ISAF Umpired Fleet Racing Guidance for Umpires

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ISAF Umpired Fleet Racing Guidance for Umpires
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• Overview
• Objectives
• Umpire communication
• Umpire decisions
• Driving and positioning

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• Umpire communication
• Basic principle
• Standard words
• Umpire agreement

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• Basic principle
• Umpires adopt their boat and describe what it is
  doing
• The driver talks about the boat you are following
• The other umpire talks about all other boats
• You talk in first person about your boat"I am
  on starboard tack"

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Standard umpiring words
Facts
Rules
Decision
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Standard umpiring words
Facts Port Starboard Overlap Clear
astern/ahead Windward Leeward Luffing Bearing
away Holding course Head to wind Contact Near/over
/on layline Crossing Wiggle room Collision
course Backing a sail 10 secs to start Red flag
(on boat)
Rules Rights Obligations Opportunities Keep
clear Room Luffing rights Can bear away Can
tack Seventeen
Decision Is/Is not Keeping clear Giving
room Sailing proper Course I agree I did not
see I disagree
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Standard umpiring words
Instantaneous calls (to identify rule
switch) Tacking Complete Overlap/Clear Moving
astern Zone ( clear/overlap) 17.1 on/off 18
on/off
Movement calls (describe change) Luffing Bearing
away Holding Contact
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• Umpire Agreement
• When one umpire announces a decision such as
  Penalty DEN 4 the other should respond in one
  of three ways
• I agree
• I disagree
• I did not see

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• Umpire decisions
• Decision making process
• Umpire conversation options
• Example
• Umpire decision-making

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Decision Making Process
Facts Port Starboard Overlap Windward Leeward Lu
ffing Bearing away Holding course Head to
wind Contact Near layline 10 secs to start
Rules Rights Obligations Opportunities Keep
clear Room Luffing rights Can bear away Can tack

• Decision
• Is/Is not
• Keeping clear
• Giving room
• Sailing proper Course

Signal Penalty flag Green flag
Protest Procedure
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Umpire Conversation Options
Facts Port Starboard Overlap Windward Leeward Lu
ffing Bearing away Holding course Head to
wind Contact Near layline 10 secs to start
Rules Rights Obligations Opportunities Keep
clear Room Luffing rights Can bear away Can tack

• Decision
• Is/Is not
• Keeping clear
• Giving room
• Sailing proper Course

Signal Penalty flag Green flag
Protest Procedure
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Umpire Conversation Options
By communicating at the Decision Stage of the
process ? Minimise disagreement ? Avoid
repetition of agreed facts ? Make prompt
decisions ? Make better decisions ? Available for
next incident
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Luffing situation 1- 4
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Communicating facts 1
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Communicating facts 2
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Communicating facts 3
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Communicating facts 4
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Communicating rules, rights, obligation,
opportunity 1
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Communicating rules, rights, obligation,
opportunity 2
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Communicating rules, rights, obligation,
opportunity 3
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Communicating rules, rights, obligation,
opportunity 4
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Communicating decisions 1
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Communicating decisions 2
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Communicating decisions 3
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Communicating decisions 4
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Umpire decision-making
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• Driving and positioning
• Basic principle
• Around the course

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Umpire Boat Positioning

• The Funnel
• Situation
• Options
• Tactics
• Rules
• Rights Reasons
• Obligations
• Opportunities
• Facts needed
• POSITION

Umpire Conversation Position in the race
what boats are doing general facts What can I
do? What should I do? Rules switches Keep clear
Give room Proper course 15, 16, 17.1/18
on/off Key facts Decision
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Two Opposite Goals for Positioning

• Umpire incidents between a couple of boatsClose
  to the boats to get the relevant facts
• Judge rule 42Some distance to get overview
• These two goals must be balanced

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• Around the course
• Before the starting signal
• At the start
• The beat
• The windward mark
• The reach
• The run
• The leeward mark
• The finish

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• Before the starting signal
• Rule 42 sculling (fast or slow)
• Leeward or windward overlaps (17.1 overlap?)
• Luffing and keeping clear
• Barging at the committee boat (approach to start)
• Pin end starter and mark touches

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• At the start
• Rule 42 body pumping (1-2 strong)
• Change of course
• Mark touches
• Port tackers

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• The beat
• Rule 42 body-pumping, roll-tacks
• Port tack crossing
• Port tack ducking
• Tacking to leeward or in front

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• The windward mark
• Rule 42 body pumping to gain height and speed
• Mark touches
• Port tack boats crossing the starboard layline
• Port tack boats near the port layline Good
  positioning to see 18.3 breaches?

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• The reach
• Rule 42 body pumping, sheet pumping
• Luffing, luffing rights and keeping clear

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• The run
• Rule 42 rocking, sheet pumping, body pumping,
  roll-gybes
• Umpire boats
• Always one with the leaders
• Inside the fleet is fine
• Move out forward and back in if you fall behind
• On the side or behind?
• Be aware of starboard boats that are on the beat

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• The leeward mark
• Rule 42 rocking, sheet pumping, body pumping and
  roll-gybes to gain or break an overlap
• Umpire boats
• Move out on the side of your group
• Be in position for deciding overlaps at the
  2-length zone

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• The finish
• Rule 42 sheet pumping and body pumping to gain
  positions
• Umpire boats
• On both sides
• Following groups into the finish
• Room at committee boat