An allegation made under rule 60 by a boat or a committee that a boat has broken a rule. 

A boat is racing from her preparatory signal until she finishes and clears the finishing line and marks or retires, or until the race committee signals a general recall, postponement or abandonment.

The space a boat needs in the existing conditions, including space to comply with her obligations under the rules of Part 2 and rule 31, while manoeuvring promptly in a seamanlike way.

(a) The rules in this book, including the Definitions, Race Signals, Introduction, preambles and the rules of relevant appendices, but not the Basic Principles or titles;

(b) World Sailing Regulations that have been designated by World Sailing as having the status of a rule and are published on the World Sailing website;

(c) the prescriptions of the national authority, unless they are changed by the sailing instructions in compliance with the national authority's prescription, if any, to rule 88.2;

(d) the class rules (for a boat racing under a handicap or rating system, the rules of that system are 'class rules');

(e) the notice of race;

(f) the sailing instructions; and

(g) any other documents that govern the event.

 

A boat sails the course when 
(a) she starts;
(b) a string representing her track until she finishes, when drawn taut,

   (1) passes each mark of the course for the race on the required side and in the correct order (including the starting marks,

   (2) touches each mark designated in the sailing instructions to be a rounding mark, and

   (3) passes between the marks of a gate from the direction of the course from the previous mark; and then
(c) she finishes.
A mark that does not begin, bound or end the leg the boat is sailing does not have a required side.

 

 A boat starts when, her hull having been entirely on the pre-start side of the starting line at or after her starting signal, and having complied with rule 30.1 if it applies, any part of her hull crosses the starting line from the pre-start side of the course side.
 
 

Any person who

(a) provides, or may provide, physical or advisory support to a competitor, including any coach, trainer, manager, team staff, medic, paramedic or any other person working with, treating or assisting a competitor in or preparing for the competition, or

(b) is the parent or guardian of a competitor.