Facts found:
FRA crossed the starting line on port tack close to the race committee signal boat. 3 Media boats were positioned on the layline less than 10 boat-lengths from the race committee signal boat. The 3 Media boats caused FRA to bear off slightly to avoid contact as she passed between them.

Facts found:
Hearing conducted under Addendum Q 5.5. Part 2 incident occured at Mark 1 between GBR and ESP. ESP protested on the water and claimed no umpire signaled a decision.

Facts found:
No racing on 19 August.

Facts found:
The jury accepted a written request that ITA would be represented by Mr. Jordi Lamarca of Spain. The jury considered the request for redress by ESP and ITA. The request was submitted under RRS 62.1(a). Addendum Q 5.3 specifically excludes a request for redress by a boat under RRS 62.1(a).

Facts found:
UKR on starboard and JPN on port approached the leeward mark with JPN on the layline. UKR gybed to port. Soon afterwards JPN established an overlap to windward and there was contact between the two boards. The two boards were approximately 5 seconds from the mark. The contact continued until UKR hit the mark. JPN luffed and slowed down. Neither boat did a penalty turn.

Facts found:
JPN did not inform the race immediately after finishing that she was intending to protest UKR.

Facts found:
USA on starboard and SUI on port sailing on the first upwind of race 8. USA tacked to port in front of SUI. SUI bore away to avoid collision before USA completed his tack No contact occurred No boat took a penalty turns

Facts found:
BEL(Tornado) approaching the 1st bottom gate in 5th place 6-8 Stars were rounding the gate with lesser speed in front of BEL BEL had to stop her boat to avoid contact with the Stars BEL rounded the next mark in 13th place Race committee used the same timing in between starts in race 7 as they had in previous races Width of the gate was 70 meters

Facts found:
AUT and SUI approach the starboard gate mark on starboard; When AUT enters the two boat lengths zone AUT is clear ahead of SUI; AUT sails to round the mark very close to it; SUI bears away and passes behind AUT, rounding the mark clear astern of her; No contact occurred; None of the boats made penalty turns.

Facts found:
Before the starting signal ARG was penalized under P1. After the start the race committee signaled a general recall. After the general recall ARG approached the jury boat to ask about the penalty. ARG told the jury it was her second penalty under P1. ARG sailed away from the jury boat and did not race when race 8 was restarted.

Facts found:
USA’s request for redress was based on an alleged improper action of the Race Committee. Addendum Q 5.3 states that a boat may not request redress under RRS 62.1(a).

Facts found:
Protest 66 RC v DEN and Protest 68 ESP v DEN were heard together and under Medal Race Sailing Instruction Addendum Q 5.5(b). Sailing to the start, DEN capsized and broke her mast. This resulted in significant damage including the mainsail, gennaker and mast step. DEN returned to shore. It was not possible for DEN to repair the damage in the time available and DEN arranged with CRO to use the CRO boat. DEN, through their coach, at the first reasonable opportunity notified the Race Committee of the replacement 15 minutes before the warning signal. DEN sailed to the start, started 3 minutes 57 seconds after the starting signal and completed the race. The race was conducted in winds close to the upper limits for 49er racing and in very difficult wave and tidal conditions. Every boat capsized at some stage during the race and two boats failed to finish inside the time limit. As soon as practical after coming ashore DEN submitted a written request to the Olympic Measurement Committee (OMC) for the replacement boat and presented the boat for inspection. The boat was thereafter subject to checks for compliance with the class rules and all other checks carried out on other boats during quarantine. The request for replacement was then approved by OMC in accordance with SI 21.2. The replacement boat sailed by the DEN competitors did not have the identifications required by the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions on its sails. It did not carry a camera as required by the Organising Authority. It was not subjected to quarantine procedure as required by Measurement Regulation 13.

Facts found:
Refer to protest 63

Facts found:
Refer to protest 63

Facts found:
Protest heard together with 64 and 65. The gate marks were set to windward of the starting line. The left hand mark of the gate, looking upwind, drifted. The right hand side mark of the gate, looking upwind, did not drift. All of the boats rounded the right hand mark of the gate.

Facts found:
POR was the closest boat to the RC at the moment of the start. POR was identified by the RC as OCS at the starting signal. RC signaled POR as OCS at the top mark. POR left the course.

