CASE 102
Rule 62.2, Redress
When a boat requests redress because of an incident she
claims affected her score in a race, and thus in a series, the
time limit for making the request is the time limit for the race,
rather than a time limit based on the posting of the series
results.
Facts
Scruples requested redress at the end of an eight-race series because of an
incident that occurred in Race 5 of the series, which was sailed three weeks
earlier. The protest committee found her request to be invalid because it was
made after the time limit. She appealed, stating that it was not until the end
of the series and the posting of the results that she knew that her score in
Race 5 had affected her series score and that the time for her to make her
request did not begin until after the series was completed and the results
posted.
Decision
Odvolanie Scruples Scruples’s appeal is dismissed. Her request for redress was not valid because
it was not delivered to the race office within the protest time limit that
applied to Race 5 (see rule 62.2). The incident affected her score in the series
only through its effect on her score in Race 5 and, therefore, the relevant
time limit for requesting redress was the time limit that applied to that race.
GBR 2001/9