Race Penalties

Umpires / race officials can apply the following time penalties:

• Failing to start race within five seconds of start being called: 30 seconds
• If a crew is up to 5 minutes late to the start: 1 minute
• If a crew is 5 - 10 minutes late to the start: 2 minutes
• If a crew is more than 10 minutes late to the start: disqualification
• Intentional Interference: 1 minute or disqualification
• Cause of minor collision: 5 to 15 seconds
• Cause of major collision: 15 to 30 seconds
• Sitting at the finish: 10 seconds
• Crossing line of buoys in finish straight: 30 seconds