Rules of Rowing 2021 Edition
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The Rules of Rowing 2021 Edition CONTENTS The Rules of Racing 2021 Referee Procedures Manual 2021 LOC Guidance Manual 2021 2021 Rules Changes The following is a summary of rules changes that will take effect in the 2021 Rules of Racing. Rules Changes Summary 5-301 National Championship Events (*) Remove the specific listing of National Championship regattas to provide flexibility for USRowing to determine which regattas they will run in a given year. 10-201 Adaptive Rowing Sport Classes This change to the sport classes would now align with established classes being tracked for these specific groups of impaired athletes. It will eliminate barriers to the sport by including them from the onset of event planning. Additional subsets can be added at the discretion of the LOC. 10-202 Adaptive Rowing Boat Classes This change allows PR3 (II) to be its own official sport class, not combined with any other subsets of developmental impairments. PR3 (II) meets eligibility requirements and should not be included as a subset boat class. Administrative Changes 1) Replace “INAS” with “Virtus” wherever the term appears since INAS has rebranded as Virtus 2) Replace “PR3-ID” (PR3- Intellectual Disability) with “PR3-II” (PR3-Intellectual Impairment) to align with updated World Rowing (FISA) language. THE RULES OF RACING 2021 The Rules of Racing 2021 4 ARTICLE I – GENERAL ........................................................................................................................ 10 Part A – Introductory Provisions ........................................................................................................ 10 1-101 Title ........................................................................................................................................... 10 1-102 Purposes (*) .............................................................................................................................. 10 1-103 Interpretation (*) ....................................................................................................................... 10 1-104 Scope and Exceptions (*) ......................................................................................................... 10 1-105 Situations Not Covered (*) ....................................................................................................... 10 Part B – Definitions ............................................................................................................................... 11 1-201 Rowing Defined (*) .................................................................................................................. 11 1-202 Other Definitions (*)................................................................................................................. 11 ARTICLE II – CONDUCT OF THE RACE .......................................................................................... 14 Part A – Race Officials ......................................................................................................................... 14 2-101 Primary Duties of Race Officials (*) ........................................................................................ 14 2-102 Appointment of the Chief Referee (*) ...................................................................................... 14 2-103 Duties of the Chief Referee (*) ................................................................................................. 14 2-104 Officials (*) ............................................................................................................................... 15 2-105 The Jury (*) .............................................................................................................................. 15 Part B – Safety and Fair Conditions ................................................................................................... 15 2-200 Safe Equipment ......................................................................................................................... 15 2-201 Suspending Racing (*) .............................................................................................................. 16 2-202 Regatta Information .................................................................................................................. 16 2-203 Traffic Patterns (*) .................................................................................................................... 16 2-204 Rowing Near the Course while Race in Progress (*) ............................................................... 16 2-205 Violation of Safety Rules .......................................................................................................... 16 2-206 Number of Referees; Safety Launches (*) ................................................................................ 16 Part C – The Start ................................................................................................................................. 17 2-300 Approaching the Start; Warm-up on the Course ...................................................................... 17 2-301 Reporting to the Start ................................................................................................................ 17 2-302 Appearance of Crews ................................................................................................................ 17 2-303 Changing Race Times and Lane Assignments ......................................................................... 17 2-304 Alignment ................................................................................................................................. 17 2-305 Start ........................................................................................................................................... 17 2-306 Starting Commands with Flags ................................................................................................. 18 2-306.1 Starting Commands with Lights ............................................................................................ 18 2-307 “Quick Start” ............................................................................................................................ 18 2-308 False Start ................................................................................................................................. 18 2-309 Failure to Start .......................................................................................................................... 19 2-310 Broken Equipment .................................................................................................................... 19 2-311 Leaving the Starting Area ......................................................................................................... 19 Part D – The Body of the Race............................................................................................................. 20 The Rules of Racing 2021 5 2-401 A Crew’s Water (*) .................................................................................................................. 20 2-402 Steering ..................................................................................................................................... 20 2-403 Referee’s Position (*) ............................................................................................................... 20 2-404 Interference or Foul (*) ............................................................................................................. 20 2-405 Stopping a Race in Progress ..................................................................................................... 20 2-406 Resolving Interference .............................................................................................................. 20 2-407 Referee’s Instructions to Crews ................................................................................................ 21 2-408 Instruction to Avoid Unsafe or Unfair Conditions (*) .............................................................. 21 2-409 Outside Assistance .................................................................................................................... 22 2-410 Unsportsmanlike Conduct (*) ................................................................................................... 22 Part E – The Finish ............................................................................................................................... 22 2-501 Finish of the Race ..................................................................................................................... 22 2-502 Placement of Crews; Dead Heats.............................................................................................. 23 Part F – Penalties, Objections and Protests ........................................................................................ 24 2-601 Imposition of Penalties; Effect on Crew Members ................................................................... 24 2-602 Types of Penalties ..................................................................................................................... 24 2-603 Restoring Opportunity of Winning; Altering Results (*) ......................................................... 24 2-604 Matters Subject to Protest (*) ................................................................................................... 25 2-605 Raising an Objection