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