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Comments on rule questions, new interpretations, problems, unpopular Rule 62 (Redress) decisions, summary of the facts, conclusions and decisions of Rule 69 (Allegations of Gross Misconduct) actions, problems with Sailing Instructions or Notice of Race and experience with experimental procedures.
The international jury worked hard with three sets of SIs - Olympic Classes, Invited Classes, and Kites.
An unpopular decision in the 49er class was redress granted for a broken tiller extension at the start when the damaged boat could not continue to race and had no usable tiller extension replacement. The jury DSQ'd the protested boat under "serious damage". There is no requirement that 49ers carry a spare tiller extension and both parties agreed she could not race with only one tiller extension.
A protest hearing was held for a competitor knowingly entering himself and his female skipper as a mixed-gender crew into the men's two-person dingy (high-performance) class. A mixed-gender class was allowed for in a special FX class, but the competitor refused to race in that class. The boat had also been observed interfering with other 49ers racing in that class with properly constituted crews. Prior to the hearing, and during the protest hearing of the RC against the boat, the competitor was loud, rude, profane and abusive to the RC, OA, ISAF technical delegate, jury and Sandringham Yacht Club. This resulted in a 69 hearing following the protest hearing. The international jury determined the competitor had broken rule 69.1(a) and imposed a penalty excluding the competitor from the regatta. Under the jury?s right of ?other action within its jurisdiction?, as the boat was not eligible to compete in the men?s two-person dingy (high performance) class and competed in contravention of the rules, the boat was excluded from the regatta, all scores were to be disregarded, and no ISAF ranking points were to be awarded from the SWC-Sail Melbourne.
The international jury forwarded the hearing facts, conclusion and decision on to Yachting Australia, with a copy to ISAF with the recommendation that further action be taken.
The international jury conducted a hearing in the disabled class where one party had a communication handicap. Communication, due process and witnesses were a challenge. Following the hearing the jury met with the "support person" and a parent of the party in question and we developed some "best practices" guidelines for hearings of this type. The document was circulated to several judges involved in disabled sailing for their review and comments.
Race management experienced 4 seasons in 7 days. Hot, cold, 180 degree shifts and breeze from 0-20+. They handled it all well, with safety as highest priority. Fortunately the OA had scheduled a "reserve day" for racing on Sunday; which needed to be used for medal racing for several of the Olympic classes.
The venue had a new sign-on and sign-off system with wristband chip sensors on all athletes - very efficient and very effective.
The race management team included the chairman of the jury in their morning briefings and the jury included the Olympic Classes PRO and Invited Classes PRO in their morning briefing. The result was expedient problem solving, improved communication and a unity of team effort appreciated by all.
The Race management team was advised by the Sailing World Cup Technical Delegate to start all Medal Races under the "U-flag". The Race management team and the jury had concerns about this new trial policy but complied in order to be consistent with the previous SWC event in Abu Dhabi.
Ner of classes: 27
Entries: 523
Ner of Countries represented: 37
Ner of Races sailed: 289
Ner of requests for redress: 8
Ner of requests for redress for OCS: 2
Ner of requests for OCS granted: 0
Total number of hearings: 19
Total number of arbitrations: 0
Number of % penalties: 0
To be completed only if Appendix P was applied.
Number of First Penalties (Appendix P2.1): 34
Number of Second Penalties (Appendix P2.2): 2
Number of Third Penalties (Appendix P2.3): 0
P2.3 Subsequent Penalties: 0
Event:
Sailing World Cup - Sail Melbourne 2014
Date Event Started
7 December 2014
Event Location:
Melbourne, Australia, AUS
Group Event belongs:
L - SW Pacific
Jury Chairman's name:
L. Douglas Sloan
Jury chairman's email:
dsloan@puretecbio.com
Judge submitting report:
Douglas Sloan
Email of judge submitting report:
dsloan@puretecbio.com
PRO at event :
Ross Wilson
PRO sailorID and status:
( IRO )
Email of PRO:
rwil624@bigpond.net.au
Was this an International Jury Panel ?
Yes
Please name each judge (including the chairman) and their country and IJ or NJ certification. one per line
L. Douglas Sloan, USA IJ, IU
Bill Bell, AUS IJ
Jacob Andersen, DEN IJ, NU
Masa Tanaka, JAP IJ, IU
Murray Jones, AUS IJ AUSMJ2 , NU
Paul Zupan, USA IJ, NU
Rob Ware, AUS IJ, NU
Noel Allen, AUS IJ
Steve Wolff, USA NJ, IU
Michael Tan, SIN NJ
L. Douglas Sloan, USA IJ, IU
Bill Bell, AUS IJ
Jacob Andersen, DEN IJ, NU
Masa Tanaka, JAP IJ, IU
Murray Jones, AUS IJ AUSMJ2 , NU
Paul Zupan, USA IJ, NU
Rob Ware, AUS IJ, NU
Noel Allen, AUS IJ
Steve Wolff, USA NJ, IU
Michael Tan, SIN NJ
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