Answer Each Question by Writing T(=True) Or F(=False) After It

ISAF

International Judges Seminar 2004

100 Questions

Answer each question by writing T(=true) or F(=false) after it.

The last two columns appear to be empty; but if you change the character colour to anything but white, my answers and rules I think are applicable will appear.NB These questions are written under the 2001-2004 rulebook.

1. / A boat does not start until she clears the starting line. / F / Start
2. / A request for redress must be in writing. / T / 62.2
3. / A disqualification under rule 2 (Fair Sailing) is not excludable. / T / 2, 88.3(b)
4. / A jury cannot proceed with a hearing unless all parties to the protest are present. / F / 63.3(b)
5. / Once a protest has been written and submitted it cannot be withdrawn. / F / 63.1
6. / A boat cannot protest the protest committee. / T / 60.1, Protest
7. / In a hearing, the ISAF Cases rank as rules / F / Rule
8. / A party to a protest hearing may be disqualified even if she was not the boat protested. / T / 64.1(a)
9. / While racing in calm conditions a boat paddles to help someone from another boat in danger in the water. By doing so, the boot breaks rule 42 (Propulsion). / F / 42.3(c)
10. / The notice of race shall include the information that the race will he governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules Of Sailing / T / J1.1(2), Rule
11. / Rule 14 (Avoiding Contact) does not apply to a boot that is racing when the contact is with a boat no longer racing. / F / Part 2 preamble, 22.1
12. / A boat cannot be penalized for touching a finishing mark when she is no longer racing. / T / 31.1
13. / Moving the tiller back and forth only to change course is not sculling under the ru1es. / T / 42.2(d)
14. / Photographs and videotapes cannot he admitted as evidence in a protest hearing. / F / 63.5, L7
15. / A hearing conducted by a protest committee under rule 69 is not a protest hearing. / T / 69.1(a) L5.1Protest
16. / The pictures and descriptions of the flags (Race Signals) in The Racing Rules of Sailing are rules / T / Rule (a)
17. / A hearing conducted under rule 69 (Allegations of Gross Misconduct) must have at least five jury members. / F / 69.1(b)
18. / A boat is entitled to redress if the race committee starts a race in conditions unsuitable to the competitor. / F / 62.1 (a), 4
19. / A protest committee should declare a protest invalid without a hearing when the protest is delivered after the time limit stated in the sailing instructions. / F / 63.1
20. / Any witness other than a member of the protest committee must be excluded from the protest hearing except when giving evidence. / T / 63.3(a)
21. / A boat is entitled to appeal a protest decision only if she was a party to the hearing in which the decision was made. / T / 70.1(a)
22. / Multiple protests concerning the same incident should be handled in a single hearing. / T
23. / A protest committee must extend the time to deliver a protest if there is good reason to do so. / T / 61.3
24. / The time limit for requests for redress is the same as the protest time limit / T / 62.2
25. / Changes to the sailing instructions announced at the 470 class competitors' meeting ashore have no effect unless they are posted within the required time on the official notice board. / T / 88.2( c)
26. / When two boats racing are on the same tack end not overlapped the boat clear ahead is an obstruction to the boat clear astern. / T / Obstruction
27. / A boat bas no proper course before her starting signal. / T / Proper course
28. / A race that a race committee or protest committee abandons cannot be resailed. / F / Abandon
29. / Rule 18 (Rounding and Passing Marks and Obstructions) applies only when at least one of the boats is within the two-length zone. / F / 18.1
30. / The sailing instructions must state that the 720° Turns Penalty will apply. / F / 44.1
31. / When a protest committee finds in a measurement protest that the deviations from the class rules were caused by damage and did not improve the boat's performance, it cannot penalize her. / T / 64.3(a)
32. / When the protest committee decides to give redress to a boat requesting it, the arrangement must be as fair as possible for all boats affected, whether or not they requested redress. / T / 64.2
33. / When rule 18 (Rounding and Passing Marks and Obstructions) applies, rules 10 (On Opposite Tacks). 11 (On the Same Tack, Overlapped) and 12 (On the Same Tack, Not Overlapped) do not / F / 18
