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Requirement for the on water judges to blow a whistle deleted from sailing instructions.

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Requirement for the on water judges to blow a whistle deleted from sailing instructions.

The IODA Executive Committee at their Mid Year Meeting last August decided to delete from the IODA standard sailing instructions, the requirement for the on water judges to blow a whistle when they saw an infringement of a Part 2 rule. This procedure had been included in our standard Sailing Instructions in paragraph 16.4 for a couple of years:

SI 16.4 In addition to taking action in accordance with Appendix P, if a member of the jury sees a boat breaking a rule they may make a sound signal but her sail number will not be hailed.  If the appropriate penalty is not taken the jury may protest one or more boats.

This policy change will be implemented at the 2011 IODA World Championships in New Zealand.