Competition Format
All events, with the exception of the 49er, are scheduled to sail 11 races. The 49er event is scheduled to sail 16 races. For each event the regatta will consist of an opening series and a medal race. The medal race will be scheduled on the day designated for each event's medal ceremony, if by that day six races of the full schedule have already been completed.
The top ten boats in the opening series will advance to compete in the medal race. All advanced boats will be required to compete in the medal race. On-the-water umpiring will be used in the medal race.
A race course will extend from the start line to the finish line via a series of marks, around which the boats must sail. Some courses may include multiple rounding of the same mark. The courses to be sailed will be detailed in the Sailing Instructions.
The boats will have four minutes after the start to cross the start line, or else they will be recorded as "did not start" (DNS). Boats that are on the course side of the start line at the starting signal and do not return and re-cross the start line will be noted as "on course side" (OCS) and will be disqualified.
There will be one discard for the series scores but the medal race shall not be discarded.
Competitors will carry their opening series scores (i.e. total of race scores after discard) to the medal race.
Race scores for the medal race will be doubled (i.e. 2 points for the first place, 4 points for the second place, and so on) and added to the opening series scores.
If the total scores of any series tie after the medal race, it will be broken in favor of the boat finishing higher in the medal race. If the medal race is not completed, medals will be awarded based on the series scores for all the prior races (in the normal way).
After each day's racing there is a protest period, in which the sailors or officials may lodge protests. After this period, the protests will be adjudicated in a series of hearings conducted by the International Jury. Protests may result in scores being adjusted by disqualification (DSQ) or redress (RDG).
