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 Very true , but a lengthy process , bin there and done it myself before , took 4 months ! from race to favourable (and correct) out come , as it had gone into another year , I settled for moral victory .Wouldn't bother again  unless particularily wound up , I know it does sport no good though .

Praps someone should start another thread (as we are losing it ) addressing the affects of not protesting and not seeking redress to relevant authorities and it's impact on our sport as a whole, the way I see it the less folk follow protests/redress situations the more chaotic racing gets .

 

 

 

I think the protest process is something that club
sailors should get used to at their clubs.
Nobody likes club racing being settled with protests,
particularly as it is generally very friendly, and all
(including protest committee) want to get to the bar,
but the more you do it, the less intimidating it is, and
great practice for competitors and committees alike,
away from major championships where it is more
onorous.
Perhaps clubs should try a few test cases on past
incidents so that results aren't affected as everyone
gets used to it.
The results of protests help to tune both competitors
and race officers to the rules, and in the long run
improve the whole experience and raises the game
of the club sailor.

At Redesmere we have a kind of informal chat with the sailors, deciding what a protest commitee would find etc., and allowing the protestor to pursue if they want to, but most people retire/ leave it.

regarding the topper incident: i have been in five topper protests, and allhave benn well managed by the club/ ITCA (including a redress at plym yc) bar one, which was an absolute shambles!

Want to name and Shame the Club Catmandid?

Three minuite justice.

One min for each side of the argument to put their case and one min for a decision to be made.  Decision is final and its all done in the time it takes to order the round for everyone, simple!

At our club we've got a lot of "new" racers doing our Monday dinghy series.  There's a lot of poor rules observance - usually by people who've been sailing a long time but who don't race much and really don't know the rules.  We've only ever had one protest - and there was never a hearing .

We'd actually like a protest.  If we get one, we've thought about trying to hold it "in public" (as long as protestor/ee are happy) just as a way of showing people how a protest hearing actually works.  Most people have no idea what goes on until they end up at one - whether as one of the protagonists, a witness or a committee member.