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.
- Many power boat users were not using Kill Cords. As fellow power boat users on the Race Course, the jury members politely reminded people to use them. This is an important safety issue: WS, possibly in conjunction with manufacturers and the industry, should consider a worldwide promotion of the importance of using of Kill Cords. - Several competitors lodged protests that were not required as the protestee had completed an alternative penalty (meeting the requirements of RRS 44.1 (b)) and completed a Declaration. They claimed that their insurance company required this. These hearings and the subsequent time taken to write up the cases was an unnecessary use of the jury. It could be that WS issue a policy stating that juries are not to be held responsible for conducting processes purely to meet insurance company requirements. - Flags were used by the RC for signaling changes of course; these prove to be next to useless when displayed downwind of a leeward mark. WS should advise that only boards are used to make course changes and signals associated with RRS Appendix P made after the start. - There is a lot of variance between classes who change RRS 42 as to when those changes start to apply when IC Flag O is displayed. The Europe Class, for example, states that the change applies (under CR 4.2 (a)) from '...... after the starting signal ......' whereas the Contender Class states (under CR 22) that the change applies '..... after starting ........'. Classes under WS jurisdiction should be required to make those changes comply to a template that avoids these variations, and other classes should be encouraged to adopt this template. - GBREM1
Ner of classes: 1
Entries: 104
Ner of Countries represented: 8
Ner of Races sailed: 10
Ner of requests for redress: 0
Ner of requests for redress for OCS: 0
Ner of requests for OCS granted: 0
Total number of hearings: 6
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): 18
Number of Second Penalties (Appendix P2.2): 4
Number of Third Penalties (Appendix P2.3): 1
P2.3 Subsequent Penalties: 0
Event:
International Europe Class Open Week
Date Event Started
1 July 2017
Event Location:
C.V. Blanes, Blanes, ESP
Group Event belongs:
E - Iberian Peninsula
Jury Chairman's name:
Ewan McEwan
Jury chairman's email:
ewanmcewan@me.com
Judge submitting report:
Ewan McEwan
Email of judge submitting report:
ewanmcewan@me.com
PRO at event :
Lucky Serrano
PRO sailorID and status:
ESPRS8 ( IRO )
Email of PRO:
luckyserrano@gmail.com
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
Jesper Wilken DENJW2 / IJ
Francisco Quinonero ESPFQ3 / IJ
Ewan McEwan GBREM1 / IJ
Nina Bjelajac CRONB7 / NJ
Neven Baran CRONB1 / IJ
Jesper Wilken DENJW2 / IJ
Francisco Quinonero ESPFQ3 / IJ
Ewan McEwan GBREM1 / IJ
Nina Bjelajac CRONB7 / NJ
Neven Baran CRONB1 / IJ
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