61.1a(1) below may apply?

I thought when you miss a mark it is scored as a DNF not DSQ?


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FROM RRS 2005-2008
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61 PROTEST REQUIREMENTS
61.1 Informing the Protestee
(a) A boat intending to protest shall inform the other boat at the
first reasonable opportunity. When her protest concerns an incident
in the racing area that she is involved in or sees, she shall
hail ‘Protest’ and conspicuously display a red flag at the first reasonable
opportunity for each. She shall display the flag until she
is no longer racing. However,
(1) if the other boat is beyond hailing distance, the protesting
boat need not hail but she shall inform the other boat at
the first reasonable opportunity;
(2) if the hull length of the protesting boat is less than 6
metres, she need not display a red flag;
(3) if the incident results in damage or injury that is obvious
to the boats involved and one of them intends to protest,
the requirements of this rule do not apply to her, but she
shall attempt to inform the other boat within the time
limit of rule 61.3.
(b) A race committee or protest committee intending to protest a
boat shall inform her as soon as reasonably possible. However, if
the protest arises from an incident the committee observes in the
racing area, it shall inform the boat after the race within the
time limit of rule 61.3.
(c) If the protest committee decides to protest a boat under rule
60.3(a)(2), it shall inform her as soon as reasonably possible,
close the current hearing, proceed as required by rules 61.2 and
63, and hear the original and the new protests together.