Section R - Other requirements

RS CALL R2

Rule 62.1, as modified by E6.6, Redress;
Rule E1.1, Definitions, Disabled

A boat that becomes disabled 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, may be granted redress only if the conditions set out in rule 62.1 are met.

Assumed Facts

On a beat to windward, P on port tack does not keep clear of S on starboard tack. There is contact and the rigs of the two boats become entangled. There is no other damage. The boats remain entangled for 30 seconds before they break free. S continues to race and finishes last.

Question 1

Is S entitled to redress?

Answer 1

S may be entitled to redress.

A boat that becomes entangled is disabled as she is unable to continue in the heat. In this case, S was only temporarily disabled, after which she was once more able to continue in the heat.

Rule E6.6 modifies rule 62.1 to allow for redress when a boat becomes disabled.

Redress may be granted only if the conditions set out in rule 62.1 are met.

These conditions are:
- a boat's race or series score has been made significantly worse;
- through no fault of her own;
- by one or more of the reasons set out in rule 62.1 as modified by rule E6.6.

In this case, the protest committee, having decided that S became disabled as a result of P breaking rule 10 (a rule of Part 2), would have to decide whether:

- the race or series score of S was made significantly worse as a result of being disabled;

- it was reasonably possible for S to avoid contact when it became clear that P was not keeping clear;

- S actions after becoming tangled prolonged the time that the two boats were disabled

If S’s race or series score was made significantly worse, and neither was it reasonably possible for S to avoid contact nor did S’s actions prolong the period during which the boats were disabled, then the protest committee sho uld consider redress.