Stop twisting, screwing and squeezing the rules of this great race, in order to satisfy your phobias and frustrations.
Stop crying and crying like babies.
The International Jury Team has concluded that Telefónica did not commit a failure of Rule 5.2.2 of the Notice of Race for the number of sails used by the team during leg 4 between the Chinese port of Sanya and Auckland in New Zealand.
According to Bernard Bonneau, president of the International Jury: "We detected an ambiguity in the application of the rule, which was resolved with an interpretation after the start of leg 4, so that can not be applied retroactively to penalize the boat for breaking it before being interpreted."
"The Notice of Race suffered an interpretation concerning the number of storm jibs a ship can take on board while racing," says Luis Sáenz Mariscal, responsible for technical regulation and lawyer Team Telefónica. "To China, the number was considered a minimum, not maximum, and was at the discretion of each team take one or more for safety reasons. We took two on board. The interpretation was amended by the Race Committee after the start of Stage 4 to Auckland, so it can not be applied retroactively against Team Telefónica ".
Vaughan Phillips
20 Apr 2012
From the NZ Herald: "We were very disappointed and surprised that the jury took this action," Camper skipper Chris Nicholson said. "It seems unfair to us that we lost leg four by under two minutes to a boat that was breaking the rules and carrying an extra sail than us. It's the equivalent of a golfer carrying an extra club in their bag.
"The reality is that Telefonica were given a flawed rule interpretation by the organising authority. That was not communicated to other teams as required by the rules and were, therefore, able to sail with an unfair advantage during the leg.
"This is no dark art. There is hard evidence that the type of extra sail that Telefonica carried would have given them a performance advantage. That performance advantage could very easily equate to the 1m 33s margin that Telefonica beat us by into Auckland.
"The system has broken down and we are left with no choice but to pursue redress. I think it's clear and obvious what actions the jury needs to take to ensure a fair result in Leg 4. "We have nothing to hide and will be putting our case robustly to the jury.'' Good luck!
namhemot
20 Apr 2012
It is very clear :
- They had the correct amount of sails on board.
- The measurer was asked and has approved a 2nd storm jib INSTEAD of a genoa.
Case closed.
I don't understand why people that have read the verdict are still talking about illegality.
It's just another mess created by the Volvo themselves. Let's move fwd. There's a in-port race tomorrow. This case is history, clear and closed.
Stop twisting, screwing and squeezing the rules of this great race, in order to satisfy your phobias and frustrations. Stop crying and crying like babies.
http://noticeboard.volvooceanrace.com/wp-content/uploads/VoR-Protest-5-Telefonica.pdf
The International Jury Team has concluded that Telefónica did not commit a failure of Rule 5.2.2 of the Notice of Race for the number of sails used by the team during leg 4 between the Chinese port of Sanya and Auckland in New Zealand. According to Bernard Bonneau, president of the International Jury: "We detected an ambiguity in the application of the rule, which was resolved with an interpretation after the start of leg 4, so that can not be applied retroactively to penalize the boat for breaking it before being interpreted." "The Notice of Race suffered an interpretation concerning the number of storm jibs a ship can take on board while racing," says Luis Sáenz Mariscal, responsible for technical regulation and lawyer Team Telefónica. "To China, the number was considered a minimum, not maximum, and was at the discretion of each team take one or more for safety reasons. We took two on board. The interpretation was amended by the Race Committee after the start of Stage 4 to Auckland, so it can not be applied retroactively against Team Telefónica ".
From the NZ Herald: "We were very disappointed and surprised that the jury took this action," Camper skipper Chris Nicholson said. "It seems unfair to us that we lost leg four by under two minutes to a boat that was breaking the rules and carrying an extra sail than us. It's the equivalent of a golfer carrying an extra club in their bag. "The reality is that Telefonica were given a flawed rule interpretation by the organising authority. That was not communicated to other teams as required by the rules and were, therefore, able to sail with an unfair advantage during the leg. "This is no dark art. There is hard evidence that the type of extra sail that Telefonica carried would have given them a performance advantage. That performance advantage could very easily equate to the 1m 33s margin that Telefonica beat us by into Auckland. "The system has broken down and we are left with no choice but to pursue redress. I think it's clear and obvious what actions the jury needs to take to ensure a fair result in Leg 4. "We have nothing to hide and will be putting our case robustly to the jury.'' Good luck!
It is very clear : - They had the correct amount of sails on board. - The measurer was asked and has approved a 2nd storm jib INSTEAD of a genoa. Case closed. I don't understand why people that have read the verdict are still talking about illegality. It's just another mess created by the Volvo themselves. Let's move fwd. There's a in-port race tomorrow. This case is history, clear and closed.