34. / If there is an incident between boots in different races run by different organizing authorities the hearing must be held by an international jury. / F / 63.7
35. / After reaching a decision, the protest committee must promptly inform the parties to the hearing of the facts found, the conclusions and rules that apply. and the decision. / T / 65.1
36. / Unless the national authority decides that the finding of facts is inadequate. it must accept the protest committee's facts found. / T / 70.1
37. / Before her preparatory signal a boat may touch a mark without breaking a rule. / T / 31.1
38. / A boat does not begin racing until her starting signal / F / Racing
39. / The 'same side' in rule 18.1 (When This Rule Applies) refers to the side of the boat, not the side of the mark or obstruction. / F / 18.1
40. / A right-of-way boat does not break rule 14 (Avoiding Contact) unless there is damage. / F / 14.(b)
41. / A boat clear ahead that remains on the same compass bearing but slows suddenly must give the boat clear astern room to keep clear. / F / 16.1
42. / A request for redress is a protest and the same procedures apply. / F / 62.1
43. / At the conclusion of a hearing a written copy of the protest with the decision must always be given to a boat disqualified. / F / 65.2
44. / A boat intending to protest another boat because of an incident occurring in the racing area must orally inform the race committee when she finishes that she intends to protest. / F / 61.1(a)
45. / A boat is not entitled to protest another boat for an alleged breach of a rule of Part 2 unless she was involved in or saw the incident. / T / 60.1(a)
46. / A race committee is not entitled to protest a boat as a result of a report by a competitor from another boat or other interested party. / T / 60.2(a)
47. / Under certain conditions, a protest committee is entitled to protest a boat after discovering relevant information in an invalid protest. / T / 60.3(a)
48. / A protest committee may call a hearing to consider redress to a boat even if she has not requested it. / T / 60.3(b)
49. / The rules state that all people, including witnesses, have a right to be present throughout the hearing / F / 63.3(a)
50. / All boats sailed single-handedly are exempt from the requirement to display a red flag when they intend to protest. / F / 61.1(a)
51. / The notice of race must conform to rule J1. / T / 87.2
52. / A protest committee may be appointed by the race committee. / T / 89(a)
53. / A competitor in a race may not normally serve as a protest committee that will hear a protest in the same race. / T / 63.4
54. / The organizing authority, race committee and protest committee shall be governed in the conduct and judging of races by the rules in The Racing Rules of Sailing. / T / 85
55. / A parent of a competitor at an event is not an interested party for any protest except when his child is a protestor or protestee. / F / 63.4
56. / Written sailing instructions are required by the rules. / T / 88.2(a)
57. / A sound signal is not obligatory when making an Individual recall signal. / F / 26, Signals
58. / A protest committee may be composed of only one member. / T
59. / Rule 49 (Crew Position) may be changed by the sailing instructions but not by the class rules. / F / 86.1(c)
60. / A competitors' meeting prior to the first race of the series is required by the rules. / F
61. / The protest committee may disqualify a boat without a hearing for failing to sail the course. / F / 63.1
62. / A protest committee may give a boot redress without a hearing. / F / 63.1
63. / When the sailing instructions do not state a protest time limit, the limit is two hours after the last boat in the race finishes. / T / 61.3
64. / A judge must not read a protest before the protest's validity bas been established. / F / 63.6
65. / When so stated in the Soling class sailing instructions, oral changes to them can be made at the competitors' meeting held ashore. / T / 88.2(c)
66. / If two boats are subject to rule 13 (While Tacking) the one tacking to port tack must keep clear of the other. / F / 13
67. / A boat not racing can break any of the rules of Part 2. / T / Preamble Part 2
68. / A boat that breaks a rule while finishing must return completely to the course side of the line before taking her penalty. / F / 44.2
