7empest protesting Kenny in Race 1 on Green server
Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2019 10:44 pm
Submission Type: Protest and request for redress
1. Your registered Boat Name: 7empest
2. Race Day: 1
3. Group: Green
4. Race: 1
5. Time (in Replay): 25:10
6. Rule(s) applicable: 2 and 16.1
7. Skipper(s) involved: Kenny (: loyal and 7empest
8. Description: Kenny in 7th place to Leeward and ahead of me and Goffe. Suddenly Kenny decides to give up his fight for 7th place and goes to take me out. He luffs hard and passes behind Goffe. I release the sails in order to try to avoid broaching (which is hard in more than 25 knots of breeze when suddenly being luffed), but Kenny continues to luff even though Goffe now is more than 1 boat length ahead. I luff in order to keep clear under rule 11, and while doing this it's impossible to avoid broaching. Kenny is breaking rule 16.1 by not giving me room to keep clear. If he want to luff me past the point of broaching with a spinnaker, he has to give me time to take down the spinnaker. This was clearly not done, as he went straight through the broaching point.
Giving up his position in the race like this to take out another boat, while himself dropped from 7th to 11th position and losing more than 10 boat lengths is not fair sailing and is a violation of rule 2. Deliberatly putting anoter boat to the broaching point is also a rule 2 violation. Since I was a victim of his breach of rule 2 and because of this dropped from 8th to 14th place, I request redress. I would without doubt at least have finished in the place behind Goffe without the broach. Goffe finished 7th, so I think scoring 8 points would be a proper redress.
I would also request the protest committee to investigate another situation which also is a violation of rule 2. See replay time 23:04-23:08. I'm catching up on Kenny and is just behind his stern, then he releases his sails for 4 seconds to slow down, and he luffs in order to try to hit my bow with his stern. I managed to avoid collisions, but his move is still not fair sailing in a fleet race. Slowing down only to penalize another boat, while losing grounds to the rest of the fleet is bad sportsmanship. I'm confident the protest committee always will follow up rule 2 violations, as it's destroys the racing environment for the participants! Please initiate your own protest and take necessary action.
9. Print Screen attached: Yes
10. Replay attached: Yes
1. Your registered Boat Name: 7empest
2. Race Day: 1
3. Group: Green
4. Race: 1
5. Time (in Replay): 25:10
6. Rule(s) applicable: 2 and 16.1
7. Skipper(s) involved: Kenny (: loyal and 7empest
8. Description: Kenny in 7th place to Leeward and ahead of me and Goffe. Suddenly Kenny decides to give up his fight for 7th place and goes to take me out. He luffs hard and passes behind Goffe. I release the sails in order to try to avoid broaching (which is hard in more than 25 knots of breeze when suddenly being luffed), but Kenny continues to luff even though Goffe now is more than 1 boat length ahead. I luff in order to keep clear under rule 11, and while doing this it's impossible to avoid broaching. Kenny is breaking rule 16.1 by not giving me room to keep clear. If he want to luff me past the point of broaching with a spinnaker, he has to give me time to take down the spinnaker. This was clearly not done, as he went straight through the broaching point.
Giving up his position in the race like this to take out another boat, while himself dropped from 7th to 11th position and losing more than 10 boat lengths is not fair sailing and is a violation of rule 2. Deliberatly putting anoter boat to the broaching point is also a rule 2 violation. Since I was a victim of his breach of rule 2 and because of this dropped from 8th to 14th place, I request redress. I would without doubt at least have finished in the place behind Goffe without the broach. Goffe finished 7th, so I think scoring 8 points would be a proper redress.
I would also request the protest committee to investigate another situation which also is a violation of rule 2. See replay time 23:04-23:08. I'm catching up on Kenny and is just behind his stern, then he releases his sails for 4 seconds to slow down, and he luffs in order to try to hit my bow with his stern. I managed to avoid collisions, but his move is still not fair sailing in a fleet race. Slowing down only to penalize another boat, while losing grounds to the rest of the fleet is bad sportsmanship. I'm confident the protest committee always will follow up rule 2 violations, as it's destroys the racing environment for the participants! Please initiate your own protest and take necessary action.
9. Print Screen attached: Yes
10. Replay attached: Yes