Sportsmanship Behaviour

   I'm slightly confused? Is this a pay to sail race where you had to get a visa to compete? If so what did the other competitors do? If they all had this issue then perhaps the race committee would have had a case to deal with but my first impression is that you are the only one. 
Personally I think the race organisers will take no responsibility at all, in fact I wouldn't be surprised that in the NOR it suggests that all competitors are responsible for their own visas and paperwork.

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laser193713 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 13 May 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 889	Post Options Post Reply Quote laser193713 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Sportsmanship Behaviour Posted: 15 Jul 16 at 9:00am
	I'm slightly confused? Is this a pay to sail race where you had to get a visa to compete? If so what did the other competitors do? If they all had this issue then perhaps the race committee would have had a case to deal with but my first impression is that you are the only one. Personally I think the race organisers will take no responsibility at all, in fact I wouldn't be surprised that in the NOR it suggests that all competitors are responsible for their own visas and paperwork.

blueboy Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 27 Aug 10 Online Status: Offline Posts: 512	Post Options Post Reply Quote blueboy Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 16 at 7:46am
	I can give some rules advice. Your problem is nothing whatsoever to do with the Racing Rules of Sailing. Nothing in the rules requires a race organiser to provide you with visa advice.

Pabs Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 05 Jan 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 177	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pabs Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 15 Jul 16 at 5:56am
	Okay I have a question from the rule guru's on here, So i recently missed out on racing in a event because a Race committee didn't pass on information regards to a specific Visa requirement that they had. I had a look at rule 69 for un sportsmanship behaviour but the way I have read it is that I can't protest a race committee/race organization. The reason why I would like some help is that it has cost me over 5k for this event and I only found out on the day before the start of the race giving me no time to get the correct Visa. I had a visa to go to the country on plane or cruise ship but was unable to arrive on a Race boat (I was told by two different immigration offices that what I had was correct prior to the race but unfortunately they was wrong). The race committee knew the type of visa that was required but did not forward this information to the competitors. I am writing to the race committee to request some money back (which will as you probably know won't happen) and to stop this ever happening again. I trained for 8 months for this event so as you can guess I am pretty raw about it. I appreciate your advise if you have any.
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