78 COMPLIANCE WITH CLASS RULES; CERTIFICATES

78.1 While a boat is racing, her boat’s owner and any other person in charge shall ensure that the boat is maintained to comply with her class rules and that her
measurement or rating certificate, if any, remains valid. In addition, the boat shall also comply at other times specified in the class rules, the notice of race or the sailing instructions.

78.2 When a rule requires a valid certificate to be produced or its existence verified before a boat races, and this cannot be done, the boat may race provided that the race committee receives a statement signed by the person in charge that a valid certificate exists. The boat shall produce the certificate or arrange for its existence to be verified by the race committee. The penalty for breaking this rule is disqualification without a hearing from all races of the event.