tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post497433583397003396..comments2024-01-22T09:45:29.790+01:00Comments on Racing Rules of Sailing - Look to Windward: LTW Readers Q&A | 031 Redress in a short seriesJoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10346870418220762709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post-44345088823083420052009-10-21T15:36:19.062+02:002009-10-21T15:36:19.062+02:00You refer to Q&A 2007-001 which can be found a...You refer to Q&A 2007-001 which can be found at: http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/QA2007001-[6783].pdf <br /><br />As a previous commenter states, the Q&A are guidelines only and have no standing in the rules (as a Case would). Therefore, the protest committee is still tasked with making "as fair an arrangement as possible for all boats affected, whether or not they asked for redress."<br /><br />In Answer 1, the Q&A states: "Although the protest committee did not break any rule, its decision in awarding the redress was not the fairest arrangement for all boats affected. In this case, allowing a boat to use average scores for half of the counting races in the series is<br />not fair to the other boats."<br /><br />Operative words..."in this case"<br /><br />In the Star regatta, the boat that was dismasted was well ahead of the fleet and on the final leg. The protest committee could (should) have awarded them redress of first place in Race 1. Then in the second race, awarded them the average of all other races, including Race 1. They should not have to anticipate a lack of racing on the next day. Seems like the PC made a good decision and I'd be surprised if there was much dissent in the fleet.<br /><br />However, if the case was that a boat only sails one race, then gets dismasted and misses the next four, it would not be the fairest arrangement for all boats to grant that boat redress for four races based on only one. Each situation is different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post-90839901197346610312009-10-21T01:27:56.830+02:002009-10-21T01:27:56.830+02:00I would be interested to know if the Jury had a he...I would be interested to know if the Jury had a hearing under rule 14. I see the port tacker admitted his error - presumably he retired from the race as 44 cannot apply here - but rule 14 also needs to be considered against the RoW boat before redress can be given.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post-17152548665513537132009-10-20T18:20:26.484+02:002009-10-20T18:20:26.484+02:00I wish people would stop quoting the ISAF Q&As...I wish people would stop quoting the ISAF Q&As as saying what you "can" and "can't" do. They are merely advice, and quite often quite poor advice in my opinion. I would give no more credence to the conclusion of a Q&A than I would a intelligent conversation with another reasonable rules person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com