"He said that he didn't want anything to happen to the other boat but he'd like redress for the time. Thats all I overheard. I don't think he can be redressed the time without filing a protest."

They can file a request for redress. However, to actually get redress, they'd have to prove it wasn't their own fault, which basically means that they have to prove it's someone else's fault, and that boat would in all likeihood be penalized.

Again, pure speculation without seeing the SIs, but this is roughly how it works under the RRS as-is. Depending if/how the SIs change penalties, etc. almost anything can be worked out differently.

Mike