Umpiring Team
About
Umpire is a term borrowed from cricket. Umpires in sailing, like in cricket, pass
judgeIn match racing Umpires in their power boats follow sail boats (one display
yellow and the other blue flag), and concentrate on their maneuvering. Sailboats
and Umpires communicate with flags.
Sailboat believing a rule is broken requests
Umpire's ruling by displaying flag
(protesting). Umpires answer to such request by whistling and displaying flag: green
and white if there is no infringement, blue if blue boat is penalized or yellow
if yellow boat is penalized.
Penalty is tacking if sailing downwind or gybing if
sailing upwind and sailboat can delay taking it until it believes it is best for
her. Sailboat can protest by displaying red flag if it believes that omission of
the race committee prejudiced her position. Umpires use red flag when they want
to impose an immediate penalty in cases when sailboat gained control over the other
boat by breaking a rule. Black flag is also at Umpires' disposition and is used
for immediate disqualification when sailboat owns more then two penalty, has deliberately
broke rule or committed a breach of sportsmanship. Umpires' decisions in match race
allow results to be known instantly at the end of the match.
ACI Match Race Cup 2008 Umpires
- Chief Umpire
- Deputy Chief Umpire
- International Umpires
- Tom Schubert (FIN)
- Thibaut Gridel (FRA)
- Juerg Kaufmann (SUI)
- Gianni Restano Cassulini (ITA)
- Philippe Gomez (FRA)
- Lorenz Walch (GER)
- National Umpires
- Zlatko Jakelic (CRO)
- Tomislav Jakljevic (CRO)
- Boguslaw Moczorodynski (POL)
- Andraz Kozelj NU, SLO