APPENDIX P - SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR RULE 42

All or part of this appendix applies only if the sailing instructions so state.

P1 SIGNALLING A PENALTY
A member of the protest committee or its designated observer who sees a boat breaking rule 42 may penalize her by, as soon as reasona-bly possible, making a sound signal, pointing a yellow flag at her and hailing her sail number, even if she is no longer racing. A boat so penalized shall not be penalized a second time under rule 42 for the same incident.

P2 PENALTIES
P2.1 First Penalty
When a boat is first penalized under rule P1 her penalty shall be a Two-Turns Penalty under rule 44.2. If she fails to take it she shall be disqualified without a hearing.
P2.2 Second Penalty
When a boat is penalized a second time during the regatta, her pen-alty shall be to promptly retire from the race. If she fails to take it she shall be disqualified without a hearing and her score shall not be
excluded.
P2.3 Third and Subsequent Penalties
When a boat is penalized a third or subsequent time during the
regatta, she shall promptly retire from the race. If she does so her penalty shall be disqualification without a hearing and her score shall not be excluded. If she fails to do so her penalty shall be disqualifica-tion without a hearing from all races in the regatta, with no score
excluded, and the protest committee shall consider calling a hearing under rule 69.1(a).
P3 POSTPONEMENT, GENERAL RECALL OR ABANDONMENT
If a boat has been penalized under rule P1 and the race committee signals a postponement, general recall or abandonment, the penalty is cancelled, but it is still counted to determine the number of times she has been penalized during the regatta.

P4 REDRESS LIMITATION
A boat shall not be given redress for an action by a member of the protest committee or its designated observer under rule P1 unless the action was improper due to a failure to take into account a race committee signal or a class rule.

P5 FLAGS O AND R
(a) If the class rules permit pumping, rocking and ooching when the wind speed exceeds a specified limit, the race committee may signal that those actions are permitted, as specified in the class rules, by displaying flag O before or with the warning signal. The flag shall be removed at the starting signal.
(b) If the wind speed exceeds the specified limit after the starting signal, the race committee may display flag O with repetitive sounds at a mark to signal to a boat that the actions are permit-ted, as specified in the class rules, after she has passed the mark.
(c) If the wind speed becomes less than the specified limit after flag O was displayed, the race committee may display flag R with repetitive sounds at a mark to signal to a boat that rule 42, as changed by the class rules, applies after she has passed the mark.