9/21/2019

RRS2017-2020 : PART 6 ENTRY AND QUALIFICATION

PART 6 
ENTRY AND QUALIFICATION

75  ENTERING A RACE

75.1  To enter a race,  a boat shall comply with the requirement of the organizing authority of the race.  She shall be entered by
(a) a member of a club or other organization affiliated to a World Sailing member national authority.
(b) such a club or organization, or
(c) a member of a World Sailing member national authority.

75.2  Competitors shall comply with World Sailing Regulation 19, Eligibility Code.

76  EXCLUSION OF BOATS OR COMPETITORS

76.1 The organizing authority or the race committee my reject or cancel the entry of a boat or exclude a competitor, subject to rule 76.3, provided it does so before the start of the first race and states the reson for doing so.  On request the boat shall promptly be given the reson in writing.  The boat may request redress if she considers that the rejection or exclusion is improper.

76.2 The organizing authority or the race committee shall not reject or cancel the entry of a boat or exclude a competitor because of advertising, provided the boat or compettitor complies with World Sailing Regulation 20, Advertising Code.

76.3 At world and continental championships no entry within stated quotas shall be rejected or cancelled without first obtaining the approval of the relevant World Sailing Class Association (or the Offshore Racing Council) or World Sailing.

77  IDENTIFICATION ON SAILS
A boat shall comply with the requirements of Appendix G governing class insignia, national letters and numbers on sails.

78  COMPILANCE WITH CLASS RULES; CERTIFICATES

78.1  While a boat is racing, her owner and any other person in charge shall ensure that the boat is maintained to comply with her class rules and that her measurement or rating certificate, if any, remains valid.  In addition, the boat shall also comply at other times specified in the class rules, the notice of race or the sailing instructions.

78.2  When a rule requires a valid certificate to be produced or its existence verified before a boat races, and this cannot be done, the boat may race provided that the race committee receives a statement signed by the person in charge that a valid certificate exist.  The boat shall produce the certificate or arrange for its existence to be verified by the race committee.  The penalty for breaking this rule is disqualification without a hearing from all races of the event.

79  CLASSIFICATION
If the notice of race or class rules state that some or all competitiors must satisfy classification requirement, the classification shall be carried out as described in World Sailing Regulation 22, Sailor Classification Code.

80  ADVERTISING
A boat and her crew shall comply with World Sailing Regulation 20, Advertising Code.

81  RESCHEDULED EVENT
When an event is rescheduled to dates different from the date stated in the notice of race, all boats entered shall be notified.  The race committee may accept new entries that meet all the entry requirements except the original deadline for entries.

























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