If a yacht touches a mark when rounding it, she may exonerate herself by, as soon as possible, sailing clear of all other competing yachts and making a 360° turn, including one tack and one gybe, before reaching the next mark (RRS 31.2).

If a yacht infringes a Rule in RRS Part 2, "When Boats Meet", she may exonerate herself by, as soon as possible, sailing clear of all other yachts and completing a 720° turn before reaching the next mark of the course. If in the incident she also touched a mark, an additional 360° turn is not required (RRS 44.1 and 44.2). If either of the above penalties result from an infringement at or near the finishing line, the yacht must complete the penalty turns before finishing.

12.0 SCORING

12.1 Unless otherwise specified in Sailing Instructions, the Yardsticks used for calculating the results of all events shall be based on the Portsmouth Numbers as identified in para. 15 below.

12.2 All events shall be scored in accordance with RRS 88.3 and Appendix A, Low Point System, except that 0.75 will be used for first place.

12.3 For a Trophy depending on the results from a 'Series' of races, the number of results to count will be half the number of races held plus 1. In the event of an odd number of races the half shall be rounded down.

12.4 A helm carrying out OOD duties, and as a consequence not racing, may claim for that race the average of the points scored for the other races in the Series.

13.0 NUMBER OF ENTRIES

There shall be no minimum number of boats required to make a trophy or series race valid, provided that the course is completed.

14.0 ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS

Additional instructions as necessary may be given in writing by the Sailing Committee and shall carry the same authority as these Sailing Instructions. A notice of such instructions shall be placed on the Club Notice Board 14 days before they become effective.

15.0 TIME LIMITS FOR RACES

The limit on all one-tide races will be 3.5 hours after the start time. The limit on all two-tide races will be 12 hours after the start time. The limit on the Scarweather race will be 36 hours after the start time. Any yacht finishing after the appropriate limit will be deemed to have retired.