THIS SECTION MAY BE COMPLETED BY ANY JURY MEMBER
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.
Limited on the water judging was used at this event with the objective of reducing the number of protest hearings. If the on the water judges saw a protest they signaled either:
a) Red flag, pointed at a boat- the boat has broken a rule and should take a penalty turn.
b) Green flag- no rule broken.
c) J flag- the jury did not see or was out of position, no decision.
12 flags were displayed, of which 8 were red, and 7 boats took a turn.
With two circles, two judge boats were used on each, one with two judges on board, and one with a single judge. Single judge boats were effective, and in future if more boats are available we could provide better coverage with more boats all with one judge.
The sailors like the system, which reduces the time they wait for protest hearings, but some believed that they did not have to protest before the judge signals. This was clearly explained to them in the briefing and in an appendix to the SIs, but will need stronger explanation next year.
25 Hearings resulted from two days sailing, so avoiding potentially 12 more is regarded as a successful outcome.
The first two days of the event suffered from no or very light winds after Typhoon Haima last weekend. The ROs did very well to get the series completed for all classes on the remaining two days. - HKGTS1
Ner of classes: 10
Entries: 130
Ner of Countries represented: 38
Ner of Races sailed: 45
Ner of requests for redress: 2
Ner of requests for redress for OCS: 0
Ner of requests for OCS granted: 0
Total number of hearings: 25
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): 0
Number of Second Penalties (Appendix P2.2): 0
Number of Third Penalties (Appendix P2.3): 0
P2.3 Subsequent Penalties: 0
Event:
China Cup 2016
Date Event Started
26 October 2016
Event Location:
Daya Bay, Shenzhen, CHI
Group Event belongs:
J - East Asia
Jury Chairman's name:
Jan Stage
Jury chairman's email:
jans@cs.aau.dk
Judge submitting report:
Tom Sheppard
Email of judge submitting report:
sheppard@netvigator.com
PRO at event :
Simon James
PRO sailorID and status:
GBRSJ24 ( IRO )
Email of PRO:
simon@regattas.asia
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
Shao Xianli CHNXS4 / IJ
Lorenz Walch GERLW3 / IJ
Jan Stage DENJS12 / IJ
Tom Sheppard HKGTS1 / IJ
Oleg Ilyin RUSOI1 / IJ
Howard Elliott AUSHE3 / IJ
Natalia Chubenko RUSNC3 / IJ
Shao Xianli CHNXS4 / IJ
Lorenz Walch GERLW3 / IJ
Jan Stage DENJS12 / IJ
Tom Sheppard HKGTS1 / IJ
Oleg Ilyin RUSOI1 / IJ
Howard Elliott AUSHE3 / IJ
Natalia Chubenko RUSNC3 / IJ
The information contained within this report may be shared with any appropriate member of World Sailing committees or staff for the purpose of evaluating your report.