APPENDIX H
WEIGHING CLOTHING
AND EQUIPMENT
See rule 43. This appendix shall not be changed by sailing instructions or
prescriptions of national authorities.
H1 Items of clothing and equipment to be weighed shall be arranged on a
rack. After being saturated in water the items shall be allowed to drain
freely for one minute before being weighed. The rack must allow the
items to hang as they would hang from clothes hangers, so as to allow
the water to drain freely. Pockets that have drain-holes that cannot be
closed shall be empty, but pockets or items that can hold water shall be
full.
H2 When the weight recorded exceeds the amount permitted, the
competitor may rearrange the items on the rack and the measurer
shall again soak and weigh them. This procedure may be repeated a
second time if the weight still exceeds the amount permitted.
H3 A competitor wearing a dry-suit may choose an alternative means of
weighing the items.
(a) The dry-suit and items of clothing and equipment that are worn
outside the dry-suit shall be weighed as described above.
(b) Clothing worn underneath the dry-suit shall be weighed as
worn while racing, without draining.
(c) The two weights shall be added together.