ISAF Umpired Fleet Racing Guidance for Umpires

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ISAF Umpired Fleet Racing Guidance for Umpires

• Palma, March 2008

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• Umpire Communication
• Umpires adopt their boat and describe what it is
  doing
• The driver talks about the boat you are following
• The other umpire talks about all other boats
• You talk in first person about your boat"I am
  on starboard tack"

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• Umpire Agreement
• When one umpire announces a decision such as
  Penalty Yellow the other should respond in one
  of three ways
• I agree (no further discussion, carry out
  decision)
• I disagree (no penalty, green if necessary,
  unless difference can be resolved rapidly)
• I did not see (first umpires knows they are
  making decision solo sometimes necessary be
  certain before penalizing)

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Decision Making Process
Facts Port Starboard Overlap Windward Leeward Lu
ffing Bearing away Holding course Head to
wind Contact Near layline 10 secs to start
Rules Rights Obligations Opportunities Keep
clear Room Luffing rights Can bear away Can tack

• Decision
• Is/Is not
• Keeping clear
• Giving room
• Sailing proper Course

Signal Penalty flag Green flag
Protest Procedure
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Umpiring an Incident
1. You see an incident Decide if anyone has
broken a rule. 2. If no boat has protested
Incident closed 3. If a boat has
protested Have both boats had the opportunity
to start to get well clear? a) No You
must wait. b) Yes Give the decision
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Only penalise a boat if you are in a good
position to decide that a rule was broken. Say
out loud the flag you will display when you
decide to penalize a boat. If you are not
driving you must make sound and visual signals.
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• Give another red penalty
• If you are satisfied that the conditions for a
  second
• penalty are met.
• If a boat does not take a penalty as required
• give another red flag penalty.
• If the boat still does not take a penalty, DSQ by
  signalling
• black flag and clearly identifying the boat.

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If you need to go through the fleet to signal a
penalty, raise the penalty flag. If you see
another umpire looking at the same incident say
by radio Umpire 2 has the incident between X
and Y. In part 2 incidents wait for a
competitor protest.
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A boat taking a penalty is required to keep clear
under rule 20.2 from the moment it is clear that
she is turning to take a penalty. Until then she
may be sailing clear and the rights-of-way have
not yet changed. A boat that fails to keep clear
under rule 20.2 is subject to protest by the
right-of-way boat, not by the umpires as this is
now a Part 2 incident. A boat that fails to
get well clear of other boats as soon as
possible, fails to comply with Addendum Q 3.2 and
is subject to Penalty initiated by the umpires.
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Breaches of Rule 42 Appendix P applies. Damage If
there is an incident with contact, check for
damage. Inform the Chief Umpire what you have
seen. Communication with the Race
Commitee Through the Chief Umpire. Communication
with Competitors Only answer questions from
competitors relating to decisions you have made.