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The Jury was tasked with on-water Rule 42, Rule 49, Crew Position (Class Rule) and Sprit Position (Class Rule) penalization. All shared the yellow flag and a one turn penalty (with modification of Appendix P). The Class rule on pumping the asymmetric spinnaker appeared very liberal and when the jury queried it, the class representative asked for a jury interpretation limiting the liberality, as had reportedly been done at the J70 World Championships. The jury refused to do so on the basis that it believed that it would be an erroneous interpretation, which would allow redress under Rule P4. Instead, the class issued the interpretation. The jury was more comfortable with this approach, based on Rule 64.3(b). It is the class' intent to amend their amendment of Rule 42.3(c) in future to clarify any doubted meaning. In the end the spinnaker issue seemed moot since the competitors were more prone to main pumping than spinnaker pumping. There were 3 sprit penalties, 1 body position penalty (Rule 49), and 1 Rule 42 penalty.
The race committee ran 10 of 12 scheduled races in generally light winds. Practices were generally of a high standard although there were occasionally spurious sound signals from the signal boat, reportedly due to electrical problems.
Ner of classes: 1
Entries: 51
Ner of Countries represented: 3
Ner of Races sailed: 10
Ner of requests for redress: 1
Ner of requests for redress for OCS: 0
Ner of requests for OCS granted: 0
Total number of hearings: 2
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): 1
Number of Second Penalties (Appendix P2.2): 0
Number of Third Penalties (Appendix P2.3): 0
P2.3 Subsequent Penalties: 0
Event:
2015 J70 North American Championship
Date Event Started
23 September 2015
Event Location:
San Diego, UAE
Group Event belongs:
P - North America
Jury Chairman's name:
Warren Nethercote
Jury chairman's email:
wnethercote@eastlink.ca
Judge submitting report:
Warren Nethercote
Email of judge submitting report:
wnethercote@eastlink.ca
PRO at event :
Bruce Green
PRO sailorID and status:
USABG42 ( IRO )
Email of PRO:
bgpa@sbcglobal.net
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
Elias Gonzalez, MEXEG3, IJ
Elliot Levy, VENEL1, IJ
Warren Nethercote, CANWN2, IJ
Glenn Oliver, USAGO2, IJ
Paul Zupan, USAPZ9, IJ
Elias Gonzalez, MEXEG3, IJ
Elliot Levy, VENEL1, IJ
Warren Nethercote, CANWN2, IJ
Glenn Oliver, USAGO2, IJ
Paul Zupan, USAPZ9, IJ
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