By the Rules

In my last posting, I said about the second Farah Hall prescription, "Basically, it allows a disgruntled loser from a protest hearing t...

Since my last post on the subject of redress, I’ve received several comments from people I’ve met at regattas, agreeing with me that we shou...

This posting is about redress.   Before we get into this topic, let me be clear – if I could, I’d remove redress from the rulebook alto...

A question I hear often is "When does rule 18 turn off?"  At the simplest level, the answer is given by rule 18.1: 18.1 When Rul...

On November 3, 2012, I gave a 45-minute presentation at the US Sailing Annual General Meeting (AGM) in San Francisco, entitled "Changes...