APPENDIX D
TEAM RACING RULES
Team races shall be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by this appendix. D1 D1.1 CHANGES TO THE RACING RULES Definitions and the Rules of Parts 2 and 4 (a) (b) In the definition Zone the distance is changed to two hull lengths. Rule 18.2(b) is changed to: If boats are overlapped when the first of them reaches the zone, the outside boat at that moment shall thereafter give the inside boat mark-room. If a boat is clear ahead when she reaches the zone, or she later becomes clear ahead when another boat passes head to wind, the boat clear astern at that moment shall thereafter give her mark-room. (c) (d) Rule 18.4 is deleted. When rule 20 applies the following arm signals by the helmsman are required in addition to the hails: (1) (2) for ‘Room to tack’, repeatedly and clearly pointing to windward; and for ‘You tack’, repeatedly and clearly pointing at the other boat and waving the arm to windward.
Sailing instructions may delete this requirement. (e) (f) Add new rule 24.3: ‘A boat that has finished shall not act to interfere with a boat that has not finished.’ Add new rule 24.4: ‘When boats in different races meet, any change of course by either boat shall be consistent with complying with a rule or trying to win her own race.’ Add to rule 41: (e) (h)
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help from another boat on her team provided electronic communication is not used.
Rule 45 is deleted.