Unless rule 70.3 applies, a party to a hearing has the right to appeal the protest committee’s decision or its procedures, but not the facts found, to the national authority. In addition, a party may appeal when the protest committee has failed to hold a hearing or to make a decision.

A protest committee may request confirmation or correction of its
decision by the national authority.  

There is no right to appeal decisions:

However, (b), (c) and (d) shall only apply if specified in the notice of race or sailing instructions.

In rules 70 to 72, the national authority means the one to which the organizing authority is associated under rule 89.1. However, if boats will pass through the waters of more than one national authority while racing, an appeal or request shall be sent to the national authority where the finishing line is located, unless the sailing instructions identify another national authority.

Appeals and requests shall conform to Appendix R.

The national authority shall accept the facts found by the protest committee unless rule <%= rule_ink('R5') %> applies.

The national authority may:

If the national authority orders a hearing to be reopened, it may limit the scope of the reopened hearing to such issues as it considers appropriate.

If the national authority decides that a boat that was a party to a protest hearing broke a rule and is not exonerated, it shall penalize her, whether or not that boat or that rule was mentioned in the protest committee’s decision.

The decision of the national authority is final. The national authority shall send its decision in writing to all parties to the hearing and the protest committee, who shall be bound by the decision.

A club or other organization affiliated to a national authority may request an interpretation of the rules from the national authority, provided that no protest committee decision that may be appealed is involved. An interpretation shall not be used to change a previous protest committee decision.

To enter an event, a boat shall comply with the requirements of the organizing authority of the event. She shall be entered by

The organizing authority or the race committee may reject or cancel the entry of a boat or exclude a competitor, provided

The reason shall be provided promptly in writing if requested by the boat or competitor.
 
 

However, the organizing authority or the race committee shall not reject or cancel the entry of a boat or exclude a competitor

Redress may be requested by a boat or competitor that considers that the rejection or exclusion is improper or that it broke rule <%= rule_llnk('76.2') %>.

A boat shall comply with the requirements of Appendix G governing class insignia, national letters and numbers on sails. 
 

While a boat is racing, her owner and any other person in charge shall ensure that the boat is maintained to comply with her class rules and that her measurement or rating certificate, if any, remains valid. In addition, the boat shall also comply at other times specified in the class rules, the notice of race or the sailing instructions. When a rule provides that the penalty for a breach of a class rule may be less than disqualification, the same penalty will apply to a breach of this rule.   

When a rule requires a valid certificate to be produced or its existence verified before a boat races, and this cannot be done, the boat may race provided that the appropriate committee receives a statement signed by the person in charge that a valid certificate exists. The boat shall produce the certificate or arrange for its existence to be verified by the appropriate committee before the start of the last day of the event, or of the first series, whichever is earlier. The penalty for breaking this rule is disqualification without a hearing from all races of the event.

If the notice of race or class rules state that some or all competitors must satisfy categorization requirements, the categorization shall be carried out as described in the World Sailing Sailor Categorization Code.

When an event is rescheduled to dates different from the dates stated in the notice of race, all boats entered shall be notified. The race committee may accept new entries that meet all the entry requirements except the original deadline for entries.