Die Wettfahrtregeln 2021 -2014 werden die folgenden wesentlichen Änderungen haben (Dies ist nur ein Auszug und stellt in keinster Weise die Vollständigen Änderungen dar):
1. Definition Finish: The new definition Finish has eliminated the “crew or equipment in normal position”factor. Now a boat “finishes”when any part of itshull crosses the finishing line, regardless of when itscrew, sailsor other equipment crosses the line. Bowspritsand other pieces of equipment attached to the hull are not part of the hull. This will make it simpler for race committeesto call close finishes, and anticipates the future use of electronic equipment placed on the bow of boats to assist race committees in calling starting and finishing lines, etc.

2. Definition Start: The new definition Start has eliminated the “crew or equipment” factor. Now a boat need only have its hull behind the starting line at the starting signal; the location of its crew, sailsor other equipment is immaterial.This will make it simplerfor race committees to call close starts, and anticipates the future use of electronic equipment placed on the bow of boats to assist race committees in calling starting and finishing lines, etc.

3. Rule 16.2 (Changing Course): There are several significant changes to rule 16.2, which is often referred to as the “anti-hunting” rule. First, it now only applies when boats are on a “beat to windward.” Therefore, it does not apply before the starting signal (same as the previous rule); and it does not apply when the boats are sailing on downwind legs (different from the previous rule). Also, the rule only applies when the starboard-tack boat (S) bearsaway; it no longer applies when S luffs (rule 16.1 applies when S changes course to windward; i.e., luffs).And finally,the rule applies when the port-tack boat (P) is sailing to pass “to leeward”of S (the previous rule said pass “astern”),meaning that S can no longer turn this rule off by bearing away below 90 degrees to the true wind(a common move in team racing).

4. Rule 18.1 (Mark-Room) and rule 18.2(d) (Giving Mark-Room): Previous rule 18.2(d) stated that rules 18.2(b) and 18.2(c) no longer applied when the boat entitled to mark-room had been given mark-room. That created a small unintended loophole by leaving rule 18.2(a) still in effect, meaning that a boat clear astern could become overlapped and entitled to mark-room if the boat that had been entitled to mark-room had completed her rounding but was still near the mark. That loophole has been closed by moving the phrase to a new sentence in rule 18.1 which turns all of rule 18 off when mark-room has been given.

Die Liste der Änderungen ist der anhängenden Datei zu entnehmen.

Die vollständigen Wettfahrtregeln 2021 - 2024 sind hier abzurufen: https://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/RRS20212024Final-[26369].pdf

Viele Grüße

Thomas