Hearing Decision

Event: 2025 Musto Australian Optimist Championship

Race Number: 4

Protesting Boat: 1516

Protested Boat: Race Committee

Submitted Date/time: 13 Jan 2025 15:43

Hearing Details: Change in wind direction

1. The course was set at 105 deg.

2. The lead boats had rounded mark 3P/3S.

3. At approximately 1 - 1.5 minutes into the upwind beat on leg 4 there was a wind shift.

4. The wind shifted left approximately 35 deg.

5. There were three fleets spread over a trapezoid course.

6. The RO did not move the course.

7. All boats sailed the same course.

1. There was no improper action or improper commission by the race committee, RRS 61.4(b)(1).

61.4(b)(1)

The redress not given

Soma Pillai IND IJ (Chairman), Mike Alison NZL IJ NU, Wayne Thompson AUS NJ NU

Hearing Number: 03