Protests and Incident Reporting

Protests

GFS SI 22. Protests. A Red Flag or Code Flag B will be recognised as a protest flag. This amends RRS 60.2 (a) i. The flag must be displayed immediately at the time of the incident accompanied by the hail ‘protest’. The starter must be notified of the protest on completion of the race in which the protest occurred. All protests shall be made in writing, addressed to the Protest Convener and lodged – 

• at the club within one hour of the finish of the last boat in that division on the day of the event in which the protest arises or,

• before 10am on the day after the race by email (to the GFS Protest Convener). Receipt of protests delivered by email will be acknowledged by the Protest Convener within 24 hours. 

All the provisions of RRS - Part 5 must be followed. Protest hearings will be held within one week, whenever possible, at the Clubhouse. Protest hearings will not be adjourned on the grounds of non-attendance of protester, protestee or witness. The committee may uphold or reject a protest on grounds of non-attendance. Where places as shown on the Race Result Sheet are subject to adjustment as a result of a protest, the Protest Convener will notify any such change to the affected yacht or yachts.

Protest Form: Hearing Request Form 

Vessel Incident Reporting

If you are involved in an on water incident during racing,  fill in the GFS Yellow Form and, if the incident meets the Transport for NSW threshold, fill in the Transport for NSW Vessel Incident form.  The GFS Safety Committee will then look into the incident and file a GFS report to TfNSW.

Completed forms should be sent to incidentreport@gfs.org.au

GFS Club Incident Form – Yellow Form

251103 GFS Vessel Incident Reporting yellow form V4.2

Transport for NSW – Official Vessel Incident Report Form

45065752-vessel-incident-report