Κανονισμός αγώνων άρθρο 66

Bye-Law to Rule 66 – Alternative programmes in cases of Adverse
Weather Conditions
1. It is the duty of the Fairness Committee to determine if the weather has
created, or is about to create, unfair or unrowable conditions. It is then their
responsibility to select or recommend the most appropriate programme
from the alternatives described below. In applying these alternatives
the Fairness Committee will always consider (1.1), (1.2) and (1.3) before
considering (1.4).
1.1 To use the lanes offering the most equal conditions.
1.2 Before the scheduled start of racing, recommend that racing be brought
forward based on the forecasts that indicate weather conditions will
be potentially unfair or unrowable and therefore.
1.3 To suspend racing when weather conditions are unfair or unrowable
and recommend alternative times for racing.
1.4 To re-allocate the lanes for each individual race, using the placings
from the previous round to put the crews with similar placings from
the previous round into adjoining lanes and giving the crews having
achieved better placings better lanes. For a heat, crews shall start
in the order of their lanes, as assigned to them in the official draw.
Where two or more crews have the same placing in the immediately
previous round, (e.g. each were heat winners), then there shall be a
draw to determine their lanes.
2. After the Fairness Committee has determined that alternatives 1.1 to 1.4
in 1) above are not appropriate solutions to the difficulties created by
adverse weather conditions and after consultation with the teams at a
Team Managers’ Meeting convened for this purpose, it is the duty of the
Executive Committee or its designed representative at World Rowing
Championship regattas, or the Technical Delegate at Rowing World Cup
regattas, to decide whether to implement one of the following solutions in
order to continue the regatta:
2.1 To start racing earlier than previously scheduled, provided that the
announcement of the new times is made at the Team Managers

Meeting on the previous day, after consultation with the Fairness
Committee;
2.2 To resume racing at a later time when conditions have improved, after
consultation with the Fairness Committee;
2.3 To omit a round of the event (e.g. semi-finals) where adverse conditions
have stopped racing for a significant period of time or where
the weather forecast indicates that racing will not be possible on
any of the remaining days. In such a case the composition of the
next rounds will be determined on the basis of the results of those
rounds that have been completed and may necessitate more than
six crews in each race. Wherever possible the rankings of the crews
in the previous rounds will be used as the basis for the composition
of the next rounds.
2.4 To implement the Time-Trial System for each individual race, e.g. if
there were four heats from the official draw, then there shall be four
separate Time-Trial Races.
2.5 To reduce the length of the race to no less than 1,000 m where conditions
are so adverse that no other alternative is possible.
3. Results from the previous rounds of racing may be used other than in
accordance with the normal progression system.