We often do protests by Zoom. The RYA and us sailing have guidance on their websites. 
Usually the nor specifies Hearings may be virtual. Competitors need to know they need a means of connection. 
It is not fully satisfactory as the competitors do not have The ability with boats to show you the incident 

Hi there - we've done International Jurys and PC over Zoom. We normally have the Protest/Jury Secretary control who is in a waiting room and who is in the actual active hearing. What we've also found useful is using either an online white board for diagrams - share screen function. Or a facility to upload diagrams along with the protest form. We're also lucky to have a facility that can do two cameras - one looking at a table so the PC/IJs can play with the boats and one looking at the jury. It works very well as long as your competitors are aware of the requirements. WS allows for virtual hearings.
Cheers,
Nicole

I recommend you check US Sailing document: 

Zoom does have a whiteboard function that would enable parties or witnesses to do some rough diagrams during the hearing & share with the panel. Quality & efficiency might not be very good if they haven't practiced it though.

Thanks very much. Some very useful ideas. I can see this becoming more commonly used - especially for getting the members of the committee together. 

During covid we used zoom for on line hearings successfully. The USSailing guidelines are very helpful.  We always ask that a diagram be submitted, if possible electronically.   We use the whiteboard for illustrations/boats.  

Where zoom hearings are not preferable to in person hearings, it does make the logistics of hearings more convenient for the parties and the judges in the large metropolitan area. One of the Judges or the Jury Secretary needs to be very familiar with the technology to be successful (I ran lots of remote meetings prior to my retirement so that helps a lot )

The F16 class organized a huge racing event last year at Lago di Como. As we did not get support from the local club due to Covid-19 reasons, the event was organized mostly with RRS and online protest organisation. Our judge who is an international judge was in Ireland and the hearings were held via Zom. In Germany the Sailing Federation strongly supports online race management as well. 

Useful comments - I will try to ensure that we prepare for the possible use of Zoom for protest committees in future. 

We have lots of experience doing protest day online (aqua fest) which is a continuing educational opportunity from the judges education page on us sailing. I would suggest you take the course which would help familiarize you with the process as there is a steep learning curve

Doc

Thanks Doc!