Correcting Course Sailed

The protest committee could possibly have given redress to the first 6 boats. Appropriate redress could have been that the results of the racestand!.

Such decidions are sometimes made, the aggreived parties areatisfied because thet improper action of the race committee has been recognised.

Gordon

Originally posted by Contender 541 You can only get a finish if you have sailed the correct course.  Just because you have crossed the line does not mean you have finished If you sail the incorrect course on lap 1 and the correct course on lap 2 then all you have done is a very long correction of your error on lap 1.  If the finish also happens to be on lap 2 then congrats, you have just finished having completed 1 lap only

Can a competitor or sailing committee arbitarily make that decision? (that no correction is required because the lap didn't count?)

Thank you JimC and Contender541....

Now consider the following  :

- rule 28.1 states "She may correct any errors to comply with this rule"

However from the definition:

-  A boat finishes  when any part of her hull, or crew or equipment in normal position, crosses the finishing line in the direction of the course from the last mark, either for the first time or after taking a penalty under rule 4402 or, after correcting an error made at the finishing line, under rule 28.1" (my highlighting)

So according to the definition, unless  an error in sailing the course is made at the finishing line then once you have crossed the line you can return and correct the error.

In the same way, the race committee cannot decide on their own if a boat has sailed the course and so should be considered as finishing. If the RC wishes to penalise the boat, they have to protest. Rule 63.1 is very clear " A boat shall not be penalised without a protest hearing except as provided in rules 30.2, 30.3, 67, A5 and P2." A race committee may only decide that a boat has not finished if the boat fails to cross the finishing line in the direction of the course from the last mark

Gordon

Originally posted by gordon If she then goes back and sails the course correctly can the second passage of the finish line be taken as the boat's finish?

Iff you finish and then strike the finish mark your finish time gets taken when you take the penalty and cross correctly the second time, so I don't see why it should be different if you've missed a mark and go back.

Rule 28 doesn't say anything about 'unwinding'.