Facts found:
MEX was not present and the jury proceeded RRS 63.3(b) HUN was not informed of the protest by MEX

Facts found:
Case 60 heard together with 59. ISR approaches mark 1 on starboard; GRE and GBR approach mark 1 on collision course with ISR, GBR overlapped to windward of GRE and slightly ahead; ISR bears away to pass behind GBR, nevertheless contact with no damage occurs between GBR and ISR; GRE bears away and passes astern of ISR; No contact occurs between ISR and GRE; GBR takes a penalty turn.

Facts found:
Caes 59 & 60 ISR approaches mark 1 on starboard; GRE and GBR approach mark 1 on collision course with ISR, GBR overlapped to windward of GRE and slightly ahead; ISR bears away to pass behind GBR, nevertheless contact with no damage occurs between GBR and ISR; GRE bears away and passes astern of ISR; No contact occurs between ISR and GRE; GBR takes a penalty turn.

Facts found:
Jury received a report from the measurement committee that one crew member of AUS did not weigh in before racing in the medal race on 17 August. This was admitted by AUS at the hearing.

Facts found:
At the start of the medal race, FRA was damaged because of the action of RUS that failed to keep clear. RUS took a voluntary appropriate penalty and admitted her breach at the hearing . Due to a hole in the hull, about one meter from the stern, FRA had to sail the race with an increasing quantity of bilge water which slowed her down significantly. FRA finished 8th in the medal race.

Facts found:
UKR rounded mark 1 of Race 7 in 27th place, the race was run with 16 – 18 knots and waves. UKR finished race 7 in 24th position. UKR felt during the race that was something wrong with the board. After coming ashore UKR checked and found that the back of the gasket had delaminated. The supplier in order to sail race 8 provide to UKR a new board, race 8 was not sailed. The same board has been repaired and will be used for future races.

Facts found:
GER finished race 3 3 min 11 sec after the winner. GER got a tow with the GER Star. ARG finished 1 min 2 sec after winner, and filed its protest at 17.17. GER lodged its protest at 17.43. The Tornado protest time limit expired at 17.39.

Facts found:
SEY approaches port gate mark 3 on starboard and overlapped to windward of FIN, who is inside boat; When SEY reaches the zone she is clear ahead of GRE; SEY slows down to give FIN room to gybe and round the mark and gybes too; GRE sails between SEY and the mark; Contact without damage occurs between SEY port side and GRE starboard side, and GRE’s sail and SEY’s body; No boat takes penalty turns.

Facts found:
See protest 50

Facts found:
See protest 50

Facts found:
Since the three requests for redress concerned the same incident, Protest 50, 51, and 52 were heard together. In Race 3, the Race Committee shortened the second windward leg at the end of the first run from 0.9 to 0.7 NM and changed the heading from 120 tot 130 degrees. A course change was signaled at the bottom mark showing 130 degrees and a minus sign. ARG was leading the race and on the layline to the original mark 1 40-50 m ahead of ESP, with ESP slightly to leeward, when the new windward mark was dropped 0.2 NM lower than, and 10 degrees to the right of, Mark 1. AUS was 300 m behind ARG. AUS was slightly above the layline to the new mark. AUS passed the new mark 1 first followed by ESP and ARG, who were both flying spinnakers. ESP finished 1st, ARG 2nd and AUS 3rd. CAN lost one place on the 2nd upwind leg. GER was in 12th position around every mark.

Facts found:
Requests for redress in hearings number 48 and 49 referred to the same circumstances and were therefore heard together. On the second upwind, there was a large wind shift and changes in wind speed across the course. The fleet was at that time approximately 2/3 up on the beat. When the fleet approached mark 1 for the second time, the RC signaled the change of course with a new bearing of 270. The finishing line was set at 270, distance 0.62 nM, approximately 4 minutes and 30 seconds after the first boat rounded mark 1. The first boat finished race 10 at 12:36:37, 8 minutes and 37 seconds after the first boat rounded mark 1. All boats finished within time limit. The RC did not abandon race 10.

Facts found:
No description of incident.

Facts found:
AUT approached the final leeward gate on port tack overlapped with CHN on starboard. 4-5 boat-lengths from the mark AUT gybed to starboard. The boats where overlapped during the rounding with CHN as the inside boat. No contact occurred.

