesting Boat: #54 C Owen | Protested Boat: #44 T Shuwalow |
| Submitted Date/time: 14 Feb 2014 16:58 |
| Hearing Details: Incident approaching top mark, first leg |
Facts Found| |
- Approaching the top mark in 18-20 knots of wind, boat 54 was on starboard tack sailing below close hauled, above the lay line.
- Boat 44 was close hauled on port on a converging course.
- Boat 44 tacked at approximately 4 boatlengths from the mark.
- While boat 44 was between head to wind and a close-hauled course on starboard, boat 54 luffed to pass to windward of boat 44
- Without the change of course there would have been contact between boats 54 and 44.
- There was no contact.
- No penalty was taken.
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Conclusion| | Boat 44 while tacking did not keep clear of boat 54 on starboard tack. Boat 44 broke rule 13.
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Rule(s) applicable |
Decision| | Boat 44 is disqualified from race 10 |
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Jury Members| | Mark Pryke AUS IJ (Chairman), David McIntyre NZL NJ, Leonard Chin MAS IJ, Maria Jose Lovigne ARG NJ, Philippe Mazard FRA IJ |
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