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The Barmouth Lifeboat at the start of the 2000 race.
THE PROTEST PANEL
The Race Committee delegates the responsibility
for hearing protests to three of its members who will form the Protest Panel. The
Panel will meet when required and yachts wishing to protest about the conduct of
the Race or the conduct of competing yacht(s) or any member(s) of its crew, must
do so in writing, signed by the skipper or a crew member in the absence of the skipper.
The protest to be handed to a member of the Protest Panel or a Fort William Race
Marshal within two hours of the completion of the Race by the protesting yacht.
Yachts which do not complete the Race may give notice of protest by telephone: but
the protest will only be heard when a member of the crew of the protesting yacht
reaches Fort William. The Protest Panel will rule when notice of protest is given,
what time is reasonable to allow a member or members of the protesting yacht's crew
to reach Fort William, and will set the time for the hearing of the protest accordingly.
The protest shall be in writing and be signed by the skipper or his representative,
and include the following particulars:
a. The date, time, and whereabouts of the incident.
b. The particular rule or rules or sailing instructions alleged to have been
infringed.
c. A statement of the facts.
d. Unless irrelevant, a diagram of the incident.
A protesting yacht shall try to inform the yacht
protested against that a protest will be lodged.
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