As we prepare for an extremely competitive spring collegiate sailing season,
it's good to know the changes in the rules as we enter a new quadrennial for
2013-1016. From an ICSA Procedural Rules perspective, there are not any
significant game changes, in my opinion, to the sport that we love. I have had
the privilege to work with a talented rules committee for college sailing and
thought I'd share with you what's changed from last season to this season.
The changes for 2013 to the ICSA Procedural Rules (PRs) are as follows (outside
of PR 25, most are simply minor tweaks to update the proper rule reference,
dates (i.e. change 2009 to 2013) or fix typos...i.e. no game changers on the
water). Here are the most significant changes:
PR 15(a) - Clarify that competitors need to register with the ICSA each season
prior to competing.
New PR 25(a):
- Update the rule number cross references. Biggest change here is that
the new Appendix D defaults to the single flag system and the ICSA board
approved this change (and of course we don't really use flags, we are just
saying flag in the metaphorical sense for our raised open hand). This change
was not initiated by the ICSA but is simply following suite with what the rest
of the world of team racing is doing. I think this is a good simplification to
team racing.
New first paragraph to Appendix G - Expedited Protest Procedure
- just update the reference to the correct Appendix D rule number and
title.
Update CDCR 7.4.2 by replacing "leeward side of a wave" to the "front side of a
wave" to match ISAF's new rule 42 vocabulary (and surfers will agree with this
lingo too :). This change came from ISAF and I think it makes sense.
Delete CDCR 7.4.3 since the Racing Rules of Sailing now incorporates it (this
was a temporary rule to begin with so no game changers here either).
Respectfully submitted,
Bryan McDonald
ICSA Rules Committee Chair
- sent from my wicked pissah iPhone 5
p.s. A copy of the latest PR's are located here:
http://collegesailing.org/blog/news/2013-2016-icsa-procedural-rules/ (and if
you navigate there with your iPhone, open this document in iBooks to save a
copy for you on the go).
Here is a great resource on the new rules:
http://racingrulesblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/changes-to-rrs-for-2013-2016.html?m=1
It's written by Rob Overton, chair of the us sailing racing rules committee and
is very concise.
For those of you with iPhones, it's easy to load up your iBook library with
excellent rules resources. Matt Knowles unruly blog http://www.unrulyracing.com
is a convenient way to find the isaf case and call books (look at the right
side of his webpage (and scroll to the bottom of this page to view the full
site if you are using your iPhone)). ISAF has published a dandy app that
contains the racing rules of sailing (including appendicies) (us sailing has
their app available too that includes us sailing prescriptions). The us sailing
website offers a great deal on Dave Perry's book on understanding the racing
rules of sailing.
My favorite explanation of the changes to Appendix D is here:
http://www.unrulyracing.com/2012/09/rrs-2013-new-appendix-d.html (this website
if my one stop shopping to keep up with the latest in rule changes :)
For those of you who like to see the actual changes of the ICSA Procedural
Rules in black in white, the most significant ones are listed for your
convenience here:
Here are the old and new rules in their complete form for people's reference to
study:
PR 15(a) changed from:
All student- athletes shall be registered with ICSA and their ICSA Conference
prior to competing each season.
to:
All student- athletes shall register each season with ICSA and their ICSA
Conference prior to competing.
Old PR 25 changed from: TEAM-RACING RULES AND SCORING
RRS Appendix D shall be used for team-racing regattas, deleting the red flag
requirement in RRS 61.1(a), D2.1 & D5.1. D4.2 is changed by PR 25(b) & (c),
below:
a) Alternative Umpiring – when the sailing instructions state that RRS D2.3(b)
(Races with Limited Umpiring) is to be used, RRS D2.2(a) is changed to read as
follows:
D2.2(a) – When a boat protests under a rule of Part 2 or under Rule 31, 42 or
44, she is not entitled to a hearing. Instead, a boat involved in the incident
may promptly acknowledge breaking a rule and take the appropriate penalty. If
the protested boat takes a penalty, the protesting boat may request a decision
by conspicuously displaying a raised open hand and hailing the word “Umpire.”
An umpire shall decide whether any boat has broken a rule, and shall signal the
decision in compliance with Rule D2.2(b).
to:
New PR 25. TEAM-RACING RULES AND SCORING
RRS Appendix D shall be used for team-racing regattas, deleting the red flag
requirement in RRS 61.1(a) & D1.2(c), D5.2. D4.4 and D4.5 is changed by PR
25(b) & (c), below:
a) Alternative Umpiring – when the sailing instructions state that RRS D2.6
(Limited Umpiring) is to be used, RRS D2.2(a) and RRS D2.5(a) are changed by
replacing the phrase “display a red flag” with “display a raised open hand.”
RRS D2.5(c) is changed by replacing the phrase “displaying a yellow flag” with
“displaying a raised open hand.”
The first paragraph to Appendix G changed from:
PR Appendix G represents the ICSA recommended protest procedure for alternative
umpiring using RRS D2.3(b) (Races with Limited Umpiring). It is addressed
primarily to Umpires but may also be helpful to others connected with protest,
redress and breakdown hearings and in some circumstances changing these
procedures may be advisable.
to:
PR Appendix G represents the ICSA recommended protest procedure for alternative
umpiring using RRS D2.6 (Limited Umpiring). It is addressed primarily to
Umpires but may also be helpful to others connected with protest, redress and
breakdown hearings and in some circumstances changing these procedures may be
advisable.
Finally, for the Collegiate Dinghy Class Rules:
Old 7.4.2. RRS 42.2(c) is changed to read: “Except on a beat to windward,
when surfing (rapidly accelerating down the leeward side of a wave) or planing
is possible, ooching (sudden forward body movement, stopped abruptly) is
permitted in order to initiate surfing or planing.”
to:
7.4.2. RRS 42.2(c) is changed to read: “Except on a beat to windward, when
surfing (rapidly accelerating down the front side of a wave) or planing is
possible, ooching (sudden forward body movement, stopped abruptly) is permitted
in order to initiate surfing or planing.”
Class rule 7.4.3 is deleted.
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