{"id":17433,"date":"2020-12-18T14:02:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T14:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tynemouthsc.co.uk\/?page_id=17433"},"modified":"2020-12-18T14:03:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T14:03:48","slug":"redress-race-5-winter-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tynemouthsc.co.uk\/index.php\/sailing\/archive-racing-results\/2020-race-results\/redress-race-5-winter-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Redress, Race 5 Winter Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TYNEMOUTH SAILING CLUB <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winter Series at LADYBURN LAKE<\/strong>
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                                            Race 5 on Sunday 13th<\/sup> December 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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                                                       REQUEST for REDRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018Requestor\u2019:                Laser 211415  sailed by  Ian Davis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time of Request:        Request lodged by email on 15th<\/sup> Dec<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incident:                      Giving help under RRS 1.1 (Helping those in Danger)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location of Incident:   First windward leg of 2nd<\/sup> lap 
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Claim:                        <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018Requestor\u2019 stated that his score [DNF] had been made worse by his compliance with RRS 1.1<\/strong>
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Facts Found:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. The course for Race 5 was an initial beat to windward followed by 3 broad reaches back to the start  –  2 Laps  (10 min laps approx).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. The wind was from SE -16 knots at Start time; then SE 22 knots at end of Lap 1 (gusting 25 knts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. The air temperature was less than 6 deg C<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. 11 \u2018Handicap Class\u2019 boats started Race 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. 9 Lasers started Race 5 – (2 minutes after the H\u2019cap class start)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. As the Lasers completed their first lap the wind increased quickly. At least 6 boats (all from the  H\u2019cap Class) had capsized on a cold winter\u2019s day and some, relatively new to racing, were clearly struggling to recover. The Committee Boat is equipped to double as a \u2018safety boat\u2019 if needed, and later did so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. The \u2018Requestor\u2019, along with Laser 183074 (Sven Richards) and Laser 152661 (Richard Fahey), ceased racing to render assistance by deliberately capsizing nearby and swimming to assist boats in difficulty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. All 3 Lasers had completed Lap 1 within 10 seconds of each other. Laser 152661 in 9m .59s, and Lasers 211415 & 183074 alongside eachother in 10m09s. Laser 152661 was 20 seconds behind the Laser that went on to finish 5th<\/sup> Laser;  and 9th<\/sup> (after PY correction) of all 10 finishers. All other Lasers finished the race save one who retired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Having spent at least 15 minutes giving assistance, none of the 3 Lasers reverted to racing. By that time the Committee boat had adopted the \u2018Safety Boat\u2019 role and was about to tow 3 boats to the slipway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. When the day\u2019s scoring was published on the TSC Website at 7.00 pm on Sunday 13th<\/sup> December, all three Lasers were scored DNF [Did not Finish]
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Conclusions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. 6+ boats had capsized and given the wind \/ temperature \/ and \u2018rescue\u2019 facilities immediately available, they were \u2018in danger\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. All three Lasers ceased racing to give help under RRS 1.1 (Helping those in danger)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Ceasing racing; giving help; swimming in cold water; and the time taken to assist; contributed to all 3 Lasers\u2019 decision not to resume racing to \u2018Finish\u2019. All 3 were scored DNF [Did not Finish] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Their decision not to complete the course was especially appropriate given overall safety considerations. Therefore their race scores were made worse through no fault of their own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. All 9 Lasers completed Lap 1. Three Lasers then ceased racing to assist. One (a relative beginner) retired. All the other Lasers sailed the course and finished the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. After completing one lap the three Lasers lay in 6th<\/sup>, <\/sup>7th, and 8th places in the 9 boat Laser fleet. Had they not ceased racing, they could all have reasonably expected to reach the finish but not necessarily in that order.
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Applicable Rules:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RRS 1.1 [Safety \u2013 Helping those in danger]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RRS  62.1.(c) [Redress]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para 17 TSC Sailing Instructions [Protests & Redress] <\/p>\n\n\n\n

RRS 64.3 [Decisions on Redress]
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Decision:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Redress is given to all three Lasers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018Race 5\u2019 scores of Laser 211414 (Ian Davis): Laser 183074 (Sven Richards) and Laser 152661 (Richard Fahey) are changed from DNF [Did not Finish] to RDG [Redress Given]. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The points awarded to all three shall be 6 points in the \u2018Laser Class\u2019 Winter Series; and 10 points in the \u2018Overall\u2019 Winter Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The award of equal points for all 3 Lasers (despite only one Laser requesting \u2018Redress\u2019) is the fairest arrangement possible for all boats affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The published scores of all other competitors remain unaffected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TYNEMOUTH SAILING CLUB Winter Series at LADYBURN LAKE                                             Race 5 on Sunday 13th December 2020                                                        REQUEST for REDRESS \u2018Requestor\u2019:                Laser 211415  sailed by  Ian Davis Time of Request:        Request lodged by email on 15th Dec Incident:                    […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":16990,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17433","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tynemouthsc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tynemouthsc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tynemouthsc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tynemouthsc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tynemouthsc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tynemouthsc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17435,"href":"https:\/\/tynemouthsc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17433\/revisions\/17435"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tynemouthsc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tynemouthsc.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}