Section 5

Rules for start & termination of race or heat

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• During a race a competitor will not be allowed to interfere verbally with another competitor, distract or become physical with another competitor. Doing so could result in a warning, lap deduction or disqualification depending on the severity of the offence.
  
  
• After completion of a race, all boats must be taken out of the water immediately, the radio must be switched off, and the hot-pit area vacated A.S.A.P. No servicing or repairs are to be carried out in the hot-pit area.