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IRSA Supported 65 Class Rules August 2018 3
Introduction
This introduction provides an informal background only and the 65 Class Rules
proper begin on the next page.
Certification and alterations
65 Class hulls, hull appendages, rigs and sails are certified by certification
control.
65 Class hulls, hull appendages, rigs and sails may, after initial certification
control, only be altered to the extent permitted in Section C of the class rules.
Responsibility
Owners and competitors should be aware that compliance with rules in Section
C is NOT checked as part of the initial certification control process.
It is the responsibility of the owner and any other person in charge to ensure
that a boat is maintained to comply with her class rules and that her certificate
remains valid (RRS 78.1).
Deviations outside of tolerances
When an equipment inspector or official measurer acting for the technical
committee for an event decides that a boat does not comply with the class
rules RRS 60.4(a)(2) obliges him to protest the boat.
When a protest committee finds that deviations in excess of tolerances specified
in the class rules are not caused by normal wear and tear and/or do improve
the performance of the boat, it shall penalise her.
When deviations between a boat’s measurements and her certificate cannot
be corrected as required by RRS 64.3(a), a protest committee may consider
accepting that the boat shall be brought into class in another configuration
before racing again.
If a protest committee decides that a class rule has deliberately or knowingly
been breached by an owner, competitor, or support person it may call a hearing
under RRS 69.
Class rules
Rules regulating the use of equipment during a race are contained in Section C
of these class rules, in ERS Part I and in the Racing Rules of Sailing.
The class rules for the 65 Class are open class rules in which anything not
specifically prohibited by the class rules is permitted, where individual rules
require, limit, or prohibit as necessary.