Facts found:
refer to protest #41

Facts found:
GRE finished 8th, ITA finished 9th. ITA started sailing back towards the harbour, and was overtaken by GRE and its coach boat, who offered him a tow. The tow was slower than some others in order not to damage the boats. ITA and GRE were the last Finns to arrive in the harbour. ITA arrived back at the ramp and asked the ITA boatwright to fix the damage to his boat. On the way to the Jury Offices ITA was stopped by ESP. Their conversation took approximately 5 minutes. ITA spoke to the POL jury member and the Jury chairman, which discussion took approximately 5-6 minutes and ended at 18.50 hrs. ITA’s protest was lodged at 19.12 hrs. The Finn protest time expired at 18.25 hrs.

Facts found:
BRA wished to withdraw the protest.

Facts found:
ESP was on starboard close hauled course on the first beat ITA on port overlapped with BRA who was 3 meters to leeward and slightly forward BRA bore away to go behind ESP and left approx. 2 meters of room between her and the transom of ESP ITA slowed down There was collision between ESP and ITA No damage to any of them Neither of them took a Penalty

Facts found:
Requests for redress in cases 37, 38, 39 and 40 referred to the same circumstances and were therefore heard together. On August 15, Race 1 for Star class was run on Alpha course. First starting procedure was postponed due to wind shift. The RC repeated the starting sequence. The course to be sailed was W2. The direction to the first mark displayed on the RC vessel was 040. The distance to the first mark was 1.3 nM. The current was coming from right to the left down the course. After the start several boats including BRA, ITA, AUT and AUS sailed to the right side of the course which initially had more breeze and a better angle, the remainder of the fleet sailed to the left. There was less pressure on the left hand side of the course. When the boats were approximately half to 2/3 up the beat, the RC signal boat noted a wind shift of about 20 degrees to the left that was confirmed by the RC boat at mark 1. The wind shift came with more pressure and boats on the left side of the course tacked and were close to laying mark 1. At the same time breeze on the right side died and the boats were headed. The furthest boat to the left was SWE. By the time SWE reached mark 1 she was sailing with sheets eased. See the rest of facts found in the seperate sheet

Facts found:
After being towed in from race 8, NZL washed his boat down at the ramp and changed clothes. NZL and SWE had a conversation in the vicinity of the Finn notice board at 18.08 hrs. The Finn protest time expired at 18.25 hrs. NZL’s protest was lodged at 18.26 hrs.

Facts found:
The LUX Laser coach boat had engine problems. The athlete used the phone to ask for assistance since the coach did not speak English. After the athlete, the coach used the same mobile phone. The mobile phone was brought out on the water by the coach on his coach boat. The coach had received the Coach Boat Regulations.

Facts found:
The hearing of protest number 30 was reopened by the Jury based on significant new evidence that became available in the form of TV coverage. Both parties were present for the reopening. Revised facts found: NOR and CAN on port approached mark 4P NOR and CAN entered two boat length zone overlapped with CAN on the inside. While rounding the mark NOR hit CAN on the leeward side of the stern CAN was close to the mark at the moment of contact Contact occurred with no damage No boat took a penalty turn or retired

Facts found:
The Jury called the hearing under rule 69 based on facts found in protest 30. Before the hearing members of the Jury reviewed the video and identified the competitors closest to the incident. They were all called as witnesses and gave their testimonies. The Jury heard from six competitors in the vicinity of the incident, from a Jury boat that heard a contact and reviewed video recording with the audio. No foul or abusive language was identified from any of those sources to support the allegation by CAN. The word “protest” was heard by some witnesses. There was no evidence presented to support allegation by CAN of further abusive or foul language on the next leg following the incident or after the finish. After finishing, there was a verbal communication between NOR and CAN that could have been perceived by CAN as a possible threat.

Facts found:
On leg 5 NED was approaching the final gate on starboard tack and JPN on port tack. NED and JPN were the first boats in the fleet. NED was overlapped on the inside. As NED came closer to the gate she saw a white line in the water to windward of the mark. The length of the line was approximately one boat-length. The distance to the line was one boat-length when NED first saw the line. NED luffed to avoid the line but caught the line with the rudder. The helmsman of NED cleared the line from the rudder. NED gybed to port to round the mark. The distance between NED and the mark was less than half a boat-length. When NED had passed the mark JPN was clear ahead. The race committee used a fixed length anchor line for the depth of that location that was tied off at the mark with the bitter end without any excess. The anchor line was attached to the mark 2 meters below the surface with a weight below. The race committee had not changed the gate mark during the 4 races of the day.

