Contender Worlds Scoring

Yes I have been reading about this today and I can find nothing to suggest a accident must result in a DNE. He should have retired under rule 44 but that oversight would have ended in DSQ.

I Iy would help if someone could provide accurate details of the incident. If the incident caused serios damage or injury then a 2T penalty is not applicable and the boat should retire. It would only become a DNE if the Jury decides that rule 2, Unfair Sailing was broken.

2. There is a lot of nonsense talked about the cost of International Juries. If the Jury costs a lot it is usually because the organisers think about recruiting their jury too late. First recruit a local judge (IJ or candidate IJ) at least a year in advance. Let him find - the Aussie/NZ/American judge who will be in Europe anyway. Then find two judges who live near a low cost airport linked to near the venue. Tnen the local judge and another from same country. Allow them to book very early and offer to reimburse them immediately they have bought there tickets (an IJ cannhave hudreds, if not thousands of euros/pounds out in fares).
Accomodation - self-catering, with club members or a B&B (as long as it is walking distance of the club)
Food - pay a reasonable per diem and let them get on with it (unless club can cater).

I am at an event at which the totoal cost of the jury is equivalent to about 8 entry fees. Travel expenses came in at less than 700 euros.


Gordon

PS Alternatively - invite me to the event and I will do the recruiting for you. Apply now for 2014 and 2015 events!