69. / Immediately following an incident, a boat displays a yellow flag in a regatta where the sailing instructions specify the use of the Scoring Penalty. On further discussion, the crew of the boat all agree that they probably did not break a rule. They can remove the flag and not break a rule / F / 44.3(a), (b)
70. / When approaching a windward mark. a boat breaks a rule and while taking a 720° Turns penalty her spinnaker touches the mark. She need not take an additional penalty. / F / 44.4(a)
71. / When intending to take a Scoring Penalty, a boat must inform the race committee only when the incident occurs at the finishing line. / F / 44.3(a)
72. / A race committee that protests a boat because of an incident it saw on the water is not required to inform the boat after the race as long as the protest committee posts a notice of the time and place of the hearing. / F / 61.1(b)
73. / When the protest committee found that there had been contact between boats, it must consider rule 14 (Avoiding Contact) / T
74. / During a hearing the protest committee may not penalize a third boat that is not a party to that hearing. / T / 64.1(a)
75. / A competitor or a boat is not entitled to protest under rule 69 (Allegations of Gross Misconduct), but the protest form of a competitor who tries to do so may be accepted as a report to the protest committee, which can then decide whether or not to call a hearing. / T / L5.2
76. / If the rule of an applicable appendix conflicts with a rule of Part 2, the rule of the appendix takes precedence. / F
77. / After a boat passes head to wind and before she is on a close-hauled course, rule 11 applies. / F / 13
78. / A boat that did not start or finish shall be scored accordingly by the race committee without a hearing. / T / A5
79. / A protest committee member who was also a witness in a protest hearing may not participate in the decision on that protest. / F / 63.3(a)
80. / If a boat clear astern becomes overlapped within two of her hull lengths to leeward of a boat on the same tack, she shall not sail above her proper course unless she tacks. / T / 17.1
81. / When a protest committee reopens a hearing to introduce new evidence, the parties to the original protest may be excluded. / F / 63.3(a)
82. / A boat does not finish until she clears the finishing line. / F / Finish
83. / The protest committee shall hear all protests that have been delivered to the race office unless it approves a protestor's request to withdraw the protest. / T / 63.1
84. / If the protest committee gives permission, a witness for a boat may be present as an observer during the rest of the hearing / F / 63.3(a)
85. / The protest committee must report a penalty imposed under rule 2 (Fair Sailing) to the national authority. / F / 2
86. / A boat is not exonerated by taking a penalty under rule 44 (penalties for Breaking Rules of Part 2) for an incident where she caused damage. / F / 44.1
87. / A boat that used loud and foul language in an incident may exonerate herself under rule 44.1 (Taking a Penalty) for breaking rule 2 (Fair Sailing). / F / 44.1
88. / A boat that is disqualified under rule 30.3 (Black Flag Rule) is not entitled to request redress. / F
89. / It is recommended that the protestor first question her witness, and then the protestee question that witness / F / L3.2
90. / It is recommended that first the protestor and then the protestee be invited to make a final statement of her case. / T / L3.2
91. / A boat starting may touch the anchor line of a starting mark without breaking a rule. / T / Mark
92. / The term 'overlap' does not apply to boats on opposite tacks unless rule 18 (Rounding and Passing Marks and Obstructions) applies. / T / Clear Astern and Clear Ahead
93. / A boat that is head to wind may be on a proper course. / T / Proper Course
94. / A witness is not a party to a hearing. / T / Party
95. / A postponed race may be abandoned later. / T / Postpone
96. / Except in match racing, a boat breaks rule 2 (Fair Sailing) if she breaks a rule intentionally without being compelled to do so by another boat and does not promptly take a penalty or retire. / T / Basic
97. / The race committee cannot be a party to a hearing. / F / Party
98. / The sailing instructions may change the definition obstruction. / F / 86.1(a)
99. / A right-of-way boat can be penalized for breaking rule 14 only if there is damage. / T / 14(b)
100. / Rule 20 (Starting Errors; Penalty Turns; Moving Astern) applies only between two boots when they have both turned back towards the starting line after an individual recall. / F / 20

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