Racing Rules of Sailing

2022 Formula Kite World Championships

Official Notice Board

Hearing Decisions

No.

Type

Race

Initiator

Respondent(s)

Decision

26.

Protest

Hearing Request Form

FK - Women - CHN 76

FK - Women - GBR 41

Heard With Protest(s): 32

Rules: 63.1

Protest withdrawn

Full Decision

25.

Protest

Hearing Request Form

Formula kite - Women - 26 - Julia Damasiewicz

FK - Women - CHN 76 - Jingle Chen

Heard With Protest(s): 33

Rules: F18.2, 11, 14, 43

CHN 76 is DSQ in race F3.

Full Decision

24.

Protest

Hearing Request Form

Decision Complete

23.

Protest

Hearing Request Form

2nd of gold

FK - Men - CRO 132

FK - Men - ITA 134

Rules: RRS 10

ITA 134 is DSQ in race 8 (F2).

Full Decision

22.

Protest by TC

5&6

Technical Committee

FK - Men - ANT 167

Rules: RRS 50.1(a), 50.1(b), CR C3.4

Protest dismissed.

Full Decision

21.

Request for Redress

FK - Men - AUT 149

Race Committee

Rules: RRS 62.1(a)

Redress not given

Full Decision

20.

Protest

FK - Women - CHN 76

FK - Women - GBR 62

Rules: RRS 41

Protest dismissed.

Full Decision

19.

Protest

Hearing Request Form

Decision Complete

18.

Protest by TC

1st Race Day2

Technical Committee

FK - Women - FRA 58

Rules: RRS F4.50.1(a)

FRA 58 is penalized 20% applied to race 5, calculated to the nearest tenth of a point, (0.05 to be rounded upward), but not worse than the score for DNF.

Full Decision

17.

Protest by TC

Hearing Request Form

Technical Committee

FK - Men - CHN 166

Rules: NoR/SI 16.5

Using the Discretionary Penalty Policy, a starting penalty of 5% was decided.

CHN 166 is penalized 5% applied to race 4, calculated to the nearest tenth of a point, (0.05 to be rounded upward), but not worse than the score for DNF.

Full Decision

16.

Request to Reopen

FK - Women - ITA 59

FK - Women - FRA 14

Rules: 66.1

Request denied.

Full Decision

15.

Protest

Hearing Request Form

Race 3

FK - Women - CHN11

FK - ISR23

Heard With: 11

14.

Protest and Request for Redress

Hearing Request Form

FK - Women - ITA 59

FK - Women - FRA 14

Heard With: 13

13.

Protest and Request for Redress

Hearing Request Form

FK - Women - FRA 14

FK - Women - ITA 59

Heard With Protest(s): 14

Rules: 10, 14

Since FRA 14 took the appropriate penalty by retiring, she is not further penalized.

Redress not given to ITA 59 as her finishing order was made worse by her capsize.

Full Decision

12.

Protest and Request for Redress

Hearing Request Form

FK - Women - FRA 58 - Kitefoil

FK - Women - GER 64 - Kitefoil

The protest is upheld. Since GER took an applicable penalty, she is not further penalized under RRS 64.2(a). However, the incident is counted to determine the number of tangles the kiteboard has caused during the event under RRS F5.64.2(c).
Redress not given to FRA as her finishing order was made worse by the tangle.

Full Decision