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Newport\u00a0Bermuda Jury Penalizes\u00a0Carina<\/p>\n
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By John Rousmaniere<\/p>\n
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NEWPORT,\u00a0R.I., July 9, 2012-\u00a0The International Jury for the 2012 Newport Bermuda\u00a0Race has penalized the yacht\u00a0Carina<\/em>\u00a015\u00a0minutes\u00a0in elapsed time because a professional sailor briefly steered the boat during\u00a0the race. The rules of the St. David\u2019s Lighthouse\u00a0Division in which\u00a0Carina\u00a0<\/em>sailed (and which the boat won) require\u00a0that only amateur sailors steer while racing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The ruling does not affect\u00a0the race standings. The penalty trims\u00a0Carina<\/em>\u2019s\u00a0margin over the second-place St. David\u2019s Lighthouse\u00a0boat, the U.S. Naval\u00a0Academy\u2019s\u00a0Defiance<\/em>, to 16 minutes, 22\u00a0seconds from 34 minutes, 34 seconds.\u00a0Carina<\/em>\u00a0also remains winner\u00a0of Class 3 under the IRC rule.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The International Jury\u00a0made its decision after a hearing on Sunday, July 8, in which\u00a0Carina<\/em>\u2019s owner and captain, Rives Potts\u00a0(Westbrook, Conn.), participated.\u00a0The Jury determined that\u00a0Carina<\/em>\u2019s crew list as provided by Potts before the race listed all of\u00a0the\u00a0boat\u2019s 12 crewmembers as Category 1 amateur sailors under the International\u00a0Sailing Federation (ISAF) sailor classification code.\u00a0The rules for the St.\u00a0David\u2019s Lighthouse Division\u00a0permit a boat\u00a0the size of\u00a0Carina<\/em>, a 48-foot sloop, to\u00a0have as many as three\u00a0professional sailors in the crew with the condition that\u00a0none of them steer while the boat is racing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One of\u00a0Carina<\/em>\u2019s crew was Kit Will, whose ISAF\u00a0Category 1 classification had expired in April 2010. Two days before the race\u00a0start, Will applied to ISAF and was classified as a Category 3 professional\u00a0sailor. (There is no Category 2 in the ISAF code.) Will\u00a0did not inform Potts\u00a0that he had been reclassified as a Category 3 until after\u00a0Carina<\/em>\u00a0finished the race in Bermuda.\u00a0\u00a0By then\u00a0Carina<\/em>\u00a0had been presented with the Corinthian Trophy for top boat with an\u00a0all-amateur crew. Potts\u00a0returned the trophy to the Bermuda\u00a0Race Organizing Committee, which runs the\u00a0race for the Cruising Club of America and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Potts\u00a0filed a report with the\u00a0International Jury in which he stated that\u00a0Will had briefly steered\u00a0Carina<\/em>\u00a0during the race. Potts\u00a0requested that the Jury review the\u00a0matter. \u201cMr. Will was aware that Category 3 competitors were not permitted to\u00a0steer the yacht\u00a0while racing,\u201d the\u00a0Jury stated in its decision. \u201cDuring the race Mr. Will steered\u00a0the boat on two occasions for brief periods\u00a0amounting to several minutes.\u201d The\u00a0Jury imposed the 15-minute penalty.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While the Bermuda Race has\u00a0no official overall winner, the top boat in the St. David\u2019s Lighthouse Division\u00a0is generally regarded\u00a0as the winner because this is the largest division and\u00a0features amateur sailors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The members of the International Jury are Peter\u00a0Shrubb\u00a0(Bermuda)\u00a0Chairman, Lynne Beal (Canada), Robert Duffy (Bermuda),\u00a0Patricia O`Donnell\u00a0(U.S.), and Arthur\u00a0Wullschleger\u00a0(U.S.)<\/p>\n \n ###<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For\u00a0information about the Newport Bermuda Race\u00ae contact<\/p>\n John\u00a0Rousmaniere: email\u00a0Media@BermudaRace.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0+1 646 573-2024<\/p>\n Talbot\u00a0Wilson: email\u00a0talbot@talbotwilson.com<\/a>\u00a0Tel: +1 970-453-8823<\/p>\n Mob:\u00a0+1 850 217-7138<\/p>\n Race website:\u00a0http:\/\/www.bermudarace.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n PHOTOS available\u00a0from\u00a0PPL\u00a0Photo Agency.<\/p>\n Tel\u00a0+44(0)1243 555561\u00a0E.mail:\u00a0ppl@mistral.co.uk<\/a>.\u00a0Web:\u00a0www.pplmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Newport\u00a0Bermuda Jury Penalizes\u00a0Carina By John Rousmaniere NEWPORT,\u00a0R.I., July 9, 2012-\u00a0The International Jury for the 2012 Newport Bermuda\u00a0Race has penalized the yacht\u00a0Carina\u00a015\u00a0minutes\u00a0in elapsed time because a professional sailor briefly steered the boat during\u00a0the race. 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