The Racing Rules of Sailing
NSC Protest by a Boat Requirement to Inform the Protestee
2021 RRS 61.1(a)(3) stated (emphasis added)
if the incident was an error by the other boat in sailing the course, she need not hail or display a red flag but she shall inform the other boat either before or at the first reasonable opportunity after the other boat finishes;
WS RRC Part 5 Rewrite - Destinations Guidance states that the 2025-28 RRS Destination corresponding to 2021 RRS 61.1(a)(3) is RRS 60.2(b)(2)
2025 RRS 60.2(b) states (emphasis added)
... if ...
(2) the incident was an error in sailing the course,...
then the only requirement for the protestor is to inform the protestee of its intention to protest at the first reasonable opportunity.
I understand this to mean that, for a NSC protest, a protesting boat is required to inform the protestee of its intention to protest at any reasonable opportunity that may arise during the race and before the boat finishes, otherwise the protest is invalid.
That is to say the protesting boat is required to inform the protestee of an intention to protest before the boat has actually broken RRS 28.
Does anyone have any other understanding of how this rule now works?
if the incident was an error by the other boat in sailing the course, she need not hail or display a red flag but she shall inform the other boat either before or at the first reasonable opportunity after the other boat finishes;
WS RRC Part 5 Rewrite - Destinations Guidance states that the 2025-28 RRS Destination corresponding to 2021 RRS 61.1(a)(3) is RRS 60.2(b)(2)
2025 RRS 60.2(b) states (emphasis added)
... if ...
(2) the incident was an error in sailing the course,...
then the only requirement for the protestor is to inform the protestee of its intention to protest at the first reasonable opportunity.
I understand this to mean that, for a NSC protest, a protesting boat is required to inform the protestee of its intention to protest at any reasonable opportunity that may arise during the race and before the boat finishes, otherwise the protest is invalid.
That is to say the protesting boat is required to inform the protestee of an intention to protest before the boat has actually broken RRS 28.
Does anyone have any other understanding of how this rule now works?
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if the incident was an error by the other boat in sailing the course, she need not hail or display a red flag but she shall inform the other boat either:
(1) before, or;
(2) at the first reasonable opportunity after
the other boat finishes;
A boat can wait until after the other boat has finished to see whether the other boat has properly sailed the course. She is not required to do it when she first thinks that the other boat has not sailed the course properly.
See WS Case 112.