Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 23:41 pm
G 004 on aika paha. RO keskeyttää match-kisan siksi että paikallinen ei ole voittamassa. Missä maassa mennään näin alas että toimikunta auttaa toista kilpailijaa?
Tämä siis vuodelta 2009, eli ei mikään vanha case.
Tämä siis vuodelta 2009, eli ei mikään vanha case.
G 004 Q&A 2009-015
Published: 21 January 2009
Situation
At a Match Racing regatta the sailing instructions state
“Rule 32 is deleted and replaced with: ‘After the starting signal the RC may abandon or shorten
any match for any reason, after consulting with the match umpires when practical.”
The Race Committee subsequently abandons a match when the lead boat is within a few boat
lengths of crossing the finishing line.
When the match umpires enquire why the race was abandoned, the race officer states “the
Organising Authority directed me to abandon as the local team was not going to win the match.”
Question
Does the abandonment of the race by the race committee constitute an improper action in terms
of rule 62.1(a)?
Answer
Yes.
A race committee must be impartial and conduct the racing of all matches in good faith and in the
best interests of all the competitors and the regatta as a whole.
The “any reason” provided in the sailing instructions can be anything the race committee sees as
contributing towards a practicable, fair and equal competition and allows the race committee to
handle issues as they arise as expeditiously as possible.
The decision to abandon lies solely with the race committee, although they are required to
consult with the match umpires when practical. Provided the race committee acts impartially and
in good faith when deciding to abandon a match, that action cannot be considered to be
improper.
In this particular case however, the organising authority and the race committee have not acted
impartially or in good faith. They have deliberately acted to assist one local competitor against all
others and that action is both unfair to all other competitors and improper.
The Chief Umpire should include this incident in the ISAF report form including the identity of the
Race Officer.