Facts found:
SUI was observed and recorded by the pin end boat on the course side at the starting signal. The race committee signaled individual recall. SUI did not return to start.

Facts found:
Revised following re-opening under Rule 66 based on significant new evidence NOR and CAN on port approached mark 4P Both boats entered the two boat length zone overlapped with CAN on the inside While rounding the mark NOR hit CAN on the leeward side of the stern CAN was close to the mark at the moment of contact Contact occurred with no damage No boat took a penalty turn or retired

Facts found:
BRA was observed and recorded by the pin end boat on the course side at the starting signal. The signal for individual recall was made immediately after the starting signal. BRA did not return to start.

Facts found:
NOR request to withdraw the protest

Facts found:
The black flag rule was in effect. SWE was observed and recorded by both the signal boat and the pin end boat on the course side 5 seconds before the starting signal.

Facts found:
Wind direction about 130 -125 with a strength of about 6 knots and a current of about 3 – 1 knot, The pin end boat was anchored in 15 meters of water with a CQR anchor of 15 kg, 20 meters of chain and 50 meters of line. The bias of line was 5 degrees to the starboard end. The line was constantly checked from both Race Committee boats. GBR felt that the pin end was drifting GBR was called OCS on race 7th .

Facts found:
Protest heard with protest 24

Facts found:
BLR overlapped on starboard tack with FIN to windward were approaching Mark 3 FIN gybed onto port and passed close astern of BLR BLR entered the two-length zone clear ahead of FIN BLR gybed onto port to round the mark There was contact between BLR and FIN There was no damage to either boat No boat took a Two Turns Penalty

Facts found:
Half way up the first windward leg, BRA on starboard and SWE on port converged on a collision course. BRA had been on starboard tack for 40-60 seconds. SWE crossed 1 m in front of BRA. BRA bore away to avoid a collision.

Facts found:
At the starting signal, two boats, GRE and FIN were called OCS. Individual recall was signaled 4 seconds after the start. GRE did not return to start.

Facts found:
SWE approached the leeward gate on starboard 6-8 boat lengths ahead of CHN. SWE slowed down the boat to avoid the boats in front of her rounding the mark. SWE entered the two boat length zone clear ahead of CHN. SWE gybed to port inside the two boat length zone. CHN approached with more speed and became overlapped inside of SWE. Just before rounding the mark SWE bore away to avoid contact with CHN.

Facts found:
SLO approached mark 3p on starboard tack When SLO was less than 3 boat length from the mark, GBR passed behind SLO on port tack and gybed After the gybe, GBR was clear astern of SLO SLO entered the two-length zone ahead of GBR GBR luffed, passed behind SLO, gybed onto port and became outside overlapped SLO gybed onto port to round the mark, and there was contact between SLO and GBR None of them took 2 penalty turns

Facts found:
Protests 17 + 19 involved the same incident and were therefore heard together. SWE, AUT and USA all on starboard tack approaching the leeward mark with SWE clear ahead of AUT and USA, and USA overlapped to leeward of AUT. SWE entered the 2-length zone clear ahead of AUT and USA. AUT entered the zone overlapped with USA on the inside. SWE gybed onto port to round the mark and with the current now against her she slowed down. USA luffed quickly to avoid SWE’s stern and then immediately gybed. USA’s boom made contact with AUT’s port shroud.

Facts found:
SWE request to withdraw the protest

Facts found:
Protest heard with protest 19

Facts found:
ARG request to withdraw the protest

Facts found:
ESP and FRA were approaching the gate for the final time on starboard. ESP was overlapped on the inside. While rounding the mark ESP gybed onto port and contact occurred between the sails. The distance between ESP and the mark was one meter. FRA made a 360 degree turn at the finishing line. The distance between the gate and the finishing line was more than 100 meters.

Facts found:
No damage.

Facts found:
The first downwind leg, POL on starboard and NOR on port were on collision course at about 20 meters from mark 4S and contact occurred. No damage to any of the boards.

