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This was a part of the RS Games, a manufacturer organised set of games for12 classes of sailing dinghy built by the UK manufacturer. I was present from 19 - 24 August which encompassed three of but only chaired for one day. The statistics reflect the numbers of the boats in the RS 200, RS 400 and RS 500 classes. Although two judge RIBS sere on the water with the RS 200 fleet appendix P was not used, nor was there any whistle system for notification of penalties. Judges were however encouraged to observe and in the event of any significant rules breaches to issue a warning after the race in which the breach was incurred. There was a low level of rules breaches,
QR codes were used to enable protest time limits and hearing schedule and decisions to be notified and protest forms to be submitted. This worked well but relied on email addresses to be correctly completed within the system. However protest limits and hearing schedules were posted as hard copies on the event notice board. - GBRDB58
Ner of classes: 3
Entries: 236
Ner of Countries represented: 9
Ner of Races sailed: 31
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: 26
Total number of arbitrations: 0
Number of % penalties: 30
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:
RS Games, RS200 Naionals, RS 400 Europeans, RS 500 Worlds
Date Event Started
19 August 2018
Event Location:
WPNSA Weymouth, GBR
Group Event belongs:
A - Ireland, UK
Jury Chairman's name:
David Brunskill
Jury chairman's email:
david@brunskills.com
Judge submitting report:
David Brunskill
Email of judge submitting report:
david@brunskills.com
PRO at event :
Peter Saxton
PRO sailorID and status:
GBRPS54 ( IRO )
Email of PRO:
peter@saxtons.me
Was this an International Jury Panel ?
No
Please name each judge (including the chairman) and their country and IJ or NJ certification. one per line
Charles Watson GBRCWUnk / NJ
David Brunskill GBRDB58 / IJ
Charles Watson GBRCWUnk / NJ
David Brunskill GBRDB58 / IJ
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