Protest number: 10 Date: 04 March 2017

Time: 21:15

Requesting Redress: Race Officer course B
Considered for redress: All boats in bareboat classes 1, 2, and 3

Witnesses : none
Facts found:

• RC posted course #5, start, mark x2, 25, 26,Heineken finish. All marks rounded to starboard.

• Mark 26 was missing.
• Some boats rounded the GPS position of mark 26

then sailed to the Heineken finish.
• Some boats went towards the position of where mark

26 should have been but changed course and sailedto the Heineken finish before reaching the GPSmark position.

• Other boats changed course after reaching the GPS

position and sailed further before sailing towards

the Heineken finish.
• One boat retired from the race.

• Mark 26 was set after the majority of boats hadfinished the race in all three classes affected.

• Some boats rounded mark 26 after it was set andfinished at the Heineken finish.

• The RC recorded the finish times for all boats that

crossed the Heineken finish line and scored the

races according to the timings.
• There were no records of mark rounding positions or

times.
• The RC did not abandon the race.

Conclusion:

• The RC made an error in not setting mark 26 in timethat affected all bareboat classes.

• The RC made an error in not abandoning the races.
• All competitors in the three classes were affected by

the error in different ways.
• Under RRS 32.1(c)&(d), the jury considered, in

addition, the consequences for all boats in the race

or series
Decision: Race #2 is abandoned for bareboat classes 1,2, and 3

Jury: Margriet Pannevis (chair) IJ NED, Nelson Ilha IJBRA, Sergy Kuzovov IJ RUS, David Devries IJ AHO,Steve Schupak NJ USA, Alexis Duvernoy NJ FRA,Michael Green NJ LCA