Facts found:
At the start CZE on Starboard, SLO on Port both boats close hauled CZE hailed starboard, SLO tacked to starboard While SLO was tacking there was light contact between between the port forward quarter of CZE and the starboard aft quarter of SLO CZE luffed just prior to the contact attempting to avoid

Facts found:
Protest heard with protest 13

Facts found:
NOR was sailing closed hauled on starboard tack when approaching the windward mark on the layline. UKR on starboard was sailing below the layline and tacked to port. Soon after, UKR tacked back to starboard on the layline. When UKR completed her tack one and a half boatlength from the mark, the distance between the boats was one boatlength. UKR was low at speed after two tacks. NOR approached UKR with more speed and luffed above close-hauled to avoid UKR. No contact occured.

Facts found:
Parties and the Jury reviewed the TV footage relevant to the lodged request for redress Protestor requested that the request for redress be withdrawn Approval of the Jury was given

Facts found:
1. The organizing authority fitted camera mounts onto every 49er straight after the measurement in accordance with SI 3. 2. Camera mount strut limits the original 49er design amplitude of tiller movement by impacting the tiller at the different location than the original design 3. POR was aware of this limitation 4. Camera mounts are identical for all boats 5. POR broke her tiller when the helms person was trying to bear-away to start with repeated tiller movement (Race 6) 6. POR was scored DNS in race 6

Facts found:
On August 9, TUR used 1200 sand paper on his board to clean the board by removing black oily marks in 3 parts of the board. The total size of the 3 spots was about the size of a hand. Bruno De Wannemaeker, a member of the event measurement committee, noticed the white residue on the board. There has been no attempt to conceal the work done on the board, or to remove the residue from the surface of the board. The OMC issued a new board to be used by TUR before the first race.

Facts found:
ESP was on the starboard layline approaching mark 1 of race 3 CHN was on port also approaching the mark CHN tacked onto starboard to leeward of ESP and they were overlapped and inside the 2 length zone on completion of the tack about 1.5 metres apart. ESP luffed to keep clear of CHN before the tack was complete Neither boat took a TTP There was no contact

Facts found:
JPN and NOR were on P tack approaching Mark 1 with NOR ahead of JPN JPN tacked to S on the starboard layline and NOR then tacked to S to windward of JPN by about half a boat length and was pulling ahead of JPN about 6 boat lengths from the mark NOR became clear ahead of JPN when he reached the mark No contact occurred between JPN and NOR

Facts found:
POL on port and DEN on starboard 35 seconds before the start POL passed head to wind and became overlapped to leeward of DEN. POL did not come down to a close hauled course. Both POL and DEN were sailing above close-hauled towards the starting line. 10 seconds before the starting signal the tiller extension of DEN touched the starboard wing of POL. DEN continued and cleared the committee boat. POL touched the port race committee boat while tacking onto port. After getting clear POL made a one turn penalty.

Facts found:
SWE on starboard and AUS on port approaching mark no.1 for a second time AUS tacked to starboard inside two boat length zone SWE luffed to avoid collision before AUS completed her tack No contact occurred No boat took a penalty turn Jury and the parties reviewed the TV footage which was relevant to the incident

Facts found:
POL on port and DEN on starboard 35 seconds before the start POL passed head to wind and became overlapped to leeward of DEN. POL did not come down to a close hauled course. Both POL and DEN were sailing above close-hauled towards the starting line. 10 seconds before the starting signal the tiller extension of DEN touched the starboard wing of POL. DEN continued and cleared the committee boat. POL touched the port race committee boat while tacking onto port. After getting clear POL made a one turn penalty.

Facts found:
RUS was brought for equipment control at 09.30 6th August. The Measurer used a torch to view the hull through the inspection hatch and saw some metal attached beneath the floor. Two other measurers witnessed this and the metal was then removed and found to be lead. This lead weighed approximately 2kg and had been positioned a full arms length from the hatch and was difficult to remove. The boat was weighed and found to be 2kg below the minimum weight limit. The boat was presented for measurement in a condition that did not comply with the Class Rules. Corrector weights must be placed in specific locations and the lead was not in one of these. RUS bought the boat as new from the manufacturer in February 2006 with correctors. The boat had not been kept in a secure location since it had arrived in China and was often left uncovered. During equipment control at this regatta, approximately 10 Ynglings have had to make weight adjustments.