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PART 7 – RACE ORGANIZATION
- GOVERNING RULES
The organizing authority, race committee and protest committee shall be
governed by the rules in the conduct and judging of races.
- RULE CHANGES
86.1
| A racing rule may not be changed unless permitted in the rule itself or as
follows:
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Prescriptions of a national authority may change a racing rule,
but not the Definitions; a rule in the Introduction; Sportsmanship
and the Rules; Part 1, 2 or 7; rule 42, 43.1, 43.2, 69, 70,
71, 75, 76.2 or 79; a rule of an appendix that changes one of
these rules; Appendix H or N; or ISAF Regulation 19, 20 or 21.
- Sailing instructions may change a racing rule by referring specifically to it
and stating the change, but not rule 76.1, Appendix F, or a rule listed in
rule 86.1(a).
- Class rules may change only racing rules 42, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 and 54.
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86.2
| In exception to rule 86.1, the ISAF may in limited circumstances (see
ISAF Regulation 31.1.3) authorize changes to the racing rules for
a specific international event. The authorization shall be stated in a
letter of approval to the event organizing authority and in the notice
of race and sailing instructions, and the letter shall be posted on the
event’s official notice board.
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86.3
| If a national authority so prescribes, these restrictions do not apply
if rules are changed to develop or test proposed rules. The national authority may prescribe that its approval is required for such changes.
US SAILING prescribes that proposed rules may be tested, but only in local races.
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- ORGANIZING AUTHORITY; NOTICE OF RACE; APPOINTMENT OF RACE OFFICIALS
A national authority may restrict changes to its prescriptions with a
prescription to this rule. If it does so, that prescription shall not be
changed or deleted by sailing instructions.
US SAILING prescribes that sailing instructions shall not change or delete rules 61.4 or 76.3, Appendix F, or its prescriptions to rules 40.1, 68 or 76.1. However, for an international event the prescription to rule 40.1 may be deleted.
- ORGANIZING AUTHORITY; NOTICE OF RACE; APPOINTMENT OF RACE OFFICIALS
88.1
| Organizing Authority
Races shall be organized by an organizing authority, which shall be
- the ISAF;
- a member national authority of the ISAF;
- a club or other organization affiliated to a national authority;
- a class association, either with the approval of a national authority or in
conjunction with an affiliated club; or
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