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This is an open book test. You may use the following reference material to complete the test:

a Racing Rules of Sailing 2017 – 2020 (RRS)
b. NZRYA Race Management Manual (NZRYA RMM)
c.. NZRYA Standard Sailing Instruction (NZRYA SSI)
d. Heat Management System (HMS 16).

The questions are all multiple choice and there is only one correct answer to each question. Record which one you believe it is.

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1. The Observers’ role is to assist the Race Officer. They are empowered to:

A...............call contact between boats and course marks.

B...............determine guilt and allocate penalties

C...............specify which rule was broken

D...............call boats that sail the wrong side of a mark and ensure they re-round the mark on the correct side.

2. The Observers throughout the course of a race shall:

A..............call which boat is required to do a penalty

B..............use visual aids, if needed, to observer contacts on far marks

C..............call boats missing a mark

D..............observe boats racing from within the control area.

3. When a Race Officer protests an incident during a race they should:

A...............prefix a protest hail with “RO” so it will not be mistaken as being from another skipper

B...............require a boat to commence its penalty immediately

C...............award a one- or two-turns penalty for a breach of the rules of Part 2

D...............instruct the offending boat to leave the course area.

4. At the conclusion of the race the Race Officer shall:

A.............disqualify any boat that did not sail the correct course

B.............determine if any boats should be given redress

C.............protest any boat that was in breach of a U flag

D.............check with the Observers for any unresolved incidents.

5. When a competitor intends to lodge a valid protest or to request redress they shall:

A.................not be required to submit a Protest Form when racing under HMS

B.................inform the Race Officer as soon as reasonably possible after finishing or retiring and in multi-fleet racing, prior to the preparatory signal for the next race

C.................have a time limit of 20 minutes from the time the last boat finishes in the heat to physically lodge their protest form

D.................lodge their protest form at the end of the day’s racing.

6. Requests for redress:

A...............are not permitted in race one under HMS

B...............must be heard prior to starting the next race

C...............are determined by the Race Officer

D...............are submitted on a protest form in the same time frame required for protest.

7. When the Race Officer is advised that a boat intends to protest or request redress, they are to:

A.................determine which rule, if any, has been broken

B.................try and persuade the boat protesting, not to protest in order to save time

C.................determine if the protestor has a valid protest

D..................issue a Protest Form and note the finishing time of the race on it.

8. When a competitor lodges a protest to request redress the Race Officer shall:

A................determine if the protest/redress has to be heard immediately

B................ask other competitors permission to stop racing

C................stop all racing until the protest is heard

D................question the protestee to see if he will retire.

9. Boats observed not to have sailed the proper course shall:

A................be disqualified by the Race Officer without a protest hearing

B................be notified in sufficient time to allow them to sail the proper course

C................be recorded as finishing and assigned a finishing position

D................perform a 720 degree turn and refinish.

10. A Race Officer views (but does not call) an incident between two boats, and neither boat completes a penalty turn:

A..................The Race Officer disqualifies both boats.

B..................The Race Officer needs to confront both skippers to try and get one of them to retire.

C..................The Race Officer must protest the boat at fault.

D...................The Race Officer may decide to ignore the incident.

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