END OF MODULE TEN ASSESSMENT TASKS - New Zealand Radio Yachting Association Inc.

END OF MODULE 10 ASSESSMENT TASKS

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); and
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. A Race Committee may take action that will worsen a boat’s score if:

A.................a boat sails the incorrect course.

B.................a boat was on course side at the start in a U flag start.

C................ at the first start of a race, a boat which was OCS dips and restarts without rounding an end of the start line.

D.................all of the above apply

E..................none of the above apply

2. A party to a hearing may object to a competitor being a member of a protest committee:

A..................if they believe the member is an interested party

B..................if the member was scheduled to sail in the heat that the incident occurred

C..................if he was not scheduled to sail in the heat that the incident occurred

D..................if there is a past history of animosity between them.

3. Should an Arbitration meeting proceed to a protest hearing, the arbitrator:

A................may be a member of the protest committee

B................cannot be a member of the protest committee

C................is to brief the protest committee prior to the hearing

D................may put forward his conclusions as grounds for redress.

4. In NZRYA Sanctioned events sailed in multiple fleets under HMS, the protestor is to inform the Race Committee as soon as possible, but:

A................before the end of the event

B................before the end of that day sailing

C................prior to the preparatory signal for the next heat

D................prior to the preparatory signal for the next race

5. In NZRYA Sanctioned events, the decisions of the protest committee:

A.................may be appealed for breaches of RRS Part 2.

B.................may be appealed for breaches of RRS Part 5.

C.................may be appealed if protestor believes the decision was wrong.

D..................will be final under RRS 70.5(a).

6. In NZRYA Sanctioned events a boat may:

A..................protest a Race Officer for an error in procedure.

B..................protest a Race Committee under RRS 60.3 if the rescue boat takes too long to assist him.

C..................protest a competitor sailing in another fleet for a breach of rule 10.

D..................request redress because his score in a heat has been made worse because of an improper omission of the Race Committee.

7. In NZRYA Sanctioned events, the Race Officer may offer a two-turn on-the-spot penalty for:

A...............a boat that not sailing the course

B...............a boat recorded as OCS.

C...............a boat failing to complete a penalty for a contact called by an observer

D...............a skipper whose behaviour is in breach of the Principles of Sportsmanship and Fair Play

8. A Race Officer may select Arbitration:

A................provided the Notice of Race indicates it will be used and the Sailing Instruction permits it

B................provided the Sailing Instructions indicate it will be used.

C................to exclude a boat from competing if there is non-compliance with the measurement certificate

D................to save time when a protest is notified.

9. When a skipper informs the Race Officer he intends to protest a boat for a breach of rule 14 (Avoiding Contact) the Race Officer is to:

A.................ask sufficient questions to determine if it is a valid protest

B.................inform the skipper that protest causes unnecessary delays and ask him to withdraw the protest

C.................determine if Arbitrator or Protest Committee is best to hear the case

D..................advise the scorers that he is awarding the skipper average points for that heat.

10. A boat has the right to protest:

A..................another boat for not calling individual digits of a boats sail number

B..................another boat for a breach of a rule of Part 2 If she was scheduled to sail in that race/heat

C..................if the Race Officer informs a boat she has broken rule 30.3 (U flag rule) and asked to Immediately leave the course area

D..................a skipper who gives tactical advice to another competitor.

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