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Part 5 PROTESTS, REDRESS, HEARINGS, MISCONDUCT AND APPEALS
61.3
| Protest Time Limit
A protest by a boat, or by the race committee or protest committee about an incident the committee observes in the racing area, shall
be delivered to the race office no later than the time limit stated in the sailing instructions. If none is stated, the time limit is two hours after the last boat in the race finishes. Other race committee or protest
committee protests shall be delivered to the race office within two hours after the committee receives the relevant information. The protest committee shall extend the time if there is good reason to do so.
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61.4
| Fees for Protests and Requests for Redress
US SAILING prescribes that no fees shall be charged for protests or requests for redress.
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- REDRESS
62.1
| A request for redress or a protest committee’s decision to consider
redress shall be based on a claim or possibility that a boat’s score in a
race or series has, through no fault of her own, been made significantly worse by
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an improper action or omission of the race committee, protest committee or organizing authority;
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injury or physical damage because of the action of a boat that was breaking a rule of Part 2 or of a vessel not racing that was required to keep clear;
- giving help (except to herself or her crew) in compliance with rule 1.1; or
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a boat against which a penalty has been imposed under rule 2 or disciplinary action has been taken under rule 69.1(b).
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62.2 | The request shall be made in writing within the time limit of rule 61.3 or within
two hours of the relevant incident, whichever is later. The protest committee
shall extend the time if there is good reason to do so. No red flag is required.
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Section B – Hearings and Decisions
- HEARINGS
63.1
| A boat or competitor shall not be penalized without a protest hearing,
except as provided in rules 30.2, 30.3, 67, 69, A5 and P2. A decision
on redress shall not be made without a hearing. The protest committee
shall hear all protests and requests for redress that have been delivered
to the race office unless it allows a protest or request to be withdrawn.
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