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Match races shall be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by
this appendix. Matches shall be umpired unless the notice of race and sailing
instructions state otherwise.
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C1
| TERMINOLOGY
‘Competitor’ means the skipper, team or boat as appropriate for the event.
‘Flight’ means two or more matches started in the same starting sequence.
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C2
| CHANGES TO THE DEFINITIONS AND THE RULES OF
PART 2
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C2.1
| The definition Finish is changed to: ‘A boat finishes when any part of her hull,
crew or equipment in normal position, crosses the finishing line in the direction
of the course from the last mark after completing any penalties. However, when
penalties are cancelled under rule C7.2(d) after one or both boats have finished
each shall be recorded as finished when she crossed the line.’
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C2.2
| Add to the definition Proper Course: ‘A boat taking a penalty or manoeuvring
to take a penalty is not sailing a proper course.’
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C2.3
| Change the last sentence of the definition Clear Ahead and Clear Astern;
Overlap to: ‘These terms do not apply to boats on opposite tacks unless either
rule 18 applies or both boats are subject to rule 13.2.’
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C2.4
| Rule 13 is changed to
13 WHILE TACKING OR GYBING
13.1 After a boat passes head to wind, she shall keep clear of other
boats until she is on a close-hauled course.
13.2 After the foot of the mainsail of a boat sailing downwind crosses
the centreline she shall keep clear of other boats until her mainsail
has filled.
13.3 While rule 13.1 or 13.2 applies, rules 10, 11 and 12 do not.
However, if two boats are subject to rule 13.1 or 13.2 at the
same time, the one on the other’s port side or the one astern
shall keep clear.
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C2.5
| Rules 16.2 and 17.2 are deleted.
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C2.6
| Rule 18.3 is changed to:
If two boats were on opposite tacks and one of them completes
a tack within the two-length zone to pass a rounding mark, and
if thereafter the other boat cannot by luffing avoid becoming
overlapped inside her, the boat that tacked shall keep clear and
rules 15 and 18.2 do not apply. If the other boat can by luffing
avoid becoming overlapped inside her then rule 18.2(c) shall
apply as if the boats were clear ahead and clear astern at the twolength
zone.
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